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M 1 sib tw 105 Official Results & Pictures

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Sergey Morozov retains

M-1 Challenge bantamweight title

Assu Almabaev upsets

Chris Kelades to capture M-1 Challenge Interim flyweight crown

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (October 20, 2019) – Kazakh Power was on display at yesterday’sM 1 sib tw 105, in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in which they won five of six fights, including a pair of M-1 Challenge titles, and a draw.

In the main event and a rematch, Sergey Morozov (16-4), of Kazakhstan, fended off American challengerJosh “The Finisher” Rettinghouse (16-5), winning a five-round unanimous decision to successfully defend his M-1 Challenge bantamweight title.

Morozov won his fifth straight and sixth fight in his last seven since his original match and loss to Rettinghouse. Morozov captured the M-1 Challenge bantamweight title last June atM 1 sib tw 102, also held in Nur-Sultan, when he stopped previously unbeatenAlexander Osetrov in the fourth round.

Almabaev (11-2), fighting out of Kazakhstan, was a relatively late replacement for his fellow countryman, former M-1 Challenge Interim flyweight championArman Ashimov, who was forced to withdraw due to an injury suffered during training camp.

Improving his M-1 Global record to 3-0, Almabaev took a five-round unanimous decision from Kelades, who was making his first title defense. Almabaev has positioned himself for a showdown with undisputed M-1 Challenge flyweight titlistAlexander Doskalchuk, who is recovering from an injury.

Also fighting on the main card, former M-1 Challenge light championArtem Damkovsky (23-11), of Belarus, won a three-round unanimous decision over RussianVladimir Kanunnikov(9-2), Brazilian lightweightMichel “Sassarito” Silva (22-8-1) recorded a technical knockout of RussianKhamzat Dalgiev (11-3), using a ground-and-pound attack, and Kazakhstan welterweightIsatay Temirov (6-1-1) and RussianDanila Prikaza (12-3-2) battled to a three-round split-draw.

Judges were working overtime on this highly competitive card as eight of 12 bouts went the full distance, including two draws and three split decisions. Once again, M-1 Global presented a true International event with 11 different countries represented in The Rage: Kazakhstan, USA, Canada, Belarus, Zog ntawm Guj kuj, Brazil, Kyrgyzstan, Cuba, Azerbaijan, Sweden and Georgia.

Brazilian bantamweightRafael Dias (16-5-1) edged previously undefeatedZalkarbek Zarlyk Uulu (3-1) by way of split decision on the undercard, while Swedish welterweightPer Franklin (9-5-1) thiabGadzhibaba Gadzhibabayev (3-0-1) fought to a split draw.

Kazakhstan featherweightSabit Zhusupov (8-2) took a unanimous decision from RussianGleb Khabibullin (4-1), Russian welterweightMagomedkamil “Junior” Malikov (7-1) stopped Brazilian veteranRubenilton “Rubinho” Pereira (20-8) on punches in round two, and Russian heavyweightYuri Fedorov (3-2) used a guillotine choke to defeat CubanMichel Batista (4-2) in the opening round.

Kazakhs won the opening two bouts of the night on the pre-underdcard: khaub-ncaws nyiasAzamat “Azu” Markabaev (3-3) submitted GeorgianBeqa Gogoladze (0-2) in the second round with a rear naked choke, and flyweightZhuman “Arian” Zhgumabekov (8-4) decisioned pro-debuting KyrgyzstanRuslan Kudaiberdirev (0-1).

Official results below:

MAIN CARD

MAIN EVENT – M-1 CHALLENGE BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Sergey Morozov (16-4, M-1: 10-3), Kazakhstan

WDEC5

Josh Rettinghouse, (16-5, M-1: 4-1), USA

(Morozov retained M-1 Challenge bantamweight title)

CO-FEATURE – M-1 CHALLENGE INTERIM FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP

Assu Almabaev, (11-2, M-1: 3-0), Kazakhstan

WDEC5

Chris Kelades (14-5, M-1: 3-2), Canada

(Almabaev won M-1 Challenge Interim flyweight title)

LIGHTWEIGHTS

Artem Damkovsky (23-11, M-1: 14-8), Belarus

WDEC3

Vladimir Kanunnikov (9-2, M-1: 0-2), Zog ntawm Guj kuj

Michel Silva (22-8-1, M-1: 4-3), Brazil

WTKO1 (1:48 – ground & pound)

Khamzat Dalgiev (11-3, M-1: 8-3), Zog ntawm Guj kuj

WELTERWEIGHTS

Isatay Temirov (6-1-1, M-1: 1-0-1), Kazakhstan

D3

Danila Prikaza (12-3-2, M-1: 8-4), Zog ntawm Guj kuj

UNDERCARD

HEAVYWEIGHTS

Yuri Fedorov 3-2, M-1: 3-1), Zog ntawm Guj kuj

WSUB1 (Guillotine Choke)

Michel Batista (4-2, M-1: 0-1), Cuba by way of USA

WELTERWEIGHTS

Magomedkamil Malikov (7-1, M-1: 4-1), Zog ntawm Guj kuj

WTKO2 (1:21)

Rubenilton Pereira (20-8, M-1: 4-5), Brazil

CATCHWEIGHT

Gadzhibaba Gadzhibabayev (3-0-1, M-1: 1-0-1), Azerbaijan

D3

Per Franklin (9-5-1, M-1: 0-0-1), Sweden

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Sabit Zhusupov (8-2, M-1: 3-0), Kazakhstan

WDEC3

Gleb Khabibullan (4-1, M-1: 2-1), Zog ntawm Guj kuj

BANTAMWEIGHTS

Rafael Dias (16-6-1, M-1: 2-2-1), Brazil

WDEC3

Zalkarbek Zarlyk Uulu (3-1, M-1: 0-1), Kyrgyzstan

PRE-UNDERCARD

LIGHTWEIGHTS

Azamat Markabaev (4-2, M-1: 1-0), Kazakhstan

WSUB2 (Rear Naked Choke – 2:48)

Beqa Gogoladze (0-2, M-1: 0-1), Georgia

FLYWEIGHTS

Zhuman Zhumabekov (8-4, M-1:10-0), Kazakhstan

WDEC3

Ruslan Kudaiberdirev (0-1, M-1: 0-1), Kyrgyzstan

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KO & Submission of the Night M-1 Challenge 73 co-winners announced

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ST. PETERSBURG, Zog ntawm Guj kuj (Hlis ntuj nqeg 15, 2016) – M-1 Global has announced Knockout of the Night and Submission of the Night bonus performance award co-winners for last Friday night’s M 1 sib tw 73: Battle of Narts in Ingushetia, Zog ntawm Guj kuj.

Co-Knockouts of the Night
Feared striker Magomed Idrisov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), of Russia captured the M-1 Challenge bantamweight title by knocking out defending champion Ivan “Buki” Buchinger (31-5-0, M-1: 6-1-0), fighting out of Slovakia, who rode a 10-fight win streak into M 1 sib tw 73, Idrisov put Buchinger to sleep with one devastating punch in the opening round for a shocking ending.
American bantamweight “The Punisher” Josh Rettinghouse (14-4-0, M-1: 2-0-0) knocked out his Kazakh opponent, Sergey Morozov (6-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0), in the first round.
Co-Submissions of the Night
Hometown favorite Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0), chocked out British lightweight Christian “The Animal” Holley (10-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in the second round.
Brazilian bantamweight Diego “The Pride” Davella (16-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) won his M-1 debut in impressive fashion, choking Zalimbeg Omarov (7-2-1, M-1: 4-2-1) into a second-round submission.
NEXT SHOW: FEB. 18, M 1 sib tw 74, Me nyuam. Petersburg, Zog ntawm Guj kuj
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New M-1 Challenge featherweight champion Magomed Idrisov knocks out Ivan Buchinger

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Ramazan Emeev decisions Anatoly Tokov

NAZRAN, Ingushetia, Zog ntawm Guj kuj (Hlis ntuj nqeg 9, 2016) – Rising Russian MMA star Magomed Idriosov knocked out Ivan “Buki” Buchinger in the opening round of tonight’s M 1 sib tw 73: Battle of Narts main event to become M-1 Challenge bantamweight champion.
Nyob hauv tus nqi feature, M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev won a hard fought three-round split decision over Anatoly Tokov in Ingushetia, Zog ntawm Guj kuj.
Feared as a striker, Idrisov ((7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0) lived up to his reputation and remained undefeated as a professional, putting Buchinger to sleep with a devastating punch in round one. In his 2013 MMA debut, Idrisov knocked out current M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Alexander Butenko in a non-M-1 Global fight. The Russian is now undefeated in four M-1 Global fights having previously defeated Yuri Maia (KO1 – punches) in the M-1 Challenge 49 Knockout of the Night, Max Coga (DEC3) and Sergej Grecicho (DEC3) in his last fight September 20, 2015 tom M 1 sib tw 51.
Idrisov (R) put Buchinger to sleep to become M-1 Challenge Featherweight champion
Buchinger (31-5-0, M-1: 6-1-0), fighting out of Slovakia, rode a 10-fight win streak into M 1 sib tw 73, losing for the first time since 2012 to Conor McGregor. Buchinger stopped Tural Ragimov to capture the vacant M-1 Challenge title October 17, 2014 tom M 1 sib tw 52.
Two of the best middleweight fighters in the world, Emeev (15-3-0, M-1: 9-1-0) and Tokov (24-3-0, M-1: 8-2-0), battled from to start to finish as Emeev won a three-round split decision for his fourth consecutive victory.
Emeev (L) & Tokov went toe-to-toe
Undefeated Russian Moysar Evoloev remained undefeated (6-0-0, M-1: 6-0-0) by taking a three-round unanimous decision over American Lee “American Bulldog” Morrison (15-8-0, M-1: 2-5-0) at a 140-pound (63.5 kilograms) catchweight.
Russian lightweight Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0), fighting at home in Ingushetia, chocked British-invader Christian “The Animal” Holley (10-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) into a submission in the second round.
Closing out the Main Card, American bantamweight “The Punisher” Josh Rettinghouse (14-4-0, M-1: 2-0-0) stopped his Kazakh opponent, Sergey Morozov (6-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0), in the first round.
Brazilian bantamweight Diego “The Pride” Davella (16-5-0, M-1: 1-0-0) won his M-1 debut, choking Zalimbeg Omarov (7-2-1, M-1: 4-2-1) in a second-round submission on the Over Card.
On the preliminary card, Kurban Ibragimov (6-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0) submitted fellow Russian heavyweight Denis Polekhin in the first round, Russian featherweight Alexey Nevzorov (12-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0) registered a second-round TKO of Ukrainian Andrey “Iron” Lezhnov (8-7-0, M-1: 3-3-0), Russian lightweight Pavel Gordeav (4-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) cruised to a second-round victory by submission choke of Kyrgyzstan’s Erlan Ulukbekov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russian welterweight Akhmed-Khan Ozdoev (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) stopped previously undefeated Ukrainian Andrew Bilyk (4-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), and Akhmad-Khan Bokov (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) submitted Elmar Mamedov (2-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) in the first round of a battle of Russian featherweights.
Results and photo gallery below:
MAIN CARD
M-1 CHALLENGE FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Magomed Idrisov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WKO1 (Punch – 3:25)
Ivan Buchinger (31-5-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Slovakia
(Idrisov won M-1 Challenge featherweight title)
MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERFIGHT
Ramazan Emeev (15-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WDEC3
Anatoly Tokov (24-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
CATCHWEIGHT (140 lbs. / 65.5 kg)
Sergey Morozov (7-1-0, M-1: 4-1-0), Kazakhstan
WDEC3
Lee Morrison (15-8-0, M-1: 2-5-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1-0, M-1: 5-1-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WSUB2 (Choke – 1:50)
Christian Holley (10-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), UK
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Josh Rettinghouse (14-4-0, M-1: 2-0-0), USA
WKO1 (4:30)
Sergey Morozov (6-2-0, M-1: 3-1-2), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
OVERCARD
Zalimbeg Omarov (7-1-1, M-1: 4-1-1), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
Diego Davella (15-5-0, M-1: 0-0-0), Brazil
PRELIMINARY CARD
HEAVYWEIGHTS
Kurban Ibragimov (6-2-0, M-1: 4-2-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WSUB1 (4:15)
Denis Polekhion (2-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WELTERWEIGHTS
Akhmed-Khan Ozdoev (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WTKO2
Andrew Bilyk (4-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Ukraine
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Pavel Gordeav (4-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WSUB2 (Choke – 1:50)
Erlan Ulukbekov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kyrgyzstan
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Alexey Nevzorov (12-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WTKO2 (4:52)
Andrey Lezhnev (8-7-0, M-1: 3-3-0), Ukraine
Akhmad-Khan Bokev (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Ingushetia, Zog ntawm Guj kuj
WSUB1 (5:15)
Elmar Mamedov (2-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Me nyuam. Petersburg, Zog ntawm Guj kuj
Ibragimov & Polekhin
Ulukbekov & Gordeav
Bilyk & Akhmed-Khan Ozdoev
Holley & Dalgiev
Lezhnev & Nevzorov
Davella & Omarov
Mamedpv & Bokov
Morrison & Evloev
NEXT SHOW: FEB. 18, M 1 sib tw 74, Me nyuam. Petersburg, Zog ntawm Guj kuj
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American fighters Lee Morrison & Josh Rettinghouse to bolster already loaded M-1 Challenge 73: Battle of Narts

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Featuring 2 title fights
Ramazan Emeev vs. Anatoly Tokov
Ivan Buchinger vs. Magomed Idrisov
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ST. PETERSBURG, Zog ntawm Guj kuj (November 9, 2016) – The already loaded M 1 sib tw 73: Battle of Narts card has been bolstered by the M-1 Global announcement that two American fighters, Lee “American Bulldog” Morrison thiab “The Finisher” Josh Rettinghouse, have been added to the 2016 season-ending event December 9th in Ingushetia, Zog ntawm Guj kuj.
A super showdown between M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev(14-3-0, M-1: 8-1-0) and KO artist specialist Anatoly Tokov (24-2-0, M-1: 9-1-0) will headline M 1 sib tw 73: Battle of Narts in a battle of elite Russian fighters.
Nyob hauv tus nqi feature, M-1 Challenge featherweight champion Ivan “Buki” Buchinger (31-4-0, M-1: 6-0-0), fighting out of Slovakia, defends his title belt against undefeated Russian challenger Magomed Idrisov (5-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0).
M 1 sib tw 73 will be streamed live from Ingushetia in high definition on www.M1Global.TV. Viewers will be able to watch the preliminary fights and main card by logging on to register at www.M1Global.TV. Fans may watch all the action on their computers, as well as on Android and Apple smart phones and tablets.
Morrison (15-7-0, M-1: 2-4-0) and Rettinghouse (13-4-0, M-1: 1-0-0) are both fighting out of the state of Washington.
Morrison faces undefeated Russian prospect Moysar Evoloev (5-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0) in a fight contested at a 140-pounds (63.5 kilograms) catchweight. Morrison is a grappler (see photo below with him in top position) who defeated current M-1 Challenge bantamweight title-holder Pavel Vitruk by decision at M 1 sib tw 58.
Fighting at home in Ingushetia, Evloev is also a grappler who is coming off a first-round knockout of Alexander Krupenkin this past May at M 1 sib tw 66 (pictured below).
Rettinghouse, the King of the Cage champion, takes on Sergey Morozov (6-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0) in a bantamweight with future title implications for the winner.
A submission master who has a strong Brazilian Ju-Jitsu background, Rettinghouse is coming off his successful M-1 Global debut this past May at M 1 sib tw 66, in which Rettinghouse stopped Vadim Zhloboch in the opening round due to an injury.
Morozov, fighting out of Kazakhstan, is an outstanding striker and well-rounded MMA fighter. He was on the wrong end of the M 1 sib tw 68 Fight of the Night last July in a loss by decision to Rafael Dias.
At M 1 sib tw 59, Morozov (pictured below) was awarded the Knockout of the Night award for his demolishing of Andy Young a year ago July.
An impressive victory will position the Rettinghouse-Morozov winner for a potential M-1 Challenge bantamweight title fight with defending champion Vitruk.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Nov. 18 – M 1 sib tw 72: Kunchenko vs. Abdulaev in Moscow, Zog ntawm Guj kuj
Dec. 9 – M 1 sib tw 73: Emeev vs. Tokov in Ingushetia, Zog ntawm Guj kuj
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