NAZRAN, Ingushetia, Russia (December 9, 2016) – Rising Russian MMA star Magomed Idriosov knocked out Ivan “Hoc est” Buchinger in the opening round of hac nocte M-I provocare 73: Battle of Narts main event to become M-1 Challenge bantamweight champion.
In pluma co-, M-1 Challenge middleweight champion Ramazan Emeev won a hard fought three-round split decision over Anatoly Tokov in Ingushetia, Russia.
Feared as a striker, Idrisov ((7-0-0, M, I: 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 – pugnis) in the M-1 Challenge 49 Knockout de Nocte, Max Coga (DEC3) and Sergej Grecicho (DEC3) in his last fight September 20, 2015 at M-I provocare 51.
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Idrisov (R) put Buchinger to sleep to become M-1 Challenge Featherweight champion |
Buchinger (31-5-0, M, I: 6-1-0), pugnatorum de Slovakia, rode a 10-fight win streak into M-I provocare 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 at M-I provocare 52.
Two of the best middleweight fighters in the world, Emeev (15-3-0, M, I: 9-1-0) and Tokov (24-3-0, M, I: 8-2-0), battled from to start to finish as Emeev won a three-round split decision for his fourth consecutive victory.
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Emeev (L) & Tokov went toe-to-toe |
Undefeated Russian Moysar Evoloev remained undefeated (6-0-0, M, I: 6-0-0) by taking a three-round unanimous decision over American Lee “American Bulldog” Morrison (15-8-0, M, I: 2-5-0) at a 140-pound (63.5 kilograms) catchweight.
Russian lightweight Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1-0, M, I: 5-1-0), fighting at home in Ingushetia, chocked British-invader Christian “The Animal” Holley (10-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0) into a submission in the second round.
Closing out the Main Card, American bantamweight “Ultor” Josh Rectification Domus (14-4-0, M, I: 2-0-0) stopped his Kazakh opponent, Sergey Morozov (6-2-0, M, I: 3-2-0), in primo circuitu.
Brazilian bantamweight Diego “The Pride” Davella (16-5-0, M, I: 1-0-0) won his M-1 debut, choking Zalimbeg Omarov (7-2-1, M, I: 4-2-1) in a second-round submission on the Over Card.
In preliminary card, Kurban Ibragimov (6-2-0, M, I: 3-2-0) submitted fellow Russian heavyweight Denis Polekhin in the first round, Russian featherweight Alexey Nevzorov (12-2-0, M, I: 6-1-0) registered a second-round TKO of Ukrainian Andrey “Ferrum” Lezhnov (8-7-0, M, I: 3-3-0), Russian lightweight Pavel Gordeav (4-0-0, M, I: 1-0-0) cruised to a second-round victory by submission choke of Kyrgyzstan’s Erlan Ulukbekov (2-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Russian welterweight Akhmed-Khan Ozdoev (1-1-0, M, I: 1-1-0) stopped previously undefeated Ukrainian Andrew Bilyk (4-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0), and Akhmad-Khan Bokov (2-0-0, M, I: 2-0-0) submitted Elmar Mamedov (2-1-0, M, I: 1-1-0) in the first round of a battle of Russian featherweights.
Results and photo gallery below:
CARD PRINCEPS
M-I CHALLENGE featherweight CHAMPIONSHIP
Magomed Idrisov (7-0-0, M, I: 4-0-0), Russia
WKO1 (Punch – 3:25)
Ivan Buchinger (31-5-0, M, I: 6-1-0), Slovacia
(Idrisov won M-1 Challenge featherweight title)
MIDDLEWEIGHT SUPERFIGHT
Ramadan Emeev (15-3-0, M, I: 8-1-0), Russia
WDEC3
Anatoly Tokov (24-3-0, M, I: 8-1-0), Russia
CATCHWEIGHT (140 lbs. / 65.5 kg)
Sergey Morozov (7-1-0, M, I: 4-1-0), Kazakhstan
WDEC3
Lee Morrison (15-8-0, M, I: 2-5-0), USA
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Khamzat Dalgiev (8-1-0, M, I: 5-1-0), Russia
WSUB2 (Choke – 1:50)
Christian Holley (10-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0), UK
BANTAMWEIGHTS
Josh Rectification Domus (14-4-0, M, I: 2-0-0), USA
WKO1 (4:30)
Sergey Morozov (6-2-0, M, I: 3-1-2), Russia
OVERCARD
Zalimbeg Omarov (7-1-1, M, I: 4-1-1), Russia
Diego Davella (15-5-0, M, I: 0-0-0), Brazil
CARD PRIMUS
Heavyweights
Kurban Ibragimov (6-2-0, M, I: 4-2-0), Russia
WSUB1 (4:15)
Denis Polekhion (2-3-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Russia
WELTERWEIGHTS
Akhmed-Khan Ozdoev (0-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Russia
WTKO2
Andrew Bilyk (4-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Ucraina
LIGHTWEIGHTS
Pavel Gordeav (4-0-0, M, I: 1-0-0), Russia
WSUB2 (Choke – 1:50)
Erlan Ulukbekov (2-1-0, M, I: 0-1-0), Kyrgyzstan
FEATHERWEIGHTS
Alexey Nevzorov (12-2-0, M, I: 6-1-0), Russia
WTKO2 (4:52)
Andrey Lezhnev (8-7-0, M, I: 3-3-0), Ucraina
Akhmad-Khan Bokev (2-0-0, M, I: 2-0-0), Ingushetia, Russia
WSUB1 (5:15)
Elmar Mamedov (2-1-0, M, I: 1-1-0), S.. Petersburg, Russia
Ibragimov & Polekhin
Ulukbekov & Gordeav
Bilyk & Akhmed-Khan Ozdoev
Holley & Dalgiev
Lezhnev & Nevzorov
Davella & Omarov
Mamedpv & Bokov
Morrison & Evloev
NEXT SHOW: Feb. 18, M-I provocare 74, S.. Petersburg, Russia
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