New M-1 Challenge Lightweight Champion Damir Ismagulov

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ORENBURG, Rússia (Maig 27, 2017) – A new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion was crowned last night as Damir Ismagulov knocked out former champion Maxim Divnich at the end of the fifth and final championship round in the M-1 Desafiament 78 main event at Orenburg, Rússia.

M-1 Desafiament 78 was a true international event with fighters representing eight different countries: Rússia, Brasil, Bielorússia, EUA, Regne Unit, Suècia, Ukraine and Kyrgyzstan.

Ismagulov (11-2-0, M-1: 7-1-0), fighting out of Russia by way of Kazakhstan, fought Divnich (13-3-0, M-1: 7-3-0) a casa, a Orenburg, for the vacant M-1 Challenge lightweight title, where Divnich had lost his title belt in 2015.

The title fight commenced with a “procés de tempteig” intercanvis de cops amb simples de Ismagulov treballar més amb els peus, and the round ended with the hometown favorite holding a slight advantage.

Ismagulov, però, dominat pels propers tres rondes i Divnich, la greument danyat, cara plena de sang va mostrar els efectes nocius del continu assalt de Ismagulov, va ser incapaç de canviar les coses en el cinquè. As the finished neared, Ismagulov no va presentar el seu oponent joc fins que una allau de resposta perforades va fer ploure sobre una indefensa Divnich. The referee halted the action with 13-seconds remaining on the clock for a hard-fought Ismagoulov win by technical knockout.

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Després de la baralla 5,000 aficionats celebren, rugint la seva aprovació per Ismagulov, qui va dir: “Sóc de la regió de Orenburg. Vaig guanyar el cinturó! Gràcies per venir. Vull agrair a la MMA Orenburg, el meu entrenador, Víctor Frolov, que em va veure com un talent, i Alexander Shlemenko per creure en mi. Dono les gràcies als meus entrenadors, la meva família, i els nostres fans.

“He demostrat que un tipus senzill d'un petit poble sense Internet pot ser campió. Si puc, tu pots. The belt in Orenburg, on ha d'estar.”

De pes semipesado de Rússia Mikhail Ragozin (8-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0) detingut Alan Bispo De Santana (5-2-0, M-1 0-1-0), del Brasil, via punches late in the third round.

Brazilian middleweight Caio “Hellboy” Magalhaes (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) turned in an impressive M-1 debut, using a rear-naked choke hold to submit Dmitry Voitov (15-7-0, M-1: 4-2-0), de Bielorússia, in the opening frame.

American welterweight Keith “L'únic” Johnson (12-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) made an auspicious M-1 debut, also using a rear-naked choke to submit his opponent, former M-1 Challenge welterweight title challenger Maksim Grabovich (5-3-0, M-1: 4-3-0), de Rússia, late in the third round.

De pes gall de Rússia Vadim “Bad Santa” Malygin (9-2-1, M-1: 2-1-1) won a three-round unanimous decision over veteran Brazilian fighter, Fabricio “Bill” Sarraff (23-10-0, M-1: 0-2-0).

En l'acció cartellera preliminar, Ukrainian bantamweight Alexksander Doskalchuk (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) i el brasiler lleugera Rubenilton “Rubinho” Pera (17-5-0, M-1: 1-2-0) were three-round majority decision winners, respectivament, over Swede Son Le “Buddha” Binh (5-2-0, M-1: 1-1-0) i Orozbek “Nomad” Maripov (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), del Kirguizistan; pro-debuting Russian lightweight Roman Bogatov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) used a bravo choke to submit Brit Richard “Rico” Franco (2-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) en la primera ronda, Ploma de Rússia Vitali Tverdokhlebov (4-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0) punched out Ukrainian Oleg Mikhailov (0-3-0 (M-1: 0-1-0) en la segona ronda, i Salem Evloev (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) took a three-round unanimous decision from Alexey Dubrovny (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in a pro-debut battle of Russian bantamweights.

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