MOSKOU (Februari 23, 2018) – M-1 Challenge champions Damir Ismaguloven Movsar Evloev both successfully defended their titles last night bij M-1 Challenge 88 at Olympic Stadium on Moscow.

Ismagulov (15-2-0), uitvechten van Rusland, retained his M-1 Challenge lightweight title, taking a hard-fought five-round unanimous decision over his Georgian challenger, Raul Tutarauli (18-4-0) in het main event.

In de co-featured evenement, Evloev (9-0-0) kept his perfect pro record intact by way of a third-round submission of Sergey Morozov (10-4-0), Kazachstan, locking in a rear naked choke.

Natives of 10 different countries fought in this true international MMA event.

Voormalig M-1 Challenge licht zwaargewicht kampioen Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-4-0) was upset by late replacement and M-1 Global pro-debuting Khadis Ibragimov (3-0-0), van Rusland, who employed a bulldog choke to knock off his heavily favored opponent in the third round in a fight contested at a catchweight.

Russische bantamgewicht Bair huis (6-2-0) stopte Braziliaanse veteraan Heliton Dos Santos Davella (15-7-1) midway through the first round, while middleweight Valery “De Russische Hamer” Mysnikov (12-1-2) registered a ground-and-pound, opening round technical knockout.

Op de voorlopige kaart, Kyrgyzstan vedergewicht Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu(10-2-1) took a three-round unanimous decision from former M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Maxim Divnich (13-5-0), Alexander Osterov (4-0-0) beslist Sergey Klyuev (5-1-0) in a bantamweight battle of previously undefeated Russian prospects, en Braziliaanse lichtgewicht Rebenilton “Rubinho” Peer (19-5-0) had his hand raised in victory after three rounds versus Rinat “Riko” Sayakbaev (7-2-0), van Kirgizië.

Undefeated Bulgarian Petur Petrov (4-0-0) used his knees and punches to score a first-round stoppage of Ukrainian Vadim Shabadash (6-3-0), Russische middengewicht Ruslan Shamilov forced Frenchman Reda “Boom Boom” Oudgou (2-3-0) into submission (achter naakte vernauwing) in de tweede ronde, Talekh “De Azerbeidzjaanse Terminator” Nadzhafadze (7-2-1) won een drie-round unaniem besluit over Vitaliy Slipenko (9-2-0), van Rusland, en Russisch zwaargewicht Maksim Yakobyuk (3-0-0) used a ground-and-pound attack to defeat Openhartig “Tatoo” Kortz (4-5-0), of Germany..

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