MOSCOW (February 23, 2018) – M-1 Challenge champions Damir Ismagulovle Movsar Evloev both successfully defended their titles last night ka M-1 ba-Bothata ba 88 at Olympic Stadium on Moscow.

Ismagulov (15-2-0), loana tsoa Russia, retained his M-1 Challenge lightweight title, taking a hard-fought five-round unanimous decision over his Georgian challenger, Raul, Tutarauli (18-4-0) e kholo ea ho ketsahalo.

A ho sebdisana ha ea hlahisa ketsahalo, Evloev (9-0-0) kept his perfect pro record intact by way of a third-round submission of Sergey Morozov (10-4-0), ea Kazakhstan, locking in a rear naked choke.

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

Pele e neng e M-1 Bothata ba leseli heavyweight 'mampoli Stephan “T-800” Puetz (15-4-0) was upset by late replacement and M-1 Global pro-debuting Khadis Ibragimov (3-0-0), ea Russia, who employed a bulldog choke to knock off his heavily favored opponent in the third round in a fight contested at a catchweight.

Russia bantamweight Bair Shtepin (6-2-0) stopped Brazilian veteran Heliton Dos Santos Davella (15-7-1) midway through the first round, while middleweight Valery “The Russian Hammer” Mysnikov (12-1-2) registered a ground-and-pound, opening round technical knockout.

Ka selelekela karete, Kyrgyzstan featherweight 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) decisioned Sergey Klyuev (5-1-0) in a bantamweight battle of previously undefeated Russian prospects, and Brazilian lightweight Rebenilton “Rubinho” Pere (19-5-0) had his hand raised in victory after three rounds versus Rinat “Riko” Sayakbaev (7-2-0), ea Kyrgyzstan.

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), Russia middleweight Ruslan Shamilov forced Frenchman Reda “Boom Boom” Oudgou (2-3-0) into submission (ka morao hlobotse a bipetsa) ea bobeli ho pota-pota, Talekh “The Azerbaijan Terminator” Nadzhafadze (7-2-1) hlōla a mararo ho pota tsebahatsa qeto ea fetang Vitaliy Slipenko (9-2-0), ea Russia, and Russian heavyweight Maksim Yakobyuk (3-0-0) used a ground-and-pound attack to defeat Frank “Tatoo” Kortz (4-5-0), of Germany..

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