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Rashid Yusupov defeats Stephen Puetz To retrain M-1 Challenge light heavyweight crown PhilBoxing.com Mon, 20 Feb 2017  Abukar Yandiev destroys Alexander Butenko To become new M-1 Challenge lightweight champion Yusupov (7-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), fighting out of Russia, remained undefeated with a brutal, bloody victory over former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan "T-800" Puetz (15-3-0, 6-2-), of Germany, whose corner stopped the fight during the third round. Wildly popular Russian fighter Yandiev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0) immediately opened his title fight challenge with a powerful right-handed punch that floored defending champion Alexander "Iron Capture" Butenko (42-12-2, M-1: 9-2-0). Yankiev relentlessly attacked veteran Butenko, firing more than 60 unanswered strikes on the fallen Ukranian veteran, until the referee mercifully halted the fight at 1:65 of the first round. Kazakhstan-native Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), fighting out of Russia, stopped French welterweight Morgan Heraud (6-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0) on punches in the third round. Belarussian lightweight Artium Damkovsky (23-10-0, M-1: 13-7-0) and Ukrianian bantamweight Vitaly Branchuk (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0) won three-round unanimous decisions, respectively, over Brazilian Erivan "Negao" Pereira (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) and Frenchman Moktar "Le Kabyle" Benkaci (13-8-0, M-1: 2-2-0). In the soccer club fans match, Dmitry Tebekin (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0) locked a guillotine choke on fellow Russian light heavyweight Artur Tulparova (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0) for a submission victory in the first round. On the preliminary card, Swiss welterweight Pablo Ortman (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0) remained undefeated with a first-round submission win (triangle choke) over Ukrainian Vyacheslav "Bison" Bogomol (9-4-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Brazilian welterweight Bruce Souto (10-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0) submitted (rear naked choke) Russian Payzula Magomedov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in the third round, Brazilian heavyweight Marcus Vinicius "Montanah" Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0) decisioned Russian Evgeni Myakinkin (14-8-1, 1 NC, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukrainian bantamweight Dmitry Orlov (13-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0) defeated Russian Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0) by way of a second-round submission (triangle choke), Russian bantamweight Vadim Malygin (8-2-1, M-1: 0-2-1) knocked out Brazilian Denes Carvalho (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0) in the third round. Complete results and picture gallery below: MAIN CARD M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Rashid Yusupov (7-0-0, M-1: 5-0-0), Russia WTKO3 (corner stoppage - 3:26) Stephan Puetz (15-3-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Germany (Yusupov M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title) M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Abukar Yandiev (9-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russia WTKO1 (punches - 1:65) Alexander Botenko (42-12-2, M-1: 9-2-0), Ukraine WELTERWEIGHTS Damir Ismagulov (10-2-0, M-1: 6-1-0), Russia by way of Kazakhstan WTKO3 - (punches -- 1:31) Morgam Heraud (6-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0), France LIGHTWEIGHTS Artiom Damkovsky (23-10-0, M-1: 13-7-0), Belarus WDEC3 Erivan Pereira (7-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brazil BANTAMWEIGHTS Vitalay Branchuck (22-6-0, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukraine WDEC3 Moktar Benkaci (13-8-0, M-1: 2-2-0), France SOCCER CLUB FANS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Dmitry Tebekin (5-2-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia WSUB1 (guillotine choke - 1:59) Artur Tulparova (1-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russia PRELIMINARY CARD HEAVYWEIGHTS Marcus Vinicius Lopes (11-5-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Brazil WDEC3 Evgeni Myakikkin (14-2-7, 1 NC, M-1: 2-2-0), Russia WELTERWEIGHTS Urs Pablo Ortmann (7-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Switzerland WSUB1 (triangle choke - 1:26) Vyacheslav Bogomol (9-4-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Ukraine Bruce Souto (10-3-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Brazil WSUB3 (rear naked choke - 2:40) Payzula Magomedov (2-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russia BANTAMWEIGHTS Dmitry Orlov (13-6-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraine WSUB2 (triangle choke - 1:36) Mikhail Kuznetsov (4-3-0, M-1: 2-3-0), Russia Vadim Malygin (8-2-1, M-1: 1-1-1), Russia WKO3 (punches - 0:45) Denes Carvalho (5-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Brazil  |
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