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Damir Ismagulov & Movsar Evloev retain M-1 Challenge titles PhilBoxing.com Sat, 24 Feb 2018  MOSCOW (February 23, 2018) - M-1 Challenge champions Damir Ismagulov and Movsar Evloev both successfully defended their titles last night at M-1 Challenge 88 at Olympic Stadium on Moscow. Ismagulov (15-2-0), fighting out of 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) in the main event. In the co-featured event, Evloev (9-0-0) kept his perfect pro record intact by way of a third-round submission of Sergey Morozov (10-4-0), of Kazakhstan, locking in a rear naked choke. Natives of 10 different countries fought in this true international MMA event. Former M-1 Challenge light heavyweight champion Stephan "T-800" Puetz (15-4-0) was upset by late replacement and M-1 Global pro-debuting Khadis Ibragimov (3-0-0), of Russia, who employed a bulldog choke to knock off his heavily favored opponent in the third round in a fight contested at a catchweight. Russian 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. On the preliminary card, 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" Pereira (19-5-0) had his hand raised in victory after three rounds versus Rinat "Riko" Sayakbaev (7-2-0), of 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), Russian middleweight Ruslan Shamilov forced Frenchman Reda "Boom Boom" Oudgou (2-3-0) into submission (rear naked choke) in the second round, Talekh "The Azerbaijan Terminator" Nadzhafadze (7-2-1) won a three-round unanimous decision over Vitaliy Slipenko (9-2-0), of 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.. Complete results and pictures below: MAIN CARD MAIN EVENT - M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Damir Ismagulov (15-2-0, M-1: 9-1-0), Russia WDEC5 Raul Tutarauli (18-4-0-1, M-1: 6-2-0), Georgia (Ismagulov retained M-1 Challenge lightweight title) CO-FEATURE - M-1 CHALLENGE BANTAMWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Movsar Evloev (9-0-0, M-1: 9-0-0), Russia WSUB3 (rear naked choke - 3:41) Sergey Morozov (10-4-0, M-1: 5-3-0), Kazakhstan (Evloev retained M-1 Challenge bantamweight title) CATCHWEIGHT Khadis Ibragimov (3-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia WSUB3 (bulldog choke - 2:12) Stephan Puetz (15-4-0, M-1: 6-2-0), Germany MIDDLEWEIGHTS Valery Myasnikov (11-1-2, M-1: 2-1-1), Russia WTKO1 (ground & pound - 4:41) Joseph Henle (10-3-1, M-1: 0-1-0), USA BANTAMWEIGHTS Bair Shtepin (6-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0), Russia WTKO1 (punches - 2:16) Heliton Dos Santos Davella (15-7-1, M-1: 0-2-1), Brazil PRELIMINARY CARD HEAVYWEIGHTS Maksim Yakobyuk (3-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0) WTKO2 (ground & pound - 4:05) Frank Kortz (4-5-0, M-1: 0-2-0), Germany CATCHWEIGHT Vadim Shabadash (7-2-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Ukraine WTKO1 (kneed & punches - 0:46) Petur Petrov (3-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Bulgaria MIDDLEWEIGHTS Ruslan Shamilov (4-0-0, M-1: 4-0-0), Russia WSUB2 (rear naked choke - 3:12) Reda Oudgou (2-3-0, M-1: 0-1-0), France Talekh Nadzhafadze (7-2-1, M-1: 3-1-1), Azerbaijan WDEC3 Vitaliy Slipenko (9-2-0, M-1: 1-2-0), Russia LIGHTWEIGHTS Rebenilton Pereira (19-5-0, M-1: 3-2-0), Brazil WDEC3 Rinat Sayakbaev (7-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kyrgyzstan FEATHERWEIGHTS Busurmankul Abdibait Uulu (10-2-1, M-1: 2-0-1), Kyrgyzstan WDEC3 Maxim Divnich (13-5-0, M-1: 7-5-0), Russia BANTAMWEIGHTS Alexander Osterov (4-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia WDEC3 Sergey Klyuev (5-1-0, M-1: 3-1-0), Russia  |
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