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<\/a>Undefeated Khadis Ibragimov (7-0-0) defeated Dmitry Mikutsa in last night’s M-1 Challenge 96 main event to capture the vacant M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title, at M-1 Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.<\/p>\nMMA fighters represented 10 different countries in this international event: Russia, United States, Ukraine, Brazil, France, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan and Georgia.<\/p>\n
Ibragimov, fighting out of Russia, locked in a rear-naked choke to submit his Ukrainian opponent, Mikutsa (9-4-1), in the second round for the vacant M-1 Challenge light heavyweight crown.<\/p>\n
In the co-featured event, Russian featherweight Viktor Kolesnik (15-3-1) finished off his American foe, Daniel “Agent Orange” Swain (18-9-1) in the opening round with damaging leg kicks.<\/p>\n
Brazilian lightweight Michel “Sassariro” Silva (20-7-1) was too much for previously unbeaten Alexey “Phenomenal” Ilyenko (8-1-1), who succumbed to a vicious ground-and-pound attack.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian featherweight Yuri Chobuka (10-1-0) took a unanimous decision from Steve Polifonte (13-6-0), of France.<\/p>\n
Georgian flyweight Vazha Tsiptauri (6-1-0) handed Sanzhar Adilov (4-1-0), of Kazakhstan, his first loss as a professional by way of a unanimous decision.<\/p>\n
On the undercard, Russian heavyweight Yuri Fedorov (2-0-0) ground-and-pounded his way to a third-round technical knockout of fellow countryman Sergey Goltsov (0-2-), Russian featherweight Akhmadkhan Bokov (4-3-0) edged pro-debuting Adam Borovec (0-1-0) via majority decision, and Russian featherweight Nikita Solonin (5-2-0) registered a unanimous decision victory against Rene Hackl (4-1-0), of Hungary).<\/p>\n
Russian pro-debuting Vasily Kozlov (1-0-0), fighting at a 158 \u00bd catchweight, and Russian welterweight Boris Medvedev (3-0-0) were first-round, one-punch knockout winners, respectively, versus Jurand Lisieski (3-1-1), of Poland, and Ukrainian Dmitriy Tikhonyuk (0-1-0). Russian lightweight Artem Tarasov (3-1-0) used a barrage of punches to stop Filip Kovarik (3-1-0), of Poland, in round one.<\/p>\n
MAIN CARD<\/p>\n
MAIN EVENT
\nVACANT M-1 CHALLENGE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
\nKhadis Ibragimov (7-0-0, M-1: 3-0-0), Russia
\nWSUB2 (4:30 – rear naked choke)
\nDmitry Mikutsa (9-4-1, M-1: 2-2-0), Ukraine
\n(Ibragimov won the M-1 Challenge light heavyweight title)<\/p>\n
CO-FEATURE – FEATHERWEIGHTS
\nViktor Kolesnik (15-3-1, M-1: 4-1-1), Russia
\nWTKO1 (4:21 – leg kicks)
\nDaniel Swain (18-9-1, M-1: 1-1-1), USA<\/p>\n
LIGHTWEIGHTS
\nMichel Silva (20-7-1, M-1: 2-2-0), Brazil
\nWTKO1 (1:34 – ground-and-pound)
\nAlexey Ilyenko (8-1-1, M-1: 1-1-0), Russia<\/p>\n
FEATHERWEIGHTS
\nYuri Chobuka (10-1-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Ukraine
\nWDEC3
\nSteve Polifonte (13-6-0, M-1: 0-1-0), France<\/p>\n
FLYWEIGHTS
\nVazha Tsiptauri (6-1-0, M-1: 4-0-0)
\nWDEC3
\nSanzhar Adilov (4-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Kazakhstan<\/p>\n
UNDERCARD<\/p>\n
HEAVYWEIGHTS
\nYuri Fedorov (2-0-0, M-1: 2-0-0), Russia
\nWTKO3 (1:11 – ground-and-pound)
\nSergey Goltsov (0-2-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Russia<\/p>\n
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS
\nRafal Kijanczuk (4-0-0 (M-1: 2-0-0), Poland
\nWTKO1 (5:00 – injury)
\nIbragim Sagov (4-2-0, M-1: 3-2-0), Russia<\/p>\n
CATCHWEIGHT (72, kg, 158 \u00bd lbs.)
\nVasily Kozlov (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia
\nWKO1 (0:42 – punch)
\nJurand Lisieski (3-1-1, M-1: 0-1-0), Poland<\/p>\n
WELTERWEIGHTS
\nDmitriy Tikhonyuk (1-0-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Ukraine
\nWKO1 (1:07 – punch)
\nBoris Medvedev (2-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Russia<\/p>\n
LIGHTWEIGHTS
\nArtem Tarasov (3-1-0, M-1: 1-0-0), Russia
\nWKO1 (1:57 – punches)
\nFilip Kovarik (3-1-0, M-1: 1-1-0), Poland<\/p>\n
FEATHERWEIGHTS
\nNikita Solonin (5-2-0, M-1: 2-1-0), Russia
\nWDEC3
\nRene Hackl (4-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Hungary<\/p>\n
Akhmadkhan Bokov (4-3-0, M-1: 4-1-0), Russia
\nWDEC3
\nAdam Borovec (0-1-0, M-1: 0-1-0), Czech Republic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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