WFC 18: Knockout Results
WFC 18: Knockout lived up to its expectations! In a spectacular settings of an ancient building WFC crowned two new Champions and saw a retirement of a true WFC legend. Slovenian fighters went nearly 5-0 with wins from Stankov, Chorchyp, Drmonjic and Bratovz. Only Vrbinc had to admit the superiority of Gritko who was superior with his takedown attempts and ground and pound.
Mury Derbal returned to professional bouts with a convincing win against Grguric. It was Derbal's first professional fight after 15 years! Newly crowned WFC Welterweight Champion, Jevgeniy Mahteenko from Ukraine, proved to be to aggresive for young Italian Tessari as he took the empty throne in the division.
In the last fight of the evening we saw an epic farewell fight from Aleksandar ''Rodja'' Radosavljevic who KO'd his Japanese opponent Yoshiyuki Nakanishi. Rodja who announced his retirement prior to the event put up a fight for history books.
Aleksander Stankov |
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Mario Ilijevic |
Round 2, 3:00, Tap out |
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Mourad Derbal |
def. |
Filip Grguric |
Round 3, 3:00, Unanimous decision |
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Denis Chorchyp |
def. |
Marko Vidovic |
Round 3, 3:00, Unanimous decision |
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Marko Drmonjic |
def. |
Claudio Conti |
Round 1, 1:00, Guillotine choke |
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Gheorghe Gritko |
def. |
Primoz Vrbinc |
Round 3, 3:00, Unanimous decision |
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WFC Welterweight Title (-77kg) |
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Jevgeniy Mahteenko |
def. |
Simone Tessari |
Round 1, 2:00, KO |
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Bor Bratovz |
def. |
Piotr Wawrzyniak |
Round 3, 5:00, Unanimous decision |
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WFC Light Heavyweight Title (-93kg) |
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Aleksandar Rodja |
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Yoshiyuki Nakanishi |
Round 1, 4:20, KO |