WFC 18: Knockout Report
What a night it has been when WFC hosted an event in Krizanke summer theatre for the first time! Two new Champions were crowned as Mahteenko and Radosavljevic beat up their respectable opponents.
WFC 18: Knockout opened up with three electrifying K-1 fights that pumped up the crowd. Aleksander Stankov and Mario Ilijevic exchanged some powerful punches from the start but as the time passed Stankov took over the initiative and forced Ilijevic in retirement after the completion of 2nd round.
Mury Derbal returned to the professional fights after a 15 years long absence and was fans favourite from the very start. Five years younger Grguric connected some punches but he didn’t seriously rocked Derbal who looked like that he had everything under control. Derbal won the fight fair and square after a unanimous decision. Denis Chorchyp return to the WFC was a victorious one. Chorchyp dominated his opponent Vidovic and clinched new victory that puts his professional score to 6-3.
In fight number four Marko Drmonjic put up a bit of an upset as he expressly submitted Claudio Conti from Italy. It was just second fight from Drmonjic in the last 3 years but that didn't bother him to overcome a much taller Conti.
Gritko vs. Vrbinc fight offered 15 minutes of takedowns and ground and pound from Gritko. Moldovan who trains in Italy proved to be on another level than popular Slovene who didn't find an answer for Gritko's takedowns. But nevertheless Vrbinc earned applause from the audience for his persistence that pushed him through the fight. At the end of round 3 judges scored the fight in favour of Gritko who won with unanimous decision.
Jevgeniy Mahteenko got his Welterweight title after he KO'd Tessari from Italy. Tessari, a takedown specialist, tried to bring the fight to the ground but didn’t succeed. Mahteenko attacked with full force and proved to everyone that he has dynamite in his hands.
Slovenian Bor ''Playbor'' Bratovz and Piotr Wawrzyniak from Poland who replaced Willi Ott at the last minute produced an action packed 3 rounds. Intense battle between the two ended with another win for Bor who recorded his 8th career win after more aggresive stand up fight than his opponent. Piotr proved to be a difficult task for the crowd favourite, Bratovz. With a couple of successful takedown attempts he rocked Bratovz but in the end he came a bit short.
The last fight of the evening was truly for histroy books. Aleksandar ''Rodja'' Radosavljevic tangled up with Yoshiyuki Nakanishi from Japan. WFC light heavyweight title fight got the fans on its feet. Rodja was fast and furious from the second the bell rang and delivered some really hard punches to the opponent. Nakanishi, judo and sambo praciticioner, tried to stop Rodja with takedown attempts, but Serbian didn't even blink. They continued the fight in stand up and that is where Rodja proved to be a much better fighter. He KO'd Nakanishi and raised his hands up high! What an end to a career. Rodja will be missed in the WFC where he retired as a Champion on Sunday.
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