In a stylish setting and with great interest, the official Weigh-In was passed, which preceded the new 15th edition of the SENSHI international gala fight night. It took place in the conference room in a hotel Aquahouse and for the first time pitted against each other the fighting stars who will step into the SENSHI arena in bouts for the prestigious championship belts. All 32 athletes were able to enter their categories and pass the official weigh-in successfully and acknowledged that they were ready for the clashes and showed exceptional strength, confidence, and fighting spirit.
There are only a few hours left until the big fight show. It will be held on February 18th at 6:30 p.m. in the Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna. Anyone who wants to watch SENSHI from the front row can buy tickets from the Eventim network or on-site from the box office.
The class of the event was again at the highest level. Among the special guests at the official SENSHI weigh-in were Shihan Akira Masuda and Shihan Ryu Narushima, as well as world martial arts greats and some of the doyens of Kyokushin and K-1: Shihan Francisco Filho, Shihan Glaube Feitosa, Sensei Ewerton Teixeira, Shihan Semmy Schilt, Peter Aerts, and Ernesto Hoost. Guests will also be the champion of the “K-1 Max” circuit Albert Kraus, the world champion in Kyokushin Sensei Andrews Nakahara, as well as the multiple winner of the “All Japan” championship in Kyokushin-kan karate Sensei Yusuke Fujii, arrived again, especially for SENSHI 15 in Bulgaria. For the first time especially for SENSHI, the Dutch welterweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist Andy Souwer, who is a two-time K-1 MAX world champion and a four-time world tournament Shootbox champion, as well as the It’s Showtime world champion, also came to our country 70 MAX.
The fight card of SENSHI 15 features 16 bouts between 32 martial arts champions from 19 countries. 6 of the best Bulgarian fighters will fight for victory – the European WAKO PRO in K-1 style champion “Mr. Show” Eduard Aleksanyan, the winner of the EMC Muay Thai title Dragomir Petrov, the world KGP and WAKO PRO champion Atanas Bozhilov and WKF Intercontinental Champion Teodor Hristov. For the first time at SENSHI 15, we will also see the European champion in Kyokushin Karate and national champion in kickboxing, with 6 victories in MMA, three of them with knockouts, Mitko Iliev, as well as the world champion in combat sambo and national champion in wrestling, Mariyan Dimitrov, who is on a 10-match winning streak and has won 8 of his bouts by knockout.
The main fight of the evening will be between the Italian champion Giuseppe di Dominico and one of the best Bulgarian fighters Eduard Aleksanyan. The SENSHI fight card also promises more electrifying foreign bouts.
Fight #1
Cat. 60 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Débora Évora, Portugal (55 kg) vs Montana Aerts, Netherlands (55 kg)
Fight #2
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Murod Akhmedov, Uzbekistan (80 kg) vs Jo Miyahara, Japan (79,60 kg)
Fight #3
Cat. 70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Aydin Aslan, Turkey (69,80 kg) vs Dragomir Petrov, Bulgaria (69,40 kg)
Fight #4
Cat. 70 kg, ruleset: KWU Senshi
Jonathan Mayezo, France (70 kg) vs Marcio Jesus, Brazil (70 kg)
Fight #5
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Open
Ehsan Sajed, Netherlands (79,70 kg) vs Mitko Iliev, Bulgaria (79,90 kg)
Fight #6
Cat. 75 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Fernando Martin, Spain (73,80 kg) vs Atanas Bozhilov, Bulgaria (74 kg)
Fight #7
Cat. 75 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Diogo Neves, Portugal (72,90 kg) vs Žiga Pečnik, Slovenia (73 kg)
Fight #8
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Mickaël Lopes Da Veiga, France (76,20 kg) vs Florin Lambagiu, Romania (76,80 kg)
Fight #9
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Marouan Toutouh, Morocco (80 kg) vs Nikola Todorovic, Serbia (80 kg)
Fight #10
Cat. – 95 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Pavel Voronin, Moldova (95 kg) vs Jakob Styben, Germany (93 kg)
Fight #11
Cat. + 95 kg, KWU Full Contact
Endrit Emini, Germany (100 kg) vs Danylo Voievodkin, Ukraine (116 kg)
Fight #12
Cat. +95 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Bruno Suzano, Portugal (104 kg) vs Claudiu Istrate, Romania (116 kg)
Fight #13
Cat. – 95 kg, ruleset: KWU Senshi
Ivan Bartek, Slovakia (94,90 kg) vs Olivier Langlois-Ross, Canada (94,60 kg)
Fight #14
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Mehdi Ait El Hadj, Morocco (77 kg) vs Teodor Hristov, Bulgaria (77 kg)
Fight #15
Cat. 85 kg, ruleset: KWU Open
Pedro Oliveira, Brazil (85 kg) vs Mariyan Dimitrov, Bulgaria (85 kg)
Fight #16
Cat. 85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Giuseppe de Domenico, Italy (85 kg) vs Eduard Aleksanyan, Bulgaria (84,90 kg)
SENSHI starts on February 18th at 6:30 p.m. – you can watch it from the front row in the Congress Hall of the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna as well as it will be broadcasted live on Bulgaria ON AIR and Max Sport 1 for Bulgaria, as well as in real-time worldwide on American television FITE, Senshi.com, Boec.bg, Boec.com, Kwunion.com and Kyokushin Karate News.
SENSHI is organized in cooperation with the Professional League of the Kyokushin World Union (KWU International Professional League), as well as with the special support of Armeec Insurance Company, MAX Sport, Bulgaria Air, M Car Group – BMW dealer, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Service and St. St. Constantine and Helena Holding.
SENSHI’s media partners are Boec.BG and Boec.COM, the national television Bulgaria ON AIR, the American online martial arts television FITE, Gol.bg, Topsport.bg, Kwunion.com, the information portal Kyokushin Karate News, Fighto.News and Novinata.bg.
