Andrei Chekhonin faces a world champion at SENSHI 8

An entirely international fight between Russia and Portugal will mark the 9th fight of the upcoming SENSHI 8 fight night this Saturday night in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Russia’s Andrei Chekhonin will be facing Portugal’s Ricardo Fernandes in a fight conducted under the KWU Full Contact rules n the -85 kg category.

Fernandes is a world and European K-1 kickboxing champion. He’s also an Iberic kickboxing champion.

Chekhonin is a WAKO and WAKO PRO world champ and a 2015 Tatneft Cup silver medalist. The Russian is a second dan black belt in karate Kyokushin and has won over 50 trophies in his stellar career.

Fighters from 11 countries will fight for glory in Sofia, which will be broadcast live, both for Bulgaria – on Max Sport 1, Bulgaria ON AIR and Boec.BG, and for the whole world – live on Boec.com, on the American online TV FITE, Kwunion.com and Kyokushin Karate News.

SENSHI 8 is being conducted with the assistance of the KWU International Professional League, chaired by Shihan Ivo Kamenov,  as well as with the special support of Armeec Insurance JSC, MAX Sport, Bulgaria AIR and BMW-M car.

Media partners: Boec. BG and Boec.Com, Bulgaria ON AIR, FITE.TV, Gol.bg, Topsport.bg, Russian Union of Martial Arts and Kyokushinkarate News.

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