The organizers of the International Gala Fight Night SENSHI 23 have announced the names of the renowned fighters who will take the stage on September 7 at 6:30 pm EET /11:30 am EST/ at the beach arena in front of MORE restaurant in St. St. Constantine and Helena resort, Varna, Bulgaria. Tickets for the fight show are still on sale on the Eventim.bg network, so take them before the best seats run out.
The surprises for combat sports fans are yet to come – in addition to the 11 fights already announced, the SENSHI 23 spectators will enjoy another hot fight under KWU SENSHI rules featuring a Frenchman and a Colombian. The audience will see 12 fights under the rules of KWU Full Contact, KWU OPEN, and KWU SENSHI, and 24 fighting stars from 17 countries will unleash their skills to the max in the ring. Moreover, 13 of them will debut in the professional SENSHI circuit with an exciting display of new talent.
Three Bulgarian champions – Atanas Bozhilov, Kristiyan Doychev, and Delyan Georgiev – will also take to the ring at the fight show in Varna, Bulgaria. The crowd’s support will give them a reason to explode in the professional arena in high-stakes battles with tough and formidable opponents.
Check out the order of battles in the SENSHI 23 fight card:
Fight #1
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Marian Lapusneanu, Romania vs Mateusz Janik, Poland
Fight #2
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Gregoire Gottardi, France vs Luke Whelan, England
Fight #3
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU SENSHI
Walter Christopher, France vs Nicolas Sanabria, Colombia
Fight #4
Cat. -85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Kristiyan Doychev, Bulgaria vs Valentinos Kiriakidis, Greece
Fight #5
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU OPEN
Delyan Georgiev, Bulgaria vs Lucas Lima, Brazil
Fight #6
Cat. -80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Michael Samperi, Italy vs Dmytro Hlevka, Portugal
Fight #7
Cat. -85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Aleksandar Menkovic, Serbia vs Loic Njeya, Switzerland
Fight #8
Cat. -95 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Massinissa Hamaili, Algeria vs Karim Mabrouk, Austria
Fight #9
Cat. -95 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Abdelilah Azzouzi, Morocco vs Fabrice Gnedre, Ivory Coast
Fight #10
Cat. 95+ kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Rade Opacic, Serbia vs Cristian Ristea, Romania
Fight #11
Cat. 95+ kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Marius Munteanu, Romania vs Bruno Chaves, Brazil
Fight #12
Cat. -75 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Atanas Bozhilov, Bulgaria vs Jaiteh Ndow Bubu, Spain
The 23rd edition of SENSHI is organized in cooperation with the 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.
The media partners of SENSHI 23 are Boec.BG and Boec.COM, Bulgaria ON AIR, MAX Sport, the American online combat sports television TrillerTV, Dir.bg, YouTube channel KOD Sport, Kwunion.com, Kyokushin Karate News, Fighto.News and Novinata.bg.