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The official weigh-in for the SENSHI 23 International Gala Fight Night fighters was successfully passed. The weigh-in and face-off ceremony was held on the beach near ” More ” restaurant in St. Constantine and Helena resort, Varna, Bulgaria. For the first time, the 24 fighting stars, who will step into the beach arena on September 7, came face to face.
In the new 23rd edition of SENSHI, the fight arena will take place in 12 contested bouts with fighters from 17 countries under the rules of KWU Full Contact, KWU SENSHI, and KWU OPEN. Renowned athletes from all over the world who have come to Bulgaria will participate in the ring of the international SENSHI circuit, and 13 professional fighters will debut in front of the SENSHI audience, showing their technique and skills.
In the media press conference, Rade Opacic pointed out that this is his second participation in the international gala night in Varna, Bulgaria. He is really enjoying fighting in front of kickboxing legends in SENSHI and couldn’t wait for the match tomorrow.
Jaiteh Bubu told the media he was ready for this moment and opportunity to fight against Bozhilov, he would surprise the viewers and put his name on the top in SENSHI.
Here are the results of the official weigh-in before SENSHI 23:
Fight №1
Category: -70 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Marian Lapusneanu (Romania) 70 kg – Mateusz Janik (Poland) 69,7 kg
Fight №2
Category: -70 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Gregoire Gottardi (France) 68 kg – Luke Whelan (England) 68 kg
Fight №3
Category: -70 kg ruleset: KWU SENSHI
Walter Christopher (France) 67 kg – Nicolas Sanabria (Colombia) 67 kg
Fight №4
Category: -85 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Kristiyan Doychev (Bulgaria) 84,3 kg – Valentinos Kiriakidis (Greece) 85 kg
Fight №5
Category: -70 kg ruleset: KWU OPEN
Delyan Georgiev (Bulgaria) 68 kg – Lucas Lima (Brazil) 67,8 kg
Fight №6
Category: -80 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Michael Samperi (Italy) 76,8 kg – Dmytro Hlevka (Portugal) 76,9 kg
Fight №7
Category: -85 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Aleksandar Menkovic (Serbia) 85 kg – Loic Njeya (Switzerland) 85 kg
Fight №8
Category: -95 kg ruleset: KWU FULL OPEN
Massinissa Hamaili (Algeria) 88 kg – Karim Mabrouk (Austria) 88 kg
Fight №9
Category: -95 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Abdelilah Azzouzi (Morocco) 94,8 kg – Fabrice Gnedre (Ivory Coast) 94,2 kg
Fight №10
Category: 95+ kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Rade Opacic (Serbia) 117,5 kg – Cristian Ristea (Romania) 102 kg
Fight №11
Category: 95+ kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Marius Munteanu (Romania) 108,9 kg – Bruno Chaves (Brazil) 130 kg
Fight №12
Category: -75 kg ruleset: KWU FULL CONTACT
Atanas Bozhilov (Bulgaria) 74,7 kg – Jaiteh Ndow Bubu (Spain) 75 kg
Only a few hours are left until the international combat show, which will be held on the beach near the restaurant “More” in St. St. Constantine and Helena resort in Varna, Bulgaria, on September 7 at 6:30 pm EET /11:30 am EST/.
Every fan of martial arts worldwide who wants to view SENSHI can watch it in real-time on American online martial arts television TrillerTV.com, Senshi.com, Boec.bg, Boec.com, Kwunion.com, and Kyokushin Karate News. The fight show will be broadcasted live for Bulgaria on Bulgaria ON AIR and Max Sport 1 for Bulgaria.
SENSHI 23 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.
SENSHI’s media partners are Boec.BG, Boec.COM, the national television Bulgaria ON AIR, the sports channel MAX Sport 1, the American online martial arts television TrillerTV, Dir.bg, KOD Sport, Gol.bg, Topsport.bg, Kwunion.com, Kyokushin Karate News, Fighto.News and Novinata.bg.
