The Professional Martial Arts Gala Night SENSHI, one of the biggest martial arts events known for its strong matches that no one wants to miss, was held to great interest on May 13. The elite fighters showed a real fighting spectacle to the audience at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria.
See the complete results of the fights in the 16th edition of the SENSHI International Professional Gala:
Fight #1
Cat. 75 kg, ruleset: KWU SENSHI
Onur Şeker, Turkey vs. Tony Romero, Spain
Fight #2
Cat. 70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Gregoire Gottardi, France vs. Ivan Naccari, Italy
Fight #3
Cat. 70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Alex Rodríguez, Spain vs. Dragomir Petrov, Bulgaria
Fight #4
Cat. 75 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Levan Guruli, Georgia vs. Atanas Bozhilov, Bulgaria
Fight #5
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Open
Kevin Ruart, France vs. Mitko Iliev, Bulgaria
Fight #6
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Rodrigo Mineiro, Brazil vs. Nikola Todorovic, Serbia
Fight #7
Cat. 85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Ali El Ameri, Morocco vs. Boban Ilioski, North Macedonia
Fight #8
Cat. 95 kg, ruleset: KWU Senshi
Lukas Achterberg, Germany vs. Olivier Langlois-Ross, Canada
Fight #9
Cat. +95 kg, KWU Full Contact
Florin Matei, Romania vs. Youness Benmalek, Belgium
Fight #10
Cat. +95 kg, KWU Full Contact
Iaroslav Linnic, Moldova vs. Nikola Filipovic, Serbia
Fight #11
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Open
Lamin Gaye, Spain vs. Mariyan Dimitrov, Bulgaria
Fight #12
Cat. 80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Eddy Ruiz, Spain vs. Mihail Velchovski, Bulgaria
Fight #13
Cat. 85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Frangis Goma, France vs. Aleksandar Petrov, Bulgaria
The special award “Knockout of the Night” was won by Mariyan Dimitrov, and with his last-minute debut and strong fight, the award “Highest Fighting Spirit” was grabbed by Mihail Velchovski from Bulgaria. The award for “Best Technique” at SENSHI 16 went to Gregoire Gottardi of France.
Among the special guests at SENSHI were world martial arts greats, including the spectacular K-1 Max champion Albert Kraus and kickboxer with 11 world titles Nathan “Carnage” Corbett. The star-studded group also included Dutch MMA and kickboxer Andy Souwer and European Kyokushin champion Sensei Jan Soukup.
Without a doubt, the 13 fights showed how much skill and strength the SENSHI fighters have. All the spectators were impressed by the fighting and filled the hall with their applause. Stay tuned for news on the next edition of SENSHI coming soon. Rest assured that the coming event will be even more spectacular and exciting.
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.