On September 7, the 23rd SENSHI International Gala Fight Night occurred in Varna, Bulgaria. The event showed spectacular fights, three knockouts, thirteen new fighters in the ring, and some intense bouts. Professional combat athletes from 17 countries gave their all in the arena as they battled it out for victory at SENSHI 23. The quick exchanges of powerful techniques and the fighting spirit of the sorts once again raised the tension levels in the beach arena. The stunning combat show brought solid emotions and much action to all martial arts enthusiasts.
Thousands of spectators worldwide watched online 12 epic battles under the rules of KWU FULL CONTACT, KWU SENSHI, and KWU OPEN, and hundreds experienced the emotions live at the Black Sea beach near the restaurant “More” in “St. St. Constantine and the Helena” resort in Varna, Bulgaria.
Here are the results of the all bouts in SENSHI 23:
Fight #1
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Marian Lapusneanu (Romania) won over Mateusz Janik (Poland) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #2
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Luke Whelan (England) won over Gregoire Gottardi (France) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #3
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU SENSHI
Nicolas Sanabria (Colombia) won over Walter Christopher (France) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #4
Cat. -85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Kristiyan Doychev (Bulgaria) won over Valentinos Kiriakidis (Greece) by judges’ decision.
Fight #5
Cat. -70 kg, ruleset: KWU OPEN
Delyan Georgiev (Bulgaria) won over Lucas Lima (Brazil) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #6
Cat. -80 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Michael Samperi (Italy) won over Dmytro Hlevka (Portugal) by KO.
Fight #7
Cat. -85 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Aleksandar Menkovic (Serbia) won over Loic Njeya (Switzerland) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #8
Cat. -95 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Karim Mabrouk (Austria) won over Massinissa Hamaili (Algeria) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #9
Cat. -95 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Abdelilah Azzouzi (Morocco) won over Fabrice Gnedre (Ivory Coast) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #10
Cat. 95+ kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Rade Opacic (Serbia) won over Cristian Ristea (Romania) by the judges’ decision.
Fight #11
Cat. 95+ kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Bruno Chaves (Brazil) won over Marius Munteanu (Romania) by KO.
Fight #12
Cat. -75 kg, ruleset: KWU Full Contact
Atanas Bozhilov (Bulgaria) won over Jaiteh Ndow Bubu (Spain) by TKO.
At the end of the gala night, after the last explosive fight in the arena of SENSHI 23, it was traditionally the turn of the organizers to present the special awards – “Knockout of the Night,” “Best Technique,” and “Fighting Spirit.”
The great Ernesto Hoost personally presented the “Knockout of the Night” award to Brazilian Bruno Chaves. In addition, the top “Fighting Spirit” award was given from kickboxing legend Andy Souwer to Moroccan Abdelilah Azzouzi. The “Best Technique” award deservedly went to Italian Michael Samperi, given to him by the world-famous Semmy Schilt.
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.
SENSHI 23 media partners are combat sports portals Boec.BG and Boec.COM, the national television Bulgaria ON AIR, the sports channel MAX Sport 1, the American online martial arts television TrillerTV, the YouTube channel KOD Sport, DIR.bg, Gol.bg, Topsport.bg, Novinata.bg, Kwunion.com, Kyokushin Karate News, and Fighto.News.
