The full fight card for the bare-knuckle fighting tournament TOP DOG 26, which will take place on December 23 at the Krylya Sovetov Sports Complex in Moscow, has been announced. This was reported by the press service of the promotion.
The main fight of the evening will feature a rematch between the former contender for the TOP DOG middleweight title, world champion in pankration Sergei “Kratos” Kalinin and Timur “Doctor” Akaimov. The fight is of a challenger nature. The winner of the bout will face middleweight champion Naim “Samurai” Davudov.
In the second most important fight there will be another rematch: former interim TOP DOG lightweight champion, finalist of the WSB World Series of Boxing Isa “Tandovsky” Isaev will meet with ex-title challenger Alexey “Melnik” Melnikov.
In addition, Sulambek “Scarlet Beast” Shakhgiriev will fight against Pavel “Berserk” Shelest, and Ivan “Puncher” Maidanchuk will meet with Vitaly “Enshent” Starykh.
The rest of the fight card looks like this:
Ayan “Ilyich” Irgit – Kamal “Kamikaze” Gasanov
Khusrav “13th district” Zoidov – Nikita Sevostyanov
Alexander “Hard” Velikdus – Vasily “Jambo” Kapustin
David “Machine Gun” Oganesyan – Matin “Tornado” Sharopov
Sergey “Coach” Marchenko – Victor “Fighter from the Morgue” Boronin
Ivan “F1” Abramov – Dmitry Spivak
Alexander “Skull” Derevyanko – Sergei Makarov
Adilzhan “Ados” Sandibekov – Nabi “Gannibal” Gadzhiev
The tournament will start at 19:00 Moscow time. The live broadcast can be watched on the UDAR TV channel.
Source: Lenta
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