Russian fighter Yusuf Raisov could not meet the limit of the lightweight division before the fight with his compatriot Alexander Matmuratov , he will therefore give 30% of the costs to his opponent. The head of the ASA league, Alexei Yatsenko, told .
The fight between Matmuratov and Raisov will be the co-main event of the ASA 165 tournament, which will take place on November 3 in St. Petersburg. Raisov’s weight was 70.7 kg, and Raisov’s weight was 71.35 kg.
— During the weigh-in procedure, the fighter showed an additional 550 grams. For exceeding up to 1 kg, the fighter is fined 30% of the amount in favor of the opponent who managed to reach the weight, reports the correspondent of , according to Yatsenko’s words.
Matmuratov has 15 wins and five losses in MMA; in his last fight in June, he defeated Javier Basurto in the first round. Raisov has 20 wins and three losses; the last time the fighter entered the octagon was in January, when he defeated Alain Ilunga in the second round.
The participants of the main fight, the Russian Mehdi Dakaev and the Brazilian Herdeson Batista, passed the weigh-in, showing the same weight. The stake of the confrontation is a ticket to the semi-finals of the ACA Lightweight Grand Prix.
The ACA 165 tournament in St. Petersburg will be broadcast live on the “” and “Match!” Fighter”. Broadcast begins on November 3 on “Match! Fighter” at 4:40 p.m. (Moscow time), broadcast on the federal channel at 9:00 p.m. (Moscow time).
Source : MatchTV
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