Fighters from 13 countries breezed through Friday's weigh-ins, setting the table for SENSHI 30's historic 75 kg Grand Prix tournament. The field features a mix of seasoned pros and rising talent, including GLORY veterans {Christian Baya} and {Nikola Todorovic}, WAKO world champion {Jordi Requejo}, Romanian SENSHI stalwart {Florin Lambagiu}, and late-replacement {Carlos Barbosa}.
SENSHI 30 will stream live and free on the official SENSHI YouTube channel and TrillerTV. The event begins tomorrow at 6:00 PM local time.
The ceremony pulled in K-1 royalty like Semmy Schilt, Ernesto Hoost, Andy Souwer, Albert Kraus, Nicholas Pettas, plus several others. Ray Sefo, the six-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champ making his SENSHI debut, lit up the room, thanking organizers and telling the fighters straight up: “SENSHI is the future of combat sports, where fighters want to be.”
All cleared the scales in peak shape, eyes locked on the inaugural 75 kg title in a brutal format where semi-final losers fight for bronze, and the winners continue through a challenging gauntlet.
This milestone 30th edition, kicked off with a massive week that kicked off with a 420-fighter training camp from 27 nations at SENSHI Gym and the Black Sea Hall. Legends including Schilt, Hoost, Souwer, Kraus, and Sefo drilled kickboxing sessions, while Kyokushin masters like shihan Asen Asenov and sensei Jan Soukup handled the karate side.
WEIGH-IN RESULTS
SUPER FIGHTS
Hirokatsu Miyagi (Japan, 70 kg) vs. Samo Petje (Slovenia, 69.8 kg) – KWU Full Contact -70 kg
Charalampos Digkas (Greece, 66.1 kg) vs. Diyan Dimitrov (Bulgaria, 66.6 kg) – KWU Full Contact -70 kg
Francesko Xhaja (Albania, 116.1 kg) vs. Giannis Stoforidis (Greece, 110.2 kg) – KWU Full Contact 95+ kg
SENSHI GRAND PRIX RESERVE BOUTS
Aibek Amanov (Kazakhstan, 75 kg) vs. Viktor Krashevski (Bulgaria, 74.7 kg)
Fernando Tigre (Portugal, 74.8 kg) vs. David Kinhefner (Hungary, 74.9 kg)
SENSHI GRAND PRIX MAIN BOUTS
Carlos Barbosa (Brazil, 74.8 kg) vs. Zhulien Rikov (Bulgaria, 75 kg)
Constantin Rusu (Moldova, 74.9 kg) vs. Florin Lambagiu (Romania, 74.2 kg)
Jordi Requejo (Spain, 74.7 kg) vs. Konstantin Stoykov (Bulgaria, 74.9 kg)
Jorge Davila (Spain, 74.4 kg) vs. Christian Baya (DR Congo, 74.7 kg)
Source: beyondkick.com