The 1st International tournament on the mixed single combats took place in Belgorod on August 5 in the evening, on the eve of festive salute. The Kosmos sports palace was visited by about three thousand our fellow countrymen though the cheapest ticket cost more than one thousand rubles. In a match meeting the command of club of a name of the Sacred prince of Alexander Nevsky (OEMK, Stary Oskol) accepted "the national team of Europe". The main organizer of a fashionable show - BROO "Federation of the mixed fighting single combat (MMA).

Before actually a match the audience was warmed by two couples chernozem fighters and singer Bianka. Valuychanin Alexander Chernov in the second round "замолотил" resident of Voronezh Hovhaness Abgoryan, and resident of Belgorod Alexey Stoyan in half-minute sent to a knockout of a shebekinets of Yury Rudenko.

Bianka with the mini-support team of victims and corruptings didn't cause though hair "blew" it the special superfan. The severe audience considered that the concert was tightened, and part descended in buffet while nobody fought.

In the first match fight Ukrainian Vladislav Stepanov held on against the old

Anton Gukov's oskolets to the second round, the second "Nevsky" pet Nikolay Aleksakhin battled to Pole Mikhail Elsner not much more long. The knockout was rare - foot shock from a turn in the casing.

The second Pole (and to the second Mikhail) Gutovsky too wasn't lucky. Low of brothers Nemkovs - Vadim - finished him in orchestra seats. Arthur Astakhov against Ukrainian Vladimir Brick too carried out "blitzkrieg" - in 39 seconds the second of the guest refused continuation: technical knockout.

Cech Pavel Svoboda with eminent Alexey Nevzorov had identical statistics of fights: on 7 victories and to 1 defeat. Cheshky the judoist tightened all the time the opponent in orchestra seats - and tightened to the own harm. Technical knockout …

To the third round Hungarian Adam Polgar in fight against Anatoly Tokov held on. In penultimate fight Spaniard Tato Primera (hitherto invincible) began enough quickly fight with Dmitry Samoilov. But a section of his forehead the doctor considered dangerous - and again a technical knockout in our favor.

High Nemkov (Victor's) superfight with Pole Maciej Brovarski appeared the only thing prolonged all three five-minute rounds. Victor both beat, and pulled hands on painful, and tried "to strangle" 33-year-old полутяжа. But that stood so Victor benefited the decision of judges - all three gave the score 30:27 in its favor.

The match total - 8:0...

Evgeny ROMASHOV,

Yury BOGRAD (photo)