On March 29 in the Public cultural center of 20 fighters from Priamurye, Khabarovsk and Japan refer in professional tournament on the mixed single combats. There I passed the Call of Cupid-6 tournament.

According to organizers, this type of fights finds the increasing popularity in the sports world. By the way, to participants was, for what to fight: winners received not only cups and medals, but also a reward, and also chance to act on a large duel in Khabarovsk.

–    The prize fund of our tournament "Call of Cupid-6" makes about half a million rubles.    Each fighter, in independence of that, won he or lost, will receive a certain sum.    And tournament will take place in Khabarovsk on May 17, in "Platinum Arene", – Roman Reznik, the president of Federation of the mixed fighting single combats of the Amur region speaks.   

Usually similar tournaments consist of 8-12 fights. Everything depends on number of participants whom organizers could invite. In Blagoveshchensk "A call on Cupid" – ten fights, from them five – for debutants in lightweight (each fight consists of two rounds), three rating duels and two superfights (here the number of rounds increases by one).

–     From quantity of victories the rating of the fighter raises.     In rating fights rivals work for points which, actually, and will raise their rating.     And a lot of things depend on it, and that, how many money the fighter, and prestigiousness of tournaments to which him further will be able to invite will receive, – Vyacheslav Mogilant, the judge explains.    

For example, the resident of Khabarovsk Sergey Tsekunov has rather high rating – 20 fights and 17 victories. The resident of Khabarovsk considers that the victory in their sports never happens easy. Nevertheless, on the Blagoveshchensk ring Sergey once again overcame the rival.

– It is possible to tell that 12 years strenuously fight. I had a good partner. There was a big danger in orchestra seats, but I knew that in a rack precisely has to get and got. Professionally I am engaged in fights for a long time, I combined some directions earlier. I was and in a professional kickboxing, and in hand-to-hand fight. Now here I prove to be in the mixed single combats, – Sergey Tsekunov, the winner of superfight, the master of sports in hand-to-hand fight tells.

And for Dmitry Gorobts tournament in Blagoveshchensk – the first professional on the mixed single combats. Before the young man was engaged in army hand-to-hand fight.

This time two superfights came to the end with knockouts. So, the resident of Khabarovsk Alexey Shapovalov won a victory in superfight over Japanese Yuji Sakuragi. For it the victory appeared already the tenth. Impressive the victory looked and at Sergey Tsekunov is (Khabarovsk). He sent to Murad Shakhbanov's knockout.

Fights and didn't do without blood: so, to the athlete from Khabarovsk Umedu Hamrayev hurt a nose the Amur fighter. The Far Easterner could hold on only to the second round - there the inhabitant of the Amur region applied suffocating reception and won.

Author: Angela Tarayarova