According to different scenarios: how Raisov lost to Vartanyan due to a cut, and Tumenov “crushed” Goncharov on ACA 147

The next tournament of the ACA league aroused increased interest of the audience, largely due to the two main matches of the evening.

In one of them, the first finalist of the Grand Prix in lightweight was determined, and in the second, Andrey Goncharov and Bibert Tumenov, who had a tough brawl on the air of Match TV, sorted out the relationship.

Then the cross-interview with the fighters turned into a fight, and the guard had to separate the opponents.

True, both quickly calmed down and shook hands in the studio.

A couple of days before the show, it became known that Goncharov did not have time to make weight, and the fight was on the verge of being cancelled.

Tumenov could well play it safe and not agree to a fight with an enemy that was one and a half kilograms superior in mass, but he acted bravely and expressed his readiness to enter the cage.

True, the atmosphere around the battle only heated up because of this.

And it was noticeable even in the communication of rivals at a press conference, and finally manifested itself during the ceremonial weigh-in.

Andriy and Biebert almost got into a fight again, but ACA President Alexei Yatsenko managed to calm the athletes down.

After this, the audience had the right to expect an uncompromising felling, but at first the opponents did not justify the hopes of the fans.

They spent most of the first round in reconnaissance and took very little risk, and the most striking episode was a poke in the eye of Tumenov.

He was so unpleasant that he could not recover for a long time, and the doctor was even forced to enter the cage.

The assessment of the athlete’s condition was delayed, and at some point even his older brother Albert began to advise his relative to think about stopping the duel.

But he did not follow the recommendations and continued to fight.

This episode only provoked Tumenov.

At the end of the round, he “exploded” with a dangerous combination and almost pinned his opponent in the corner, and in the second he only increased the pressure.

Bibert literally drove Andrey around the cage and constantly turned out to be sharper in exchanges.

And during one of these he caught the enemy with an uppercut and laid him on the canvas.

Tumenov had about a minute and a half to finish off Goncharov on the ground, but he managed to “tie up” his counterpart and endure until the gong.

Andrei failed to seize the initiative.

Bibert did not loosen his grip and during the last five minutes dominated the opponent, whose left eye was almost closed.

And Tumenov made good use of this, over and over again planting one right hook after another in his head.

As a result, although Goncharov got to his feet, he lost his last strength.

After that, the judges could not have any doubts about the winner of the fight.

All five members of the jury sided with Tumenov, and one not only gave him all three rounds, but in one he saw his clear superiority - 29:27, 30:26, 29:28, 29:27, 29:28.

Biebert won for the second time in a row and made a bid for the top 5 featherweight division, while Andrey lost for the first time since March 2017.

Then, already in the fourth minute, Gamzat Saidbegov “strangled” him.

“In our weight now there are very serious fighters, very competitive fights.

Also, the championship fight between Magomedrasul Khasbulaev and Alikhan Suleymanov will soon take place ... Let's see if the league gives me (to fight the winner. -

) this fight, I will gladly agree.

I don't care who I fight.

Ready to show spectacular fights, ”Tumenov Jr. said.

Despite the absence of tension in relations between opponents, the main battle was no less intriguing.

After all, it met the stars of Russian mixed martial arts, who have been predicting a transition to the UFC for a long time.

And although Eduard Vartanyan had a more impressive track record and surpassed Yusuf Raisov in experience, it was he who was considered the underdog.

According to some experts and journalists, recently the Lionheart has not performed as brightly as before and has lost his taste for sports.

However, in the cage, he clearly proved that these assumptions are not true.

The first round was pretty competitive.

Vartanyan, by tradition, was very good and varied in the stance, but most importantly, he was able to defend himself from passes to Raisov's legs.

In the second half of the segment, Yusuf pressed the opponent to the net and tried to knock him to the ground, but he almost ended up on his back after a spectacular sweep.

And this inspired Eduard so much that after the break, he himself tried to carry out a takedown and succeeded.

As it turned out, this was the key episode of the battle.

Vartanyan had great control over Raisov on the floor and soon opened a cut under his left eye with his elbow.

Yusuf managed to get to his feet, but very soon he was again transferred to the stalls.

For almost two minutes, he endured the beating and took one blow to the head after another.

He met Gong with a blood-stained face and a deep wound, which was immediately noticed by representatives of his team and medical personnel.

And after a few seconds, it was decided to stop the fight.

According to the doctor, the damage turned out to be too serious, and the continuation of the battle could turn into serious health problems for Raisov.

Although both he and his opponent were ready to fight on.

Vartanyan was awarded the victory by technical knockout and announced as the first finalist of the Lightweight Grand Prix.

True, Edward himself was dissatisfied with this outcome.

He acted generously and turned to the management of the promotion with a request to recognize the fight as invalid.

However, Raisov snatched the microphone from him and called Vartanyan's success fully deserved.

Mairbek Khasiev, the founder of the league, agreed with him.

Since the cut was provoked by a legal elbow strike, there was no reason to reconsider the result.

“I perfectly understand the noble deed of the Lionheart.

It is beautiful.

But we can’t make a decision… According to the rules, he won,” Khasiev said.

Thus, Raisov's unbeaten streak of three fights was interrupted, and Vartanyan not only won the seventh battle in a row, but also came close to winning a solid fee for winning the tournament.

He will recognize his rival at the end of December, when Artyom Reznikov and Andrey Koshkin will face off in Moscow.