FFC 19: Spahovic injured, former Bellator fighter Atanaz Djambatov steps up!

May 18th, 2015

FFC 19: Spahovic injured, former Bellator fighter Atanaz Djambatov steps up!

There have been some significant changes in the FFC 19 Sofia fight card since one of the fighters of the co-main event sustained an injury during his preps.

Due to serious issues with his knee, Tomislav Spahovic had to cancel the match against Germany's Nicolai Salchow for the second time already. Salchow was unable to fight Spahovic at FFC 7 in Sarajevo, while this time „The BH Beast“ sustained a knee injury. However, the organizers managed to find an adequate replacement and the undefeated Salchow is now to fight Bulgaria's Atanas Djambazov who readily stepped up.

The Bulgarian fighter has a professional score of 20 wins and 4 losses. He also fought twice in Bellator, but without significant success. He was defeated by Emanuel Newton and Egidijus Valavicius. He suffered his last loss in February 2014 after which he returned to the winning streak with two victories in smaller promotions. On the other hand, Salchow fought at FFC 15 in Porec where he defeated the undefeated Matej Batibic via KO in the first round. His current score is 5-0.

Moreover, there has been one more change in the MMA fight card. Serbian fighter Dusan Dzakic was to fight Bulgaria's Pavel Georgiev who had to cancel due to the fist fracture. Dzakic in now to fight Romania's Aurel Pirtea who already fought at FFC in Vienna and lost to Kristijan Perak. Pirtea then fought in the middleweight division but now he dropped to welterweight. He recently returned to the winning streak after four consecutive losses and currently has a 4-4 score. Dzakic last fought in Ljubljana at FFC 18 where he lost to Ivan „The Braveheart“ Gluhak.

The event in Sofia will be headlined by Vladislav Kanchev and Josip Artukovic in the MMA part of the evening while Dzevad Poturak and Mladen Kujundzic will fight in the main event of the kickboxing  section.

 

FFC 19 – Sofia (Bulgaria)
29.5. 2015

MMA:

Vladislav Kanchev (BUL) vs. Josip Artukovic (BiH), -77kg
Atanas Djambazov (BUL) vs. Nicolai Salchow (GER), -95kg
Marcin Prachnio (POL) vs. Martin Batur (CRO), -93kg
Dusan Dzakic (SER) vs. Aurel Pirtea (ROM), -77kg
Daniel Iliev (BUL) vs. Adam Polgar (HUN), -84kg
Darko Stosic (SER) vs. Ivan Vitasovic (CRO), HW
Geven Hubert (NED) vs. Vladislav Genov (BUL), -70kg

KB:

Dzevad Poturak (BiH) vs. Mladen Kujundzic (CRO), HW
Tomislav Cikotic (CRO) vs. Theodosiadis Panagiotis (GRE), HW
Teo Mikelic (CRO) vs. Tigran Movsisyan (CZE), -70kg
Antonio Plazibat (CRO) vs TBA, -93kg
Meletis Kakaoubavas (GRE) vs. TBA,  -77kg
Ivan Zidar (CRO) vs. Nikola Cimesa (SER), -67kg
Jovan Kaluderovic (SER) vs. Dorin Robert (ROM), -95kg