Welterweight Grand Prix Added to Elite MMA Championship 5 Card on Sept. 5
The semifinals of a welterweight grand prix will take place at
Elite MMA Championship 5 on Sept. 5.
The promotion announced Wednesday that Ismail Naurdiev, Amiran Gogoladze, Pavel Kusch and Tymoteusz Lopaczyk will take part in the 170-pound bracket. The semifinals will go down on Sept. 5, and the winners will square off for the vacant welterweight crown at EMC 6 later this year.
EMC 5 will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany, and is headlined by a
heavyweight championship clash between Satoshi
Ishii and Stuart
Austin.
Austria’s Naurdiev is a four-time UFC veteran who went 2-2 during his stint with the Las Vegas-based promotion. The 24-year-old has compiled a 19-4 professional mark and owns wins over Siyar Bahadurzada, Michel Prazeres and Ben Alloway.
Gogoladze is a 22-year-old prospect hailing from Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. The M-1 Challenge veteran has been victorious in 10 of his 11 professional appearances.
A native of Ukraine, Kusch is coming off a three-bout stint in the Professional Fighters League in which he went 1-2 but posted a notable win over UFC talent Abubakar Nurmagomedov. His 23-7 career record includes 20 victories by way of submission.
Poland’s Lopaczyk is the least experienced of the four competitors. While competing on the regional circuit, he has compiled a 6-1 mark and finished five of those wins by TKO or submission.
The promotion announced Wednesday that Ismail Naurdiev, Amiran Gogoladze, Pavel Kusch and Tymoteusz Lopaczyk will take part in the 170-pound bracket. The semifinals will go down on Sept. 5, and the winners will square off for the vacant welterweight crown at EMC 6 later this year.
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Austria’s Naurdiev is a four-time UFC veteran who went 2-2 during his stint with the Las Vegas-based promotion. The 24-year-old has compiled a 19-4 professional mark and owns wins over Siyar Bahadurzada, Michel Prazeres and Ben Alloway.
Gogoladze is a 22-year-old prospect hailing from Akhaltsikhe, Georgia. The M-1 Challenge veteran has been victorious in 10 of his 11 professional appearances.
A native of Ukraine, Kusch is coming off a three-bout stint in the Professional Fighters League in which he went 1-2 but posted a notable win over UFC talent Abubakar Nurmagomedov. His 23-7 career record includes 20 victories by way of submission.
Poland’s Lopaczyk is the least experienced of the four competitors. While competing on the regional circuit, he has compiled a 6-1 mark and finished five of those wins by TKO or submission.
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