Unlike the 90s, when there were no universal fighters and rules, nowadays karate representatives do not appear so often at mixed martial arts tournaments. Although, for example, a month ago we published a video about a mathematics teacher and part-time four-time world karate champion Ingiskhan Ozdoev. If someone missed this masterpiece - a link to the video in the tooltip and in the pinned comment.
Today we will tell you about the bright debut of another fighter from the world of karate. On August 25, 2018, at the M-1 Challenge tournament, Vasily Kozlov fought his first fight according to the rules of mixed martial arts, who by the age of 21 was already the winner of many different kudo tournaments and trained at the Alexander Nevsky club under the guidance of Eduard Shirobokov.
His opponent was 10 years older and had incomparably more experience in MMA. Jurand Lissicki has fought numerous fights in the amateur mixed martial arts arena and held the title of vice-champion of Poland, and his professional record was three wins and one draw in four fights.
Cheerfully singing along with Adriano Celentano, whose song sounded at that time in the hall, with a cheerful and relaxed gait, the young karate fighter went to his first professional fight, and the audience in the hall prepared for a bright show.