Simply The Best 8 Results

Simply The Best 8 took place in Borlange, Sweden. The main event for the event was for the WKN Welterweight European Championship and featured Sweden's Abdou Karim Chorr vs. Kevin Maertens of France. 

Karim Chorr was able to out point Maertens to capture the WKN 69kg Welterweight European title in a unanimous decision win. With the win he improved his professional record to 26-6.

In other action Meran Zangana defeated Andreas Iversen by third round (T)KO in the final of the 76kg Scandinavia Tournament. Youssef Assouik won the 64kg Scandinavian Tournament after he defeated Jonas Berglund by a third round stoppage due to an injury.

Results:

Abdou Karim Chorr def. Kevin Maertens via Unanimous Decision

Hussein Ibrahim def. Valentin di Quinzio via Unanimous Decision

Sandra Bengtsson def. Ashley Gilson via Unanimous Decision

Ehsan Barghi def. Majid Fallah via Split Decision

Emil Flystam def. Albin Fajkovic via (T)KO in Rd. 3

Hassan Moradi def. Yousef Karim via (T)KO in Rd. 3

WKN Scandinavian 76kg Semi-Finals:

Andreas Iversen def. Abdallah Habib via KO in Rd. 1

Meran Zangana def. Nafir Akatta via Unanimous Decision

WKN Scandinavian 76kg Final:

Meran Zangana def. Andreas Iversen via (T)KO in Rd. 3

WKN Scandinavian 64kg Semi-Finals:

Jonas Berglund def. Simon Santana via Split Decision

Youssef Assouik def. Liam Borcheloui via Unanimous Decision

WKN Scandinavian 64kg Final:

Youssef Assouik def. Jonas Berglund via (T)KO (Injury) in Rd. 3

Yodsanklai vs. Kyshenko and Askerov vs. Hadj to take place at Rumble of the Kings in Sweden on November 26th

Yodsanklai Fairtex will be back in action when he fights Artur Kyshenko at Rumble of the Kings on November 26th in Sweden. The event will feature K-1/Muay Thai fights as well as MMA. Yodsanklai and Kyshenko will fight under modified rules with clinch allowed, but no elbows.

Chahid Oulad el Hadj and Dzhabar Askerov are also expected to fight on the event. Askerov recently pulled out of the Fight Code tournament because the contract he had signed for this bout prevented him from competing in the tournament.

There will also be a full rules Muay Thai tournament, the "Nordic" 4-man one night tournament will feature fights between Pasi Luukhanen vs. Sanny Dahlbeck and Rassan Muhareb vs. Martin Akhtar. The winners of the bouts will meet later that night to try and claim the tournament crown.