Giorgio Petrosyan vs. Erkan Varol set for January 24, 2015 at Thai Boxe Mania in Turin

Giorgio Petrosyan will return to the ring on January 24, 2015. Petrosyan will compete in the main event at Thai Boxe Mania in Turin, Italy. Petrosyan will be fighting Erkan Varol and the bout will be his first since suffering a knockout to Andy Ristie at Glory 12 in New York.

Petrosyan had not lost a bout since 2007 and entering his bout with Ristie at Glory 12 he was considered the favorite.  Going into the third and final round of the bout Petrosyan was in control until Ristie connected with a punch that flattened Petrosyan out. Fans have been anxiously awaiting to see the return of the Petrosyan and how he recovers from his knockout loss.

Qabala Fight Series Results

Qabala Fight Series took place June 29th in Azerbaijan with a stacked card, including an 8-man middleweight tournament.  Juri Kehl bested the tournament lineup with a split decision victory over Ramal Aslanov. Superfights included Mosab vs. Lim Chi-Bin, Albert Kraus vs. Erkan Varol, and more.




Tournament:
Roman Mailov def. Mateusz Kopiec via Unanimous Decision
Ramal Aslanov def. Gui Xianfeng via TKO
Juri Kehl def. Telman Suleymanov via TKO
Teo Mikelic def. Tadas Jonkus via Unanimous Decision
Roman Mailov def. Ramal Aslanov via Unanimous Decision
Juri Kehl def. Teo Mikelic via TKO 

Tournament Final:
Juri Kehl def. Ramal Aslanov via Split Decision

Superfights:
Mosab Amrani def. Lim Chi-Bin via TKO
Perviz Abdullayev def. Jiao Fukai via TKO
Albert Kraus def. Erkan Varol via Unanimous Decision
Hesdy Gerges def. Jamal Ben Saddik via Disqualification of Jamal Ben Saddik
Dani Corbeanu def. Rahim Aliyev via Unanimous Decision

Live Play by Play and Results for WKN Big 8 Tournament

The WKN Big 8 Tournament will take place today in Minsk, Belarus. For those that can't make it to Belarus for the event, there are a few options. You can watch the live on-line PPV stream by following this link to GFL.tv, it cost $14.99. If you can't watch the on-line PPV stream then you as always can follow the the live play by play coverage provided by Muay Thai Authority as we report live from the event.

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WKN Big 8 tournament match-ups announced

The WKN Belarus Big 8 tournament will take place November 26th in Belarus. The weigh-ins and official draw for the one night tournament took place today. The opening round match-ups will feature American Chris Kwiatkowski taking on Africa's Ibrahim Konate, while one of the tournament favorites in Andrei Kulebin will face Loris Audoui of South America. The other two opening round fights of the tournament will feature Ruslan Kushnirenko vs. Samkor and Taylor Havery vs. Erkan Varol.

Groups set for WKN Big 8 World Tournament in Belarus

A few weeks ago we announced that New York's Chris Kwiatkowski would be the American representative at this years WKN Big 8 Tournament in Belarus. This field of eight includes some solid names including Andrei Kulebin and Samkor Keatmontep.

The fighters have now been broken up into groups A and B, meaning that no fighter from group A will fight a fighter from group B until the finals and vice versa. The opening round pairings will be made at random on a later date, but the current groups are as listed below.

WKN Belarus Big 8 Tournament Results - Klinmee wins tournament

Sudsakorn Klinmee defeated an eight man field to win the WKN Belarus Big 8 Tournament this past weekend. Klinmee who was representing Asia in the tournament defeated American representative Michael Mananquil by decision. In the semi-finals he defeated Ruslan Kushnirenko, and in the finals he stopped Andrei Kulebin after the doctor decided Kulebin could no longer continue due to cuts suffered in the fight.

Full WKN Belarus Big 8 Tournament Results:

Opening Round
Andrei Kulebin( Belarus ) def. Taylor Harvey ( Australia )
Erkan Varol ( Turkey ) def. Mthobisi Buthelezi ( Africa )
Sudsakorn Klinmee ( Asia ) def. Michael Mananquil ( North America )
Ruslan Kushnirenko ( Europe ) def.  Marcos Cornejo ( South America )

Semi-Final Round
Andrei Kulebin ( Belarus ) def. Erkan Varol ( Turkey )
Sudsakorn Klinmee ( Asia ) def. Ruslan Kushnirenko ( Europe )

Final Round
Sudsakorn Klinmee (Asia) def. Andrei Kulebin (Belarus) TKO (Doctor Stoppage)

Other Results

WKN Womens World Title
Joanna Jedrzjcyk ( Holland) def. Alla Ivashkevich ( Belarus)
WKN European World Title
Bogdan Lukin (Ukraine) def. Igor Klimovitch(Belarus)
WKN International World Title
Dmitry "Black Vallet" Valent (Belarus) def. Tarek Slimani (Marocco) by KO

WKN Big 8 Tournament Match-ups

The WKN Big 8 Tournament line up is now a bit more complete. As reported before here on www.MuayThaiAuthority.com Michael Mananquil will be representing North American in the tournament and will be facing the South America representative in Marco Cornejo. The rest of the match-ups for the tournament have been announced and can be seen below.

Scheduled Fight Card:
Big 8 Tournament 8 Tournament Pool #1
Andrei Kulebin vs. Erkan Varol
Taylor Harvey vs. Mthobisi Buthelezi

Big 8 Tournament 8 Tournament Pool #2
Sudsakorn Klinmee vs. Ruslan Kushnirenko
Michael Mananquil vs. Marco Cornejo

WKN Women's World Title Fight
Joanna Jedrzjcyk vs. Alla Ivashkevich 

WKN World Title Fight
Igor Klimovitch vs. Bogdan Lukin 


Dmitry ” Balck Valent ” Valent vs. Tarek Slimani