ACB 71 emanates from Dinamo Sports Palace in Moscow, Russia Saturday (September 30th, 2017) at 11 a.m. (ET) live on FITE TV. In the main event Petr Yan battles Matheus Mattos in a bantamweight tournament bout.
Yan (7-1) got some revenge is last bout, avenging the only loss in his career as he defeated Magomed Magomedov by unanimous decision at ACB 57. “No Mercy” looks for his first stoppage victory since October 2015. Mattos (11-0-1) was on Season 4 of The Ultimate Fighter Brazil where he lost a decision to Reginaldo Vieira and was eliminated from the competition. The 25-year-old had a successful ACB debut in April when he defeated Magomed Ginazov by unanimous decision and kept his undefeated record in tact.
In the co-main event, a lightweight tournament matchup pits Andrey Koshkin against Eduard Vartanyan. Koshkin (16-5) hasn’t lost a fight since October 2014 and heads into this matchup on a eight-fight win streak. The 27-year-old competes for the first time since September 2016. Vartanyan (17-3) is riding a three-fight win streak, including a second-round submission victory over Bellator veteran Alexander Sarnavskiy at ACB 57 in April. “Lionheart” has won four of his last five fights.
UFC veteran Christos Giagos faces Shamil Nikaev in a short-notice lightweight matchup. Giagos (14-5) has won three in a row including a unanimous decision win over Alexandre Pimentel in his ACB debut back in January. The Blackhouse product looks to make it four-straight wins for the first time since 2014. Nikaev (7-0-NC) is coming off a unanimous decision over Aurel Pîrtea at ACB 50 in May. The 22-year-old has gone the distance in all but one of his career fights.
MMA oddsmaker Nick Kalikas opened the betting odds for the following bouts on the ACB 71 today at Several Bookmakers.
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ACB 71: Moscow
Dinamo Sports Palace
Moscow, Russia
Saturday 9-30-17 at 11AM ET
Matheus Mattos +180
Petr Yan -260
Andrey Koshkin +125
Eduard Vartanyan -165
Marcelo Alfaya +110
Aslambek Saidov -150
Murad Kalamov +175
Oleg Borisov -245
Jonas Billstein +185
Alexey Butorin -265
Alexander Peduson +170
Mukhamed Kokov -230
Herdeson Batista -120
Ali Bagov -120
Said-Khamzat Avkhadov +220
Akop Stepanyan -300
Takeya Mizugaki +235
Rustam Kerimov -315
Christos Giagos -110
Shamil Nikaev -130
Here’s my interview with Christos Giagos
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