The night before, Amirkhani posted pictures of restaurant food.
Makwan Amirkhani fights again. Roni Lehti
Former UFC free agent Makwan Amirkhani is getting into the ring again.
Amirkhani, 36, last competed in the Ice Cage 3 event in Vantaa at the end of December. On Saturday, just four weeks after the previous match, Amirkhani will face the Brazilian in the PML 13 event in Hlohovec, Slovakia Diego Santos.
The Czech-Slovak PML organization has said that the weight limit for the match between Amirkhan and Santos is 68 kilograms. On Friday, the organization’s Instagram update revealed embarrassing information: Amirkhani didn’t make it under the limit, but weighed 68.7 kilograms at the weigh-in.
Despite the Finn’s mistake, judging by PML’s social media updates, the match is being organized. Santos weighed 67.7 kilograms.
On the night before the match, Amirkhani posted pictures of restaurant food on Instagram – main course and dessert.
Amirkhani fought his last fight in the UFC in 2023. Since then, the Finn has fought in smaller organizations.
In his previous match at Ice Cage 3, Amirkhani won. At that time, the former UFC fighter picked up a choke win From Fernando Flores in the triple set. The match was very tight and Flores even came close to knocking out Amirkhan before getting caught in an anaconda choke.
Saturday’s opponent Diego Santos has won eight matches and lost six in his professional career. The man has also visited Finland. At the end of last year, he lost Ville Mankinen At the Carelia Fight evening organized at the Imatra sports hall.