KWU SENSHI World Cup for Amateurs 2025 Finalists Officially Presented Ahead of Gala Night
On July 11, 2025, the beach of St. St. Constantine and Helena Resort in Varna, Bulgaria, hosted the official weigh-in and first face-off of the participants in the International Gala Fight Night SENSHI 27. All fighters successfully made weight in their respective categories, showing they are ready for battle. The highly anticipated combat spectacle is set to take place on July 12, once again on the beach in St. St. Constantine and Helena. Spectators can take their seats around the beach arena near the “More” restaurant starting at 6:30 PM EET, with the first clashes expected to begin at 7:00 PM EET /11:00 AM EST/.
The SENSHI ring will be the hot stage for the 6 final bouts of the second edition of the KWU SENSHI World Cup for Amateurs 2025. Twelve athletes from eight countries will compete in fierce fights for the championship titles under KWU SENSHI rules. Among the finalists are two Bulgarians – Petar Stoykov and Vasil Dimitrov.
The fight card of SENSHI 27 features 8 explosive professional bouts held under KWU FULL CONTACT and KWU OPEN rules. Sixteen experienced fighters from 11 countries are ready to go head-to-head in high-intensity, hard-hitting matchups. Representing Bulgaria in the professional division will be three elite fighters – Atanas Bozhilov, Delyan Georgiev, and Julien Rikov.
Meet the finalists are at the KWU SENSHI World Cup for Amateurs 2025:
Fight 1 – KWU SENSHI (-70 kg)
- Artur Arushanyan (Armenia)
- Wiktor Kolaja (Poland)
Fight 2 – KWU SENSHI(-75 kg)
- Aibek Amanov (Kazakhstan)
- Petar Stoykov (Bulgaria)
Fight 3 – KWU SENSHI (-80 kg)
- Tristan Taylor (England)
- Artur Arutiunian (Armenia)
Fight 4 – KWU SENSHI (-85 kg)
- Nikita Garas (Kazakhstan)
- Lucian Genunchi (Moldova)
Fight 5 – KWU SENSHI (-90 kg)
- Albert Ugrincic (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Pablo Molina (Argentina)
Fight 6 – KWU SENSHI (90+ kg)
- Cristian Negru (Moldova)
- Vasil Dimitrov (Bulgaria)
The last tickets for the SENSHI 27 International Gala Night can still be purchased from the Eventim.bg network. While waiting for the battles to begin, be sure to check out the official weigh-in results of all pro fighters.
Results from the official SENSHI 27 weigh-in:
Fight 7 – KWU FULL CONTACT (-70 kg)
- Guerric Billet (France): 69,5 kg
- Bruno Gazani (Brazil): 69,7 kg
Fight 8 – KWU FULL CONTACT (-80 kg)
- Corneliu Lisii (Moldova): 77 kg
- Zhulien Rikov (Bulgaria): 76,5 kg
Fight 9 – KWU FULL CONTACT (-75 kg)
- Luis Ballesteros (Spain): 73,3 kg
- Atanas Bozhilov (Bulgaria): 73,5 kg
Fight 10 – KWU OPEN (-70 kg)
- Hama Dara (Finland): 67 kg
- Delyan Georgiev (Bulgaria): 67 kg
Fight 11 – KWU FULL CONTACT (-80 kg)
- Johan Koffi (France): 77 kg
- Marcos Carvalho (Brazil): 76,8 kg
Fight 12 – KWU FULL CONTACT (-85 kg)
- Ulric Bokeme (Switzerland): 84,9 kg
- Fabian Lorito (Italy): 84,9 kg
Fight 13 – KWU FULL CONTACT (95+ kg)
- Abdarhmane Coulibaly (France): 102,8 kg
- Francesko Xhaja (Albania): 112,9 kg
Fight 14 – KWU FULL CONTACT (95+ kg)
- Samed Agdeve (Turkey): 107,6 kg
- Giannis Stoforidis (Greece): 108,1 kg
More information, latest news, and interesting details about SENSHI can be found on the official website. Fans of combat sports can follow the circuit on social networks Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.
The 27th edition of Gala Night SENSHI can be watched live for Bulgaria on Bulgaria ON AIR and Max Sport 1, the sports channel Arena Sport for Serbia, as well as in real time for the whole world on the American martial arts television TrillerTV, on Senshi.com, Boec.bg, Boec.com, KWUnion.com, KyokushinKarate.News and the SENSHI YouTube channel.
SENSHI 27 is organized in cooperation with the KWU International Professional League, as well as with the special support of Armeec Insurance Company, MAX Sport, Bulgaria Air, M Car Group – BMW dealer and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Service, and St. St. Constantine and Helena Holding.
The media partners of SENSHI 27 are Boec.bg and Boec.com, Bulgaria ON AIR, MAX Sport, the American online combat sports television TrillerTV, Dir.bg, KWUnion.com, KyokushinKarate.News, Fighto.News and Novinata.bg.
