Akhmat MMA results & video: Dez Green, Frodo move on in Grand Prix tournament

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The recently founded Chechen promotion, World Fighting Championships of Akhmat – or Akhmat MMA for short – kicked off an ambitious Grand Prix event series lat Saturday that featured four separate weight divisions and tournaments. The Akhmat MMA show took place on March 12 in Grozny, Chechnya and featured an intriguing line-up of foreign fighters to complement the Russian and North Caucasus contingency on the card.

Americans like Desmond Green were successful in earning impressive TKO victories, while others like Ryan Quinn were finished in less than a minute of action.

Check out the results below, as well as various full fight videos:

Lightweight Grand Prix [Quarter-finals]
Desmond Green def. David Cubas via TKO (Strikes, Round 1)
Zurab Betergaraev def. Alexis Mantykivi via majority decision
Shamil Zavurov def. Rodrigo Caporal via unanimous decision
Alexander Shabliy def. Ryan Quinn via KO (Punches, Round 1)

Featherweight Grand Prix [Quarter-finals]
Magomedrasul “Frodo” Khasbulaev def. Kurt Holobaugh via unanimous decision
Khunkar Osmaev def. Marcos dos Santos via Submission (Round 3)
Salman Zhamaldaev def. Kevin Petshi via unanimous decision
Otto Rodrigues def. Alexander Matmuratov via Submission (RNC, Round 2)

Bantamweight Grand Prix [Quarter-finals]
Abdulrakhman Dudaev def. Diego Davella vsia unanimous decision
Said Nurmagomedov def. Diego Marlon via unanimous decision
Janne Elonen def. Lemmy Krušič via TKO (Body kick, Round 2)
Luis Nogueira def. Johnny Frachey via Submission (Arm Triangle, Round 2)

Flyweight Grand Prix [Quarter-finals]
Magomed Bibulatov def. Irmeson Oliveira via unanimous decision
Jarred Brooks def. Chris Miah via unanimous decision
Anthony Leone def. Shamil Magomedov via Submission (RNC, Round 1)
Yunus Evloev def. Oscar Dolcini via Submission (RNC, Round 3)

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Karim Zidan

Karim Zidan is a investigative reporter and feature writer focusing on the intersection of sports and politics. He has written for BloodyElbow since 2014 and has served as an associate editor since 2016. He also writes for The New York Times and The Guardian. Karim has been invited to speak about his work at numerous universities, including Princeton, and was a panelist at the South by Southwest (SXSW) film festival and the Oslo Freedom Forum. He also participated in the United Nations counter-terrorism conference in 2021. His reporting on Ramzan Kadyrov’s involvement in MMA, much of which was done for Bloody Elbow, has led to numerous award nominations, and was the basis of an award-winning HBO Real Sports documentary.