Final Fight Championship 27: Night of Champions - December 17 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

FFC 27
December 17, 2016
Zagreb Arena
Zagreb, Croatia

MMA:
Darko Stošić (9-1)         vs.         (34-13) Dion Staring   
Main Event |  Title Fight | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Maro Perak (24-6)         vs.       (13-5) Jeremy Kimball
Co-Main Event |  Title Fight | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

AndreiManzolo (14-4)     vs.         (21-6) David Mitchell                
Main Card |  Title Fight | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Ivica Trušček (31-27)     vs.         (7-2) Roberto Soldić 
Main Card |  Title Fight | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

Luka Jelčić (8-2)            vs.       (6-1) Danilo Belluardo  
Main Card |  Title Fight | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Filip Pejić (11-2)            vs.           (18-4) James Brum 
Main Card |  Title Fight | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Kickboxing:
Mladen Brestovac (51-13)    vs.         (64-10) Daniel Lentie   
Main Event |  Title Fight | K-1 Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Pavel Zhuravlev (70-11)       vs.      (40-7) Clyde Brunswijk
Co-Main Event |  Title Fight | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Denis Marjanovic (42-12)     vs.       (15-11) Rene Wimmer                
Main Card |  Title Fight | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Ivan Bilic (10-2)                  vs.        (30-8) Giorgi Bazanov 
Main Card |  Title Fight | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

Samo Petje (8-2)                 vs.      (6-1) Tigran Movsisyan  
Main Card |  Title Fight | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)


Final Fight Championship decided to wrap up 2016 with its biggest event so far on December 17! FFC 27 – Night of Champions will be held in Croatia’s capital at Zagreb Arena. 

FFC 27 will be the night of champions and almost every match will be a title fight. In the meanwhile, three FFC champs vacated their spots which means that there will also be some unexpected bouts. Marcin Prachnio (MMA,-93kg), Ahmed Vila (MMA, -70kg) and Laszlo Senyei (MMA, -77kg) decided to change their weight classes and FFC 27 will thus crown their successors. There is no need to emphasize that the fight card will be more than spectacular and the audience in Croatia will be more than pleased since six Croatian fighters are to step into the FFC ring that night.

Heavyweight
1. Vitaly Minakov (Fight Nights)    
2. Blagoi Ivanov (PFL) 
3. Cheick Kongo (Bellator)
4. Matt Mitrione (Bellator) 1
5. Javy Ayala(Bellator)  1
6. Roy Nelson (Bellator)  1
7. Tony Johnson Jr. (Fight Nights) 3   
8. Sergei Kharitonov (Bellator)
9. Fedor Emelianenko (Bellator)
10. Amir Aliakbari (ACB) 

Other Contenders: Karol Bedorf (KSW), Brandon Vera (ONE  ), Marcin Różalski (KSW ), Ivan Shtyrkov (RCC), Bobby Lashley (Bellator) 

Light Heavyweight
1. Ryan Bader (Bellator )
2. Phil Davis (Bellator)
3. Muhammed Lawal (Bellator)      
4. Tomasz  Narkun (KSW )   
5. Jiří Procházka (RIZIN) 2     
6. Linton Vassell (Bellator)  1      
7. Liam McGeary (Bellator)  1
8. Rashid Yusupov (PFL)
9. Quinton Jackson (Bellator) 
10. Valentin Moldavsky (Bellator)        

Other Contenders: Chael Sonnen (Bellator) , Roger Gracie (ONE ), Stephan Puetz (M-1 Global), Batraz Agnaev (ACB ), Nikita Krylov (Fight Nights)

Middleweight
1. Gegard Mousasi (Bellator)   
2. Mamed Khalidov (KSW ) 
3. Rafael Carvalho (Bellator
4. John Salter (Bellator)
5. Alexander Shlemenko (M-1 Global)
6. Michał Materla (KSW)      
7. Viktor Nemkov (M-1 Global) 1      
8. Aung La Nsang(ONE ) 1
9. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE) *N.R
10. Albert Duraev (ACB ) *N.R

Other Contenders: Jung Hwan Cha (ROAD FC  ), Vladimir Mineev (Fight Nights) , Chidi Njokuani (Bellator), Vyacheslav Vasilevsky (ACB),  Anatoly Tokov (Bellator) 

Welterweight
1. Douglas Lima (Bellator )  
2. Rory MacDonald (Bellator)  
3. Andrey Koreshkov (Bellator)  
4. Paul Daley (Bellator) 
5. Jon Fitch (PFL)
6. Jake Shields (PFL)   
7. Michael Page (Bellator)        
8. Alexey Kunchenko (M-1 Global  )  1    
9. Abubakar Nurmagomedov (PFL)  1
10. Roberto Soldić (KSW ) *N.R    

Other Contenders:  Mukhamed Berkhamov (ACB ) , Rousimar Palhares (Fight Nights), Kiichi Kunimoto (RIZIN), Lorenz Larkin (Bellator), Borys Mańkowski (KSW)

Lightweight
1. Brent Primus (Bellator )
2. Michael Chandler (Bellator)
3. Derek Campos (Bellator)  
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE )
5. Patricky "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator)    
6. Eduard Folayang (ONE)
7.Shinya Aoki (ONE)    
8. Yusuke Yachi (RIZIN) *N.R             
9. Lowen Tynanes (ONE)   1 
10. Benson Henderson (Bellator) 1      

Other Contenders: Mateusz Gamrot (KSW ), Eduard Vartanyan (ACB), Jason High (PFL), Satoru Kitaoka (RIZIN) , Derek Anderson (Bellator),

Featherweight
1. Patricio "Pitbull" Freire (Bellator ) 
2. Daniel Weichel (Bellator)    
3. Pat Curran (Bellator)     
4. Martin Nguyen (ONE )
5. Emmanuel Sanchez (Bellator)   
6. Andre Harrison (PFL)
7. Daniel Straus (Bellator)
8. Magomed Idrisov (M-1 Global)           
9. Kron Gracie (RIZIN) 
10. Marat Gafurov (ONE)   

Other Contenders: Khamzat Dalgiev (M-1 Global ), James Gallagher (Bellator), Kazunori Yokota (DEEP ), Bubba Jenkins (ACB), Lance Palmer (PFL) 

Bantamweight
1. Kyoji Horiguchi (RIZIN) 2
2. Bibiano Fernandes (ONE ) 1
3. Darrion Caldwell (Bellator ) 1
4. Shintaro Ishiwatari (Pancrase )  1      
5. Eduardo Dantas (Bellator) 1            
6. Soo Chul Kim (ROAD FC )               
7. Michael McDonald (Bellator) 3      
8. Timur Valiev (PFL) 1   
9. Joe Warren (Bellator)      
10. Rafael Silva (Pancrase) *N.R 

Other Contenders: Sam Sicilia (Bellator), Takafumi Otsuka (DEEP ), Marcos Galvão (Bellator), Masakatsu Ueda (Pancrase), Manel Kape (RIZIN)

Flyweight
1. Adriano Moraes (ONE )     
2. Tyson Nam (Fight Nights)  
3. Tatsumitsu Wada (DEEP )        
4. Hiromasa Ogikubo (Shooto)       
5. Ali Bagautinov (Fight Nights)   
6. Askar Askarov (ACB )      
7. Yoni Sherbatov (ACB) 1       
8. Jose Torres (Titan FC ) 1       
9. Chris Kelades (M-1 Global) *N.R        
10. Zach Makovsky (ACB)

Other Contenders: Kairat Akhmetov (ONE), Ricky Simon (LFA ), Yunus Evloev (WFCA ), Takeshi Kasugai (Pancrase), Riley Dutro (Shooto)

Strawweight
1. Alex Silva (ONE FC ) *N.R
2. Kent Kambe (Pancrase) 1
3. Mitsuhisa Sunabe (King Of Pancrase  )  1   
4. Daichi Kitakata (Pancrase)    
5. Ryohei Kurosawa  (Shooto)
6. Yoshitaka Naito (ONE FC)  5     
7. Marcus Amaral (Shooto BR)  1   
8. Hayato Suzuki  (ONE FC)  1    
9. Yosuke Saruta (Shooto ) 1
10. Haruo Ochi (Deep ) 1  

Other Contenders: Marcone Muniz (Aspera FC) , Gilberto Dias (Jungle Fight ),Joshua Pacio (ONE), Kanta Sato (Deep), Raymison Bruno (Pancrase)

Women's Featherweight
1. Julia Budd (Bellator )       
2. Talita Nogueira (Bellator)  1  
3. Iony Razafiarison (Bellator)  1 
4. Arlene Blencowe (Bellator)  2    
5. Leah Letson (Invicta FC) 
6. Ediane Gomes (Invicta FC)    
7. Pam Sorenson (Invicta FC)      
8. Helena Kolesnyk (Invicta FC)               
9. Felicia Spencer (Invicta FC)         
10. Charmaine Tweet (Invicta FC)

Other Contenders:Gabrielle Holloway (Bellator), Jozette Cotton (Free Agent) ,Alexis Dufresne (Bellator), Katharina Lehner (Invicta FC) ,Sinead Kavanagh (Bellator)  

Women's Flyweight
1. Ariane Lipski (KSW )  
2. Jennifer Maia (Invicta FC ) 
3. Ilima-Lei Macfarlane (Bellator )  1      
4. Agnieszka Niedźwiedź  (Invicta FC)  1      
5. Vanessa Porto (Invicta FC)     
6. Emily Ducote (Bellator)   
7. Simone Duarte (Jungle Fight )     
8. Valérie Létourneau (Bellator) *N.R  
9. Jingnan Xiong (ONE FC) *N.R
10. Kate Jackson (Bellator)  2

Other Contenders: Kanako Murata (RIZIN) , Molly McCann (Cage Warrior), Tiffany Teo (ONE FC), Alejandra Lara  (Bellator) , Juliana Velasquez (Bellator)

Rizin=PRIDEFC wrote:I think I will see this live.

They have some solid names on the card so would be a good one to see live.