RCC 6: Shlemenko vs. Andrade - May 4 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

May 4, 2019
KRK Arena Uralets
Yekaterinburg, Russia

Main Card:
Alexander Shlemenko (58-12) vs.       (20-7) Viscardi Andrade   
Main Event | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Artem Frolov (11-1)                vs.          (20-6) Jonas Billstein   
Co-Main Event | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Anton Vyazigin (12-3)             vs.          (15-3) Wagner Prado   
Main Card | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Alexey Shurkevich (7-2)          vs.          (25-10) David Kozma   
Main Card | Weltererweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

Russian fighter Alexander Shlemenko (57-12) will fight former UFC fighter Viscardi Andrade (20-7). The fight will be the main event of the RCC 6 tournament, which will be held on May 4 in Chelyabinsk.

For Viscardi Andrade, the fight with Shlemenko will be the second in the organization of the RCC - in March of this year he knocked out Russian fighter Sergey Martynov (11-3) at the RCC: Intro tournament. All in all, a Brazilian’s professional career resume includes 20 victories in 27 fights. From 2013 to 2016, Andrade held four fights in the UFC, three of which he won. It stands to mention that he is number 82 ranked middleweight in the world as of today.

Shlemenko will also hold a second fight under the auspices of the RCC. In December last year at RCC 5, he scored a precise victory over Jonas Billstein (20-6-1) via guillotine choke. Alexander is the winner of the Grand Prix and the Bellator middleweight champion, moreover, he is among the top-5 strongest Russian middleweights.

In the co-main event Former M-1 Global middleweight champion Artem Frolov (11-1) will hold his next fight at the RCC6 tournament, which will take place on May 4 in Chelyabinsk. He will meet with Jonas Billstein (20-6-1) from Germany in the co-main fight of the evening,

Artem Frolov made his debut as a professional in Krasnodar in 2014, since then he has won 11 victories in 12 fights. In the previous match, he lost by a technical knockout in the fourth round to Brazilian Bruno Silva (19-6). It is worth noting that Frolov is in the top ten of the strongest middle-weights of Russia.

For Billstein, this fight will be the second under the auspices of the RCC, where he debuted in a fight with Alexander Shlemenko (57-12) in December 2018. At the professional level, he has been performing since 2009; Most part of his career was in Europe. He is in the first line in the middleweight ranking of his country.

Good to see Shlemenko still fighting outside Bellator and in Bellator.

CDF47 wrote:Good to see Shlemenko still fighting outside Bellator and in Bellator.

He doesn't lock people down, probably why so many like to work with him.

InfinityLens wrote:

CDF47 wrote:Good to see Shlemenko still fighting outside Bellator and in Bellator.

He doesn't lock people down, probably why so many like to work with him.

True.