Euro FC 02: Prague - February 11 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

 
Euro Fc 2
February 11, 2017
02 Arena
Prague, Czech Republic

Main Card:
Mansour Barnaoui (13-4)           vs.     (26-11) Efrain Escudero  
Main Event | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Yuki Kondo (59-32)                   vs.                (6-1) Petr Kníže
Co-Main Event | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

Yosef Ali Mohammad (7-3)         vs.       (7-2) Michał Włodarek  
Main Card | Heavyweight | 265 lbs (120 kg)

Aleksi Mäntykivi (10-4)              vs.          (8-4)  Enrique Marín
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Lucas Martins (18-3)                  vs.            (18-7) Antun Račić  
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Ádám Borics (9-0)                     vs.           (10-0) Sergio Giglio
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Steven Cnudde (6-0)                  vs.        (8-1) Maciej Różański                          
Main Card | Middleweight | 185 lbs (84 kg)

An excellent lightweight clash between UFC veteran Efrain Escudero (26-11) and former M-1 and Bamma Champion Mansour Barnaoui (13-4) is official for the EuroFC 02 main event in Prague on February 11th.

Escudero is currently on a two-fight-win-streak beating Japanese vet Koshi Matsumoto and submission artist Nelson Carvalho, respectively, in the space of three months ending 2016 on a high. Now he will aim to continue this run into 2017 as he makes his EuroFC debut in Prague, Czech Republic.

However, looking to make a name for himself internationally is 24-year-old Mansour Barnaoui. Already proven himself as a top fighter on the European scene through capturing the BAMMA and M-1 lightweight titles, Barnaoui will now have arguably his highest profile fight to date when he takes on Escudero on February 11th.

Worlds collide when Czech MMA pioneer Petr Knize (6-1) meets Japanese legend Yuki Kondo (59-32-9) in the co-main event of EuroFC 02 on February 11th in Prague, Czech Republic.

Kondo is a true Japanese MMA legend. His fight C.V. boasts wins over the likes of Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger, Semmy Schilt, Pete Williams, 'Minowaman', and Masakatsu Funaki. On his travels he fought against Tito Ortiz for the UFC light heavyweight title and competed against Wanderlei Silva and Dan Henderson in Pride. 

Now he meets another veteran of the sport in Petr 'Monster' Kinze (6-1). The 39-year-old Czech fighter also began his professional MMA career in the nineties and his only defeat has come against UFC veteran Karlos Vemola. This will arguably be the biggest fight in Knize's long and storied career as he now has an opportunity to compete in the co-main event in Prague's O2 Arena and against another legend in Yuki Kondo.

Will there be a way to watch this.