Ares FC 8: Undefeated Prospect Ivana Siric Petrovic Submits Alexandra Tekenah

Ivana Siric is the @ARES_Fighting flyweight champion!

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The Parisian fans attending the Dome de Paris for Ares Fighting Championship’s latest event were hoping for a different result in the headliner.

In the Ares FC 8 main event, Ivana Siric Petrovic forced Alexandra Tekenah to tap to conquer the promotion’s flyweight championship. Little could hometown hero Tekenah (2-1, 2-1 Ares) do to contain the impetuousness of Petrovic (5-0, 3-0 Ares), who attacked with a varied arsenal and showcased flawless defense. When the occasion arose, Petrovic took down Tekenah and imparted some grappling knowledge. The Norwegian ended the contest in the third frame after taking her opponent’s back and forcing her to tap due to a rear-naked choke. The official time was 4:43 mark of Round 3.

Slim Trabelsi is the @ARES_Fighting heavyweight champion! 👑

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In the co-headliner, Slim Trabelsi took Azamat Nuftillaev to school before submitting his opponent in a heavyweight championship affair. Nuftillaev (12-1-1, 0-1 Ares) had a positive moment in the fight’s beginning, but Trabelsi (5-0, 2-0 Ares) showed his heart and fought out of his opponent’s submission attempt and retaliated with some submissions of his own. The American Kickboxing Academy product dictated the pace after easily putting his foe on the canvas out of the gate in Round 2. Trabelsi landed several shots on Nuftillaev, who didn’t find a solution to block his opponent’s initiative. The final moments of the fight saw Trabelsi drop nasty hammerfists on his adversary until the referee had mercy and saved Nuftillaev from unnecessary punishment. The official time indicated 3:55 of the second stanza. In addition to the victory, Trabelsi also took home the vacant belt.

How did he eat that!?

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Elsewhere, Alioune Nahaye (12-3, 1-0 Ares) battled short-notice replacement David-Tonatiuh Crol (9-8, 1-2 Ares) before scoring a rare majority-decision victory (27-27, 28-26, 28-27) in a 150-pound catchweight clash; in a lightweight affair, Ghiles Oudelha (14-5, 1-0 Ares) imposed his will over Teddy Violet (11-5, 1-1 Ares) en route to a unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28); 125-pounder Shaj Haque (14-5, 1-0 Ares) eked out a narrow split decision over Samir Faiddine (14-9, 1-1 Ares) via split decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28); Baysangour Chamsoudinov (5-0, 2-0 Ares) took home a unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) over Bobby Pallett (6-1, 1-1 Ares) at welterweight; light heavyweight Igor Glazkov (7-0, 1-0 Ares) outpointed Paulin Begai (2-2, 0-2 Ares) on all scorecards (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) R3; Racim Batouche (5-1, 1-0 Ares) did enough to defeat Ammari Diedrick (2-1, 1-1 Ares) via unanimous decision at welterweight and 185-pounder Mantas Kondratavicius (2-0, 1-0 Ares) overcame Ale Joseph (1-1, 0-1 Ares) after his opponent suffered a shoulder injury at 1:55 of the opening frame.