According to ACA vice-president Alexei Yatsenko, the novice lightweight fight was held following the example of the UFC, where undefeated Raul Rosas Junior made his successful debut two weeks ago.
“Will there be another fight or not – yes, I think that another fight is possible,” Yatsenko said at a press conference after the ACA 150 tournament. “How did you manage to organize it? And why is it possible for the UFC to organize fights and sign 17-year-old fighters, but we can’t sign a 16-year-old fighter and fight him against the UFC?”
“If this didn’t happen in the UFC, we would be devoured here,” added the head of the league, Mairbek Khasiev. “If the UFC can do it, then the rest can do it, but when we do it, it’s bad. This is also not the way to deal with these issues. The UFC is an ordinary league that has been developing for thirty years. As they say, what is allowed to Jupiter is also allowed to the bull.
Recall that the lightweight fight, which became part of the preliminary card of the event, ended at around 3:00 of the first round after Kadyrov Jr. shook the opponent with a front kick to the head and finished off.