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The date of the rematch between Ismailov and Tokov has been officially announced

The middleweight fight between Magomed Ismailov and Anatoly Tokov will be part of the ACA 172 tournament, which will take place on March 9 in Moscow.

This was officially announced by representatives of the Russian league, publishing a poster of the fight.

Last year, 33-year-old Anatoly Tokov made an unsuccessful attempt to take the Bellator middleweight championship belt from Johnny Eblin, losing to the American by unanimous decision over five rounds, while 37-year-old Magomed Ismailov had his last mixed martial arts bout in December 2022, winning by unanimous decision over Alexander Shlemenko.

“To the audience I want to say – if I enter the cage, I fight,” Ismailov commented on the fight announcement. “There will be no long waits, so, let them not blink.”

The bout between the Russian middleweights will be a rematch – their first fight took place almost eleven years ago under the M-1 Global banner and ended with Tokov winning by kimura in the first round.

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