Absolute Championship Akhmat 136: Bukuev vs Akopyan will be a mixed martial arts event held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on February 26, 2022 at the CSKA Arena in Moscow, Russia.
Fight Card
Main Card
Flyweight 57 kg Russia Imran Bukuev vs. Russia Aren Akopyan Vacant Flyweight Championship
Welterweight 77 kg Ukraine Vitaliy Slipenko vs. Serbia Stefan Sekulić
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Daniel James vs. Estonia Denis Smoldarev
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Vitaliy Nemchinov vs. Poland Rafał Haratyk
Heavyweight 120 kg Russia Adam Bogatyrev vs. Poland Daniel Omielańczuk
Amateur Card
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Bibert Tumenov vs. Brazil Diego Brandão
Featherweight 66 kg Azerbaijan Tural Ragimov vs. Brazil Elismar Lima
Welterweight 77 kg Brazil Irwing Machado vs. Kyrgyzstan Altynbek Mamashev
Lightweight 70 kg Ukraine Samvel Vardanyan vs. Kyrgyzstan Zhorabek Teshabaev
Flyweight 57 kg Ukraine Karlen Minasyan vs. Brazil Josiel Silva
Flyweight 57 kg Kyrgyzstan Myrzamidin Pazylov vs. Brazil Maycon Silvan
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Mikhail Balakirev vs. Tajikistan Davlat Chuponov
Background
The main event was set to feature a welterweight title fight, the reigning ACA Welterweight Champion Abubakar Vagaev was set to defend his title against Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov. However, Vagaev had to withdraw on January 26 due to COVID-19. The bout between Imran Bukuev and Aren Akopyan was prompted to the main event of the evening, the fight is for the vacant ACA Flyweight championship. The belt was vacated when Azamat Kerefov officially announced on October 3, 2021, that he voluntarily vacated the title to try free agency.
A welterweight bout between Vitaliy Slipenko and Stefan Sekulić is scheduled as the co-main event. Sekulić stepped in as a replacement for Mark Hulme, who withdrew from the bout.
