Absolute Championship Akhmat 160: Slipenko vs. Gadzhidaudov is a mixed martial arts event to be held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on July 21, 2023 at the Palace of Sports "Big" Arena in Sochi, Russia.
Fight Card
Main Card
Welterweight 77 kg Russia Vitaly Slipenko (c) vs. Russia Ustarmagomed Gadzhidaudov Welterweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout for the Welterweight Championship
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Alikhan Suleymanov (c) vs. Russia Islam Omarov Featherweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final bout for the Featherweight Championship
Flyweight 57 kg Russia Askar Askarov vs. Russia Azamat Kerefov Flyweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Kurban Taygibov vs. Brazil Luis Rafael Laurentino Featherweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Mehdi Baydulaev vs. Russia Akhmed Musakaev Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Heavyweight 120 kg Russia Grigoriy Ponomarev vs. Russia Mukhamad Vakhaev Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Shamil Shakhbulatov vs. Ukraine Pavel Vitruk
Preliminary Card
Bantamweight 61 kg Slovakia Tomáš Deák vs. Russia Nashkho Galaev
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Ibragim Magomedov vs. Russia Khusein Kushagov
Lightweight 70 kg Brazil Herdeson Batista vs. Russia Ramazan Kishev
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Sayfullah Dzhabrailov vs. Brazil Cleverson Silva
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Akhmadkhan Elmurzaev vs. Russia Albert Misikov
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev vs. Brazil Francisco Maciel
Background
ACA welterweight champion Vitaliy Slipenko will make his first title defense in the main event of the evening. Simultaneously with the drawing of the championship belt in this confrontation, the second semi-finalist of the Grand Prix in the welterweight division will be determined, who will go to the semi-final against Albert Tumenov.
Another championship fight and a quarter-final grand prix will take place at ACA 160: featherweight title holder Alikhan Suleymanov will make his first defense against Islam Omarov.
In the second quarter-final in featherweight, Russian fighter Kurban Taygibov will meet with Brazilian Luis Laurentino.
