Absolute Championship Akhmat 161: Gasanov vs Abdurakhmanov is a mixed martial arts event to be held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on August 11, 2023 at the Irina Viner-Usmanova Gymnastics Palace in Moscow, Russia.
Fight Card
Main Card
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Magomedrasul Gasanov (c) vs. Russia Salamu Abdurakhmanov Middleweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final for the ACA Middleweight Title
Heavyweight 120 kg Russia Grigoriy Ponomarev vs. Russia Mukhamad Vakhaev Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Flyweight 57 kg Tajikistan Azam Gaforov vs. Russia Vartan Asatryan Flyweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Tajikistan Faridun Odilov vs. Brazil Wagner Prado Light Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Magomed Bibulatov vs. Georgia (country) Vazha Tsiptauri Bantamweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Preliminary Card
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Abdul-Rakhman Dzhanaev vs. United States Chris Honeycutt Middleweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Flyweight 57 kg Russia Imran Bukuev vs. Ukraine Ruslan Abiltarov
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Rustam Kerimov vs. Brazil Josiel Silva
Featherweight 66 kg Tajikistan Davlatmand Chuponov vs. Russia Gleb Khabibulin
Flyweight 57 kg Russia Yunus Evloev vs. Brazil Ruan Miqueias
Welterweight 77 kg Russia Chersi Dudaev vs. Brazil Lincoln Henrique
Flyweight 57 kg Tajikistan Anis Ekubov vs. Kyrgyzstan Rustambek Asylbek
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Dzhambulat Zelimkhanov vs. Russia Dzhaddal Alibekov
Flyweight 57 kg Kyrgyzstan Daniyar Toychubek vs. Armenia Mkhitar Barseghyan
Background
An ACA Middleweight Championship bout between current champion Magomedrasul Gasanov and former champion Salamu Abdurakhmanov was booked as the event headliner.
A quarter-final bout for the 2023 ACA Flyweight Grand Prix between former title challenger Azam Gaforov and former AMC Fight Nights Flyweight champion Vartan Asatryan took place at the event.
A quarter-final bout for the 2023 ACA Featherweight Grand Prix between Bibert Tumenov and former two-time PFL Featherweight champion Lance Palmer was expected to take place at the event. However, Palmer withdrew from the fight due to injury and the bout was postponed for the following event.
