Absolute Championship Akhmat 165: Dakaev vs. Batista is a mixed martial arts event to be held by Absolute Championship Akhmat on November 3, 2023 at the Sibur Arena in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Fight Card
Main Card
Lightweight 70 kg Russia Mehdi Dakaev vs. Brazil Herdeson Batista Lightweight Grand Prix Quarter-Final
Lightweight 70 kg Russia Yusuf Raisov vs. Russia Alexander Matmuratov
Heavyweight 120 kg United States Tony Johnson Jr. vs. Estonia Denis Smoldarev
Welterweight 77 kg Russia Beslan Isaev vs. Brazil Herbert Batista
Heavyweight 120 kg Russia Alexander Maslov vs. Iran Arash Sadeghi
Preliminary Card
Welterweight 77 kg Brazil Lincoln Henrique vs. Russia Andrei Koshkin
Middleweight 84 kg Russia Stanislav Vlasenko vs. Russia Ivan Bogdanov
Welterweight 77 kg Russia Chersi Dudaev vs. Brazil Elias Silvério
Light Heavyweight 93 kg Russia Evgeny Erokhin vs. Russia Gadzhimurad Antigulov
Lightweight 70 kg Russia Yusup Umarov vs. Kyrgyzstan Ali Mashrapov
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Nikita Podkovalnikov vs. Russia Alberd Zhapuev
Featherweight 66 kg Russia Renat Ondar vs. Kyrgyzstan Bakytbek Duishobaev
Middleweight 84 kg Brazil Cleber Sousa vs. Russia Vladimir Vasilyev
Flyweight 57 kg Tajikistan Oyatullo Muminov vs. Russia Sergey Shirkunov
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Ruslan Tomskikh vs. Brazil Alexsandro Praia
Bantamweight 61 kg Russia Nikita Prikhodko vs. Kyrgyzstan Tagaibek Sayfidinov
Background
A quarter-final bout for the 2023 ACA Lightweight Grand Prix between former Eagle FC Lightweight champion Mehdi Dakaev and Herdeson Batista was booked as the event headliner.
A lightweight bout between former ACB Featherweight champion Yusuf Raisov and former AMC Fight Nights Featherweight champion Alexander Matmuratov served as the co-main event.
