Mixed Martial Arts: Mirzayev to fight Kazakhstan’s world champion

Rasul Mirzayev. ©RIA Novosti/Aleksandr Nesterov

Russia’s Rasul Mirzayev and world pankration champion among professionals, Yerzhan Yestanov, will fight on March 31, as part of the International Ultimate Fighting Tournament, Vesti.kz reports. “It was our idea to invite Rasul to fight Yestanov. Kamil Gadjiyev accepted this invitation. Tickets will be on sale starting from March 1, 2013. We expect this match to create a boom,” one of the organizers of future fight said. According to the organizers, famous Russian sportcaster Alexandr Zagorsky will be commenting the match.