Private | |
Industry | Mixed martial arts promotion |
Founded | 2 March, 2014 |
Founder | Mairbek Khasiev |
Headquarters | Grozny, Russia |
Key people
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Mairbek Khasiev, Yaragi Gitaev, Mairbek Taisumov, Mamed Khalidov, Arbi Agujev |
Parent | ACB MMA |
Website | acbmma |
Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB) is a Russian mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been hosted in Grozny, Russia. They have also held events in United States, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Georgia, Netherlands, Belgium, Tajikistan, Austria, England and they have planned events in France and Belarus.
In 2009 Mairbek Khasiev founded the Fight Club Berkut in Grozny to help the Khaliev brothers .In 2012, the Fight Club Berkut had a growing roster with 15-16 good fighters. Mairbek decide to create the Berkut Cup to test His Club. In 2014 Mairbek created a league and started to perform as ACB. The first tournament we held in Grozny.
Several fighters who have been successful in ACB have signed on to more well known promotions such as the UFC. ACB has its own fight team, the Fight Club Berkut, which consists of some of the promotion's elite fighters, such as Beslan Isaev, Magomed Bibulatov, Musa Khamanaev or Aslambek Saidov . ACB co-operates with many other promotions in Europe by exchanging fighters, for example KSW and The Cage. ACB runs the majority of its shows live on a variety of TV networks (Match TV, Polsat Sport) throughout Europe. The promotion runs its shows live internationally on his YouTube Channel.
2. def. Ali Bagov at ACB 48 on Oct. 22, 2016 in Moscow, Russia