Nakovski is the new WKN world champion

Simeon Nakovski is the WKN world champion at 62.2 kg. Jungle.bg noted that the 35-year-old from Pleven stopped Italy's Angelo Fiamingo at EFA 2 in Sofia after landing a series of strong attacks in the third round and putting his opponent down three times. It was the 19th win of his career against 4 losses.

The outlet described the main event for the EFA title at 83.9 kg between Martin Koprivlenski and Morocco's Ilyas Chakir as an incredible thriller. The 23-year-old from Burgas started very strongly in the first round but was knocked down in the second. He quickly got back into the fight with good third and fourth rounds, and in the fifth both men went all in. Two of the three judges scored it for Chakir.

According to Jungle.bg, the gala at ASICS Arena delivered many close fights, spectacular knockouts and strong emotions for the crowd. The outlet promised to publish recordings of the bouts in the following days.

On the preliminary card, Asen Asenov beat Gospodin Keranov 3:0 in Muay Thai at 58 kg, and Todor Zhelyazov stopped Kristiyan Ivanov by TKO in the third round. Kaloyan Stoilov, Daniel Kolev, Stanislav Apostolov and Ivan Konstantinov won 3:0 over Rumen Donev, Aleksandar Stoyanov, Dimitar Nikolov and Randam Ivanov respectively, while Dobromir Dobrev edged Martin Stefanov 2:1.

On the main card, Daria Kirilova knocked out Stanimira Castillo in the first round, and Diyan Dimitrov and Tymur Brykov won 3:0 over Anouar Chakir and Konstantin Stoikov respectively. Kaloyan Georgiev knocked out Mauri Smit in the first round, while Stanislav Kazantsev, Mitko Iliev and Dmitro Vlasuk won unanimous decisions over Alexander Ribnikov, Samir Nezla and João Silva. Silviu Vitez beat Riccardo Cristiani by TKO in the second round, and Erdem Dincer knocked out Aleksandar Hristov in the first.