Vasili Antokhii made history in the Karate Combat pit last night.
Season 3 of Karate Combat is currently underway and Event 6 featured three fights, with Antokhii meeting Reda Messaoudi at welterweight in one of them. Both men are proficient in the same style of karate known as Shotokan, so an interesting fight between Antokhii and Messaoudi was to be expected.
Antokhii and Messaoudi were brought into the pit by referee Kevin Sataki and the action started shortly after a touch of gloves. The Russian karateka struck first and delivered a low kick to Messaoudi, who responded by throwing a spinning kick that just missed the head of Antokhii.