In Bulgaria, the World Cup of “Kozatskyi Dvoboi” and MMA has concluded, held from June 25 to 30 at the “Golden Sands” resort complex near the city of Varna. More than one hundred fighters from eleven countries around the world participated in the competition. The competition organizers are the World Cossack Fight Federation (WCFF) and the World MMA Federation (WMMAF). Participating countries: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Cyprus, Moldova, Russia, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine. The Ukrainian national team took first place in the team standings. Ukrainian athletes honorably accomplished their task, namely – to present to the world their Ukrainian national martial art “Kozatskyi Dvoboi”. Special thanks to the political party “Voice of the People”, with whose support the trip of the Ukrainian national team was organized.
The following Ukrainian athletes became the winners of the World Cup in “Kozatskyi Dvoboi” in their weight categories and age groups:
Maksym Nakonechnyi (Lviv);
Yevhen Dehopyk (Lviv);
Rostyslav Mitelskyi (Pershotravensk);
Danylo Balaba (Kharkiv);
Maksym Nakonechnyi (Lviv);
Roman Olchoviev (Lviv);
Taras Makarchuk (Lviv);
Vitalii Utimenko (Kharkiv);
Andrii Dekhtyar (Rivne);
Mykola Nikolaev (Rivne);
Stanislav Khalchevskyi (Dnipropetrovsk);
Mykola Kondratiuk (Rivne);
Oleh Shramko (Lutsk);
Roman Olkhovych (Lutsk);
Oleksandr Matveev (Kyiv);
Maksym Petroshchuk (Lutsk);
Dmytro Vlasiuk (Lutsk);
Stanislav Tymchenko (Dniprodzerzhynsk);
Volodymyr Radionov (Kyiv);
Andrii Plokhykh (Kharkiv);
Yaroslav Nesteruk (Kharkiv);
Viacheslav Tychenko (Dniprodzerzhynsk);
Oleksandra Akastelova (Pershotravensk);
Inna Hutsal (Dniprodzerzhynsk);
The following Ukrainian athletes became the winners in MMA among adults:
Vitalii Sahaiko (Dniprodzerzhynsk) up to 65 kg;
Stanislav Reutskyi (Kharkiv) up to 71 kg;
Vadym Oryshchak (Dnipropetrovsk) up to 78 kg;
Artem Shokalo (Kharkiv) up to 86 kg.
