Kairat «The Kazakh» Akhmetov loses ONE Championship title
11:12, 6 August 2017
ASTANA. KAZINFORM In his first fight since 2015 the 29-year-old Kazakh MMA fighter Kairat Akhmetov (23-0) lost to the 28-year-old Brazilian Adriano Moraes who entered the fight as the interim titleholder (15-2), Sports.kz reports.
In Macao, Moraes reclaimed the belt with the unanimous-decision victory. For Akhmetov it was his first career loss.
In 2015, the Kazakh claimed the title from Moraes with a split-decision victory.
The Brazilian fighter has now won three straight fights and seven of his past eight.