Azam Gaforov and Felipe Bunes set for co-main event at ACA 209

The flyweight bout is scheduled for October 30 in Dushanbe, with Bunes replacing the injured Loik Radzhabov.

Tajikistan’s Azam Gaforov will face Brazil’s Felipe Bunes in the co-main event of ACA 209. The tournament is scheduled for October 30 in Dushanbe.

Source: Russian MMA promotion ACA

ACA 209 fight poster featuring the matchup between Azam Gaforov and Felipe Bunes — Azam Gaforov and Felipe Bunes are set to meet in the ACA 209 co-main event. Illustrative photo. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Maksim Masloboev / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain

The flyweight bout between Tajikistan’s Azam Gaforov and Brazil’s Felipe Bunes has been named the new co-main event of ACA 209, scheduled for October 30 in Dushanbe. League president Magomed Bibulatov announced the change.

The co-main event had initially been set to feature Loik Radzhabov against Russia’s Nikolay Aleksakhin. Radzhabov suffered a torn biceps and had to withdraw from the tournament.

Gaforov will face 36-year-old Bunes, who has a 14-9 record and previously competed in the UFC. The Brazilian joined the fight card shortly before the event, replacing Gaforov’s originally scheduled opponent.

The fight will mark Bunes’ return to ACA. He previously competed in the league and had five bouts there.

The main event at ACA 209 will be a middleweight bout between Tajikistan’s Faridun Odilov and Russia’s Artem Frolov.

The tournament will mark ACA’s return to Tajikistan after an 11-year break. The card is scheduled to feature 17 bouts.

Translated from Russian using artificial intelligence. Source: Russian MMA promotion ACA

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Azam Gaforov and Felipe Bunes set for co-main event at ACA 209

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