News Artem Vakhitov, last man to beat Alex Pereira, turns down UFC contract

[JustBleed69]

The former GLORY Kickboxing LHW-champion turned down offers from UFC and ONE Championship after GLORY terminated his contract.



Full release:
https://beyondkick.com/news/artem-vakhitov-signs-with-muaythai-factory-set-to-debut-in-december-1
@Yodsanan


He now signed with Russian promotion “MuayThai Factory” and is set to debut in December.






Artem Vakhitov and Alex Pereira went 1-1 in GLORY, switching the LHW-belt in two very close fights.
Here is the highlight video of both titlefights combined:




Good move? Or should Vakhitov have signed with UFC to chase Pereira like Poatan chased Izzy and continue the rivalry?

Discuss..

Does he have an MMA record yet? If not, then no, he should not have signed.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Does he have an MMA record yet? If not, then no, he should not have signed.

No, he never did MMA before (maybe he trained some since he’s Russian, but he didn’t compete in MMA before)

 

[StonedLemur]

UFC should have a kickboxing section or something.

You can watch ONE FC they have that.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Arthem Vakhitov is set to fight Pascal Toure from France, Feb. 2 in Russia

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Arthem Vakhitov is set to fight Pascal Toure from France, Feb. 2 in Russia

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Fight takes place tomorrow
https://beyondkick.com/event/muaythai-factory/

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Beautiful performance by Artem Vakhitov!

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Beautiful performance by Artem Vakhitov!



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Check this shit out guys!
@StonedLemur @drbolony @ChimRichalds

 

[drbolony]

Check this shit out guys!
@StonedLemur @drbolony @ChimRichalds

Nice fluid combinations from the big man. As always thanks for putting me on big dawg! @BoxerMaurits. I'll have to look for the full fight soon.

 

[StonedLemur]

Check this shit out guys!
@StonedLemur @drbolony @ChimRichalds

That dude beat him like a drum sir, if it made a drum sound we would've just heard a masterpiece being played lol.

Beat the shit out of him like he wasn't even there.

 

[FIghtxIQ]

Lol that's a silly comparison. Top 3 is a far more exclusive group than top 20. When you do a comparison it should be equalized. For example, top 3 mma fighter vs top 3 kickboxer. In that scenario the top 3 mma fighter is going to be making way more.

No wonder so many kickboxers cross over to mma and boxing. That pay is extremely low for world champion elite level fighters. Pereira and Izzy went to mma and Tenshin is committing full-time to boxing plus all the others crossing over from kickboxing and muay thai.

 

[ChimRichalds]

Check this shit out guys!
@StonedLemur @drbolony @ChimRichalds

Shit he is so damn smooth in there. I absolutely love those combos, especially his hands. Slick stuff, actually went back and watched some of his stuff while visiting family the past few days.

 

[arcadeperfect]

No wonder so many kickboxers cross over to mma and boxing. That pay is extremely low for world champion elite level fighters. Pereira and Izzy went to mma and Tenshin is committing full-time to boxing plus all the others crossing over from kickboxing and muay thai.

Yup. The only kickboxers that make any actual money at the moment are Rico and Badr. Even in K1, the World Grand Prix Champion would make $400K USD, but that was after beating 3 different guys in 1 night.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Nice fluid combinations from the big man. As always thanks for putting me on big dawg! @BoxerMaurits. I'll have to look for the full fight soon.

Yeah he’s a wizard when it comes to striking man

 

[BoxerMaurits]

That dude beat him like a drum sir, if it made a drum sound we would've just heard a masterpiece being played lol.

Beat the shit out of him like he wasn't even there.

He just toyed with him lol

 

[StonedLemur]

He just toyed with him lol

I would've quit kickboxing all together if I got beat that bad lol.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

Shit he is so damn smooth in there. I absolutely love those combos, especially his hands. Slick stuff, actually went back and watched some of his stuff while visiting family the past few days.

Yeah he’s awesome man. It’s a shame GLORY let him and all their other Russian fighters go during the pandemic, especially since no other major combat sports organization did the same

 

[Eternalwarriorking]

damn, those combos looked razor sharp. A shame he isn't looking to dabble in MMA as the skill differential would be quite striking. I'm sure the UFC offered him an awful deal, but ONE might be able to build him up somewhat? I know their kickboxing divisions are lighter, but he seems like a guy they'd like to have around for some fun fights.

 

[BoxerMaurits]

damn, those combos looked razor sharp. A shame he isn't looking to dabble in MMA as the skill differential would be quite striking. I'm sure the UFC offered him an awful deal, but ONE might be able to build him up somewhat? I know their kickboxing divisions are lighter, but he seems like a guy they'd like to have around for some fun fights.

There’re definitely some interesting fight for Vakhitov out in ONE. Roman Kryklia vs Artem Vakhitov would be a joy to watch!

 

[Eternalwarriorking]

There’re definitely some interesting fight for Vakhitov out in ONE. Roman Kryklia vs Artem Vakhitov would be a joy to watch!

I was actually scoping out Roman's fights the other day, when pondering what good fights Artem might have in One! I suspect Artem has the pedigree to finesse Roman smoothly, but that guy is a violent motherfucker. I would be interested in watching that fight for sure. Roman seems like a bit of a JBG disciple.

 

[PattyBates]

The dude likes being paid above the minimum wage.