A striker versus a wrestler is the most classic matchup in the history of martial arts. Mixed martial arts was originally created to answer the question of whose style is superior. Today, we’ll tell you about one such match, which took place at the M-1 Challenge 96 tournament on August 25, 2018, in St. Petersburg.
One of the matches featured Dmitry Tikhonyuk, a Ukrainian grappling championship medalist and a Candidate Master of Sports in freestyle wrestling, with three wins in three professional fights. He came in as a short-notice substitute for another Ukrainian fighter who withdrew due to injury.
He faced Boris Medvedev, a master of sports in boxing and hand-to-hand combat, one of the fastest-improving fighters in his weight class. He holds numerous titles in military hand-to-hand combat, boxing, and all-style karate. In two professional mixed martial arts fights, he won both fights by knockout.
Two young, unbeaten fighters met to give fans a great show.

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