Luiz Rocha goes after the Karate Combat title this May.
Rocha challenges Edgars Skivers for the lightweight belt as the fourth season continues. The event takes place Saturday, May 28.
A protege of Bellator fighters Patricio and Patricky Pitbull, Rocha secured his spot in the pecking order with a finish last season.
“If Skrivers can predict the future like this, he should stop fighting and become a fortune teller. But my aim is the same as his: get in there, smash him, take the belt and take the money. But I will also now predict the future: I think this may turn out to be the best fight in Karate Combat history,” said Rocha.
This is a rematch between the two, as Skivers earned the vacant belt with a victory in 2019.
“Karate Combat decided to give him another shot and that’s fine. A lot has changed since then, including his style and my style. We’ve both evolved so of course it’s going to be a different fight, but I expect it to be a similar ending – I’m going to get in The Pit, smash him and earn a lot of cash in the process,” said Skrivers, Karate Combat World Lightweight Champion.
Two key bouts will support the main event: welterweight veterans Dionicio ‘El Capitan’ Gustavo and Nikita Yanchuk meet in a battle to get back on the contender trail, while new lightweight signings Dastonbek Otabolaev and Andres Madera make their Karate Combat debuts.
“There’s a lot of history here: Skrivers and Rocha had the first-ever Karate Combat title fight and now they are ready to run it back. A lot has happened since that first fight: Skrivers has looked dominant but Rocha never stopped being a contender and both of them had huge wins last season – now we’re going to see how they’ve evolved,” said Adam Kovacs, Karate Combat President.
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