Slaughter to Prevail frontman Alex Horrible delivered a fully brutal knockout throughout his first-ever skilled naked knuckle battle final evening (Jan. 25), proving that he can carry the identical stage of aggression to the ring as he does to the studio and dwell stage.
Horrible – whose actual identify is Aleksandr Shikolai – was imagined to make his official U.S. naked knuckle battle debut late final 12 months; nonetheless, as Lambgoat beforehand reported, he suffered a “huge hematoma on his proper verify” again in November, main him to submit an Instagram reel through which he humorously declared: “You realize what? That was [the] final time I spar with out headgear. Fuck this shit.”
Three months later, the bear-wrestling singer made his skilled debut dealing with off in opposition to Kazakh fighter Mukhamedkhan Ospanov through the RCC (Russian Cagefighting Championship) Arduous 12 match in Horrible’s hometown of Yekaterinburg. Ospanov entered the match with one win and three losses, and he was he defeated by stoppage in lower than a minute through the first spherical.
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Following the bout, RCC’s Instagram account defined (loosely translated): “From the primary seconds of the battle, Shikolai flew ahead and unleashed a flurry of blows on his opponent. Ospanov collapsed and couldn’t rise up.” In the meantime, Naked Knuckle Heroes clarified that Horrible “beforehand gained a call in his [unprofessional] debut, in a personal bout that was uploaded to YouTube. Final September, it was reported [that he] signed with Naked Knuckle Combating Championship.”
Clearly, final evening’s victory was onerous fought and gratifying for a number of causes. So, congrats to Horrible for his triumphant skilled debut!
In fact, you’ll be able to see the official poster for the match – in addition to pictures and movies from it – under.
Images + Movies – Alex Horrible Defeats Mukhamedkhan Ospanov at RCC Arduous 12
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