SENSHI’s heavyweights have their assignments … and winning one fight will barely get the job started. The SENSHI 34 Grand Prix card is set for December 5, 2026, at the Palace of Culture and Sports in Varna, Bulgaria. Eight fighters enter the 95+ kg tournament, with three wins in one night required to leave as champion. Fans can watch live and free on DAZN in more than 200 markets.
The promotion‘s final event of 2026 features 18 fighters representing 13 countries across the full card, rather than the eight-man tournament alone. Alongside the heavyweight bracket are two reserve bouts and three Super Fights, giving the Bulgarian crowd four home fighters to follow.
SENSHI 34 heavyweight Grand Prix matchups
Romania’s Vasile Amaritiei faces Algeria’s Nordine Mahieddine in an opening-round meeting between two SENSHI newcomers. Suriname’s Colin George takes on Albania’s Francesco Xhaja, while Dutch heavyweight Dexter Suisse meets England’s Nathan Cook.
France’s Farès Baignin completes the quarterfinal lineup against Turkey’s Cihad Kepenek, with both men also making their promotional debuts. The route through the tournament leaves little room to recover. The opening-round winners advance to two semifinals, followed by the championship fight. A third-place contest is also included in the announced tournament programme, so the heavyweight action extends beyond the race for the trophy. Two reserve matchups sit alongside the main bracket.
Azerbaijan’s Surat Garaev meets Bulgaria’s Daniel Dinev, while Estonia’s Kristjan Ljahh faces the Netherlands’ Sem van der Lans. Dinev is the only Bulgarian heavyweight on the announced lineup; his three compatriots compete in the Super Fights.
Bozhilov returns, Petrov gets his rematch
Atanas Bozhilov brings 25 SENSHI victories into his 75 kg meeting with England’s Bartolomej Horvath, also billed as Bart Horvat. The fighter nicknamed “Mr. SENSHI” gives the home crowd an established name to rally behind. At 70 kg, Bulgaria’s Dragomir Petrov faces Italy’s Angelo Volpe with revenge on his agenda.
Volpe enters as the SENSHI 31 Grand Prix champion in that division, making this a rematch with a tournament winner rather than a fresh opponent. The other 75 kg Super Fight pairs Brazil’s Petros de Freitas with Bulgaria’s Zhulien Rikov. Rikov won the SENSHI welterweight Grand Prix in February at 19 and enters this appearance with seven promotional victories and no defeats. All three Super Fights are scheduled under KWU Full Contact rules.
