{"id":141663,"date":"2022-09-08T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.budokampsport.se\/?p=141663"},"modified":"2022-09-08T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T09:20:38","slug":"anton-turkalj-debuterar-i-ufc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.budokampsport.se\/2022\/09\/08\/anton-turkalj-debuterar-i-ufc\/","title":{"rendered":"Anton Turkalj debuterar i UFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>P\u00e5 l\u00f6rdag avg\u00f6rs galan <em>UFC 279: Chimaev vs. Diaz<\/em> i Las Vegas, d\u00e4r <strong>Khamzat Chimaevs<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budokampsport.se\/2022\/09\/06\/khamzat-chimaev-huvudperson-i-helgens-ufc-gala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">match<\/a> mot amerikanen <strong>Nate Diaz<\/strong> \u00e4r huvudmatch och galans dragpl\u00e5ster.<\/p>\n<p>I slutet av f\u00f6rra veckan blev det \u00e4ven klart att vi f\u00e5r en andra svensk i galan \u2013 detta d\u00e5 den 26-\u00e5rige g\u00f6teborgaren <strong>Anton \u201dThe Pleasure Man\u201d Turkalj<\/strong> fr\u00e5n GBG MAC med kort varsel hoppar in och m\u00f6ter brasilianaren <strong>Jailton Almeida<\/strong>. Matchen avg\u00f6rs i den \u00f6verenskomna catchweighten 220 lb, vilket motsvarar knappt 100 kilo. Med andra ord en tyngre klass \u00e4n vad l\u00e4ttungviktaren Anton Turkalj vanligtvis t\u00e4vlar i n\u00e4r han v\u00e4ger in p\u00e5 sina 93 kilo.<\/p>\n<p>Svensken har tr\u00e4nat MMA sen han var 16 \u00e5r gammal, efter att tidigare ha satsat fr\u00e4mst p\u00e5 fotboll och friidrott. Som medlem av det svenska MMA-landslaget tog han EM-guld, EM-silver och VM-brons innan han 2018 valde att inleda sin proffskarri\u00e4r \u2013 detta med <a href=\"https:\/\/www.budokampsport.se\/2018\/12\/11\/anton-turkalj-vann-proffsdebut\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seger<\/a> mot rum\u00e4nen <strong>Marius Pislariu<\/strong> p\u00e5 dennes hemmaplan. Som proffs \u00e4r han fortfarande obesegrad (8\u20130).<\/p>\n<p>Den senaste segern kom den 26 juli mot <strong>Acacio Dos Santos<\/strong> i <em>Dana White\u2019s Contender Series<\/em>. Svensken vann p\u00e5 enh\u00e4lligt domslut i sin hittills enda match som g\u00e5tt matchtiden ut. Trots framg\u00e5ngen blev Turkalj inte erbjuden n\u00e5got UFC-kontrakt den g\u00e5ngen \u2013 men nu f\u00e5r han allts\u00e5 \u00e4nd\u00e5 chansen.<\/p>\n<p>Motst\u00e5ndaren Jailton \u201dMalhadinho\u201d Almeida \u00e4r fem \u00e5r \u00e4ldre och har varit proffs betydligt l\u00e4ngre \u00e4n Anton Turkalj. Hans facit efter 18 proffsmatcher \u00e4r 16\u20132, d\u00e4r hans senaste tv\u00e5 matcher har avgjorts tidigare under \u00e5ret i UFC och givit lika m\u00e5nga segrar mot landsmannen <strong>Danilo Marques<\/strong> och amerikanen <strong>Parker Porter<\/strong>. Noterbart \u00e4r att Jailton Almeida avslutat b\u00e4gge sina motst\u00e5ndare i f\u00f6rstaronderna.<\/p>\n<p>Brassen var egentligen t\u00e4nkt att m\u00f6ta tungviktaren <strong>Shamil Abdurakhimov<\/strong> fr\u00e5n den ryska delrepubliken Dagestan. Men efter att han f\u00e5tt hoppa av galan p\u00e5 grund av visumproblem kommer allts\u00e5 Turkalj in i hans st\u00e4lle.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f6tet mellan Anton Turkalj och Jailton Almeida \u00e4r en av fyra matcher som ing\u00e5r i underkortet p\u00e5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufc.com\/event\/ufc-279\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UFC 279<\/a>. 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