Perak Versus Alberti Headlines Noć Gladiatora III
Posted by Chad Edward on April 7th, 2008The World Freefight Challenge returns to Dubrovnik 19 April with their Noć Gladiatora series, highlighting the increasing popularity of MMA in Europe and specifically Eastern Europe.
Undefeated Croatian “Mean Machine” Maro Perak (10-0) and Italian Aramis Alberti (1-2) will fight in the card’s middleweight main event.
Perak has won all but one fight by stoppage and four consecutive by first round TKO. He comes off one such “W” over Jose Buda (0-1) last month.
Aramis was last submitted in March by Frenchman Antony Rea (13-9) in Spain.
The card also matches Brazilian veteran Fabricio Nascimento (19-4) with Slovenian Vale Tudo fighter Dalibor Anastasov (8-1).
Both fighters come off stoppage victories in their last fights.
The event is just one of many popping up from Manchester to St. Petersburg in a growing European MMA scene.
In the first seven days of April, there have already been events in St. Petersburg, Luxembourg, and Mannheim.
UFC President Dana White has set a goal of staging the UFC’s first mainland Europe event in Germany before the end of 2008.
