Elite MMA Championship kicked off their schedule for the year on Saturday evening, April 16, in Düsseldorf, Germany with EMC 9: The Mission. It was an amazing night of action that only saw one of eleven bouts go the distance and several European standouts continued to raise their profiles. UFC, KSW, ACA and M-1 veterans competed at the event alongside rising stars from the continent being developed by EMC.
Main Card
Main Event
Inaugural EMC Middleweight Title
Kerim Engizek (17-4) defeated Gabriel Barreiro (14-7) by TKO (ground and pound) at 4:59 of round 1 to win the inaugural EMC middleweight title
Co-Main Event
Catchweight (97kg/213lbs)
Erko Jun (5-2) defeated Szymon Wrzesień (4-3) by TKO (strikes) at 0:12 of round 3
Lightweight
Daniel Torres (13-5, 1NC) defeated Nico Cocuccio (11-5-1) by TKO (ground and pound) at 3:33 of round 2
Catchweight (64kg/141lbs)
Antun Račić (26-10-1) defeated Jeovanny de Oliveira (9-3) by unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 30-26)
Catchweight (68kg/150lbs)
Deniz Ilbay (2-0) defeated Miso Vranjes (0-1) by TKO (ground and pound) at 2:02 of round 1
Heavyweight
Denis Stojnić (15-3, 1NC) defeated Ivo Cuk (19-12) by TKO (ground and pound) at 3:11 of round 1
Preliminary Card
Heavyweight
Martin Batur (7-3) defeated Maicon Douglas (7-4) by TKO (ground and pound) at 1:54 of round 2
Lightweight
Bekhruz Zukhurov (16-5) defeated Paulo Bananada (27-19) by KO (punch) at 1:58 of round 3
Catchweight (82kg/180lbs)
Stefano Schulze-Hagen (1-1) defeated Nikola Panic (0-1) by TKO (strikes) at 1:42 of round 1
Featherweight
Ahmed Vila (8-4-1, 1NC) defeated Said Eidi (6-8) by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:48 of round 1
Catchweight (81kg/179lbs)
Jordan Zebo (1-0) defeated Farshedi Shamsidin (0-1) by submission (guillotine choke) at 2:07 of round 3