Fight Festival 12

Yvel vs. Backman

November 13, 2004 

Toolon Kisahalli, Helsinki, Paavo Nurmenkuja 1

Finland

Hot off the heels of their September 11th show, Fight Festival will be back with their 12th event on November

13th featuring a heavyweight Vale Tudo bout between PRIDE veteran Gilbert Yvel and Fight Festival

veteran Atte Backman. Also scheduled for the event is a four-man heavyweight kickboxing tournament with

the opening fights lasting three rounds, three minutes each round and the final lasting five rounds, three

minutes each round. In all, nine bouts are planned (combination of Vale Tudo and Muay Thai) plus the

kickboxing tournament.

Vale Tudo bouts are two rounds (five minutes each round) unless noted.

Muay Thai bouts are five rounds (two minutes each round) unless noted.

Line-up (not in fight order):

Fight 1 - Vale Tudo Heavyweight Bout

Atte Backman (Espoon Kehahait) vs. Gilbert Yvel (Vos Gym Amsterdam)

Fight 2 - World Muay Thai Council EM-OTTELU 160 lb. Bout (3 min. each round)

Jarno Marila (Helsinki Thaiboxing Club) vs. Youri Boreiko (Latvia)

Fight 3 - Mauy Thai 198 lb. lb. Bout (3 min. each round)

Topi Helin (Turku Thaiboxing Club) vs. Zabid Samedov (Valko-Venaja)

Fight 4 - Vale Tudo Heavyweight Bout

Toni Valtonen (Espoon Kehahait) vs. TBA

Fight 5 - Vale Tudo -185 Lb. Bout

Timo Suhonen (Espoon Kehahait) vs. Aleksandr Sukhonosov (Valko-Venaja)

Fight 6 - Vale Tudo 176 lb. Bout

Jani Karkiainen (Team Kolho) vs. Tuomas Simola (Salon HMVK)

Fight 7 - Vale Tudo -185 lb. Bout

Jani Ylikorpi (Espoon Kehahait) vs. Denis Timoschenko (Valko-Venaja)

Fight 8 - Mauy Thai Bout

Mika Ristaniemi (Helsinki Thaiboxing Club) vs. Borger Tam (Vos Gym Amsterdam)

Four-Man Heavyweight Kickboxing Tournament (rules similar to K-1)

- Petri Reima (Suomi)

- Roman Suchoterin (Valko-Venaja)

- Abdouliie Joof (Ruotsi)

- Antoni Hardonk (Holland)

Card subject to change

(10/10/04)