Karate Combat 37: Daniels vs. Aghayev full results, highlights - Aghayev wins interim belt

Karate Combat 37 is kicking off tonight (December 17th) live from the back lot of Universal Studios in Orlando, Florida. The event is scheduled to start at 7:00pm ET/4:00pm PT and will be streaming live and for free on the promotion’s YouTube channel (link at bottom of page).

The main event of the evening involves an interim welterweight title fight between two striking legends, Raymond Daniels and Rafael Aghayev. In the card’s co-main event, the bantamweight belt will be on the line when the current champion, Eoghan Chelmiah, collides with his challenger, Jesus Lopez.

Also competing tonight will be former GLORY Kickboxing champion and Bellator kickboxing/MMA fighter, Gabriel Varga. He will be facing off with Tommy Azouz in the lightweight division. Another name recognized from the MMA realm is former UFC welterweight, Sasha Palatnikov. He will be standing across from Rob Buxton for their middleweight matchup.

The entire Karate Combat 37 event can be seen below, live and for free on the company’s YouTube channel:

Main card:

Rafael Aghayev def. Raymond Daniels by decision: Interim Welterweight Title

**Eoghan Chelmiah def. Jesus Lopez by split decision: Bantamweight Title

(the result was announced incorrectly at first)

Gabriel Varga def. Tommy Azouz by TKO in round 3: Lightweight

Samuel Ericsson def. Tarek Khelifi by TKO in round 2: Lightweight

Prelims:

Sasha Palatnikov def. Rob Buxton by TKO in round 1: Middleweight

Andres Madera def. Maciej Tercjak by TKO in round 3: Lightweight

Gabriel Stankunas def. Maximo Nunez by decision: Bantamweight

Gabo Diaz def. Samy Ennkhaili by TKO in round 3: Lightweight

Disclosure: Karate Combat covered the author’s travel expenses to this event.