Eduard Aleksanyan (born January 1, 1997) is a Bulgarian kickboxer, currently competing in the middleweight division of Senshi. He also competed for Golden Fighter Championship.
As of April 2023, he is ranked as the tenth best middleweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press.[1]
Professional kickboxing career
SENSHI
Aleksanyan faced Branko Babachev at Ultimate Pro Fight 7 on March 10, 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Aleksanyan and Babachev faced each other in an immediate rematch at Ultimate Pro Fight 10 on July 20, 2017. Babachev won the fight by unanimous decision.[2]
On June 1, 2018, Aleksanyan travelled to Poland to challenge Kamil Jenel for his DSF Kickboxing Challenge -81kg title. He lost the fight by technical knockout.[3]
Aleksanyan made his SENSHI debut against Radoslav Kostov at the inaugural SENSHI event on February 23, 2019. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.[4] Aleksanyan returned to the regional circuit to face Janu Da Cruz for the Savages Kickboxing Middleweight (-80 kg) title at Savages Kickboxing 2 on September 28, 2019.[5][6] He captured the title by stoppage.
Aleksanyan faced Thomas Doeve at Senshi 4 on October 26, 2019.[7] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[8] Aleksanyan failed to build on this success however, as he suffered a unanimous decision loss to Nikola Todorović at Senshi 6 on August 21, 2020.[9]
Aleksanyan faced Ljubo Jalovi for the WAKO-Pro International K-1 Light Heavyweight (-81.4 kg) title at Senshi 7 on February 27, 2021. He won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout.[10] Aleksanyan next faced Madalin Mogos at Senshi 8 on May 22, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[11] Aleksanyan was then booked to face Pavel Shelest at Senshi 9 on July 10, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision.[12] Aleksanyan faced Pavel Turuk at Senshi 10 on December 4, 2021, in his fourth and final fight of the year.[13] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[14]
Aleksanyan faced Vladyslav Tiurmenko at Senshi 11 on February 26, 2021.[15] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[16] Aleksanyan next faced Beni Osmanoski at Senshi 12 on July 9, 2022.[17] He stopped Osmanoski with a right straight 47 seconds into the fight.[18] Aleksanyan then faced Daniel Krost at Senshi 13 on September 10, 2022. He won the fight by a liver shot knockout a minute into the opening round.[19] In his fourth and last fight of the year, which took place at Senshi 14 on December 3, 2022, Aleksanyan faced Madani Rahmani.[20] He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.[21]
Aleksanyan faced Giuseppe de Domenico at Senshi 15 on March 18, 2023.[22] He won the fight by unanimous decision.[23] Aleksanyan next faced Jakob Styben for the vacant SENSHI European -90 kg title at SENSHI 18 on September 16, 2023.[24]
