Superior Challenge 6: Lions Den was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 event held in Hovet, Stockholm. The greatest MMA event of Norse and one of Europe's finest.

Background

This was expected to be perhaps the best Superior Challenge yet with Joachim Hansen topping the card against respected Swede Sami Aziz. Also former UFC title contender Thales Leites

Thales Leites

Thales Leites Lourenço is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current Superior Challenge middleweight champion.-Mixed martial arts:A relative newcomer to the sport, Leites made his mixed martial arts debut at Shooto Brazil in 2003, defeating Felipe Arinelli by arm-triangle choke submission...

 was on the card fighting Tor Troeng from Sweden and former UFC fighter David Bielkheden

David Bielkheden

David Bielkheden is a Swedish mixed martial artist and has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.- Mixed martial arts career :...

 is also fighting on the main card.

Main Card

• Featherweight bout:   Joachim Hansen vs.   Sami Aziz

Hansen defeated Aziz via submission (armbar) at 03:47 of round 2.

• Welterweight Championship bout:   David Bielkheden
  David Bielkheden
  David Bielkheden is a Swedish mixed martial artist and has a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.- Mixed martial arts career :...
  
   vs.   Daniel Acacio
  Daniel Acacio
  Daniel Acacio is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is most notable for his fights in PRIDE Fighting Championships....
  
  

Acacio defeated Bielkheden via split decision at 05:00 of round 3 and became the first Superior Challenge welterweight champion.

• Welterweight bout:     Reza Madadi
  Reza Madadi
  Reza Madadi is a Swedish-Iranian mixed martial artist. Madadi started out as a wrestler when he was 10 years old and kept wrestling until he started with MMA at age 26. He fought his first professional match on September 23, 2006...
  
   vs.   Carlo Prater
  Carlo Prater
  Carlo Prater is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division, having formerly competed at welterweight...
  
  

Madadi defeated Prater via unanimous decision at 05:00 of round 3.

• Middleweight bout:   Tor Troéng vs.   Thales Leites
  Thales Leites
  Thales Leites Lourenço is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He is the current Superior Challenge middleweight champion.-Mixed martial arts:A relative newcomer to the sport, Leites made his mixed martial arts debut at Shooto Brazil in 2003, defeating Felipe Arinelli by arm-triangle choke submission...
  
  

Leites defeated Troéng via submission (rear naked choke) at 03:33 of round 2.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Matti Mäkelä
  Matti Mäkelä
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   vs.   Linton Vassell

Mäkela defeated Vassell via TKO at 04:10 of round 3.

• Middleweight bout:   Magnus Cedenblad
  Magnus Cedenblad
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   vs.   Allan Love

Cedenblad defeated Love via unanimous decision at 05:00 of round 3.

• Middleweight bout:   Papy Abedi
  Papy Abedi
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   vs.   Nathan Schouteren

Abedi defeated Schouteren via submission (guillotine choke) at 03:22 of round 1.

• Lightweight bout:   Akira Corassani
  Akira Corassani
  Hamid Akira Corassani is a Swedish professional mixed martial arts fighter. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Corassani has made a name for himself fighting mainly in Western Europe. He is a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs...
  
   vs. Graham Turner

Corassanni defeated Turner via unanimous decision at 05:00 of round 3.

• Bantamweight bout:  Hanna Sillén vs.  Maiju Kujala

Sillén defeated Kujala via split decision at 05:00 of round 3.

• Lightweight bout:   Nicklas Bäckström vs.   Simon Sköld

Bäckström defeated Sköld via TKO (punches) at 03:22 of round 3.

• Light Heavyweight bout:   Assan Njie
  Assan Njie
  Assan Njie is a Swedish mixed martial artist of Swedish and Gambian descent, currently fighting for GBG MMA in Gothenburg...
  
   vs.   Sean Salmon
  Sean Salmon
  Sean Michael Salmon is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes as a light heavyweight...
  
  

Njie defeated Salmon via TKO (punches) at 00:41 round 1.

• Featherweight bout:   Navid Yousefi vs.  David Aranda

Arandra defeated Yousefi via submission (armbar) at 03:14 of round 1.

• Welterweight bout:   Andreas Ståhl vs.   Niclas Danielsson

Ståhl defeated Danielsson via unanimous decision at 05:00 of round 3.

• Welterweight bout:   Nicholas Musoke vs.   Danny Mitchell

Mitchell defeated Musoke via submission (armbar) at 01:56 of round 2.