The undefeated black belt in judo, former Bellator and world combat sambo champion Vitaly Minakov entered this fight with a perfect mma record of 18-0-0 (89% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.18 heavyweight in the world. He fought just once in 2016 beating Peter Graham (=Minakov vs Graham).
His opponent, DJ Linderman, has an official record of 20-11-0 (55% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.75 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Josh Copeland and Fabiano Scherner. After this bout he has defeated Derrick Mehmen. Vitaly Minakov vs DJ Linderman is the main event of Eurasia Fight Nights 59. Watch the video and rate this fight!
DJ Linderman fight videos
2013 MMA fight – DJ Linderman vs Mike Hayes 3 – full fight Video WAR MMA 1
Review: 2013-06-22, something good in the last part of the fight but it is not enough to get three stars. DJ Linderman (14-5-0) entered as the No.25 heavyweight in the world while Mike Hayes (18-7-1) entered as the No.54. In both their previous fights Linderman defeated Hayes by decision (2009 and 2012); this third fight is on the undercard of Daniel Roberts vs Justin Baesman – War Mma 1. Watch the video!
2013 MMA fight – Michal Kita vs DJ Linderman – full fight Video FA 8
Review: 2013-05-24, fight not particularly exciting between Michal Kita and DJ Linderman: it gets two stars. Michal Kita (14-6-0, 93% finishing rate) entered as the No.38 heavyweight in the world while DJ Linderman (13-5-0, 62% finishing rate) entered as the No.40. Kita vs Linderman is the main event of “Fighters Arena 8”. Watch the video!
2012 best MMA fight – Anthony Johnson vs DJ Linderman – full fight Video WSOF 1
Review: 2012-11-03, Anthony Johnson vs DJ Linderman gets four stars thanks to one of the best mma Kos of the year 2012. Anthony Johnson (13-4-0) entered as the No.17 light heavyweight in the world while DJ Linderman (13-3-0) entered as the No.21 heavyweight. Johnson vs Linderman is on the undercard of Andrei Arlovski vs Devin Cole – WSOF 1. Watch the video!