The SENSHI promotion reaches a big milestone on February 28, 2026, with the thirtieth anniversary gala set to unfold in Varna, Bulgaria. Hosted on the Congress Corridor of the Palace of Tradition and Sports activities, a venue that has anchored Bulgaria’s fight sports activities calendar for many years. SENSHI 30 will introduce the primary 75 kg Grand Prix match within the group’s historical past.
SENSHI 30
The centerpiece of SENSHI 30 will likely be twelve elite fighters will compete in a single-night elimination match, with just one rising because the inaugural 75 kg Grand Prix champion. This twelve-fighter format surpasses the eight-fighter construction that outlined SENSHI 28. The Grand Prix mannequin, rooted within the legendary K-1 World Grand Prix that originated in Tokyo in 1993, requires fighters to compete a number of occasions inside hours, testing endurance, tactical acumen, and psychological fortitude.
Beforehand showcased in regional title fights and European championship bouts, the division has produced adorned champions together with Bulgaria’s Atanas Bozhilov, a two-time SENSHI European champion with a 23-2 skilled document and 2019 WAKO PRO Ok-1 World Championship credentials.
SENSHI’s Grand Prix initiative started at SENSHI 28 on September 13, 2025, when Bulgaria hosted its first-ever heavyweight Grand Prix within the over-95 kg division. That occasion topped Turkish fighter Samed Agdeve, then simply 21 years previous, because the first-ever SENSHI Grand Prix champion. The occasion’s decisive second arrived when Agdeve later signed with ONE Championship and captured the inaugural ONE Heavyweight Kickboxing World Championship in November 2025.
SENSHI 30 alerts organizational confidence in increasing the Grand Prix format past heavyweight division this time at 75 KG.
The promotion follows a aggressive yr that established SENSHI as a real worldwide draw. SENSHI 29, held December 6, 2025, featured 24 fighters from 15 nations throughout twelve tremendous fights, with six knockouts marking one other night of decisive motion. Bulgarian rivals dominated, with Zhulien Rikov, Atanas Bozhilov, Ali Yuzeir, and Eduard Aleksanyan all securing victories.
Past the 75 kg Grand Prix, SENSHI 30’s combat card will characteristic three strategically chosen tremendous fights. This construction mirrors the profitable SENSHI 28 system, whereby Grand Prix eliminations alternated with world-class standalone bouts beneath KWU Full Contact, KWU SENSHI, and KWU OPEN rulesets.
The occasion arrives with institutional backing. Organized in cooperation with the KWU Worldwide Skilled League, SENSHI 30 advantages from established judging requirements and guidelines oversight. The KWU sanctions all technical rulesets and maintains relationships with legendary fight sports activities figures together with Semmy Schilt (four-time Ok-1 World Grand Prix winner), Ernesto Hoost (four-time Ok-1 Grand Prix finalist), and Nicholas Pettas (Ok-1 legend and ring announcer at SENSHI 28), amongst others.
