Edil Essengulov secured his 27th career victory with a dominant performance over top-level opponent Ibrahim Magomedov at middleweight. Remarkably, Essengulov's first professional fight eight years ago was at bantamweight, meaning he has moved up three weight classes during his career. His victory over the highly-ranked Magomedov was particularly impressive given the quality of competition. Observers are now eager to see how Essengulov would perform against someone from the top five rankings in the middleweight division.
