Montenegrin kickboxer Miroslav Vujović gave himself a present for his 27th birthday in the most beautiful way today - he secured the first major medal in his career, as he reached the semi-finals of the World Kickboxing Championship.
Today in Budapest, in the super heavyweight category of the K1 discipline, he defeated the Turk Fatih Simik from Turkey by knockout in the second round.
Vujović was also lucky in the draw, because he was free in the first round. Vujović's rival in tomorrow's semi-final will be Poland's Michal Blavdžievič.
"It's a phenomenal feeling, my first medal from a major competition. I fought the best in my career so far, I was better all the time, and then in the second I managed to knock out a very unpleasant rival, who was celebrating at the start of the championship, with his knee. The opponent in the semi-final is an excellent Pole, but I honestly expect victory and I will do my best to reach the final", said 27-year-old national team member Vujović for "Vijesti".
Compliments for his performance were not absent even from the professional staff of our selection.
"Vujović entered the match very well, dictated the pace and was a better rival. In the second round, during an exchange of blows, he hit his rival with a knee in the plexus and forced him to surrender," coach Goran Radonjić told the MINA agency.
Dejvid Kajević failed to qualify for the semi-finals in the low kick, and Marko Nikolić, who returned to the re-presentation, also lost in the K1 discipline.
In the medal match in the category up to 75 kilograms, Kajević was defeated by the Bulgarian Atanas Bojilov, by the decision of the judges on points 3:0. Kajević won his place in the quarterfinals with a 3:0 victory against the Pole Kamil Sojkovski.
"Kajević could not give his maximum due to a leg injury. He fought and lived up to our expectations," said Goran Radonjić.
By placing in the semi-finals, Bojilov secured his second medal from major competitions, after winning silver at the European Championship in Slovenia last year.
Nikolić was defeated in the first fight at the championship, in the category up to 75 kilograms, by David Watts from New Zealand.
"Nikolić was defeated in an uncertain match. "Our fighter was on the floor twice in the second round, but in the third he came back and sent his rival to the floor twice," said Radonjić.
At the start of the championship yesterday, Remzija Dacić and Anastazija Petrović were eliminated.
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