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World Championship 2026 fight card confirmed: Karimov vs Yılmaz headlines Dubai
The KBN World Championship 2026 comes to Dubai on 18 October with a ×3.0 multiplier — the highest in the KBN framework — and four world-level bouts.
The KBN Ranking Committee has confirmed the card for the KBN World Championship 2026 in Dubai on 18 October. It is the only event on the 2026 calendar carrying the full ×3.0 world championship multiplier.
18OCT 2026World Championship ×3.0×3 points
The card
- Aleksei Karimov vs Emre Yılmaz — Professional · Men's Kickboxing · Welterweight · title bout
- Li Shang vs Ruslan Magomedov — Professional · Men's MMA · Featherweight
- Fatima Diallo vs Leyla Aksoy — Professional · Women's Muay Thai · Flyweight
- Rustam Nazarov vs Ahmed Al Hammadi — Amateur · Men's Boxing · Middleweight
×3.0World Championship multiplier
+100Points for a tournament champion
+75For a successful title defence
4Confirmed world-level bouts
Karimov arrives as World No. 1 on 635 points. His opponent Emre Yılmaz is World No. 2 on 180 points — a title win in Dubai would be worth more to the Turkish contender than his entire current total.
EY
World#2
Europe#1
National#1
Points180
Record4-1-0
A world championship is where the ranking is decided. Every result on this card will be verified and counted at the highest weight we have.
— KBN Ranking Committee
