Rafael Aghayev, fighting for Azerbaijan’s SC Gabala, won the Karate 1 Premier League in Moscow, Russia. The 75-kg her beat Yassin Sekuri (Morocco), Rodrigo Ibanez (Spain) and Matus Lieskovski (Slovakia) with the same result of - 1:0. Reaching to the semifinal, the Gabala hero defeated also Bahman Asgari (Iran) by 2:0 before beating Yermek Aynazarov (Kazakhstan) with 1:0 in the final match.

It’s worth to notice the league was joined by 642 challengers from 85 countries.