Famous Hollywood star and martial arts expert Jean-Claude Van Damme will be an honorary guest at the Mixed Fight European Championship, which kicks off on Wednesday night in Russia's southern resort city of Sochi, a statement from the tournament's organizing committee said.
This championship will see fighters from Russia's M-1 Global and Sambo-70 clubs against the best European contenders.
The organizers of the event said that the tournament will see five fighters from each team in the heavyweight categories of 93 kg (205 lbs) and over.
This is not the first time the star of such blockbusters as Blood Sport and Kickboxer comes to Russia for the Mixed Martial Arts Championship. In 2007, he watched the Mixed Fight Championship between the teams from Russia and the United States in St. Petersburg's Ledovy Dvorets Arena (Ice Palace Arena), where he sat together with then-President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
SOCHI, July 14 (RIA Novosti)
