Earlier this week the Gladiator Fight Team revealed that heavyweight prospect Veronika Futina has signed a contract with ROAD FC and will compete as part of their openweight division.

Futina trains at the Gladiator Fight Team along with fellow heavyweight competitors and former Gabi Garcia opponents, Anna Maliukova and Oxana Gagloeva. The 31-year-old’s list of accolades in combat sports are endless. She is a 2x world champion in hand-to-hand fighting, 4x champion in Russian hand-to-hand fighting, 2x European champion in hand-to-hand fighting and a champion in Russian Judo.
For fans wanting to see video footage of Futina in action, you can take a look back at one of her hand-to-hand combat victories below. Futina is the woman in the blue helmet.