STAV Economou produced a near perfect performance to secure the biggest success of his MMA career.

The Southend based 30-year-old fought Karl Etherington in a Bellator fight night at a packed Wembley Arena.

And Economou’s coach Dan Burzotta was delighted by the victory.

“It was a massive fight for Stav and it’s certainly a massive win for him too,” said Burzotta.

“Bellator are the second biggest promoters in MMA and the atmosphere was electric.

“I’m not exactly sure how many people were there watching but it must have been at least 15,000 and millions would have been watching all around the world, especially in America.

“For Stav to deal with that and perform the way he did says a lot about him and it could open a lot of doors for him now.”

Economou had trained vigorously in the build up to the fight, losing more than two stone since Christmas.

And he was rewarded with a hard-fought win which came exactly how Burzotta had predicted.

“Sometimes you can study an opponent and predict what they are going to do but on the night something completely different happens but this wasn’t the case at all this time,” said Burzotta.

“We knew this opponent had a strong take down so Stav was ready and waiting for it.

“It went exactly to plan and he nearly decapitated him in the end.”

Twenty-fours hours after Economou’s success, his TSG team-mate Leszek Krakowski was also celebrating his own success.

The Pole saw off Brazilian Nathan Battista to win the Celtic Gladiators belt in an entertaining and close fought contest.

“It was a great fight and Leszek did really well to win it,” said Burzotta.

“He was in fantastic shape going into it and he had to be because his opponent was extremely tough.

“Massive credit and respect must go to him because Leszek had him in all kinds of trouble but he refused to give in and kept on going.”

However, TSG’s Walter Gahadza was unable to win his fight as he was beaten by Terry Brazier in Birmingham after being punished for a slight loss of concentration.

“Walter was really on top and had started well before he was punished for making just one slight mistake,” said Burzotta.

“But that’s what can happen in MMA.

“It’s not like boxing when you can take a count and come back, you get beaten straight away.”