KSW - The Klash of Styles Warzone

vladjarca · June 13, 2020

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - or KSW, as most MMA hardcores know it, is the biggest European MMA company, and it's got it's eyes on becoming more than that. KSW are taking over the MMA world.

Martin Lewandowski and Maciej Kawulski, the co-owners of KSW, are talking about the future of the company, at noon, at the Lewandowski residence.

Martin: We are already Europe's biggest. We have good money. European MMA ain't booming if we settle for 6 shows a year for the rest of time.

Maciej: Our shows are making good money and I suppose we would make more money if we'd do more, but we have to talk with our broadcasters about it too. Shouldn't be a problem with Polsat & Polsat Sport as long as the whole Poland keeps loving us.

Martin: I'm thinking one show a month, maybe 2 shows a month a few times a year?

Maciej: You build a nice schedule and I'll let the Polsat guys know when we need our TV time. But more shows means we need more fighters.

Martin: The KSW bank account is damn full, we can spend on some new fighters, and if we'd actually try, we could bring in a few big names too. You got any ideas for how to build our shows?

Maciej: Let's do more tournaments. But not the old kind of tournaments. You saw how Coker does them? Kinda like that. But let's actually do more than that.

Martin: What do you mean more than that?

Maciej: Well we have 8 divisions that are gonna get bigger. Let's always have 4 tournaments going. Half the champions defend normally, the other half defend in the tournaments.

Martin: Alright, sounds fine but you'll have to elaborate on that later. And do you know what's other thing that we ACTUALLY need to become a big thing worldwide?

Maciej: Hmmm.. A name that the average earthling can pronounce?

Martin: Yes. I wasn't expecting Americans or Asians to pronounce it right, but even fellow East Europeans are butchering the beautiful Polish language when trying to say it. And I got the remedy: Klash of Styles Warzone. We don't even need to pay for another logo.

Maciej: I'm digging this. "War" would be a no-no for sponsors, but "Warzone" has a ring to it. Or a cage to it, if you will. A toast to a new beggining?

Martin: Two Polish man taking over the world of combat. Cheers, friend.

The current rankings:

HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

LIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

MIDDLEWEIGHT RANKINGS

WELTERWEIGHT RANKINGS

LIGHTWEIGHT RANKINGS

FEATHERWEIGHT RANKINGS

BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

WOMEN'S FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Not quite stacked, huh?

We'll take care of that. I already started hiring people to have around 20 fighters in lightweight and above and around10 fighters in featherweight, bantamweight and women's flyweight.

Right now, we've signed: M1 Featherweight champion Khamzat Dalgiev (11-3) and flyweight ladies Bryony Tyrell (4-2-1) and Simona Soukupova (6-6-1).

The 4 tournaments we'll start with will be in the heavyweight, light heavyweight, lightweight and featherweight divisions.

Unless last minute injuries appear, every card will have 5 main fights and 7 prelims fights.

Here are the tournaments brackets:

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Damian Grabowski v. Karol Bedorf

Oli Thompson v. Ante Delija

Luis Henrique v. Michal Andryszak

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Przemyslaw Mysiala v. Ivan Erslan

Thiago Silva v. Marcin Wojcik

Jason Radcliffe v. Jamie Sloane

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Artur Sowinksi v. Marian Ziolkowksi

Roman Szymanski v. Shamil Musaev

Gracjan Szadinski v. Gregorz Szulakowski

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Khazmat Dalgiev v. Marcin Wrzosek

Filip Pejic v. Daniel Torres

Artem Lobov v. Krzysztof Klackek

And of course, the announcement for the next card:

KSW 53: Parke vs. Gamrot III, in Poland

Prelims:

HW: D Stojnic v. J Silva

LHW: S Bekavac v. D Rodriguez

WW: P Kincl v. V Bakocevic

LW Tournament QF: G Szadinski v. G Szulakowski

LW Tournament QF: R Szymanski v. S Musaev

HW: E Jun v. A Szostak

MW: A Magomedov v. A Chmielewski

Sadly, lack of star power for some of the guys means some tournament fights were relegated to the prelims (but they're free to watch live on our YouTube, so it ain't that bad)

Main card preview:

Marius ZAROMSKIS (21-9-1) v. Aleksandar RAKAS (16-7)

Zaromskis is a 39 Lithuanian with a first dan blackbelt in Kyokushin Karate, who's been fighting since 2000. He's fought everywhere: Cage Rage (5-2), DREAM (5-0), Strikeforce (0-2-1), Bellator (4-3); and he holds a W against Sakuraba (although it was against a 40 Sakuraba). He was the last DREAM Welterweight champion, making his KSW debut and chasing one more belt to add to his storied career. Rakas is a 29 years old Cro Cop Team member, riding a 4 wins streak. Feared in the whole Europe, he has more submission wins than you'd expect from a Cro Cop guy. Will it be enough, tho? It might just be.

Prediction: Rakas by 3rd round KO.

Szymon KOLECKI (8-1) v. James MCSWEENEY (15-18)

An olympic gold (2008) and silver (2000) winning weightlifter, Kolecki's MMA run is turning out better than expected, as he's 2-0 in KSW, with W's over the company's hero, Pudzianowski, and the respectable Damian Janikowski. Although all his 8 wins came via Knock Out, he's also got a purple belt in Jiu Jitsu. McSweeney is no slouch either, he's been fighting for 15 years and although his MMA record isn't the cleanest, he has a strong record of 46-7 in kickboxing. Will he have the edge in striking against a brawler like Kolecki, tho?

Prediction: Kolecki by 1st round KO.

Artur SOWINSKI (20-11-2) v. Marian ZIOLKOWSKI (21-7-1)

The first Lightweight Tournament fight that makes it on TV sees former featherweight champion Artur Sowinski embarking towards more gold, coming off a 1st round KO win. Will his blend of Karate & Jiu Jitsu be enough to earn him some gold? "Golden Boy" Ziolkowski is coming off two decision wins and has been kicking ass all across Europe. A smart puncher with a brown belt in BJJ, he will be looking to chip his way to victory, be it standing, on the ground or against the fence.

Prediction: Ziolkowski by decision.

Cezary KESIK (12-0) v. Damian JANIKOWSKI (4-3)

Although undefeated, Kesik hasn't faced quite the harshest competition European MMA has to offer. He has let it go to the judges only 1 time, earning 9 TKOs and 2 submissions. Janikowski will be an interesting test: his wrestling is a great weeapon, as he's won a bronze olympic medal in greco-roman wrestling. This should be an interesting match up, as Kesik loves controlling his fights and Janikowksi will should be more than able to give him a tough night.

Prediction: Kesik by 3rd round submission.

Norman PARKE (28-6-1-1) v. Mateusz GAMROT (15-0-1)

A national champion in wrestling and a good boxer, champ Parke will try to get even with Gamrot, as he lost by decision in their first meeting and their rematch ended in no contest after an eye poke. Since their last meeting, Parke's been on a roll, winning all of his 5 fights by decision, while Gamrot is still undefeated, although he's been less active in the last 3 years. Is Mateusz still the prodigy we were used to?

Prediction: Of ****ing course he is, Gamrot by KO in the 4th.

Hit me with your Main Card predictions:

Welterweight: Marius Zaromskis v. Aleksandar Rakas

Heavyweight: Szymon Kolecki v. James McSweeney

Lightweight Tournament Quarter Final: Artur Sowinski v. Marian Ziolkowski

Middleweight: Cezary Kesik v. Damian Janikowski

Lightweight Tournament Quarter Final & Title Match: Norman Parke v. Mateusz Gamrot

I'll count my predictions too, but I won't cheat, pinky swear.

mattu29 · June 13, 2020

Love this, been waiting to read a KSW dynasty <img alt="<img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/biggrin.png.929299b4c121f473b0026f3d6e74d189.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

Predictions:

Rakas

Kolecki

Sowinski

Janikowski

Gamrot

CageRage · June 14, 2020

Welterweight: Marius Zaromskis v. Aleksandar Rakas

Heavyweight: Szymon Kolecki v. James McSweeney

Lightweight Tournament Quarter Final: Artur Sowinski v. Marian Ziolkowski

Middleweight: Cezary Kesik v. Damian Janikowski

Lightweight Tournament Quarter Final & Title Match: Norman Parke v. Mateusz Gamrot

vladjarca · June 14, 2020

We start off with some dissapointing news: 12 day before fight night, Marian Ziolkowksi got injured, he'll be out for about a month, so Sowinski will instead face Michael Dubois, still on the main card.

KSW 53: Parke vs. Gamrot III

Prelims:

Why care about the prelims? Cause Magomedov fought on them and he's bound to big things. Also, the worse ranked half of the QFs happened there: Szulakowski won via 1st round Armbar and Szymanski got a decision in a close bout against Musaev, giving him his first L. Kincl is another interesting name that won his debut on tonight's prelims.

Main Card:

1. Szymon KOLECKI (8-1) v. James MCSWEENEY (15-18)

Mario Yamasaki reffing this one, pray for the loser as it's likely going down with a KO.

McSweeney hits a good headkick in the first exchange. Kolecki stands strong and eventually shoots in for a single leg takedown and gets it. After a few seconds in guard, a scramble sees McSweeney on top of Kolecki's back. Obviousley, "The Hammer" doesn't forgive from this position and surprisingly, Yamasaki stops it before Kolecki goes out cold.

Winner: McSweeney (Ground & pound TKO @1:40, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post fight: "Don't label me as an underdog. I may not have the shiniest numbers, screw that, I'll hang with the toughest of the toughest. Underestimate me and get hammered."

2. Artur SOWINSKI (20-11-2) v. Michael DUBOIS (11-7)

After getting outstriked for most of the first round, Dubois manages to get a takedown and keep it until the ref steps in to lift both of them 'em up near the end of the round.

Round two is all action for both men, but Sowinski dodges well and nails Dubois with 2 good head kicks, the second one taking the Thai Dubois down. A few hammers and the ref steps in.

Winner: Sowinski (Hammerfists TKO @1:14, round 2). Rating: Great.

Post fight: A show of respect and nothing special. Artur is sorry Marian got injured, but is glad it's not a big injury and surely they'll have their scrap in the following months.

3. Marius ZAROMSKIS (22-9-1) v. Aleksandar RAKAS (16-7)

Knowing he's in the cage with a good kickboxer, Zaromskis managed to check all of Aleksandar's kicks, eventually catching him with a hard leg kick of his own. He then managed to keep him stuck to the cage for the last 2 minutes, punishing him with knees in the process.

Round two was even better for Marius, as Rakas didn't manage to hit a single strike, while Zarmoskis nailed him with well placed strikes using all his 4 limbs.

Round three was more of the same, except Rakas managed to hit a few jabs as the veteran Zaromskis oustruck him clearly once again while keeping him stuck against the cage.

Winner: Zaromskis (Decision, 30-27 x 3). Rating: average.

Post fight: Marius seems genuinenly glad to win his debut and looking forward to fight again.

4. Cezary KESIK (10-0) v. Damian JANIKOWSKI (4-3)

Kesik tried to impose his will, but failed as Janikowski outstruck him in the first minutes, ocasionaly getting him stuck against the cage and tiring him while dirty boxing.

Second round was all Janikowski, getting a takedown early and spending most of the round in half guard, before finally managing to ged side control and catching a sweet kimura that got Kesik getting to lose for the first time in his career.

Winner: Janikowski (Kimura submission @2:43, round 2). Rating: Decent.

5. 'STORMIN' NORMAN PARKE (28-6-1-1) v. MATEUSZ 'GAMER' GAMROT(15-0-1) FOR THE KSW LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

Yamasaki refs again. Pray.

No glove touch as Parke's tired of being viewed as inferior to Gamrot even with the belt on his shoulder, and today's odds surely confirm that he's viewed as the inferior fighter, as he's a +590 underdog.

First exchange and both men land hooks, but Parke is left with a gush under the eye. Parke is biting on Gamrot's feints like a child, he's trying to dominate but getting outstruck. Gamrot keeps Parke against the cage for the last 2 minutes of round one.

First exchange of round 2 and it seems Parke got poked. Surely we won't see a NC finish again like the last time, right? Nope, he's good. They exchange with few shots landing in the first half of the round, and Gamrot manages to get Parke stuck against the cage again, and he seems to like that so much that he keeps doing it until the horn sounds for the end of the round.

Gamrot dominates the striking exchanges again in round 3, although not as easily as in the first two rounds.

Round 4 starts and Gamrot starts wrestling, getting 2 out of 3 takedown attempts but doing little damage while on top of Parke.

Round 5 and Parke seems hopeless, managing to hit nothing but some jabs until Gamrot settles for pushing him against the cage til the end of time.

Winner, AND NEW BUT ACTUALLY OLD LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION: Gamrot (Decision, 50-45 x 3). Rating: Decent.

Post fight: Mateusz thanks everyone and says he'll defend against whoever KSW gives him, but he thinks a fight with Rashid Magomedov would be amazing. Haven't you heard you're in a tournament, damn it?

Attendence: 2 112.

Critical rating: 66%; Commercial rating: 82%

FOTN: A Sowinski v. M Dubois

KOOTN: P Kincl v. V Bakocevic (prelims)

SubOTN: D Janikowski v. C Kesik

Profit: +210,646.

TOURNAMENTS:

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Damian Grabowski v. Karol Bedorf

Oli Thompson v. Ante Delija

Luis Henrique v. Michal Andryszak

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Przemyslaw Mysiala v. Ivan Erslan/Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly

Thiago Silva v. Marcin Wojcik

Jason Radcliffe v. Jamie Sloane

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Roman Szymanski v. Gregorz Szulakowski

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Khazmat Dalgiev v. Marcin Wrzosek

Filip Pejic v. Daniel Torres

Artem Lobov v. Krzysztof Klackek

The following morning (although it's actually 2 P.M., or 14:00 as we call it in East Europe), Martin calls Maciej:

Martin: Well, this was profitable, but it was also one of the biggest fights we could make, if not the biggest.

Maciej: Don't be afraid, the next few cards might not be as juicy as this one, but we surely have some aces up our sleeves.

Martin: I guess we've got some unused big names + a bunch of new signings. Should it be enough for now?

Maciej: Got some more on the way, we'll need to stack up featherweight, bantamweight and the womens divison.

Martin: I'm glad we got some really good guys like Kharitonov, Katona and Pudilova.

Maciej: Pudilova?

Martin: Don't let the record fool you, I see a bright future in her.

Maciej: Anyway, we got some more in today, and you're gonna love it when you see them listed: Fedor's brother and that Tumenov kid everyone was after are our fighters now. We'll announce them officialy tommorow morning.

Martin: S**t. We're really tryna get big, huh? But isn't it weird that we've already got guys locked in tournaments but now we've got more guys worthy of gold outside of the tournament? Like, Taisumov and Kharitonov surely are worthy of our gold.

Maciej: It's alright, they'll just have to win a fight or two before getting their shots. Makes us seem even more legit, if you ask me.

Martin: Having weak guys in title contention while our best have to further prove themselves makes us seem legit?

Maciej: Ok, I didn't think this through, now we've already announced the tournaments, what can we do? Let's cheer up, we made good money last night and things are only gonna get better.

Martin: I hope so.

New signings:

HEAVYWEIGHTS: Serghei Kharitonov (31-8-1), Evgeny Goncharov (14-3-1), Mukhomad Vakhaev (8-4-1); Aleksander Emelianenko (29-7-1).

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS: Maxim Grishin (30-7-2), Viktor Nemkov (30-7-1), Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly (10-1-1), Attila Vegh (32-9-2, 2-3 in KSW), Goran Reljic (16-8, 3-2 in KSW); Bozigit Ataev (20-4-1), Darko Stosic (13-4), Karlos Vemola (27-6).

MIDDLEWEIGHTS: Khalid Murtazaliev (14-2), Piotr Strus (15-5-2-1, 2-1-2 in KSW), Abdulsupyan Alikhanov (9-3), Mike Wiatko (10-2-1), Andrzej Grzebyk (16-3), Christian M'Pumbu (21-10-1), Papy Abedi (10-4).

WELTERWEIGHTS: Ismail Naurdiev (19-4), Karl Amoussou (24-8-2), Alex Lohore (18-5), Matt Inman (20-10); Albert Tumenov (20-4), Aslambek Saidov (22-6, 14-2 in KSW).

LIGHTWEIGHTS: Mairbek Taisumov (27-6), Rashid Magomedov (23-5-1), Mansour Barnaoui (19-4, 1-1 in KSW), Paul Kelly (12-4), Soren Bak (14-1).

BANTAMWEIGHTS: Brad Katona (8-2), Magomed Magomedov (16-1), Vaughan Lee (14-14-1).

WOMENS FLYWEIGHT: Lucie Pudilova (8-6), Agnieszka Niedzwiedz (10-1), Karla Benitez (17-14-1-1), Cornelia Holm (3-1); Katarzyna Lubonksa (7-2, 0-2 in KSW).

New rankings (only including those big enough to actually matter, since I've already introduced you the roster):

HW

LHW

MW

WW

LW

Aaaaaaaaaaaand our next card: KSW 54: Parnasse vs. Buchinger II, in Poland

Waaaaaaaaaaaaait a minute. Remember Abusupiyan Magomedov? Can't blame you if you don't, but he won on the prelims headliner at KSW 53 and Martin and Maciej viewed him as a future MW title contender. Sadly, he was on PEDs, so that will have to wait. We'll keep him as I heard Maciej believes he'll become a fairer athlete.

Back to the KSW 54 card, which will feature the Featherweight Tournament Quarter Finals.

Prelims:

WW: S Lazic v. U Jurisic

MW: M Pietrzak v. J Kamieniarz

LW: L Krakowski v. M Kazieczko

LW: H Szymajda v. B Kopera

WW: M Michalski v. V Bohrer

FW Tournament QF: F Pejic v. D Torres

Main Card preview:

Antun RACIC (24-8-1) v. Sebastian PRZYZBYSZ (6-2) for the KSW Bantamweight Title

When these men met in the cage 3 years ago, in what was the 6th profesional fight for Przyzbysz, Racic won decisevly. The Killer Racic is on a 6 fight win streak and likely to keep it going. The division isn't really stacked, so 2 wins are enough to see Przyzbysz challange for the title again. In these past 3 years, has Sebastian learned enough to beat a killer like Racic? Probably not.

Prediction: Racic by submission in the 5th round.

Artem LOBOV (13-15-1-1) v. Krzysztof KLACZEK (12-6) in the KSW Featherweight Tournament Quarter Finals

Was Artem good enough to cut it in the UFC? Hell no. Will he have a noteworthy run in the KSW Featherweight tournament? I wouldn't bet on it. But Klaczek ain't the baddest guy around either. Yet I see him edging this one out.

Prediction: Klaczek by decision.

Khamzat DALGIEV (11-3) v. Marcin WRZOSEK (14-6) in the KSW Featherweight Tournament Quarter Finals

The promising young Russian plans to debut in KSW with a splash, as the ex M1 champ is 1 win away from a title fight. He has to go through Marcin Wrzosek, who's coming off a split decision loss against the lightweight champ, Norman Parke, and has wins against pretty much every KSW featherweight or lightweight with a name. Is Khamzat good enough to thrive in the middle of the storm and fend off "The Polish Zombie"?

Prediction: Dalgiev by KO in the 1st round.

Milos JANICIC (11-3) v. Borys MANKOWSKI (20-8-1)

The Janicic hype train got derailed back in November, will it get back on track here? Milos is a finishing machine, so expect him to be ready for war as he faces one of the biggest names in Polish MMA, Borys Mankowski. A good all arounder who's been through it all, Borys just ended a streak of loses and needs this win if he hopes to get anywhere close to KSW gold and become an actual champion rather than just an entertaining fighter.

Prediction: Mankowski by 2nd round KO.

© Salahdine PARNASSE (14-0-1) v. Ivan BUCHINGER (37-7) in the KSW Featherweight Tournament Quarter Finals, for the Featherweight Title

Parnasse - Buki I was a great fight that ended with Parnasse winning, and due to that, plus lack of other guys ready to challange, we're doing Parnasse - Buchinger II in the quarter finals. Expect more of the same: two great strikers striking each other for the most part of 25 minutes, with the guy that manages to deal most damage at the end getting his hand raised. I'm expecting that guy to be Parnasse, since he's got a bigger gas tank and more unpredictable moves. But Buki is no pushover, so don't be shocked if he manages to snatch Salahdine's crown.

Prediction: Parnasse by 5th round KO.

Main card predictions:

BW Title: Antun Racic v. Sebastian Przybysz

FW Tournament QF: Artem Lobov v. Krzysztof Klaczek

FW Tournament QF: Khamzat Dalgiev v. Marcin Wrzosek

LW: Milos Janicic v. Borys Mankowski

FW Tournament QF title fight: Salahdine Parnasse v. Ivan Buchinger

And of course, our predictions rankings. Fights that suffered changes due to injuries won't count, of course.

CageRage: 4/4 (damn)

mattu29: 2/4

vladjarca: 1/4 (well, at least now I guess it's obvious I don't cheat)

CageRage · June 14, 2020

Loving this, it's nice to see a real world dynasty once in a while that's not the UFC.

BW Title: Antun Racic v. Sebastian Przybysz

FW Tournament QF: Artem Lobov v. Krzysztof Klaczek

FW Tournament QF: Khamzat Dalgiev v. Marcin Wrzosek

LW: Milos Janicic v. Borys Mankowski

FW Tournament QF title fight: Salahdine Parnasse v. Ivan Buchinger

mattu29 · June 14, 2020

Antun Racic

Krzysztof Klaczek

Khamzat Dalgiev

Borys Mankowski

Salahdine Parnasse

100% agree with cagerage, nice to see a non-ufc dynasty, altho that’s hypocritical as I’m posting one here lol

vladjarca · June 15, 2020

Well I was a little excited when I discovered this forum and saw there's no KSW dynasty, and after spending time reading through a few dynasties, and having a really fun KSW save with the November 2019 Ultimate Warriors Mod, I thought I should try do one myself. I'm using the April mod since nothing big has happened in the last months except a few UFC cards (and I enjoy playing in a world where Gaethje didn't murder my boy Tony and Cejudo's still the scumbag Triple C - what a game-killer was UFC 249).

I'm glad you like it, guys, I'll try to post daily at around the same hour (19:00-20:00 in the UTC+2:00 timezone).

vladjarca · June 15, 2020

KSW 54: Parnasse vs. Buchinger II

Prelims:

On the prelims, Pejic called out Dalgiev after winning. They can only meet in the final, as Pejic will face the winner of Lobov v. Klaczek in the semis.

Main card:

1. For the KSW Bantaweight Title: Antun 'Killer' RACIC (24-8-1) v. Sebastian PRZYBYSZ (6-2)

Sebastian starts off hotter than most would have predicted, blocking a takedown attempt and landing several strong clean hits on Racic. But now we're in the second half of the first round and Sebastian can't free himself as Racic's pushing him into the cage's wall. Racic fails with 4 more damn takedown attempts, and Sebastian is finally a free elf. He catches one more hit, but he already seems gassed.

Second round and Sebastian does little damage before getting stuck against the cage again. He seems half asleep, but Sebastian still defends against 3 takedown attempts. Has Racic forgot all those slick judo techniques? He defends 3 more takedown attemps, manages to hit a jab and that's it for round 2. Snoozefest.

Round three: Stuck against the cage and defending repetitive judo takedown attempts - Part 3. New record, defended 7 attempts this round. Wohoo.

Round four & five: literally the same thing as rounds 2 and 3, sadly.. "the speed of the bantamweights" yup this ain't it chief

Winner and still...: Racic (Decision, 48-47 x 2, 47-48). Rating: Poor.

Post match: no interview for u Racic, a judo expert failing so many takedown attempts in a single bout was just painful.

Somehow this raised the belt's prestige from 30 to 32.

2. FW Tournament QF: Artem LOBOV (14-15-1-1) v. Krzysztof KLACZEK (12-6)

Lobov finds himself on his back, with Klaczek in his guard sooner than he would've expected. That's pretty much how they spend the whole fight, with Klaczek trying to pound on him and hitting some good strong shots in the last minute.

11 seconds into round two and again, single leg takedown and Lobov pulls guard. Klaczek peppers weak shots for most of the round, but catches side control off a scramble and manages to lock in a kimura, and Lobov taps.

Winner: Klaczek (Kimura submission @3:55, round 2). Rating: Great (I guess seeing Lobov lose is great).

Post match: *insert basic skippable interview here*

3. FW Tournament QF: Khamzat DALGIEV (11-3) v. Marcin WRZOSEK (14-6)

The winner fights for the title. Dalgiev gets an ungly cage assisted double leg takedown and ends having Marcin in a facelock, but Marcin's back up in no time. Dalgiev's body kick gets caught and down he goes, pulling guard. Wrzosek isn't careful enough, and he finds himself in a straight armbar, giving away the W to Dalgiev.

Winner: Dalgiev (Armbar submission @3:19, round 1). Rating: Decent.

Post match: Happy to earn a title shot so early in his KSW career, Dalgiev thanks all his supporters and wishes for the best man to win in tonight's main event.

4. LW: Milos JANICIC (11-3) v. Borys MANKOWKSI (20-8-1)

Punch, side control off takedown, armbar, tap. Guess who?

Winner: Mankowski (Armbar submission @0:59, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post match: "A fight with Stormin Parke would make a lot of sense. Time to take it to the top, if it wasn't already obvious."

5. Ladies and gentlemen, this contest is scheduled for five 5 minute rounds, and is for THE KSW FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP!

© Salahdine PARNASSE (14-0-1) v. Ivan BUCHINGER (37-7)

It's all Parnasse in the first minute, and it's a violent wonder, baybe. A straight right rocks Buki, could these be it? Parnasse tried to initiate a thai clinch and failed, is Buki in killer mode tonight, tho? Doubt so, Parnasse conntinues to decide what's happening, striking with confidence. Outta nowhere, Buki gets a single leg and Parnasse pulls guard. Buki stays on top for the last minute of the round, but deals no damage.

Second round and Buki keeps staying on defense, waiting for Parnasse to get tired, but getting roughed up in the process. This round goes stays on the feet for the full 5 minutes, and Parnasse's been putting money in the bank with body hooks and leg kicks, while Buki barely touched him.

Buki grabs Parnasse's leg early, taking damage on the way. He dominates him keeping him stuck to the cage and then taking him down, but stays stuck in guard until the ref lifts them up, with only seconds remaining. A combo lands from Parnasse and that's it.

Fourth round seems to be Buki's from start to end: early takedown and small shots all throughout the 5 minutes, with close to no offence from Parnasse.

Last round and Buki needs a finish if he wants to win. Salahdine doesn't want to let that happen, it seems, as he's careful and hits good shots when Buchinger tries to get close. Eventualy Buki gets him stuck in the cage again, but, Parnasse escapes and chops away to a decision victory.

Winner, and STILL YOUR FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION: Parnasse (Decision, 49-46 x 3). Rating: Average.

Post match: Not easy, but young Salahdine breathes happily and has his eyes on the next defense against Dalgiev.

Attendence: 1 548.

Critical rating: 65%. Commercial rating: 55%.

FOTN: V Bohrer v. M Michalski (prelims)

KOOTN: F Pejic v. D Torres (prelims, tournament QF)

SubOTN: B Mankowski v. M Janicic

Profit: +85 014

TOURNAMENTS:

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Damian Grabowski v. Karol Bedorf

Oli Thompson v. Ante Delija

Luis Henrique v. Michal Andryszak

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Przemyslaw Mysiala v. Ivan Erslan/Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly

Thiago Silva v. Marcin Wojcik

Jason Radcliffe v. Jamie Sloane

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Roman Szymanski v. Gregorz Szulakowski

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Filip Pejic v. Krzysztof Klackek

As always, Martin calls Maciej the following day:

Martin: Well, less of a profit, but still decent numbers, especially since we were on the smaller Polsat Sport.

Maciej: I think these are great numbers for a Pol-Sport show. I think we've gotta do a few more shows on it, especially since we're gonna run shows more often now. We can't have top notch cards every month right now.

Martin: Fair enough, as long as they're profitable. Too bad this TV card only had 2 fights that could appeal to the mainstream audience, but I guess this kind of cards are more for the hardcores anyway.

Maciej: I guess that means we have more hardcore fans than we thought? Hopefuly the casuals will keep tuning in, tho.

Martin: We gotta work if we want casuals to tune in.

Maciej: I was thinking about showing shows on our Facebook page.

Martin: Wouldn't the DAZN guys think we're, you know, sh***ing on them if we do that?

Maciej: Hmmm.. Have the Polsat Sport shows on Facebook, they'll be available worldwide, and let's keep the Polsat shows on DAZN.

Martin: That could work. Let's change the topic now, what do you think of Salahdine?

Maciej: He's a young hard worker, I'd love to see him remain a top guy as the division sees new quality talent come in.

Martin: Bring that top talent in and I'm sure he'll love to test himself against them.

New singings:

LHW: Ivan Shtyrkov (18-1-1), Michal Pasternak (14-4).

MW: Georgy Kichigin (21-6).

WW: Ali Arish (24-7), Uros Jurisic (10-0 when we signed him, 11-0 after his debut on the KSW 54 prelims); Tommy Depret (13-6).

FW: Mads Burnell (13-3), Daniel Rutkowski (9-2-1), Dean Trueman (10-6); Johnny Frachey (20-12); Sharamazan Shupanov (8-4-1).

BW: Tomas Deak (20-9-1-1), Josh Reed (10-4); Brian Bouland (10-3), Marko Kovacevic (11-4).

W FlyW: Diana Felipe (1-1), Cory McKenna (4-1), Izabela Badurek (7-7); Karolina Wojcik (5-1).

Changes in the rankings:

MW

WW

Looks like Zaromskis earned himself a title shot

LW (stripped Gamrot of the title due to a techincality - it was the interim belt and there wasn't no main champ)

FW

And we're off to discussing the next card, our third one: KSW 55: De Fries v. Ishii, in Poland (who would've guessed?), on the second week of June.

Prelims:

MW: P Abedi v. T Giles

FW: F Wolanski v. A Azhiev

BW: D Gralka v. B Barbu

BW: P Politylo v. L Krusic

WFlyW: S Soukupova v. K Owczarz

WFlyW: B Tyrell v. M Chojnoska

WW: A Lohore v. Ivica Truscek

And our glorious main card preview:

NOTE: Finally we may have all 4 quarterfinals on the main card

1. Albert DURAEV (12-3) v. Aleksandar ILIC (12-3)

Duraev is on a 8 fight winning streak and has wins in different promotions against 3 current KSW lads. Armed with good wrestling and working hard on his striking, he'll be looking to kick off his KSW career in style. Ilic is coming off a loss to Kesik and surely doesn't want to lose anymore momentum. His main weapon is also wrestling, and he'll have to be able to outwrestle Duraev if he wants to have his hand raised by the ref.

Prediction: Duraev by decision.

2. Luis HENRIQUE (12-6-1) v. Michal ANDRYSZAK (20-8) - HW Tournament QF

Only 26 and with the experience of 6 UFC fights, Luis is primarily a wrestler that has recently turned into more of an all-arounder (as in "no, he can't outwrestle wrestlers, but he's a solid 5 or 6/10 in most aspects"). This being said, Andryszak is coming off a loss to Luis and hoping to not get guillotined in the rematch, as that would extend his losing streak to 3. On paper, he's a better all arounder and has a clear advantage in boxing, so he's likely going to try exploit that, rather than risk getting guillotined again.

Prediciton: Andryszak by decision.

3. Oli THOMPSON (21-12) v. Ante DELIJA (17-3) - HW Tournament QF

Another heavy strongman (actually, Britain's strongest man in 2006), Oli's been in MMA for 11 years and fought some big names, like Matt Mitrione and Cheick Kongo (and yes, of course he lost). Now 40, the ex-UCMMA Heavyweight champ wants to ride in the sunset with gold on his shoulder, but Ante Delija is not too fond of that plan, as "Walking Trouble" is on a 3 fight winning streak and already holds a W against Oli. Another all arounder, Ante thrives on the floor, although he's oftenly not sure how to get there.

Prediction: Delija by 2nd round KO.

4. Damian GRABOWKSI (22-5) v. Karol BEDORF (15-5) - HW Tournament QF

A tough as hell ex M1 Heavyweight champ on a 2 fight winning streak, Grabowski is like a version of Oli that's better in most aspects of the game and actually has a realistic chance of becoming champ with this tournament. He's a black BJJ belt and a good submission grappler, so Karol better stay alert at all times. Bedorf has been fighting in KSW since KSW 8, and he's a good striker that also has a black belt in BJJ, so although he should try to keep it on feet, he'll know how to act if he gets taken down. Worth keeping in mind that they fought before and Graboski TKO'd him in the second.

Prediction: Bedorf by 3rd round KO.

5. © 'F-11' Philip DE FRIES (18-6-1) v. Satoshi ISHII (23-11-1) - HW Tournament QF, for the HW title

A great submission artist on a 6 fight winning streak, if we wouldn't be looking to bring in new tough guys, De Fries might have been our champion until he decided to end his career. But then there's Ishii, who might have just the right tools to beat him. They've met before, in 2014, when De Fries lost by decision, but today's De Fries is a far more smart (if not quite complete) fighter. Ishii is an Olympic gold winner in Judo and holds wins against Japanese legends like Minowa, Shibata and Fujita, but also a 2012 W over Tim Sylvia. A strong and experienced king of takedowns who can control pretty much anyone, he'll be a really tough test for De Fries.

Prediction: Ishii by 1st round submission.

Main card predictions:

MW: Albert Duraev v. Aleksandar ILIC

HW Tournament QF: Luis Henrique v. Michal Andryszak

HW Tournament QF: Oli Thompson v. Ante Delija

HW Tournament QF: Damian Grabowski v. Karol Bedorf

HW Tournament QF & Title fight: Philip De Fries v. Satoshi Ishii

And of course, the predictions rankings:

CageRage: 4/5, total: 8/9

mattu29: 5/5, total 7/9

vladjarca: 5/5, total 6/9

CageRage · June 15, 2020

Main card predictions:

MW: Albert Duraev v. Aleksandar ILIC

HW Tournament QF: Luis Henrique v. Michal Andryszak

HW Tournament QF: Oli Thompson v. Ante Delija

HW Tournament QF: Damian Grabowski v. Karol Bedorf

HW Tournament QF & Title fight: Philip De Fries v. Satoshi Ishii

Majster_93 · June 16, 2020

Main card predictions:

MW: Albert Duraev v. Aleksandar ILIC

HW Tournament QF: Luis Henrique v. Michal Andryszak

HW Tournament QF: Oli Thompson v. Ante Delija

HW Tournament QF: Damian Grabowski v. Karol Bedorf

HW Tournament QF & Title fight: Philip De Fries v. Satoshi Ishii

mattu29 · June 16, 2020

Albert Duraev

Michal Andryszak

Ante Delija

Karol Bedorf

Philip De Fries

vladjarca · June 16, 2020

KSW 55: De Fries vs. Ishii

Prelims:

Nothing noteworthy tonight.

Main card:

1. Albert DURAEV (12-3) v. Aleksandar ILIC (12-3)

Yamasaki refs again and yes, I probably will say this everytime I notice him: Pray.

After some short uneventful exchanges, Duraev shoots and secures side control. He goes for a few submissions, and finds himself on Ilic's back, trying to lock in a RNC. It takes him a minute, but he eventually gets it and Ilic has to tap out.

Winner: Duraev (Rear Naked Choke submission @3:41, round 1). Rating: Great.

Post fight: Albert is glad he did justice to his hard training. He seems quite proud of tonight's win.

2. Luis HENRIQUE (12-6-1) v. Michal ANDRYSZAK (20-8-1) - HW Tournament QF

Yamasaki refs again. Come on, WMMA5...

They touched gloves, as they've earned each other's respect in their previous fight.

After some small jabs and hooks, Andryszak is the first one to score a strong straight as the second minute ends. 30 seconds later and Henrique is down, with Andryszak on his back. He manages to stop him from locking in the second RNC of the night, as the round ends.

Second round and Henrique goes to the fence and down on the floor, holding Andryszak in half guard. They battle with weak punches as Henrique eventually manages to pull a full guard. A scramble sees Andryszak get side control, but no big strikes are recorded as the second round comes to an end.

Both man remember there are fans in the building and start the round with great exchanges, Andryszak proving the better striker by a slim margin in the first minute, but getting tired in the process. They're hooking like they're fishing and the crowd absolutley loves it and they seem pretty equal, but Andryszak hits a game changing right and rocks Henrique with right hands, but the Brazilian is still defending. Scramble and Henrique's now on top, in Michal's half guard, with less than 2 minutes remaining. No significant action on the ground, and as soon as they get back up the round is over.

Winner: Andryszak (Decision, 30-27 x 3). Rating: Good.

Post fight: Andryszak praises Henrique's efforts and is glad to be one step closer to the title fight he's looking for. Crowd seems to agree with anything he says.

3. Oli THOMPSON (20-12) v. Ante DELIJA (17-3) - HW Tournament QF

First exchange sees Thompson eat a jab on his way to landing a great left hook. Oli doesn't hit clean with the follow up strike, but tries to secure what seems to be a standing guillotine, aaaand he has it. Delija taps and Oli wins in less than a minute, making it 1-1 in their bouts.

Winner: Thompson (Guillotine submission @0:58, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post match: Interview goes as basic as possible, sadly.

4. Damian GRABOWSKI (22-5) v. Karol BEDORF (15-5) - HW Tournament QF

Winner fights for the title. Many strikes, but none with great power, as Bedorf seems to allow Grabowski to dictate the pace in the first 3 minutes. Grabo nails a few strong hooks, but a Bedorf straight cuts him under the eye. A few more small strikes and round 1 is over.

Early in round 2, Bedorf starts focusing on the legs, nailing 3 kicks in the first minute, while Grabowski hits another powerful hook in the 2nd minute. One more leg kick gets Grabowski limping slightly, and a high kick rocks Grabowski. A big right hand from Bedorf sends him down, and the follow up forces Herb Dean to stop this great fight.

Winner: Bedorf (TKO by pounding like a MF @2:53, round 2). Rating: Fantastic.

Post match: Bedorf shows his respect to "The Polish Pitbull", as everyone cheers for these Polish studs.

5. Philip ”F-11” DE FRIES (18-6-1) v. Satoshi ISHII (22-10-1) FOR THE KSW HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP (and in the tournament's QF)

De Fries hits Ishii clean in the first exchange, is this a taste of what's to come? Ishii is wasteful in exchanges and De Fries makes him pay and pressures him into making more mistakes. It's been 3 minutes and Ishii ate 3 big shots while only hitting jabs and a straight. De Fries is maximising his big reach advantage to outstrike the hell outta Satoshi, this has been MVP vs. Can levels of 1-sided.

De Fries dodges a hook and downs Ishii with a clean straight right, then goes down and pounds heavy but Ishii isn'd dead. De Fries goes for a kimura, that doesn't work so he tries for an arm triangle, but Ishii breaks that one too, so Philip is firing some easy shots while in half guard until Herb gets em up for lack of action with 40 seconds remaining. A simple hook gets Ishii wobbly, so De Fries roughs him up before moving in with a hard head kick. De Fries goes down to hammer Ishii but he seems to have broken his hand in the process, while the horn sounds meaning Ishii lives to fight another day.

Philip responds to an Ishii right with a right head kick and jumps for a guillotine. Ishii is on the floor, caught, but isn't tapping, is it not sunk in? Ishii pops his head and gets throwing small shots while in guard. Ishii gets side control for a short while, as he gets pulled into half guard. He tries to get side control again, but a scramble sees De Fries take Ishii's back, but his RNC attempts fail and the round is over.

Satoshi grapples with the tired De Fries and manages an early takedown, but De Fries scrambles back up without taking much damage while down. They're both more conservative, rarely trading until Ishii goes again for a takedown, but De Fries defends and manages to get out of Satoshi's hands and hits him with jabs as the round finishes.

De Fries seems really tired, while Ishii's looking more alive, so now's his chance. Or nope. Head kick again, but De Fries goes again for the kimura rather then GNP, probably because of the broken arm? Satoshi gets a sweep and now finds himself stuck in half guard. 1 minute remaining and a scramble sees them on their feet again, as De Fries eats a few jabs while dodging the bigger shots. Satoshi goes for one more takedown, but the time runs up and it's all over.

Winner AND STILL YOUR HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: De Fries (Decision, 49-45, 48-46, 49-44). Rating: Decent.

Post fight: De Fries is glad to have proven himself again and is looking forward to get in the cage with Coco Bedorf one more time.

Aaand the title prestige went from 40 to 45. Aw yiiis.

Attendance: 1 634

Critical Rating: 76

Commercial Rating: 60

FOTN: K Bedorf v. D Grabowski

KOOTN: D Gralka v. B Barbu (prelims)

SubOTN: O Thompson v. A Delija

Profit: +135 159

TOURNAMENTS:

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Oli Thompson v. Michal Andryszak

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Maxim Grishin v. Ivan Erslan/Asylzhan Bakhytzhanuly

Thiago Silva v. Marcin Wojcik

Jason Radcliffe v. Jamie Sloane

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Roman Szymanski v. Gregorz Szulakowski

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Filip Pejic v. Krzysztof Klackek

Maciej is the one calling Martin this time, and he seems quite excited:

Maciej: Martin! I've received the weirdest great news you could hope for!

Martin: You won the lottery?

Maciej: We're already rich, Martin, if I'd win the lottery I'd donate everything in the company's name.

Martin: You would? Aren't you a great philantropist. What's the news then?

Maciej: I've received a letter from "The Council of The MMA Gods", declaring that we're officialy Low Level National!

Martin: Low Level National?

Maciej: YES, LOW LEVEL NATIONAL! They also added a table with the rankings and levels of all the other companies, you know what's the only other Low Level National company? BELLATOR!

Martin: And in what category was the UFC in this magic table?

Maciej: Low Level International. But what matters is that now we have the blessing of the MMA gods to sign fighters from anywhere in the world!

Martin: So we couldn't do this before?

Maciej: We could, but the MMA gods wouldn't have supported us. Now, with their support, we shall conquer the MMA world!

Martin: I know most the rich people do lots of drugs, but maybe we should lay off for a while?

Maciej: Outta here with that bull', my friend. I'll leave you now, I'm tryina get us the ex-Rizin & Bellator Bantamweight Champ, Horiguchi.

Martin: That would be a nice little signing if you pull it off. Good luck with that, I'll see what ladies we can add to our division. It's pretty amazing how we made so much money off the last Polsat Sport show. Right? Do you hear me? F****ng say "Bye" before you hang up, dam it.

New signings:

BW: JP Buys (9-2); John Dodson (21-12), Kyoji Horiguchi (28-2), Iuri Alcantara (36-10-2).

W FlyW: Polyana Viana Mota (10-5), Emily Ducote (8-7), Christina Marks (8-10), Miranda Maverick (8-2).

Updated rankings (only those that changed):

MW

BREAKING NEWS: Duraev is being considered for the next title shot.

WW

BREAKING NEWS: SOLDIC vs. ZAROMSKIS has just been confirmed for the late August card.

FW

BW

W FlyW

And yes, somehow after 4 main card HW matches, the HW rankings look exactly the same.

Now, eyes on the next card: KSW 56: Times of War, where we'll go to Germany, homeground of Martin Zawada, who'll challange Narkun for the LHW title. The card happens on the second week of July. Get ready for more names like this one, 'cause we gotta keep it KSW, bay-beh.

Prelims:

LHW QF: J Radcliffe v. J Sloane

LHW QF qualifier: A Bakhytzhanuly v. I Erslan

LHW Tournament announcement: Mysiala was supposed to fight Erslan in their tournament fight, but he got injured. It's a big injury, with the recovery taking more than a year. Instead, we're getting Bakhytzhanuly v. Erslan, and if Bakhy wins, he takes Ivan's place in the tournament. Mysiala's place has been given to our highest ranked contender, Maxim Grishin.

WW: P Kincl v. M Inman

W FlyW: K Benitez v. A Rola

MW: P Strus v. N Musoke

HW: E Jun v. M Vanttinen

MW: M Wiatko v. D Du Plessis

Although Thiago Silva v. Marcin Wojcik is supposed to be a Quarter Final in the LHW tournament, it hasn't been booked yet, as both men had been booked to fight for other promotions before we got them signed to exclusive deals. It will still happen, and it will still be a QF, with the winner facing the winner of Radcliffe v. Sloane.

And now, the time of our lives, The Main Card Preview:

1. Attila VEGH (33-9-2) v. Karlos VEMOLA (27-6)

Last November, these two fought in a czech organization and Attila won by first round KO. Karlos wants revenge. Atilla is an ex-Bellator LHW Champion, but lost everytime he fought top competition like Volkov or Vik Nemkov. A good wrestler, a great Kempo Karate fighter and a decent BJJ practitioner, Vegh loves striking but is decent all around, although kicking is a clear weak spot. Vemola has been champion in various smaller promotions and holds a UFC win against Seth Petruzelli. He loves to wrestle, altho' he isn't an elite wrestler, and he packs a nicer punch than Vegh.

Prediction: Vemola by decision.

2. Mansour BARNAOUI (19-4) v. Soren BAK (14-1)

Riding a streak of 7 wins (all via finish), the French Barnaoui is not to be taken lightly. He collected belts from small promotions all around Europe and Asia and would love to earn a second title fight with Mateusz Gamrot, who he lost to in a 2016 title fight. "The True Viking" Bak has gathered wins against the best of Cage Warriors Lightweights in the last 3 years and is now on a 6 fight winning streak. He loves to keep the fight down, which Barnaoui won't mind as his RNC is lethal.

Prediction: Barnaoui by submission, round 3.

3. LHW Tournament QF, for the LHW Title: © Tomasz NARKUN (17-3) v. Martin ZAWADA (29-15-1)

Sadly, although sympathized in his country, Zawada ain't quite the draw, so they fight in the middle of the card.

Respected by every fan of the European MMA scene, Narkun is on a 1 fight win streak, as he tried and failed to become double champ last year. His submission game is on point, but he also likes to throw big shots, although he isn't that powerful, so that's pretty problematic. Zawada is a veteran and although I've been throwing "all arounder" a bit too much, he seems to be the most complete all arounder we've seen in KSW yet. Does he have a real chance against Narkun? Nah.

Prediction: Narkun by 1st round submission.

4. Darko STOSIC (13-4) v. Goran RELJIC (18-6)

Stosic is a multi-time Serbian judo champion with decent kickboxing too, and he loves throwing kicks, and is likely to dictate where the fight goes. He's coming off a 3 fight losing streak in the UFC, and all pressure's on him as he needs to gain momentum if he wants to become a big name in MMA. Goran is a black belt in BJJ and has been a flash in the UFC pan. Now on a streak of 3 Ws by finishes, in small European promotions, it's time for the former KSW LHW champion to mount on another quest towards the top of European MMA. If he survives the first 2 rounds, he might just catch a submission over Stosic, but will he be able to survive all the kicks he's gonna get?

Prediction: Stosic by decision.

5. Our Main Event of the evening, between a killer and a draw: Khalid MURTAZALIEV (14-2) v. Michal MATERLA (27-7)

Khalid seems set for greatness: 6-0 in M-1, 7-2 in FEN, coming of a win in the UFC agaisnt CB Dollaway in 2018, a win here would likely put him straight into title contention. He's a good kickboxer and might just KO Materla. Materla is coming off an unsuccesful challange for Askham's MW title. He's been with KSW since KSW 6, amassing a 16-5 record in the company, including a championship run that included 3 defenses between 2012 and 2015. He's the definition of a true warrior, and seems to be trying to implement more of a wrestling style in his game. Will he win and try to build a case for a another title shot, or will the younger Khalid take the spotlight?

Prediction: Materla by KO, 5th round.

Main card predictons:

LHW: Atilla VEGH v. Karlos VEMOLA

LW: Mansour BARNAOUI v. Soren BAK

LHW Tournament QF & Title Fight: Tomasz NARKUN v. Martin ZAWADA

LHW: Darko STOSIC v. Goran RELJIC

MW: Khalid MURTAZALIEV v. Michal MATERLA

Prediction standings:

mattu29: 5/5 (100% two shows in a row, damn), total 12/14 (85%)

Majster_93: 5/5, total 5/5 (100%)

vladjarca: 4/5, total 10/14 (71%)

CageRage: 2/5, total: 10/14 (71%)

CageRage · June 16, 2020

Main card predictons:

LHW: Atilla VEGH v. Karlos VEMOLA

LW: Mansour BARNAOUI v. Soren BAK

LHW Tournament QF & Title Fight: Tomasz NARKUN v. Martin ZAWADA

LHW: Darko STOSIC v. Goran RELJIC

MW: Khalid MURTAZALIEV v. Michal MATERLA

mattu29 · June 17, 2020

Main card predictons:

Karlos VEMOLA

Soren BAK

Tomasz NARKUN

Darko STOSIC

Michal MATERLA

Prediction standings:

mattu29: 5/5 (100% two shows in a row, damn), total 12/14 (85%) <img alt="" data-src="//content.invisioncic.com/g322608/emoticons/cool.png.f00d2562b2c1d873a09323753efdb041.png" src="<___base_url___>/applications/core/interface/js/spacer.png" />

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vladjarca · June 17, 2020

IT'S TIME FOR KSW 56: TIMES OF WAR, IN GERMANY! (Week 2, july, 2020)

In breaking news: Michal Materla missed weight by 2 pounds. The fight goes on as planned.

Prelims:

Radcliffe wins by 1st round KO to advance in the LHW Tournament Semis, where he'll face the winner of Thiago Silva v. Wojcik.

Erslan pulls off an upset, defending his place in the tournament by 2nd round TKO.

Kincl gets another win and is hoping to climb towards title contention.

Main card:

1. LHW Bout: Attila VEGH (32-9-2) v. Karlos VEMOLA (27-6)

Prayers go to the sky as Yamasaki is reffing us yet again.

Vemola refuses to touch gloves, opting to get a takedown, as Vegh pulls half guard. He doesn't manage to pass further, and as the second minute ends, they scramble and now Vemola has Vegh against the cage. Yamasaki separates them after a minute, and Vemola nails one more single leg takedown and ends up in guard. He deals little damage as the clock runs down.

Vemola eats a few jabs, but gets a great takedown and finds himself in side control. Vegh gives up his back, but manages to scramble to his feet without taking damage. Another big Vemola TD and he's now in half guard. Another scramble, and Vemola has Vegh's back on feet, and he pulls of a damn german suplex and gets Vegh's back off it. RNC attempt fails, so now it's pounding time, but the clock saves Vegh.

First 4 minutes of round 3 see Vemola in Veghs guard, not managing to land anything clean and Yamasaki gets 'em up with 80 seconds remaining. Vemola gets 1 more takedown, making it 7/7, and settles to grinding out for the last seconds of the fight.

Winner: Vemola (Decision, 30-27 x 3). Rating: Decent.

Post fight: Vemola is glad to be here and ready to teach the division some wrestling.

2. LW Bout: Mansour BARNAOUI (19-4) v. Soren BAK (14-1)

Bak eats 2 shots while getting close, but secures a single leg TD and is now in guard. Barnaoui is looking for a triangle choke, but Bak defends well. A minute passes and Bak now defends an arm triangle attempt, as he's still in Mansour's guard. Little action, and Herb Dean stands them up with 80 seconds remaning. The beggining of the fight repeats, Mansour lands but gets taken down soon after, and as he has Bak in his guard, he tries a triangle, but Bak defends and the horn sounds.

Bak eats a good hook, but manages to get a clinch and then a takedown. Again in guard, Bak defends multiple sub attempts by Mansour and it's starting to look like Bak's plan is to simply sit on Barnaoui and deal little to no damage. Dean gets 'em up with 2 minutes remaining and Mansour punishes Bak with 3 hard punches. Mansour dominates on the feet as the round ends.

Everything to fight for, as round 3 can be decisive. Mansour controls smartly for the first minutes, not letting Bak shoot n'or clinch. Mansour falls after a roundhouse kick attempt, but surprisingly Bak backs so Mansour can get up. Shoot by Bak, and he has Mansour stuck against the cage as we reach the 2:30 mark. Mansour escapes and punishes Bak with some nice combos, as a straight right cuts Bak above the eye. Just when Barnaoui started to look tired, a great right kick went through Bak's head like a bullet. Bak still defends against the hammers, and Mansour tries a kimura. Bak defends and stays under Mansour for the rest of the fight, eating several small shots.

Winner: Barnaoui (Decision, 29-28 x 2, 29-27). Rating: Good.

Post fight: Mansour praises Bak, congratulating him for ending his 7 fight finishing streak, and they hug it out.

3. Ladies and gentlemen, IN THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT, FOR THE KSW LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, POLAND AND GERMANY'S TOUGHEST LIGHT HEAVYWEEEEEEEEIGHTS:

Tomasz 'GIRAFFE' NARKUN (17-3) v. 'KING KONG' MARTIN ZAWADA (29-15-1)

Yamasaki's here again, pray for Zawada.

Narkun catches Zawada's leg after a kick attempt and beautifuly gets side control off the takedown. He locks in an arm triangle and if Zawada really is Germany's best Light Heavyweight, let's hope they don't take MMA too seriously.

Winner: Narkun (Arm triangle submission @1:17, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post match: Narkun is sorry for killing off the german fighter so fast. But he came here to defend the belt against the best Germany has to offer and he's glad he managed to win.

Prestige of the title went from 40 to 44.

4. LHW Bout: Darko STOSIC (13-4) v. Goran RELJIC (16-8)

Only 1 big shot in the first half of the round, as Stosic connects a nice straight, while dictating the pace. A right Stosic head kick gets a smile from Reljic. As the exchanges go on, Stosic is starting to miss while Reljic smartly picks his shots. Stosic also got in a few good leg kicks, altho Reljic started checking them in the second half.

Reljic is the one dictating pace now, as Stosic seems a bit tired, but still connects more than Reljic in the first minute. Stosic gains control again in the second minute and nails a side headckick that staggers Reljic. Muay thai clinch and Stosic holds it really well, hitting several knees to the chest of Reljic, altho only one connects with power. Round ends with Stosic hitting one more knee to the ribs. Goran's probably as tired as Stosic now, and surely took more damage in both rounds.

Reljic seems to have a cracked rib.

Reljic shoots in as soon as the round begins, getting Stosic against the cage, but Stosic turns it around and targets those ribs with his knees. Stosic gets the Thai clinch again, but misses the first 2 knee attempts. 3rd is the charm, tho, as it wrecks Reljic's face and sends him down cold.

Winner: Stosic (Thai clinch knee to the head KO @2:50, round 3). Rating: Decent.

Post-fight: Stosic is glad to be here and looking forward to his next fight.

5. Time for the main event of the evening: A (SUPPOSEDLY) MIDDLEWEIGHT BOUT TO FEAST YOUR EYES UPON:

KHALID MURTAZALIEV (14-2) v. MICHAL 'CIPAO' MATERLA (27-7)

They start with fun exchanges, as Materla gets a sweet uppercut on Khalid, and eventually hits with a great hook that rocks Khalid, but the Russian dodges Materla's next hook and is back in the game. Khalid hits a good hook himself, but then eats a 4-strike combo. Still, Khalid is the one that's constantly moving forward, letting Materla know he's not hitting hard enough. Khalid gets hitting some good leg kicks, while dodging Materla's big shots. An exchange sees both men land big shots, but Materla looks like he got the worse of it. Khalid notices that and hits a huge head kick, dropping Materla. He gets pounding hard and Materla's surely not defending smartly, as the ref' stops the fight in the first round.

Winner: Murtazaliev (Headkick & poundin' TKO @3:53, round 1). Rating: Great.

Post fight: Khalid is honored to main event in his KSW debut against a fighter like Materla. He hopes it was a good fight and thinks he might just be worthy of a title shot.

Attendance: 1 955

Critical rating: 74. Commercial rating: 53

FOTN: K Murtazaliev v. M Materla

KOOTN: D Stosic v. G Reljic

SubOTN: T Narkun v. M Zawada

Profit: + 127 449

TOURNAMENTS:

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Oli Thompson v. Michal Andryszak (booked for KSW 59)

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Thiago Silva/Marcin Wojcik (booked for KSW 60 prelims) v. Jason Radcliffe

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Roman Szymanski v. Gregorz Szulakowski (booked for KSW 59)

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Filip Pejic v. Krzysztof Klackek (booked for KSW 59 prelims)

Martin and Maciej are talking on the plane as they fly back to Poland after a succesful show in Germany:

Martin: This went really good. We should give Askham a defense in his homeland too.

Maciej: Alright, but he's not from London, you know? He's from Leeds.

Martin: Alright, there's gotta be an alright venue for a KSW fight night in Leeds.

Maciej: Sure. We both agree Duraev should be the one challanging for the gold, right?

Martin: We just saw Mutazaliev KO Materla. But he took some hard shots and deserves a rest, so Askham v. Duraev for the belt sounds like a fair deal for now.

Maciej: Yes, Khalid is next in line.

Martin: What do you think of how your tournaments idea is doing?

Maciej: What do you mean? It's going even better than predicted: Erslan defeated a great fighter to keep his place and thanks to Mysiala's injury, Grishin versus Erslan decides the next contender. This is great.

Martin: I still feel bad about pretty much gifting Narkun an easy defense. At least the next one will be trickier. Parnasse - Dalgiev and De Fries - Bedorf are fun fights. And let's hope Sowinski beats Ziolkowski, I think a fight between him and Gamrot would make us nice money.

Maciej: I think so too. And I have some more good news: by the end of next week, all our divisions will have at least 20 fighters.

Martin: That's good. After that, let's get each one to 25. I heard the "Council of MMA Gods" loves that number.

Maciej: Still making fun of me, huh? Well thank God we're making decent money together, or else I'd have Fedor's brother kick yo' ass.

In other news, we've moved Materla to up to Light Heavyweight. He's fought there before, so have no fear, he'll keep being an asskicker.

Updated rankings (only including those that saw changes):

HW

LHW

MW

WW

W FlyW

And the announcement for the next card:

KSW 57: TSUNAMI, is happening in Poland in the last weekend of July.

Prelims:

MW: C M'Pumbu v. M Pietrzak

HW: M Vakhaev v. F Rodrigues Jr.

MW: A Alikhanov v. A Grzebyk

W FlyW: D Felipe v. C McKenna

FW: M Burnell v. M Wrzosek

W FlyW: A Niedwiedz v. C Holm

BW: V Lee v. J Reed

And the wonderful Main Card Preview for this wonderful night:

1. Bantamweight bout: Brad KATONA (8-2) v. Damian STASIAK (11-7)

A BJJ and Shotokan Karate black belt, a fairly good wrestler AND a mechanical engineer, Katona's coming off his first ever losses, as he went 2-2 in the UFC, after winning TUF Undefeated. He's not a guy you want on top of you, unless you like being squeezed to death and eating knees. He also has a slick thai clinch, so keeping him at bay might be the best way to throw him off. Stasiak is coming off a losing effort against Racic, as they fought to crown the first ever KSW Bantamweight champion. He has a 2-4 record in the UFC and wins against KSW featherweights Klaczek and Pejic. He's mainly a grappler, with a black belt in Karate and a brown one in BJJ, so his chances seem slim against the heavy favourite Katona.

Prediction: Katona by 2nd round KO.

2. The long awaited Lightweight Tournament QF to determine who faces Gamrot: Artur SOWINSKI (21-11) v. Marian ZIOLKOWSKI (21-7-1)

Former KSW Featherweight champion Artur Sowinski wants gold, and a win against "Golden Boy" Ziolkowski will take him in the right direction. Artur comes of 2 TKO wins. Ziolkowski is coming off two decision wins and has fought all over Europe. Still a smart puncher, rather than a strong one, with a brown belt in BJJ, he will be trying to control the fight and seems more likely to go for a decision rather than a finish.

Prediction: Ziolkowski by decision.

3. Welterweight bout: Ismail NAURIDEV (19-4) v. Aslambek SAIDOV (23-6)

A big hope of European MMA, Nauridev is only 23 and is coming off a 2-2 run in the UFC. He's a pretty powerful striker that throws in volume, and any opponent has to fight really smart if they hope to exploit any potenial weakness. Saidov is no slouch either, but isn't generally believed to be of the same caliber, although he has an obvious edge in experience. His best chance would seem to be keeping Ismail stuck to the fence, but that won't be easy.

Prediction: Nauridev by decision.

4. FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT SEMI-FINAL, FOR THE KSW FEATHERWEIGHT TITLE: © Salhadine PARNASSE (15-0-1) v. Khamzat DALGIEV (12-3)

One of Europe's top featherweights and still just 22, Parnasse is a great unpredictable striker that won't get lost if he gets taken down and also has a pretty good muay thai game. Khamzat is the ex-M1 FW champ and disposed of Wrzosek quick to get this title shot. He's a complete fighter that, and is quite similar to Parnasse, as they both prefer striking but can handle most situations that can come up in an MMA bout, but Salhadine has a big advantage over Khamzit: his muay thai skills. Will Parnasse exploit this advantage?

Prediction: Parnasse by 1rd round KO.

5. And our big bad main event, Mairbek TAISUMOV (27-6) v. Paul KELLY (15-5)

These two bad men make their KSW debut here. Taisumov is a total badass, going 9-2 in M1 and 7-2 in the UFC (earning 3 POTN bonuses). He has 3 great assets: he can go for 5 rounds, he always seems capable of delivering and his boxing and low kicks are straight up great. Paul Kelly? He got released out of prison last year and won a fight earlier this year, in march, taking his streak to 3 straight wins. He went 5-4 in the UFC between 2008 and 2011 and probably won't set the world on fire since he's spent most of the decade in prison. He can take a lot of pain (which probably came in handy in the last 7 years) and his creative strikes means there's always the chance he'll pull a rabbit out his hat.

Prediction: Taisumov by 2nd round submission.

Main card predictions:

BW: Brad KATONA v. Damian STASIAK

LW Tournament QF: Artur SOWINSKI v. Marian ZIOLKOWSKI

WW: Ismail NAURIDEV v. Aslambek SAIDOV

FW Tournement SF & Title Fight: Salahdine PARNASSE v. Khamzat DALGIEV

LW: Mairbek TAISUMOV v. Paul KELLY

And our prediction rankings, of course:

vladjarca: 4/5, total 16/19 (84%)

CageRage: 3/5, total 15/19 (78%)

mattu29: 3/5, total 15/19 (78%)

Majster_93: Absent , total 5/5 (100%)

CageRage · June 17, 2020

Main card predictions:

BW: Brad KATONA v. Damian STASIAK

LW Tournament QF: Artur SOWINSKI v. Marian ZIOLKOWSKI

WW: Ismail NAURIDEV v. Aslambek SAIDOV

FW Tournement SF & Title Fight: Salahdine PARNASSE v. Khamzat DALGIEV

LW: Mairbek TAISUMOV v. Paul KELLY

mattu29 · June 17, 2020

Main card predictions:

Brad KATONA

Artur SOWINSKI

Ismail NAURIDEV

Khamzat DALGIEV

Mairbek TAISUMOV

Majster_93 · June 17, 2020

Main card predictions:

BW: Brad KATONA v. Damian STASIAK

LW Tournament QF: Artur SOWINSKI v. Marian ZIOLKOWSKI

WW: Ismail NAURIDEV v. Aslambek SAIDOV

FW Tournement SF & Title Fight: Salahdine PARNASSE v. Khamzat DALGIEV

LW: Mairbek TAISUMOV v. Paul KELLY

vladjarca · June 18, 2020

Posting a lil' earlier today, as I see the usual lads posted their predictions and I'll be kinda busy at the usual hour.

Time for KSW 57: TSUNAMI, straight outta Warsaw (crazy mothaphuka named Mart Cube, from the gang called Polish With Attitude)

Prelims:

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Mads Burnell got a win that might help in his case for title contention after the FW Tournament ends. He also called out Khamzat Dalgiev, so that could be interesting.

Main card:

1. BW Bout: Brad KATONA (8-2) v. Damian STASIAK (11-7)

Somehow, Yamasaki graces us again. Pray.

First round starts off with beautiful trading, as it seems Katona is a bit reckless while Stasiak counters nicely. Middle of the round and Stasiak hits a head kick and follows up with another good combo, but Katona eats them without flinching. Katona starts touching more as more time passes, but Stasiak is also constantly landing. A nice and tight striking war.

Round 2 starts with a small trade of jabs, but Katona quickly goes for a single leg TD and gets it, and is now in Damian's guard. Stasiak smartly goes for an armbar and gets it, and Katona taps as the crowd goes crazy seeing their Polish underdog win.

Winner: Stasiak (Armbar submission @1:17, round 2). Rating: Good.

Post fight: "I know it's an upset, but I believed in me. Many people sleep on me because I lost facing top opposition. Brad was top opposition and just minutes ago I felt him tapping as I've beat him. Kudos to him as he's a great fighter, I'm glad I proved to be the better man tonight".

2. LW Tournament QF: Artur SOWINSKI (21-11-2) v. Marian ZIOLKOWSKI (21-7-1-1)

Ziolkowski dodges a jab and hits a killer straight right to Sowinski's jaw. Sowinski hits the floor and gets overwhelmed with heavy shots, and Goddard gets between them as Ziolkowski wins by TKO.

Winner: Ziolkowski (TKO by killer straight & hammerfists @0:34, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post fight: "Will I beat Gamrot? I don't know, but if I do, the first man I want to fight once this tournament is over is Borys Mankowski. I think it's a shame he's not here. But I guess I have a championship to win first."

3. WW Bout: Ismail NAURDIEV (19-4) v. Aslambek SAIDOV (22-6)

I'm startin' to get tired of praying everytime I see Yamasaki reffin', but I gotta respect the tradition.

Saidov starts trying to get Naurdiev stuck to the cage as soon as the fight starts, but Naurdi escapes with ease. The pace is quite slow, as exchanges are few and uneventful, with Naurdiev initiating most of them. Naurdiev gets in his groove in the second half of the round hitting a nice straight right and many eye-pleasing combos, as Saidov can barely jab him.

Saidov engages first with bravery, hitting a few punches before shooting for a TD, failing, and settling for keeping Naurdi against the cage, controlling him for more than a minute before Naurdiev escapes. Saidov starts the exchanges this time, but still Naurdiev dodges most of the strikes while responding with good combos. Naurdiev is getting a bit tired and settles for dodging Saidov's strikes until Saidov starts gassing too. Some strong leg kicks get Saidov limping. More trading leather, and Saidov gets a single leg takedown in the last seconds of round 2.

An early right head kick doesn't bother Saidov, as seconds after taking it he shoots for another TD, ending up in Naurdi's guard. A scramble sees Naurdiev get on top in north-south position. They scramble again and Saidov ends up pulling half guard, where he spends most of the round, taking body shots from Naurdi. Ref has them get up with 20 seconds remaining, and they trade jabs for one more time.

Winner: Naurdiev (Decision, 30-27 x 2, 29-28). Rating: Decent.

Post fight: Naurdiev says he's feeling great and would fight daily if he'd get paid properly for it.

4. The following contest is FOR THE KSW FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, AND IS A SEMIFINAL OF THE KSW FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT! (really dunno why I feel like writing this when Parnasse fights)

Dalgiev hits a right hook in an exchange where both men land shots, letting Parnasse know this might be a long night for him. Both men nail impressive combinations, as the crowd seems to be getting a treat with this fight. Half of the round and Parnasse misses a huge hook, getting countered with a bomb of a right from Dalgiev. Salhadine goes down, but Dalgiev's pounding game seems to let him down this time. He tries for a kimura, but no way Salahdine would fall for it. Round ends with Dalgiev bullying Parnasse from side control, and Parnasse looks roughed up by the end of it, altho' it's mostly from their earlier striking exchanges.

Parnasse is choosing his moments of engaging more careful, while Dalgiev seems to be content to dodge and counter Parnasse's big strikes, as the second round is more slow and tense. This goes on for the whole round, and by the end of it it seems to be Dalgiev's round, as he managed to connect a few big shots while the punches Parnasse landed weren't as powerful. Try to get that thai clinch, boy!

Start of the round and Dalgiev eats a hook, but throws a right straight from the heart of Russia, and Parnasse meets the floor for the second time tonight. Parnasse eats some strikes that are painful to look at and goes limp before the ref's decision to jump in. This cage is now a murder scene.

Winner, AND NEW KSW FEATHERWEIGHT CHAMPION: Khamzaaaaaaat DALGIEEEEV (KO via murder @0:31, round 3). Rating: Good.

Post fight: Although labeled as favorite by the bookies, Dalgiev seems amazed by his performance and says this is a great moment for his career. Time to celebrate by winning the whole tournament, defending his way to a new tournament and winning that one too.

And the title's prestige goes from 42 to 44. It's aight

Also, friendly reminder that Pejic called out Dalgiev, and it seems he'll get his wish if he goes through Klaczek.

5. Time for the main event. FIGHTING, IN THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION: MAIRBEK "BECKAN" TAISUMOV (27-6) v. PAUL "TELLYS" KELLY (15-5)

Yamasaki refs again, so prayers go to the sky one more time tonight.

After ocasionaly punching air for a minute and a half, Taisumov hits a pretty slick head kick that gets Kelly dancin' in a disco of pain. Another evil head kick and Kelly's on the floor, eating big fists, and happily for him, Yamasaki saves him. Thank you, Mario.

Winner: Taisumov (TKO via Headkick & oral fisting @1:55, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post fight: Taisumov is happy to leave the cage mostly untouched and with pockets full of money. We're happy you chose us too, Mairbek. You do you.

Attendence: 1 875.

Critical rating: 68. Commercial rating: 58.

FOTN: M Burnell v. M Wrzosek (prelims)

KOOTN: K Dalgiev v. S Parnasse (look how they slaughtered my boy)

SubOTN: D Stasiak v. B Katona

Profit: + 228 386

TOURNAMENTS:

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Oli Thompson v. Michal Andryszak

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Thiago Silva / Marcin Wojcik v. Jason Radcliffe

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Roman Szymanski v. Gregorz Szulakowski

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

As always, our favorite MMA company owners have a nice call the next day:

Martin: Morning, sunshine! How are you feeling?

Maciej: Great. We got Ben Nguyen. He's not the hottest act right now, but get that video of his hot around the internet again and he'll fill some seats and get some eyes on us.

Martin: I know him, he's a good signing. But the next card, we got to make sure it delivers.

Maciej: Have you saw it? We got a Megadeth performance from a Dave Mustaine that's beat cancer between the main card and the prelims. We got probably our most stacked main card EVER!

Martin: I guess if this doesn't deliver, nothing will.

Maciej: Why are you talking like anything we've done hasn't delivered?

Martin: Because we gotta get even bigger, damn it. It's time to see if those Gods of MMA that you were talking about are really with us.

Maciej: Hmmm, you're right. I know. Gods of MMA. We're gonna have MMA gods in the building. We're going all out. I want 2 Gracies. I want Sakuraba, Machida. Couture. A Shamrock Brother. Can we get Tito?

Martin: I don't want Tito.

Maciej: Yea, f**k Ti.. F**k Ti.. F**K CHUCK! That's it, we're getting Wanderlei aboard too!

Martin: What about Chuck?

Maciej: I DON'T WANT WANDERLEI TO F**K CHUCK, we settle for Wanderlei alone.

Martin: You're insane.

Maciej: So are you. F**k Chuck.

Martin: F**k Chuck to you too, my friend. I'll go hit the gym.

Maciej: F*.. *beep*

New signings

FW: Andre Harrison (22-2-1), Gilbert Melendez (23-8), Manny Bermudez (16-2), Jason Knight (21-6), Gazavat Suleymanov (10-1).

BW: Ben Nguyen (17-10), Luke Sanders (13-4).

W FlyW: Carina Damm (24-15).

Updated rankings:

MW:

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LW:

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FW:

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BW:

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W FlyW:

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As you should know by now, this card is stacked. I present you KSW 58: F**k Chuck. Sorry, I recently saw that Wanderlei video again and can't get it out of my head.

I present you KSW 58: Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?..., from Warsaw, with love. August, week 4, 2020.

Prelims:

LW: G Szadinski v. B Kopera

LW: S Musaev v. M Janicic

W FlyW: K Wojcik v. S Davidsdottir

LW: H Szymajda v. M Kazieczko

LHW: M Pasternak v. S Bekavac

LHW: B Ataev v. D Rodriguez

BW: T Deak v. S Przybysz

And as useful and thoughtful as always, our Main Card Preview:

1. HW Bout: Aleksander EMELIANENKO (29-7-1) v. Akop SZOSTAK (3-4-1)

This was originally supposed to be James McSweeney v. Szostak, but a month ago the fight, McSweeney got injured. Since we were yet to figure out the right opponent for Aleksander's debut, we decided it's time to unleash the beast. Sorry, Akop.

Prediction: Emelianenko by 1st round KO.

2. WW Bout: Albert TUMENOV (22-4) v. Krystian KASZUBOWSKI (9-1)

5-3 in the UFC with a win over Larkin and cherished in the whole Russia, Tumenov is mainly a striker that loves to cut heads off with his feet. The fact that he's tough as nails is also pretty handy, as he's a welterweight that not many would want to trade with, who has a pretty good takedown defence, so if you're not an expert wrestler, good luck. Kaszubowski is coming off two wins, as his lone defeat came last year against the champion, Roberto Soldic. Smartly, he's been working on his ground game. Sadly, he's here only so we don't throw Albert straight into title contention. Good luck, Krystian, you'll need it.

Prediction: Tumenov by 1st round KO.

3. MW Bout: Georgiy KICHIGIN (24-6) v. Damian JANIKOWSKI (5-3)

Originally, I was hoping to give Georgiy a more approachable opponent for his debut, but at that time the roster wasn't quite big so here he is, given a tough test. This battle sees arguably the best wrestlers on our roster clash. I have no idea who has the edge. This will most likely end by decision, since both men are too careful defensively, but a crazy punch or kick may always end a fight. This fight has the whole division on notice, as whoever wins this will move on to good things.

Prediction: Kichigin by decision.

Welterweight champion in 4 european companies and two time KSW champion, Soldic is a nightmare for anyone, and he's only 25, having debuted in late 2014. He's also 4-0-1 in boxing. This kid is something else. He started off as a judo fighter, but his favourite weapon are his kicks. It's not those that should be feared tho. He punches like a damn super saiyan. All around, he's simply extremely hard to deal with. If you manage to get on top of him, you have a chance, but good luck doing that. As I've said before, Zaromskis is a veteran of European MMA. He earned this shot by outstriking and controlling Rakas on the feet, but Soldic is just a different beast and likely won't be as easy to control. Now 40, Zaromskis has been a striker for years and will probably go down swinging. Sadly, him going down seems like a certainty.

Prediction: Soldic by 3rd round KO.

5. LW Main Event: Rashid MAGOMEDOV (23-5-1) v. Borys MANKOWSKI (21-8-1)

Well, booking this fight has made us quite disliked by half of the lightweight division. Gamrot wanted to fight Magomedov, so giving Magomedov such a hard debut is unlikely to sit well with Mateusz. Mankowski wanted to fight Parke to get his W back. Ziolkowski also wants to fight Mankowski, and he likely will, since he'll be a pretty big underdog in his upcoming title fight with Gamrot.

Well, politics aside, Magomedov debuting against a Mankowski that's looking to prove himself simply makes sense.

7-1 in M-1, 5-1 in the UFC with a win over Gilbert Burns and 3-3-1 in the PFL, coming off 2 decision losses, the 36 Magomedov seems to be have his best days behind him. Nevertheless, he's a master in sambo and a good, creative boxer. He still has enough in him for a few years of fighting in Europe, if you ask us, and might even get some more main events if he impresses here. Mankowski is gaining back momentum after a 3 fight losing streak, as now he's coming off two first round submissions. He's s a great, complete fighter, and his biggest enemy at the moment might be his weight cut, as he seems to start having problems making lightweight and might bulk up to welterweight, where killers like Soldic and Tumenov reside. Take a good hard look at those guys and realize you better make weight, Borys.

Prediction: Mankowski by decision.

As always, the prediction rankings:

Majster_93: 3/5, total 8/10 (80%)

vladjarca: 3/5, total 19/24 (79%)

mattu29: 3/5, total 18/24 (75%)

CageRage: 2/5, total 17/24 (70%)

Glad to see this was more of an unpredictable card than the others.

CageRage · June 18, 2020

Aleksander Emelianenko

Albert Tumenov

Damian Janikowski

Roberto Soldic

Rashid Magomedov

Majster_93 · June 18, 2020

Aleksander EMELIANENKO

Albert TUMENOV

Georgiy KICHIGIN

Roberto SOLDIC

Borys MANKOWSKI

mattu29 · June 18, 2020

Aleksander Emelianenko

Albert Tumenov

Damian Janikowski

Roberto Soldic

Rashid Magomedov

Same picks as cagerage

vladjarca · June 19, 2020

Again a tad earlier than usual, as I've been getting busier

We are live from Poland, and the arena is packed with fans and MMA legends as KSW are looking to make a splash with this one!

KSW 58: Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?

Prelims:

Not much noteworthy action on tonight's prelims.

Main card:

1. HW Bout: Aleksander EMELIANENKO (29-7-1) v. Akop SZOSTAK (3-4-1)

Emelianenko has 35lbs over Szostak.

Szostak is proving way trickier than expected, as he checks a lot of strikes and hits bag with some surprising boxing. Or he did so, in the first 2 minutes, as after that he soon tasted Aleksander's hook, fell down and got mauled.

Winner: Emelianenko (Hook & pound @2:25, round 1). Rating: Great.

Post-fight: Well damn, Aleksander ain't here to play games, he calls out the champion Philip De Fries, saying he'd be more than glad to get paid to whoop his ass. That's surely not how ms. Emelianenko thought you to speak, Aleks.

2. WW Bout: Albert TUMENOV (22-4) v. Krystian KASZUBOWKSI (9-1)

Well, would you look at that. The second exchange sees Tumenov drop Krysti with a hook, and Tumenov's hammers give Kaszubowksi his second defeat.

Winner: Tumenov (Hook & hammers @1:04, round 1). Rating: Good.

Post fight: Well, well, interesting. Rather than going straight for the champ, Tumenov calls out Naurdiev, saying it would be a great contest. I don't know about that, Albert, I like my great contests to have gold on the line (although it's been a while since I had a title fight main event, but it's not my fault our most popular guys aren't title worthy, damn it)

Now that we got the 2 predictable fighter versus victim fights out of the way, let's get to the more competitive side of the main card.

3. MW Bout: Georgiy KICHIGIN (24-6) v. Damian JANIKOWSKI (5-3)

As Kichigin tried to push Janikowski to the fence, he found himself lifted and wrecked with a greco-roman slam, with Janikowski in side control. Georgiy scrambles smartly, ending up in Janikowski's guard. They keep it all close and romantic for the rest of the round. It's two wrestlers, so don't expect a movie style brawl.

They clinch up like two gods trying to prove their superiority, and Kichigin copies what Janik did last round: as Janik tries to get him stuck against the cage, he takes it down, although not as violent, and ends up in guard. A scramble starts and Janik has Kichigin where he wanted, with his back against the cage. Herb Dean separates them with 50 seconds left on the clock, and Kichigin eats a jab on his way to securing a trip takedown on his opponent, ending up in half guard. Round over.

Janikowski hits a nice cross before clinching, and manages to get Kichigin stuck against the cage again. Control of the grapple switches a few times, but after 3 minutes of the round pass, Janikowski obviously won the grappling contest. Now again at the center of the cage, Kichigin starts wrestling and gets Janik against the cage again, but Janik reverses it with ease. Kichigin manages to reverse it second before the horn announces the end of the fight.

Winner: Janikowski (Decision, 29-28 x 2, 30-27). Rating: Poor (like my thought process when putting this on a card that's supposed to attract eyes from the mainstream).

Post fight: Well, at least Janikowski gives an interview that makes the crowd get loud and no one actually booed during the fight, since their Polish wrestling champion was, you know, wrestling..

4. FOR THE WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP: ROBERTO "ROBOCOP" SOLDIC (17-3) v. MARIUS "WHITEMARE" ZAROMSKIS

Surprisingly, Marius is the one walking down Soldic and after eating a few jabs, he hits Soldic with a head kick. Not like that flinches Soldic, anyway. They trade nice strikes and it's all fun and games until Soldic hits a strong hook, followed by a right hand that drops Marius to what will likely be hard to watch aggression. Yup, he pounds like a mad man, KOing Marius before Herb Dean jumps in.

Winner: Soldic (Cold blooded murder @2:04, round 1). Rating: Great. Murder on live national TV isn't great. Damn.

Post fight: It was a beautiful fight and Roberto is glad Marius showed up with his nice striking. But Robocop will Robocop. Who's next?

Sadly it wasn't beautiful enough to raise the title's prestige, as it went from 50 to 49.

5. Lightweight main event and both fighters made weight, thank God: RASHID MAGOMEDOV (23-5-1) v. BORYS MANKOWSKI (21-8-1)

Short exchanges see Borys dodge and hit, and he gets close enough to clinch and get Rashid stuck against the cage. Borys then remembers that he's not human, and suplexes Magomedov like I used to suplex my Winnie The Pooh fluffy toy, except he also makes sure to get side control of it. He tries to mount, but Rashid rolls, so Borys throws a few big shots before trying to secure a RNC. 3 failed attempts and Borys goes back to what worked in the first palce: his fists. The round ends soon after.

Still not human, Borys gets a brutal shoot takedown and gets half guard off it. The unhuman Borys goes from half guard straight into mount and starts elbowin', altho Rashid defends well, only a few of them going through. Borys is damn insane, as he's been elbowing at Rashid's skull for 2 full minutes and I don't know what's crazier: Mankowski's stamina or Rashid's toughness.. End of the round and here's some stats: Mankowski threw 60 elbows, 10 of them landing hard. If Rashid's team cares about him, they should probably throw in the towel. Also, how on earth is Rashid not bleeding?

Round 3 and Borys dodges a few strikes and manages a third succsesful takedown, as Rashid pulls guard. A leglock attemt goes nowhere, so Borys throws weak punches until ref' Herb Dean is tired of it and gets them up with 30 seconds remaining. Round 3 ends and Rashid has probably forgot how it feels to actually land a shot.

50 seconds into round four and Halelujah, Rashid actually hits Borys. Way too slow for tonight, Rashid's foot gets caught by Borys after a kick attempt, and he gets taken down again, pulling guard. He eats small shots for the rest of the round. Guessing Borys is tired and pretty sure he's already done enough to get the decision. Let's hope he doesn't get complacent and helps Rashid pull off an upset in the 5th.

Another surprise, as 8 seconds in, Magomedov connects with his 2nd strike in 4 rounds. It's both funny and sad how as long as the fight is on the feet, Magomedov is constantly pushing but getting outclassed by Mankowski's striking. Again, a Rashid kick gets caught by Borys, and Borys takes Rashid down, ending up in his guard. Some leglock attempts fail for Borys, and a scramble sees them end up in north-south, with Borys on top. Borys tries a nice armbar, but Rashid defends well, but ends up in half guard. Borys lands a few more weak shots and it's all over.

Winner: Mankowski (Decision, 50-45 x 3). Rating: Good.

Post match: Borys talks up Rashid, praising his toughness. He wants to continue to prove himself, so he'll take whoever we give him, as long as the opponents we throw at him can raise his value.

Attendence: 2 851

Critical rating: 71. Commercial rating: 76.

FOTN: R Soldic v. M Zaromskis

KOOTN: R Soldic v. M Zaromskis

SubOTN: B Kopera v. G Szadinski (prelims)

Profit: + 289 289

TOURNAMENTS (although we had no tournament matches on this card):

HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Oli Thompson v. Michal Andryszak

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Thiago Silva/Marcin Wojcik v. Jason Radcliffe

LIGHTWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Roman Szymanski v. Gregorz Szulakowski

FEATHERWEIGHT TOURNAMENT:

Martin and Maciej have partied like crazy with a bunch of MMA legends. Maciej had a Facetime with mr. Chuck Lidell and has swore, while holding the Polish flag, that he shall not tarnish the "Chuck" name anymore. They've dissappeared, but it's likely they just blacked out and teleported to somewhere weird, but safe.

Obviously, the event was a commercial success.

The following week, when they were casually kicking it at the Lewandowski crib, Maciej starts screaming while staring at his phone:

Maciej: ONE NIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT GRAND PRIX!

Martin: What? We're in 2020, who's doing a one night grand prix?

Maciej: The Klash of Styles: Warzone lads are.

Martin: And who is gonna sanction that?

Maciej: Our beloved Poland is gonna sanction that.

Martin: Ok. Why middleweight?

Maciej: Because SPIDER ANDERSON SILVA IS A FREE AGENT.

Martin: Well, that makes sense. But he's 45. You think we'll convince a 45 Silva to potentially fight 3 times in 1 night?

Maciej: He's still a freak athlete that loves proving himself. I think he'll love this challange.

Martin: Fair enough. And no matter how much he costs, he's a worldwide draw, so it will be worth it.

Maciej: Has he even ever fought in Europe before?

Martin: He fought Bisping in London.

Maciej: Damn it. "Second time in Europe" doesn't sound that good. Still, this will be a big step for us.

Martin: Damn right it will. I love the idea. Let's get it happening.

Updated rankings (only the ones that had changes):

HW

LHW

MW

WW

LW

BW

WFlyW

New signings:

HW: Mark Hunt (13-14-1-1), Ben Rothwell (38-13), Junior Albini (14-7), Frank Mir (19-14).

MW: David Branch (22-6), Anderson Silva (34-11-1), CB Dollaway (17-10), Marc-Andre Barriault (11-5).

LW: Clay Guida (35-20), Willarmy Freire (27-6), Abel Trujillo (15-8-1), Daisuke Nakamura (29-19-1), Rick Glenn (21-7-1).

FW: Jose Aldo (28-7).

BW: Jimmie Rivera (22-5), Renan Barao (34-9-2), Masakatsu Ueda (27-6-2), Damacio Page (21-10).

And the announcement regarding our next card, another nice lil' show:

KSW 59: Ultimate Face-Off, in Poland, in the last weekend of September 2020.

Prelims:

WW: T Depret v. U Jurisic

WW: A Arish v. A Rakas

FW: D Rutkowski v. D Torres

BW: M Magomedov v. D Gralka

WW: A Lohore v. A Odzimkowski

BW: B Bouland v. J Buys

FW Tournament SF: F Pejic v. K Klaczek

And as juicy as always, our main card preview:

1. Heavyweight Tournament Semi-Final: Oli THOMPSON (21-12) v. Michal ANDRYSZAK (21-8-1)

Oli being here is a surprise for most people but himself, it seems. He's been working on his conditioning, getting ready for the 5 rounds that await him when he beats Andryszak. But Andryszak isn't impressed with that and seems ready to punch his way to a title shot.

Prediction: Thompson by decision.

2. Featherweight bout: Ivan BUCHINGER (37-8) v. Filip WOLANSKI (11-5)

Some see this as a shortcut to improve Buki's KSW 0-2 record, while others see it as a chance for Wolanski to prove himself. I won't comment on that. Buki is a striker that picks his shots and likes to wrestle when he can. Will he manage to use his wrestling against Wolanski? It will be interesting to see. Although Wolanski could outwrestle and maybe even submit Buki, he's a fighter that loves to strike, although his wrestling should be the bread and butter of a fighter with his abilities.

Prediction: Buchinger by decision.

3. Featherweight bout: Johnny FRACHEY (20-13) v. Artem LOBOV (14-16-1-1)

It's sad that name value has us putting a Lobov fight on the main card while a title eliminator in the same division can only headline the prelims.

Anyway, Johnny is an pretty unimpressive fighter, that has nothing but half-decent wrestling and a half-decent ground game (except the pounding, his GNP is trash too). This is a fight that Artem should really win, especially since he's been working more on his wrestling, which is his opponent's only available gameplan.

Prediction: Lobov by submission, round 2.

4. Lightweight Tournament semi-final: Roman SZYMANSKI (13-5) v. Grzegorz SZULAKOWSKI (10-4)

Roman is a new comer to the division, this being only his 3rd fight at Lightweight, as he moved up after an unsuccsessful challange for (then) Parnasse's FW title. A young and talented student of the ground game, having a black belt in BJJ, he hardly gets tired and hardly gets dominated when it comes to a grappling contest. He's also extremely flexible, so good luck catching a submission on him. Szulakowski is a BJJ guy that doesn't know that much besides it. Sadly, his best days seem to be behind him, as he just ended a 3 fight losing streak with his last win, and many don't believe he can be a threat to the division anymore. Are they right? Time to find out.

Prediction: Szymanski by decision.

5. And our Heavyweight Main Event of the night: Mariusz 'PUDZIAN' PUDZIANOWSKI (13-7-1) v. Denis 'THE MENACE' STOJNIC (13-4)

We're KSW, we're in Poland, no year shall pass without a Pudzian main event as long as he's active. Having won more strongman gold medals than you can count, Pudzi is a machine whose low kicks can probably cut down a forest in a few hours. He loves knocking people out cold and surely has enough strenght. The KSW debut of Denis had been a long time coming, and saw him lose a close split decision against Jay Silva back in April. Still, he's a decent kickboxer, and he's big enough to not make Pudzi seem like a bully.

Prediction: Pudzianowski by KO, round 1.

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Main Card Predictions:

HW Tournament SF: Oli THOMPSON v. Michal ANDRYSZAK

FW: Ivan BUCHINGER v. Filip WOLANSKI

FW: Johnny FRACHEY v. Artem LOBOV

LW Tournament SF: Roman SZYMANSKI v. Grzegorz SZULAKOWSKI

HW: Mariusz PUDZIANOWKSI v. Denis STOJNIC

Prediction rankings:

Majster_93: 4/5, total 12/15 (80%)

vladjarca: 4/5, total 23/29 (79%)

mattu29: 4/5, total 22/29 (75%)

CageRage: 4/5, total 21/29 (72%)

mattu29 · June 19, 2020

Thompson

Wolanski

Frachey

Szymanski

Pudzianowksi

CageRage · June 19, 2020

Main Card Predictions:

HW Tournament SF: Oli THOMPSON v. Michal ANDRYSZAK

FW: Ivan BUCHINGER v. Filip WOLANSKI

FW: Johnny FRACHEY v. Artem LOBOV

LW Tournament SF: Roman SZYMANSKI v. Grzegorz SZULAKOWSKI

HW: Mariusz PUDZIANOWKSI v. Denis STOJNIC

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