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Maciej Kazieczko vs. Tomasz Matusewicz 1:10 R1
Lukasz Rajewski vs. Sebastian Romanowski 3R Unanimous Dec
Grzegorz Szulakowski vs. Renato Gomes 4:19 R3
Kamil Szymuszowski vs. Gracjan Szadzinski 3R Majority Dec
Anzor Azhiev vs. Kamil Selwa 3R Unanimous Dec
Roman Szymanski vs. Denilson Neves 3R Unanimous Dec
Lukasz Bienkowski vs. Antoni Chmielewski 3R Unanimous Dec
Artur Sowinski vs. Lukasz Chlewicki 1:51 R1
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KSW Women's Flyweight Title Decision Match: Ariane Lipski vs. Diana Belbita 4:52 R1
Damian Janikowski vs. Julio Gallegos 1:26 R1
Michal Andryszak vs. Michal Kita 1:14 R1
KSW Featherweight Title Match: Marcin Wrzosek vs. Kleber Koike Erbst 3R. I'm a big fan of athletes with a unique entertaining style. They don't necessarily have to be the best athletes or most well rounded competitors, but, for instance, when you watched a Fabrice Santoro tennis match you were always going to see a general mode of attack (2 handed off both sides) that no other man was implementing, and wow the guy was just a wizard with the racket, pulling off shots most others wouldn't even imagine much less try in a competitive situation. In MMA, Masakazu Imanari is the best known example, a fighter who can literally beat you out of nowhere as soon as he gets you down, and thus someone whose style you absolutely have to prepare for. Erbst is something of the next generation Imanari, a submission grappling wizard with a lot of baiting & mind games in standup to help him get it to the ground, but one who has a much better all around game, and, in fact, is actually deceptively good on his feet. This was Erbst's 2nd chance to win the KSW Featherweight Title, having lost a decision to Artur Sowinski on KSW 33 11/28/15 in a bout for the vacant title. After one successful defense, The Polish Zombie Wrzosek took the title, stopping Sowinski due to a nasty cut. Wrzosek is one of the best standup fighters in KSW, and thus the much more technical & powerful striker of the two. He did well when he came forward & backed Erbst into the cage, though obviously the danger of coming forward is Erbst could duck into a takedown at any time, and Erbst likes to set traps, sell, and mix the pace of his strikes so you aren't sure what's going on with him or what he'll do next. Erbst has good footwork & head movement, but he keeps his hands low, so when Wrzosek was willing to fight in close he was able to land the occassional big shot, particularly overhands or head hooks. Erbst was welted on his upper left forehead in the 1st, and was visibly wearing some of Wrzosek's punishing blows. Erbst has good kickboxing combinations though, and was at his best when he powered forward with a series that could stand on it's own, but obviously was much better if he could finish with a takedown, and because that's such a threat it allows him to land more of these shots because the opponents primary concern is staying on their feet. He caught Wrzosek with one of these 2 minutes into the 1st round, which won him the round despite Erbst doing some good damage, as Erbst quickly forced Wrzosek to surrender his back, and although Wrzosek was soon able to stand out, Erbst still spent the next 2 1/2 minutes on his back, mostly riding Wrzosek's back in a standing rear naked choke attempt. Erbst caught a Wrzosek kick early in the 2nd & got the takedown, but Wrzosek was able to stand against the cage when Erbst tried to pass & wouldn't engage when Erbst immedately pulled guard. Wrzosek smartened up after this, being very patient & methodical with his standup attack the rest of the round, picking his punches with Erbst against the cage so as not to leave openings for takedowns & backing away from Erbst's surges forward so Wrzosek might take a few shots & couldn't counter, but at least didn't get wrestled down after. With the fight a round a piece, Erbst was determined to get the fight to the ground, and although the initial attempt was defended, once he got Wrzosek down he really locked things down with the body triangle & kept active with his punches. Erbst could never quite get a good squeeze on Wrzosek's neck, though it momentarily looked like he might have Wrzosek in the final 30 seconds before he released the grip, but the round was a complete shutout for Erbst, earning him the unanimous decision & the title in this second opportunity. Good match.
KSW Lightweight Title Match: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Norman Parke 3R Unanimous Dec
Lukasz Jurkowski vs. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou 3R Split Dec
KSW Light Heavyweight Title Match: Tomasz Narkun vs. Marcin Wojcik 4:59 R1
KSW Heavyweight Title Match: Fernando Rodrigues Jr. vs. Marcin Rozalski 0:16 R1
Pawel Rak vs. Robert Burneika 0:45 R1
Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Tyberiusz Kowalczyk 2:50 R2
Mamed Khalidov vs. Borys Mankowski 3R Unanimous Dec
Pawel Politylo vs. Antun Racic 3R. Politylo made his pro debut here, stepping in for Anzor Azhiev at the last minute when Azhiev got food poisoning. Politylo may not have been the greatest technical fighter, but he made the fight exciting with his aggressive attacking brawler style, coming in with his hands down & forcing a big strikes high action fight. While not much was known about Politylo, Racic is a "Killer" opponent to be making your debut against, coming in with a 19-8-1 record that includes challenging for the title in Respect & Superior & winning it in FFC. Politylo didn't care, he charged in bombing, and while his head was there for Racic's counter strikes, he was coming in so aggressively that he usually just had Racic retreating and/or on his back foot. Racic is primarily a grappler, and shifted all his efforts to trying to get Politylo down in the 2nd. He hoped to use Politylo's overaggressiveness against him by ducking into a takedown because he was under fire when he pressed forward himself, but either way Politylo was making him pay with punches & elbows & if Racic did manage to get him down, Politylo would scramble as soon as he hit the canvas so he could get right back up. Politylo was understandably tiring in the 3rd given he basically showed up with his gym bag & suddenly found himself in the 3rd round after fighting like a wildman for the 1st 2 rounds. Racic was finally able to hold a depleted Politylo down in the 3rd & grind on him, but the crowd was fully behind the Irish fighter of Polish descent Politylo & pretty much everyone was under the impression that all he had to do was survive this round to win the decision. Racic was coming nowhere near finishing or getting a 10-8 round, but not surprisingly, the judges screwed up again & Racic took a split decision. Good match.
Chris Fields vs. Michal Fijalka 3R UD
David Zawada vs. Maciej Jewtuszko 3R. In the vein of the Zabit Magomedsharipov vs. Kyle Bochniak UFC 223 4/7/18 match, a one-sided contest was made memorable by the guy who was taking the beating refusing to back down to the point he was taunting the bully to bring it. Zawada totally brutalized Jewtuszko in the 1st to the point announcer Chris Hoekstra suggested it might be a 10-7 round, but he essentially punched himself out on Jewtuszko's head & couldn't really hurt Jewtuszko in the subsequent rounds because he lacked the power & energy. Zawada first made his mark a minute in charging forward with a punch combo where he missed the right to the body but leveled Jewtuszko with the left hook. Zawada spent the next minute flurrying on the ground trying to finish, and didn't take much of a break once Jewtuszko got back to his feet, landing a right/left straight combo then dropping into a sweep after a clinch knee. Zawada had a big unanswered flurry against the cage after Jewtuszko got back up, mixing big knees in with his punches. The ref was surely looking for the moment to stop this, but Jewtuszko kept moving & swinging back even though he rarely connected with anything, and actually managed a takedown with 20 seconds left. Zawada's charging combos were a little slower in the 2nd, and Jewtuszko was ready for them, backing & countering with a straight. Zawada still won the 2nd with a takedown & top position later after Jewtuszko slipped throwing a kick, but the momentum almost seemed to be on Jewtuszko's side because he not only wasn't fading, but had energy to burn urging Zawada to attack & playing to the crowd. Jewtuszko was throwing flashy, high energy attacks in the 3rd such as the switch knee & switch kick. Zawada was doing a lot of missing in the 3rd, but landed one of his left/right straight combos 3:20 in that sent Jewtuszko's mouthpiece flying halfway across the ring. It would be a stretch to give Jewtuszko a round, but the fact that he was not only standing at the end of 15 minutes, but actually had more left than his opponent if there were another round was pretty amazing. Good match.
Ariane Lipski vs. Mariana Morais R1 0:58
Michal Materla vs. Paulo Thiago R2 0:50
Mariusz Pudzianowski vs. Jay Silva 3R MD
Damian Janikowski vs. Antoni Chmielewski R2 2:33
Fernando Rodrigues Jr. vs. Michal AndryszakR1 0:26
Roman Szymanski vs. Marcin Wrzosek 3R UD
Kleber Koike Erbst vs. Artur Sowinski R3 3:56
Popek Monster vs. Tomasz Oswiecinski R2 1:58
KSW Welterweight Title Match: Borys Mankowski vs. Roberto Soldic R3 5:00