Krystian Kaszubowski vs. Christopher Henze 1:10 R1
Marcin Wojcik vs. Hatef Moeil 5:00 R2
Martin Zawada vs. Lukasz Jurkowski 5:00 R1
Filip Wolanski vs. Bartlomiej Kopera 3R UD
Karolina Owczarz vs. Paulina Raszewska R1 1:00
KSW Women's Flyweight Title: Ariane Lipski vs. Silvana Gomez Juarez 5R Unanimous Dec
KSW Lightweight Title: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Grzegorz Szulakowski 4:15 R4
Scott Askham vs. Michal Materla 1:09 R1
Tomasz Narkun vs. Mamed Khalidov 1:18 R3. KSW might not always have the best talent in the world, but they do find a way to make big fights with what they have. These catchweight fights might not be fair to the smaller champion, but I'm a lot more interested in seeing a fight we shouldn't see than worrying about someone's record being tarnished, and this one turned out to be really exciting and dramatic. Khalidov has been the best fighter in the history of KSW, definitely a fighter who could have succeeded in a big way in the UFC, but one of the few who chose to stay put. I'm not big on records, and some of these decisions could have gone the other way as always, but with Khalidov it's important to note when you see his 34-4-2 mark that he actually started out 3-3. He's no longer in his prime at 37, and going from moving down to 180 pounds for a catchweight fight with KSW Welterweight champ Borys Mankowski to moving up to 203 pounds for this catchweight bout with KSW Light Heavyweight champ Narkun seemed to wreak havoc on his cardio, as did dealing with Narkun's power (or the threat thereof). Khalidov is a very ellusive fighter, but although he's the much better striker & had a huge speed advantage, he still had to expend a ton of energy to keep himself in open spaces. Conditioning almost didn't matter as Khalidov had a huge first round where he dropped Narkun twice within 30 seconds stepping right to get outside when Narkun was closing the distance & nailing him with a big right hand. Either of the knockdowns might have finished both a lesser fighter and/or a fighter in Khalidov's natural 185 pound weight class, but Narkun's chin held up. A big problem for Khalidov is Narkun is a European ADCC champ & because his grappling game is so strong he didn't want to stay on the ground with him after the knockdowns even though he was on top, which meant he had to work a lot harder with all the movement on his feet rather than potentially being able to relax on the ground while getting some free damage in. The one thing that was working for Narkun from the outset were his low kicks outside Khalidov's striking range, which meant Khalidov had to be active either moving or attacking to keep Narkun from just chipping away at his asset that was one of his biggest advantages. Though round 1 was a huge round for Khalidov, he was very obviously gassing late in the round even though he never pushed hard for the finish. Khalidov continued to score leading with the left hand while he was closing distance then bringing a big overhand right in the 2nd, but he was also picking Narkun apart at distance getting his low kick game going & connected with a body jab. Khalidov won the 2nd round, but you weren't getting the feeling that he was either going to knock Narkun out or have the cardio to keep avoiding him for another 3+ rounds. Narkun changed things up late in the 2nd, rushing Khalidov twice, and although Khalidov didn't take much punishment, the energy meter was waning. Narkun stunned Khalidov with a right hook counter early in the 3rd & was able to back Khalidov into the cage even though his high kick & flying knee were blocked. Narkun began to manhandle Khalidov against the cage, and the size & strength differences were now really obvious as he just bullied Khalidov with knees & short hooks. Khalidov seemed to escape to the right, but didn't get his back off the cage so Narkun just followed & went back to his knees. In what was now starting to seem like pro wrestling, Khalidov fired up & punched his way off the cage then got a takedown catching Narkun's leg & driving forward. You felt if Khalidov could make such a superhuman comeback he was not going to be denied, but again Narkun is the much better BJJ practitioner & now Khalidov was too battered to have the option of just letting Narkun up. When you're exhausted & beat up, it's easy to make a mistake, and Narkun just opened his guard & waited for Khalidov to throw so he could hook a triangle armbar that Khalidov tapped shockingly fast to, seemingly being so spent he knew he didn't have it in him to fire up again & try to find a way out. Just a fantastic comeback for Narkun. Very good match.
Norman Parke vs. Lukasz Chlewicki 3R UD
David Zawada vs. Michal Michalski 0:48 R3
Salahdine Parnasse vs. Artur Sowinski 3R Unanimous Dec
KSW Heavyweight Title: Phil De Fries vs. Michal Andryszak 3:32 R1
KSW Middleweight Title: Damian Janikowski vs. Yannick Bahati 0:18 R1
KSW Welterweight Title: Dricus Du Plessis vs. Roberto Soldic 1:37 R2
Wagner Prado vs. Chris Fields 2:17 R2
Gracjan Szadzinski vs. Paul Redmond 1:36 R2
Daniel Torres vs. Filip Wolanski 3R SD
Kleber Koike Erbst vs. Marian Ziolkowski 3:44 R1
Erko Jun vs. Thomas Oswiecinski 2:22 R1
Michal Materla vs. Martin Zawada 2:59 R2
Karol Bedorf vs. Mariusz Pudzianowski 1:51 R1
Wagner Prado vs. Lukasz Parobiec 0:41 R1
Thiago Silva vs. James McSweeney 3R UD
Middleweight Tournament Semifinal: Scott Askham vs. Marcin Wojcik 1:37 R1
KSW Welterweight Title: Roberto Soldic vs. Dricus Du Plessis 2:33 R3
Middleweight Tournament Semifinal: Michal Materla vs. Damian Janikowski 3:10 R1
Erko Jun vs. Pawel Mikolajuw 2:08 R2
Phil De Fries vs. Karol Bedorf 4:26 R2
Krystian Kaszubowski vs. Michal Michalski 2:14 R1
Antun Racic vs. Sebastian Przybysz 3R UD
Artur Sowinski vs. Kamil Szymuszowski 3R UD
Marian Ziolkowski vs. Grzegorz Szulakowski 3R UD
Roman Szymanski vs. Daniel Torres 3R UD
Roberto Soldic vs. Vinicius Bohrer 4:34 R1
Salahdine Parnasse vs. Marcin Wrzosek 3R UD
KSW Featherweight Title Decision Match: Mateusz Gamrot vs. Kleber Koike Erbst 5R UD
Mamed Khalidov vs. Tomasz Narkun 3R UD. A slower paced fight, certainly than their firefight at KSW 42 but also in general, though a really intense one because both had their obvious strengths & were able to score with them when the opportunity presented itself. Khalidov's speed advantage was the biggest difference because from the outside, which was the distance they fought almost the whole fight at, he was still able to close the distance & land while Narkun never was. Khalidov negated Narkun's reach advantage as much as he could by staying on the outside & moving back when Narkun stepped forward, which meant Narkun barely landed anything but low kicks all fight. Khalidov's stamina may not have been very good again in general, he didn't burn himself out early this time by pacing himself & was accurate, landing the few highlight shots, but as a result he didn't have enough activity for the judges. Narkun had more volume, tenderizing Khalidov's lead leg with the low kicks, which slowed Khalidov down just enough that he wasn't able to come in behind the jab & land many big overhands after the first round. Narkun really needed to apply more pressure on his feet to be successful because Khalidov was going to land the more powerful shots if you let him sit back & find his moments. Narkun really only pressured to start the 3rd though, and while it worked well as far as allowing him to actually land a punch & get a takedown, he also gassed himself quickly, and that may have been a contributing factor to Khalidov being able to reverse out of side mount. Khalidov is the much more evolved & creative striker, and was able to keep his upper body & eyes stationary so it was difficult for Narkun to tell where & how he was attacking. For the most part, he came in behind the left hand & did his damage following with a big overhand right, though he scored a knockdown in the first with the overhand left, and went back to it once or twice to keep Narkun honest. Khalidov didn't have as much success with low kicks as Narkun did, but they were an important tool for him as well because, although they looked a little clumsy, he was using the same entry as his punch combos to further mask where he was attacking. Round 2 saw each fighter put more emphasis on defense with both doing a better job of avoiding the strikes that were working in the 1st & neither adding a lot to keep the opponent from keying on what they'd already been sucessful with. It was the definition of what should be an even round. Narkun was more active, but each landed about 4 significant strikes before Narkun pulled guard with a minute left after Khalidov caught his kick. Khalidov landed a couple punches on the ground & a couple kicks to the leg when he stood out before Narkun got back up. If Khalidov stayed on top, he probably would have won the decision, though logically it was a good move because he's the better striker & Narkun is a lot more dangerous on the ground as proved by Narkun's triangle submission in their first fight. Narkun managed a takedown in the last second, which is likely what won him the fight even though it was completely meaningless at that point in the fight. Narkun finally walked Khalidov down to start the 3rd, landing essentially his only two standing punches of the fight then taking Khalidov down after catching his front kick. When Khalidov rolled out of side mount he tried to use ground & pound, but he was really low so he could loop punches to the head, but this made it easier for Narkun to try submissions, and he had a good armbar attempt. Khalidov started doing better after the second armbar attempt when he off centered himself in Narkun's guard & threw more body punches and hammerfists. He stood out in the final 15 seconds & tried to dive back into a guillotine, but Narkun slid his head right out & again finished on top. This was a close round, but you have to give it to Narkun because while the top control time was about even, he was a lot more threatening off his back and had the couple early standing strikes. In the end, an obvious Khalidov round 1, a wash in round 2, and a small edge to Narkun in round 3 resulted in a unanimous decision victory for Narkun. Good match.