If you’re an ignorant American (guilty), you probably don’t know much about the International mixed martial arts (MMA) circuit, but Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki — mercifully shortened to KSW for tongue-tied Yanks like myself — is pretty fucking huge in Europe and the top combat sports promotion in its native Poland.
How huge? KSW 39: “Colosseum” drew more than 57,000 fans.
KSW 43 is going down in less than a month (April 14) inside Hala Stulecia in Wroclaw, pitting Olympic medalist Damian Janikowski (2-0) against former BAMMA & EFC middleweight champion Yannick Bahati (8-3) in the 185-pound main event.
In the KSW 43 co-headliner, Roberto “Robocop” Soldic (13-2) defends his welterweight title against two-weight EFC champion Dricus Du Plessis (11-1), a grudge match featured in the recently-released preview video embedded above.
Here is the rest of the KSW 43 fight card and line up:
Main Event - Middleweight
Damian Janikowski (2-0) vs. Yannick Bahati (8-3)
Co-Main Event - Welterweight Title
Champion Roberto Soldic (13-2) vs. Dricus Du Plessis (11-1)
Vacant Heavyweight Title
Michal Andryszak (20-6) vs. Phil De Fries (14-6)
Lightweight: Norman Parke (23-6-1) vs. Lukasz Chlewicki (14-7-1)
Featherweight: Salahdine Parnasse (10-0-1) vs. Artur Sowinski (18-9)
Welterweight: David Zawada (15-3) vs. Michal Michalski (6-2)
Bantamweight: Antun Racic (20-8-1) vs. Kamil Selwa (10-6)
Lightweight: Maciej Kazieczko (3-1) vs. Maciej Kalicinski (3-0)
For much more on KSW click here.
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