Another title fight
@AntunRacic
(24-8-1) defends his KSW bantamweight title against Bruno ‘Garanhoto’ Santos (9-1)
#KSW57 pic.twitter.com/TVrRGtEmfQ— KSW (@KSW_MMA)
December 4, 2020
KSW is ending the year in style with a trio of
title fights on tap at KSW
57. The organization sent out a press release on Friday morning
announcing the full eight-fight lineup of KSW 57 on Dec. 19. The
event will in Lodz, Poland, likely at the Wytwornia Club, with
COVID-19 regulations in place. The two championship bouts already
announced include a heavyweight headliner of divisional kingpin
Philip De
Fries vs. Michal Kita,
and a
vacant lightweight title tilt between Marian
Ziolkowski and Roman
Szymanski. The third fight for gold is a bantamweight scrap
between champ Antun Racic
(24-8-1) and KSW newcomer Bruno
Augusto dos Santos (9-1).
Racic has yet to taste defeat in the KSW cage, winning five
consecutive decisions including a unanimous verdict over Damian
Stasiak to win the inaugural bantamweight crown. His five
straight decision wins are a record
among all KSW fighters, and he is the winningest fighter in the
division’s brief history. Each of the last 10 bouts for “Killer”
have ended in the hands of the judges, and he yet to record a win
via strikes.
Augusto dos Santos will be making his KSW debut in his first bout
outside of South America, with all of his previous matches taking
place in his native Brazil or Peru. This bout will be a quick
turnaround for the Brazilian, who captured a decision over Isaias
Simoes at a Standout Fighting Tournament event on Nov. 21. A
winner in each of his last four, “Gafanhoto” rattled off a pair of
rear-naked choke finishes over Eduardo
Chaves and Maicon
Cardoso before taking decisions over Jhonatan
Cieza and Simoes this year.
Additionally, the promotion confirmed a main card lightweight tilt
between Borys
Mankowski (21-8-1) and Artur
Sowinski (21-11, 2 NC), as well as a welterweight undercard
match of Kacper Koziorkebzki (7-2) vs. Marcin
Krakowiak (9-3). As both Mankowski and Sowinski are on
two-fight win streaks coming into their pairing, the winner could
be in contention for the victor of Ziokowski vs. Szymanski
happening immediately after they meet.
KSW 57 Lineup:
Philip De
Fries vs. Michal Kita
– heavyweight championship
Marian
Ziolkowski vs. Roman
Szymanski – lightweight championship
Borys
Mankowski vs. Artur
Sowinski – lightweight
Antun
Racic vs. Bruno
Augusto dos Santos – bantamweight championship
Cezary
Kesik vs. Abusupiyan
Magomedov – middleweight
Tomasz
Drwal vs. Patrik
Kincl – middleweight
Kacper
Koziorzebski vs. Marcin
Krakowiak – welterweight
Albert
Odzimkowski vs. Christian
Eckerlin – welterweight