ICYMI:
#KSW58 is Official!!@szymonkolecki
Zawada
@salahparnasse
TorresJanuary 30th – Live on KSWTV pic.twitter.com/tqSZ3MySG9
— KSW (@KSW_MMA)
December 19, 2020
Olympic gold medal-winning weightlifter Szymon
Kolecki will square off against Martin
Zawada in the KSW 58 headliner.
The Polish promotion announced the booking over the weekend. KSW 58
takes place in Lodz, Poland, on Jan. 30 and will see Salahdine
Parnasse defend his featherweight crown against Daniel
Torres in the co-main event. The event can be viewed via
pay-per-view on KSWTV.com.
Kolecki, who won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is 8-1 since
making his mixed martial arts debut in 2017. The 39-year-old Pole
rebounded from his first career defeat to earn first-round
stoppages of Mariusz Pudzianowksi and Damian
Janikowski in his first two KSW bouts in 2019. Kolecki has
finished all eight of his triumphs by knockout or technical
knockout.
Germany’s Zawada is a veteran of 45 professional fights who has
squared off against the likes of Jan
Blachowicz, Mamed
Khalidov, Krzysztof Kułak, Lukasz
Jurkowski, and Krzysztof
Jotko during his tenure. Most recently, “King Kong” outpointed
former UFC competitor Thiago
Silva at KSW 49 in May 2019.
Parnasse claimed the interim 145-pound belt with a second-round TKO
of Roman
Szymanski at KSW 48 before taking a five-round verdict against
Ivan
Buchinger at KSW 52 in December 2019. The 23-year-old Frenchman
is 14-0-1 since beginning his MMA career in 2015.
Torres, meanwhile, emerged as a featherweight contender following a
unanimous decision triumph against UFC vet Filip Pejic
at KSW 51 and a split verdict over ex-PFL talent Max Coga at KSW
56. The 26-year-old Austria-based Brazilian has won three of his
four KSW appearances.