Daniel Torres shocks the world with this
knockout over Saladhine Parnasse!!!
#KSW58 pic.twitter.com/cOpPUvOOjd— KSW (@KSW_MMA)
January 30, 2021
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki’s first event of the year ended with a
bizarre knockout shot that resulted in a title change.
The KSW
588 main event saw Salahdine
Parnasse (14-1-1) put his featherweight championship on the
line against Daniel
Torres (12-4). After studying each other for a while, the
contenders exchanged a few shots to test each other’s chin. Torres
showed his long jab, to which the defending champion retaliated
with a head kick that partially landed. After a wide swing from
both contenders, Parnasse clipped the challenger with a kick to the
body. “Tucanao” seemed comfortable on his feet as he counterpunched
when the French fighter rushed forward.
After a minute and a half, Torres threw an inventive shot with his
triceps that perfectly landed on the side of Parnasse’s head. The
French fighter immediately dropped down, almost faceplanting
himself into the canvas. While Parnasse looked to have immediately
recovered from the shot, the referee thought the Frenchman was
done. The official stoppage came 109 seconds into the first stanza.
It might have come in an unusual fashion, but Torres claimed the
promotional 145-pound championship.
In the co-main event, Szymon
Kolecki (9-1) clashed with Martin
Zawada (29-16-1) in the 205-pound division. MMA veteran Zawada
put his punches to work early in the fight, as he clipped Kolecki
with sharper shots. Sensing the danger, the Olympic gold
medal-winning weightlifter moved the action to the canvas, where he
worked from the half guard. “King Kong” didn’t look to have a
solution to his opponent’s wrestling skills and kept suffering
Kolecki’s initiative from his back.
The second stanza saw Zawada having some success on the feet, where
his boxing skills proved to be far superior to his opponent’s.
However, the fighter out of Germany could do nothing to prevent
Kolecki from imposing his will and putting “King Kong” back on the
canvas. After arguably dropping the second round to the opponent,
Kolecki played safe in the third and kept his opponent down for
most of the time, stopping short of finishing Zawada following a
few heavy punches landed a few seconds before the end of the
contest. Ultimately. Kolecki kept his promotional record
unblemished, as all three judges rewarded him with a decision.
Earlier on the card, Michal
Michalski (9-4) smashed Aleksandar
Rakas (16-8) with elbows from the crucifix position in the
opening stanza of their 170-pound battle. The referee jumped in to
stop the action at the 4:35 mark of Round 1.
#KSW58 pic.twitter.com/kLZXh4QaMH— El amigo de lo ajeno (@AjenoAmigo)
January 30, 2021
Elsewhere, Shamil
Musaev (14-0) did enough to edge former Titan FC
welterweight champ Uros
Jurisic (11-1) via decision in their welterweight clash.
At the end of the fight, a brawl broke out after Musaev slammed the
Bellator MMA and The Ultimate Fighter 21 alum following the
official decision. The KSW owners and officials announced that they
would review the incident.
The final takedown. Both fighters sliding
away from the pack to meet in the free area.#KSW58
pic.twitter.com/8MDxxQmaNl— Dusty Andrews (@Fight_Expert)
January 30, 2021
In other action, Michal
Andryszak (22-9) submitted former Ultimate Fighting
Championship and Strikeforce veteran Guto
Inocente (8-6) thanks to an arm-triangle choke that ended the
contest after 4:08 in the second stanza; Pawel
Politylo (6-2) did enough to upend David Martinik (4-2) via
unanimous decision at the end of their 135-pound clash; Robert
Ruchala (5-0) dominated Daniel
Bazant (4-2) before submitting him thanks to an armbar
that came out of nowhere at the 3:36 mark in the third round.
In the first fight on the card, Francisco
Albano Barrio (8-2) scored his first promotional victory
after outpointing Bartlomiej
Kopera (9-7) via unanimous decision in the lightweight
division.