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April 23, 2021
It’s champ vs. champ in the main event of KSW
60, and both men vying for the heavyweight throne were cleared
to compete without issue. KSW 60 will take place on April 24 in Lodz, Poland, with a pair of
title tilts serving in the main and co-main events. The headliner
sees Philip De
Fries (19-6) try to keep an iron grip on his throne against
former challenger and current light heavyweight king Tomasz
Narkun (18-3). The two first met in 2019, and the Brit emerged
victorious after a dominant 25-minute battle. De Fries sees himself
on a win streak of seven straight, and as he looks for his fifth
consecutive defense, he made weight at 264 pounds.
Narkun, who holds the promotion’s all-time record for the most
consecutive title defenses at five, will try for the second time to
become a simultaneous two-division champ. His lone defeat dating
back to 2014 came against De Fries, with nine wins including eight
finishes along the way. The challenger known as “Giraffe” will be
40 pounds lighter than his adversary, clocking in at 224
pounds.
The other championship affair comes at lightweight, when Marian
Ziolkowski (22-8-1, 1 NC) puts his belt on the line against the
surging Maciej
Kazieczko (7-1). Ziolkowski won the 155-pound strap for the
first time when he defeated Roman
Szymanski for the vacant championship after Mateusz
Gamrot vacated. Facing him will be Kazieczko, who comes in on a
four-fight win streak with knockouts over Karlo Caput
and Michael
Dubois to bolster his resume of late. Both the champion and
challenger hit the scales at an identical 155 pounds.
KSW 60 will be airing on Saturday on KSWTV at 2 p.m. ET/11 p.m. PT,
with the event likely ending shortly before UFC 261 takes place in
the U.S.
KSW 60 Weigh-in Results:
Philip De
Fries (264) vs. Tomasz
Narkun (224)
Marian
Ziolkowski (155) vs. Maciej
Kazieczko (155)
Izuagbe
Ugonoh (236) vs. Marek
Samociuk (239)
Michal
Sobiech (145) vs. Patryk
Kaczmarczyk (146)
Aleksandar
Ilic (186) vs. Adrian
Dudek (186)
Krzysztof
Klaczek (146) vs. Vojto
Barborik (145)
Aleksandra
Rola (116) vs. Karolina
Wojcik (115)
Kacper
Koziorzebski (176) vs. Ion Surdu
(176)
Jakub
Wiklacz (136) vs. Patryk
Surdyn (136)