Two of KSW’s most battle-tested fighters
square-off in the main event!Lightweight champ Marian Ziółkowski defends his title against
Sebastian Rajewski at
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A lightweight championship clash pitting reigning title holder
Marian
Ziolkowski against Sebastian
Rajewski will serve as the headliner for KSW 71.
The Polish promotion recently announced the booking. KSW 71 takes
place on June 18 in Torun, Poland, and will also see former
heavyweight champ Marcin
Rozalski return from a five-year absence to face kickboxing
standout Errol
Zimmerman in the co-main event. Rozalski vs. Zimmerman will be
contested under K-1 rules while using MMA gloves. KSW 71 is
available on pay-per-view via KSWTV.com.
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Ziolkowski claimed the vacant lightweight
strap with a fourth-round technical knockout victory against
Roman
Szymanski at KSW 57 in December 2020. He has since defended the
title twice in triumphs over Maciej
Kazieczko and Borys
Mankowski. “Golden Boy” is 24-8-1 with one no contest over the
course of a professional career that began in 2011.
Rajewski enters the matchup on a three-bout winning streak under
the KSW banner, a run that includes a split-decision triumph
against ex-champ Artur Sowinksi and a unanimous verdict over UFC
veteran Niklas
Backstrom.
Rozalski hasn’t competed in MMA since May 2017, when he scored a
16-second KO of Fernando
Rodrigues Jr. at KSW 39. In the meantime, the 43-year-old Pole
has defeated Peter
Graham in kickboxing and lost to Josh Barnett
in a bare-knuckle boxing bout.
Zimmerman has compiled a 103-13 career mark in kickboxing with wins
over the likes of Rico
Verhoeven, Hesdy
Gerges, Stefan Leko,
and Jerome LeBanner.