Phil De Fries Crushes Todd Duffee at KSW 79 for Eighth Straight Title Defense

Eleven years from their first meeting, Philip De
Fries got one back on Todd
Duffee.

In the headliner of KSW 79, the promotion’s first foray into the
Czech Republic, KSW heavyweight champ De Fries (23-6, 1 NC; 9-0
KSW) met Duffee (9-4, 1 NC; 0-1 KSW) for a second time. Their first
collision, at UFC 155 in December 2012, ended in a first-round TKO
win for the American. This time, the result was a complete reversal
for De Fries, who showcased his maturation as a mixed martial
artist. Right out of the gate, De Fries scored a perfectly-timed
takedown over a head kick from Duffee. De Fries then patiently
worked to put his opponent in position for a submission attempt,
occasionally adding punches to the mix. After taking his foe’s
back, the British fighter attacked with a neck crank. While Duffee
escaped the submission attempt, he left his back exposed to De
Fries’ strikes. The champ kept landing more and more punches until
referee Michael Bell jumped in to save Duffee from further
punishment. The official time indicated the 3:46 mark of Round 1.
De Fries added the eighth notch to his title defense streak, the
longest in KSW history.

In the co-headliner, Dominik
Humburger had to sweat on his way to defeat last-minute
replacement Jorge
Luiz Bueno Jr., who proved to be a tough bone to chew for the
local favorite. The 5-foot-9 Bueno looked to move the action to the
canvas several times in the opening frame, but Humburger refused to
give his opponent any advantage. Bueno (6-2, 1 NC; 0-1 KSW) stuck
to his strategy, which paid dividends in the second frame when the
Brazilian took down his foe via double-leg takedown and quickly
gained the mount position. Humburger got back on his feet in the
subsequent scramble and ended the round defending Bueno’s takedown
attempts. In the third period, 6-foot-1 tall Humburger attacked
from afar with punches, making the most out of his longer reach.
Right before the bout went the distance, Bueno scored a tardive
last takedown and ended the fight on top of his foe. Ultimately,
Humburger (6-0, 2-0 KSW) swept 29-28 nods on all three scorecards
and a unanimous decision victory.

Elsewhere, former Glory kickboxer Arkadiusz
Wrzosek (2-0, 2-0 KSW) outstruck Tomas Mozny
(1-2, 0-1 KSW) en route to a unanimous decision (29-26, 29-27,
29-27) in an entertaining clash; Michal Kita
(22-15-1, 4-6 KSW) overcame an exhausted Daniel
Omielanczuk (26-14-1, 1 NC; 1-4 KSW) with punches at 2:06 of
Round 3 in their heavyweight tilt; Brian Hooi
(19-10, 1 NC; 2-1 KSW) crushed fellow 170-pounder Jivko
Stoimenov (12-6, 1 NC; 0-2 KSW) with punches before punctuating
his performance with an elbow, forcing the referee to stop the
contest at 3:52 of the opening period; middleweight Andreas
Gustafsson (8-1, 1-1 KSW) stopped David Hosek
(8-4-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches at 2:33 of Round 1; in a 151-pound
catchweight, Ramzan
Jembiev (4-1, 1-0 KSW) rendered Murilo
Delfino (3-1, 0-1 KSW) unconscious with a nasty head kick that
halted the contest 19 seconds into the second frame; Natalia
Baczynska-Krawiec (7-3, 1-2 KSW) scored her first promotional
victory after outpointing Petra
Castkova (6-6, 0-2 KSW) on all scorecards (30-27, 29-28, 30-27)
in their 130-pound catchweight; in the middleweight opener,
Matyas
Viszlay (1-0, 1-0 KSW) upended Frederico
Komuenha (2-1, 0-1 KSW) via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-26,
30-26) on all scorecards.