The first face off between these two
monsters!!PUDZIANOWSKI
BOMBARDIERCan the cage hold them this Saturday night!?
#KSW59( via @polsatsport)
pic.twitter.com/9feN00tDkE— KSW (@KSW_MMA)
March 18, 2021
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki‘s second mixed martial arts event of
2021 will be super-sized with the main event fighters weighing a
combined 598 pounds.
Legendary strongman Mariusz Puzianowski returns to the promotion
for the first time in over a year to headline KSW 59 “Fight Code” against Senegalese wrestling standout Serigne
Ousmane Dia. The co-main event will see the KSW bantamweight
championship up for grabs as Antun Racic
takes on challenger Sebastian
Przybysz. The nine-fight card is now official after the
weigh-ins took place with all fighters but two making weight.
While Pudzianowski’s MMA record of 13-7 with one no contest isn’t
the most impressive, he’s still a massive star in his native
Poland. When we last saw “Pudzian,” he bounced back from two
straight losses by knocking out Erko Jun. The
44-year-old tipped the scales at 265 pounds.
Also 44 is Dia, although he isn’t nearly as experienced in MMA as
his opponent. The Senegalese fighter made his debut in 2018 by
knocking out Amadou
Papis Konez in 1:12 and returned to the sport last year with a
quick 59-second TKO over Dan
Podmore. This will be the super heavyweight’s biggest test yet
and Dia came in at 333 pounds.
The co-main event will see KSW’s inagural bantamweight champion
look to retain his belt. Racic (25-8-1) won the belt with a
decision win over Damian
Stasiak in 2019 and he defended it against Bruno
Augusto dos Santos last year. Przybysz (7-2) has finished four
of his last six bouts and is riding a three-fight win streak that
includes TKO wins over Jakub
Wiklacz and Bogdan
Barbu. Both the Croatian champ and the challenger tipped the
scales at 135 pounds.
KSW 59 will stream live on Fite pay-per-view. The $11.99 broadcast
will begin on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT.
KSW 59 Weigh-in Results:
Mariusz
Pudzianowski (265) vs. Serigne
Ousmane Dia (333)
Antun
Racic (135) vs. Sebastian
Przybysz (135)
Jason
Radcliffe (186) vs. Damian
Janikowski (186)
Darko
Stosic (232) vs. Michal
Wlodarek (243)
Krystian
Kaszubowski (175)* vs. Michal
Pietrzak (170)
Lukasz
Rajewski (158)** vs. Konrad
Dyrschka (156)
Adrian
Bartosinski (171) vs. Lionel
Padilla Suarez (171)
Savio Lazic (154) vs. Sebastian
Rajewski (156)
Cyprian
Wieczorek (144) vs. Patryk
Likus (146)
*Kaszubowski missed weight by 4 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.
**Rajewski missed weight by 2 pounds and has been fined a
percentage of his purse.