A rematch ten years in the making!
πΊπΈ @kendallgrovemma
shares his thoughts on the fight he has wanted for ten years – the
rematch with π΅π± Michal Materla! XTB
#KSW78 pic.twitter.com/Vns51x0uTtβ KSW (@KSW_MMA)
January 19, 2023
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Leading Polish mixed martial arts organization
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki‘s first card of 2023 is now official
with nine fights.
The KSW
78 main event will see former middleweight champion Michal
Materla take on MMA veteran and former “The Ultimate Fighter”
participant Kendall
Grove at a 195-pound catchweight. There was no drama on the
scales, as all fighters successfully made weight for the show at
the Netto Arena in Szczecin, Poland.
The headlining fight is a rematch, as Materla (31-9) previously
defeated “Da Spyder” back in 2013 via unanimous decision. Materla
is coming off a knockout loss to Mariusz
Pudzianowski, but has won four of his last six bouts.
Meanwhile, Grove (24-18) hasn’t competed in MMA since 2019, which
saw him break a three-fight losing streak by submitting Anthony Ruiz
with a triangle choke.
KSW 78 will stream live on the promotion’s website starting at 1
p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT on Saturday.
KSW 78 Weigh-in Results:
Michal
Materla (195) vs. Kendall
Grove (194)
Tomasz
Romanowski (185) vs. Radoslaw
Paczuski (185)
Roman
Szymanski (156) vs. Raul
Tutarauli (156)
Borys
Mankowski (156) vs. Valeriu
Mircea (156)
Lukasz
Sudolski (205) vs. Kleber
Raimundo Silva (205)
Rafal
Kijanczuk (206) vs. Marc
Doussis (205)
Lukasz
Rajewski (156) vs. Sahil Siraj
(155)
Oskar
Szczepaniak (156) vs. Raimondas
Krilavicius (156)
Borys
Dzikowski (186) vs. Andre
Langen (186)