The summer time hits proceed for KSW with KSW 96 set for Saturday, July 20, 2024, contained in the Sport Enviornment in Lódz, Poland. The primary occasion will function a middleweight title showdown with champion Pawel Pawlak defending his title in opposition to former Olympic medalist Damian Janikowski. The co-main occasion will function two strawweights as Ewelina Wozniak of Poland battles Brazil’s Maria Silva. Additionally on the cardboard is light-weight rising star Bartlomiej Kopera who’s making his return to the KSW cage reborn.
Primary Occasion- Pawel Pawlak (23-4-1) vs. Damian Janikowski (10-5)
An ideal 5-0 since coming into KSW, the champion Pawlak will look to make his second profitable title protection Saturday. Unbeaten since 2019, Pawlak sometimes takes his opponent into deep waters and earns a controlling resolution win. Two of his final three wins have come by knockout although.
The challenger, former Olympic bronze medalist, Janikowski will search for his tenth KSW victory when he battles for middleweight gold on Saturday. With six of his 9 KSW wins coming by a end, Janikowski has proven he has the power to earn the end underneath the massive lights of KSW. Now with 15 fights underneath his belt, it’d simply be time for Janikowski to commerce in his bronze medal for a gold belt.
Co-Primary Occasion- Ewelina Wozniak (8-2) vs. Maria Silva (10-1)
Ewelina Wozniak can have the house crowd behind her as she steps within the KSW cage for the night time’s co-main occasion. With a powerful reverse triangle choke win in her KSW debut, Wozniak appears to proceed that momentum in opposition to Silva, who’s 10-1 in her profession. Wozniak has confirmed to be a harmful finisher with six of her eight wins coming by a end, 4 by submission. Silva is simply as harmful, at the moment 2-0 in KSW with seven finishes in her personal proper. This matchup may very effectively inform us who’s the perfect strawweight in KSW.
Different Fighters to Watch
Bartlomiej Kopera will even seem on this stacked card. He’s scheduled to face the equally harmful Dawid Smielowski. Kopera appears to be reborn in his MMA life after his struggles in his first KSW tenure going 4-0 since then. Kopera will look to provide Smielowski suits on the mat with eight of his profession wins coming by a submission. Smielowski will look to rebound from a first-round loss at KSW 86 in his final outing.
KSW 96 Outcomes beneath:
Primary occasion
KSW Middleweight Championship Bout
83,9 kg/185 lb: Paweł Pawlak #C (23-4-1, 11 KO, 3 Sub) vs. Damian Janikowski #3 (10-5, 5 KO, 1 Sub)
Primary card
52,2 kg/115 lb: Maria Silva (10-1, 3 KO, 4 Sub) vs. Ewelina Woźniak (8-2, 2 KO, 4 Sub)
83,9 kg/185 lb: Radosław Paczuski #7 (5-2, 4 KO) vs. Dominik Humburger #9 (8-1, 7 KO)
56,7 kg/125 lb: Karolina Owczarz (5-3, 2 Sub) vs. Sandra Succar (4-1, 1 KO, 1 Sub)
70,3 kg/155 lb: Maciej Kazieczko #8 (9-3, 6 KO) vs. Ahmed Abdulkadirov (9-2, 8 KO)
70,3 kg/155 lb: Bartłomiej Kopera (13-7, 8 Sub) vs. Dawid Śmiełowski (10-1, 8 KO, 2 Sub)
120,2 kg/265 lb: Marek Samociuk (5-4, 3 KO) vs. Denis Górniak (6-1, 4 KO, 2 Sub)
65,8 kg/145 lb: Michał Domin (6-3, 2 KO, 2 Sub) vs. Isai Ramos (8-1, 7 Sub)
70,3 kg/155 lb: Hugo Deux (3-0, 1 KO) vs. Nicolae Bivol (4-1, 1 KO, 2 Sub)
