KSW 60 video: Ion Surdu folds Kacper Koziorzebski with devastating head-kick knockout

Ion Surdu got back in the win column Saturday at KSW 60, and he did so in brutal fashion.

[autotag]Ion Surdu[/autotag] got back in the win column Saturday at KSW 60, and he did so in brutal fashion.

Surdu knocked out Kacper Koziorzebski with a devastating head kick. The finish came 2:19 into the first round of their 176-pound catchweight bout.

Surdu (11-3) and Koziorzebski (7-4) were in the middle of trading hands when Surdu went upstairs with a kick that landed clean to the side of Koziorzebski’s head, which folded his body forward before he crashed to the canvas.

Check out the brutal finish (via Twitter):

With the finish, Surdu, 25, snapped a two-fight skid and picked up his first victory since December 2019.

KSW 60 set for April 24, sees Tomasz Narkun shoot for champ-champ status in rematch with Phil De Fries

A rematch two years in the making heads KSW 60, with heavyweight champ Phil De Fries putting his title on the line against Tomasz Narkun.

A rematch two years in the making headlines KSW 60, with KSW heavyweight champ [autotag]Phil De Fries[/autotag] putting his title on the line against light heavyweight titleholder [autotag]Tomasz Narkun[/autotag].

De Fries (19-6) scored a five-round decision win over Narkun (18-3) in their initial meeting, which took place in March 2019. The loss serves as Narkun’s lone setback over his past 10 appearances.

The rematch now headlines KSW 60, which takes place at April 24 at an undisclosed studio in Lodz, Poland. As with all KSW events, the card streams live on KSWTV.com.

De Fries, a five-time UFC veteran, claimed the KSW title in April 2018 and has gone on to defend his belt four times, including the first win over Narkun. Meanwhile, Narkun claimed his light heavyweight belt in October 2015 and has since defended the belt five times. During that stretch, he also claimed a pair of wins over longtime veteran Mamed Khalidov.

Additionally at KSW 60, lightweight champ Marian Ziolkowski (22-8-1) puts his title on the line against Maciej Kazieczko (7-1) in the night’s co-main event.

The KSW 60 lineup currently includes:

  • Champ Phil De Fries vs. Tomasz Narkun – for heavyweight title
  • Champ Marian Ziolkowski vs. Maciej Kazieczko – for lightweight title
  • [autotag]Thomas Narmo[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Izuagbe Ugonoh[/autotag]
  • [autotag]Vojto Barborik[/autotag] vs. [autotag]Krzysztof Klaczek[/autotag]