KSW’s first event of 2022 if official, and a pair of title fights top the bill in Poland.
The 10-fight bill for Saturday’s KSW 66 was made official today in Szczecin, including lightweight champion [autotag]Marian Ziolkowski[/autotag] (23-8-1), who seeks the second defense of his title when he takes on former welterweight champion [autotag]Borys Mankowski[/autotag] (22-8-1) in the night’s main event.
Each man came in on the championship mark at 155 pounds.
Meanwhile, in the co-main event, light heavyweight champ [autotag]Tomasz Narkun[/autotag] (18-4) takes on Russian challenger [autotag]Ibragim Chuzhigaev[/autotag] (15-5). Each made weight without issue.
Three-time UFC veteran [autotag]Niklas Backstrom[/autotag] (11-3) also returns to the cage at KSW 66 following a four-and-a-half year layoff to take on [autotag]Sebastian Rajewski[/autotag] (11-6).
The full KSW 66 card streams live on KSWTV.com at 1 p.m. ET.
KSW 66 weigh-in results include:
- Champ Marian Ziolkowski (155) vs. Borys Mankowski (155) – for lightweight title
- Champ Tomasz Narkun (205) vs. Ibragim Chuzhigaev (204) – for light heavyweight title
- Michal Materla (186) vs. Jason Radcliffe (186)
- Krystian Kaszubowski (173) vs. Robert Maciejowski (183)
- Niklas Backstrom (156) vs. Sebastian Rajewski (156)
- Wojciech Janusz (215) vs. Damian Skarzynski (214)
- Donovan Desmae (155) vs. Lukasz Rajewski (156)
- Francesco Moricca (160) vs. Gracjan Szadzinski (161)
- Kacper Koziorzebski (171) vs. Hubert Szymajda (170)
- David Martinik (135) vs. Patryk Surdyn (136)