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Check out these photos from KSW 75 in Poland.
Check out these photos from KSW 75, which took place at Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego in Nowy Sacz, Poland. (Photos courtesy of KSW)
Underdog Damian Stasiak pushed the favorite Robert Ruchala to the limit in the KSW 75 main event.
The underdog [autotag]Damian Stasiak[/autotag] pushed the favorite [autotag]Robert Ruchala[/autotag] to the limit in the KSW 75 main event, but ultimately he couldn’t pull the upset.
Ruchala (8-0) and Stasiak (13-9) went tit-for-tat over the course of three rounds of featherweight competition in Friday’s headliner in Nowy Sacz, Poland. The judges made the call in the end, though, and two of three thought Ruchala did the better work as he got 28-29, 29-28 and 29-28 scorecards.
At 24, Ruchala came into KSW 75 with an undefeated record that included three finishes. Stasiak, a 32-year-old veteran who fought for the six times, offered the youngster a test out of the gate.
Stasiak struck well with Ruchala on the feet and had some nice grappling moments on the mat. His conditioning weakened down the stretch of a high-paced contest, however, and Ruchala was able to get in some late work to likely sway the judges.
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Ruchala made it 5-0 under the KSW banner with his victory, and afterward he set his sights on a showdown with current 145-pound titleholder Salahdine Parnasse.
“(That was a) classic fight,” Ruchala said in his post-fight interview. “He had excellent fitness full of energy and beams. … How about a chance (for a title) with my sixth victory in a row?”
Daniel Torres’ scored a rather awkward knockout of Salahdine Parnasse to claim featherweight gold in the KSW 58 main event.
[autotag]Daniel Torres[/autotag] became the new KSW featherweight champion on Saturday, when he stopped [autotag]Salahdine Parnasse[/autotag] less than two minutes into the first round.
Torres’ (12-4) awkward right hook caught Parnasse (14-1-1) on the top of the head and put him down to spell an end to the contest, forcing a change of ownership with the 145-pound belt at the 1:49 mark of Round 1 in the KSW 58 main event.
KSW 58 took place at an undisclosed venue in Lodz, Poland and streamed via online pay-per-view.
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After exchanging some blows early in the fight, Parnasse got slightly too aggressive coming in on Torres with a combination, and it cost him.
Torres looked to counter with a right hook, and as Parnasse ducked, the lower part of Torres’ bicep caught him on the side of the head and dropped Parnasse face-first to the canvas.
Parnasse, despite not being out cold, was unquestionably hurt by the glancing blow, and it was enough for the referee to jump in and stop the fight.
With that, Torres, who closed as a high as a +500 betting underdog, was deemed the new KSW featherweight champ, while Parnasse was stunned after taking his first career loss.
Complete KSW 58 results included:
