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A 40-year-old MMA fighter made his KSW debut on Saturday Marius Žaromskis (23-9, 1 without winner), who in the weight category up to 77 kilograms fought with a 29-year-old Pole Andrzejumi Grzebyk (17-4).
Already at the start of the fight, A. Grzebykas, as suspected, broke his leg in Lithuania after his kick. M. Žaromskis soon moved the fight downstairs, where he was on top the entire time. The Pole was still trying to resist and fought perfectly from below, controlling Lithuanian hands. When M. Žaromskis stood up, A. Grzebykas, lying on his back, was able to hit the Lithuanian’s head with his feet.
In the last seconds of the round, due to inactivity, the referee asked the fighters to return to the stands. Then A. Grzebyk realized that he couldn’t even stand. The judge soon stopped the fight and the victory was credited to M. Žaromskis with a technical knockout.
End of the fight:
Winner announcement:
A. Grzebyk, who was called one of the bookies favorites, lost for the first time since 2015. November. The Pole had a series of 9 wins in a row. For M. Žaromskis, this victory should give him the opportunity to fight for the belt of the KSW middleweight champion. The trophy currently belongs to Croatia Towards Robert Soldich.
A. Grzebyk was pulled out of the arena in a wheelchair:
The course of the fight:
First round: M.Žaromskis pressed the opponent against the corner of the cage and turned him over. The Lithuanian occupied the first position on the ground floor, but the Pole defends and perfectly controls the Lithuanian hands. M. Žaromskis finally managed to free his hand and make at least a few accurate shots. A. Grzebykas works actively from below. While lying on his feet, a Pole can hit a Lithuanian who is standing on the head. M.Žaromskis is on top for most of the first round, but he didn’t do much damage to the opponent. The judge asked to stand up again, but A. Grzebyk was unable to do so. Due to a leg injury, the fight was stopped and the victory was attributed to M. Žaromskis.
Updated 10:38 PM The fighters are already in a cage!
Updated 22.26 Mateusz Legierski (7-0) beat Francisco Barrio (7-2). Now M. Žaromskis will enter the cage!
Updated at 10 pm Knocked out in 12 seconds! Filipas Pejičius (15-4) defeated Sebastian Rajewski (9-6)!
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Updated at 9.48 pm Daniel Torres (11-4) defeated Max Cog (22-7-1) by a different decision from the judges.
Updated 9.26pm In the first fight of the night, Robert Ruchala (4-0) forced Michal Domina (3-2) to surrender in the last second of the first round.
On Friday morning an athlete weigh-in procedure was carried out. A. Grzebykas reached the limit for the middleweight class and weighed exactly 171 pounds (77.6 kg). Meanwhile, M. Žaromskis was lighter and lost 4 pounds more than necessary (167 pounds, 75.8 kg).
Official weigh-ins:
This is M. Žaromskis’s lowest weight before the fight since 2010. December 31 Then the Lithuanian before the fight with the legendary Kazushi sakuraba weighed 166.9 pounds. Subsequently, his weight always exceeded 169 pounds, and before the fight with Eiji Ishikawa the Lithuanian weighed almost 174 pounds.
“I received information about the fight about three weeks ago,” M. Žaromskis said. “I trained so I’m ready and I don’t care who my opponent will be. In March I had to fight R.Soldičius, but they are not very different rivals ”.
“I trained at AKA sports club, last week I was in London, where I trained with Lithuanian Giedrius Skara and another man who will soon fight at KSW,” said M. Žaromskis. “I am in good sports shape, I have my weapons that I am ready to use. I’ll try to bide my time and see how things go. “
Grzebyk, for his part, said that physical ability would be on his side, so he would try to take advantage of it. He also admitted that he had not seen the fights of M. Žaromskis, who had been fighting for the second time in five years.
“I don’t judge a fighter and I don’t watch their fights. I leave everything to the coaches, they prepare a fight plan and analyze the opponent, and I trust them. I had a great preparation, the weight was almost finished. I know that I am in better shape. fitness. I enjoy this fight because he is a famous mixed martial arts fighter. It may not be the best form of sport anymore, but it will definitely not be easy to walk, “said A. Grzebykas.
M. Žaromskis, 40 years old and 175 cm tall, previously fought in other MMA organizations: Bellator, Strikeforce, DREAM. The Lithuanian started fighting in MMA competition in 2000. On his account – 21 wins, 9 losses. In the last fight, Marius took down a Belarusian in May 2019 in Vilnius Alexander Danilchenko. Before that, M. Žaromskis had not been invited to participate in high-level MMA competitions for even four years. However, he maintained his athletic form and hoped to return to the cage yet.
Grzebykas, 184cm, 30, has only lost three times in MMA competitions. He had 17 victories. The Pole hasn’t stumbled for the past four years. During that time, A. Grzebykas defeated nine competitors in a row. Six years ago, a Polish athlete defeated a Lithuanian in the Prime FC tournament Mindaugas Veržbickas. A. Grzebykas became champion of the FEN organization in the weight category up to 83.9 kilograms a year and a half ago. Last year, the Pole also won the FEN champion’s belt in the weight category up to 77 kg. At KSW, he made his victory against Tomasz Jakubieca in July of this year. This will be Grzebyk’s third fight with KSW.
M. Žaromskis has signed a four-fight contract with KSW. Lithuania’s debut in this organization was scheduled for March 21, in a cage he had to face the champion of the middleweight category. Roberto Soldičiumi from Croatia. However, due to the coronavirus outbreak, that fight did not take place. The Croats will also enter the cage this Saturday. It will debut in the weight class of up to 83.9 kilograms.
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