KSW 46: Narkun vs. Khalidov 2 - December 1 (OFFICIAL DISCUSSION)

KSW 46
December 1, 2018
Gliwice Arena
Gliwice, Poland

Main Card:
Tomasz Narkun (15-2)        vs.      (34-5) Mamed Khalidov 
Main Event |  Title Fight | Light Heavyweight | 205 lbs (93 kg)

Mateusz Gamrot (14-0)      vs.    (24-4) Kleber Koike Erbst 
Main Event |  Vacant Title Fight | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Marcin Wrzosek (13-4)       vs.   (11-0) Salahdine Parnasse 
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Roberto Soldić (14-3)         vs.         (16-6) Vinicius Bohrer 
Main Card | Catchweight | 176 lbs (80 kg)

Roman Szymański (10-4)    vs.             (7-3) Daniel Torres 
Main Card | Featherweight | 145 lbs (66 kg)

Grzegorz Szulakowski (9-2) vs.     (19-7) Marian Ziółkowski 
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Artur Sowiński (18-10)        vs. (16-5) Kamil Szymuszowski 
Main Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs (70 kg)

Sebastian Przybysz (4-1)     vs.              (21-8) Antun Račić 
Main Card | Bantamweight | 135 lbs (66 kg)

Michał Michalski (6-3)          vs.  (6-0) Krystian Kaszubowski 
Main Card | Welterweight | 170 lbs (77 kg)

KSW 46 will go down on December 1st live from Gliwice, Poland. Narkun is the current KSW Light Heavyweight Champion while Khalidov has vacated his middleweight title as he is fully focused on moving back up in weight to get his revenge.

In a rematch of their ‘Champion vs. Champion’ headlining bout at KSW 42 earlier this year, the Polish promotion has announced that Mamed Khalidov and Tomasz Narkun will run it back in early December.

Following the completion of the Welterweight title rematch between Roberto Soldic and Dricus Du Plessis at KSW 45 in London earlier today, both Narkun and Khalidov were brought to the cage to say some words in an effort to build up their upcoming KSW 46 bout.

Narkun finished Khalidov via an arm-triangle choke in their first meeting, ending the Polish legends 15-fight unbeaten streak.

Nice! Rematch. Can't wait for this one.

KSW lightweight champion Mateusz Gamrot will look to become a two-weight champion at KSW 46 on Dec. 1 when he faces Kleber Koike Erbst for the vacant KSW feathertweight title.

Gamrot (14-0 1NC) is unbeaten as a professional and won the KSW 155-pounds belt back in May 2016 when he defeated Mansour Barnaoui. The Pole has since defended his title four times with victories over Renato Gomes and Gregorz Szulakowski book ending his feud with Norman Parke where he first defeated the Northern Irishman and then fought him to a no contest at KSW 39. Gamrot will now make the move down to 145-pounds for the first time in his career to fight for the vacant title.

Erbst (24-4-1) is on a six fight win streak. The Japanese fighter won the KSW featherweight title back in May 2017 when he defeated the then champion Marcin Wrzosek at KSW 39: Coliseum. Erbst was then expected to defend the title against Artur Sowinski, but he failed to make weight and was stripped of the title. After going on to defeat Sowinski in a catchweight bout, Erbst was then expected to face Wrzosek again with the title on the line, but the Pole pulled out from the bout with an injury. Erbst went on to defeat replacement Marian Ziółkowski in another catchweight bout.

Kingfedor wrote:
KSW lightweight champion Mateusz Gamrot will look to become a two-weight champion at KSW 46 on Dec. 1 when he faces Kleber Koike Erbst for the vacant KSW feathertweight title.

Gamrot (14-0 1NC) is unbeaten as a professional and won the KSW 155-pounds belt back in May 2016 when he defeated Mansour Barnaoui. The Pole has since defended his title four times with victories over Renato Gomes and Gregorz Szulakowski book ending his feud with Norman Parke where he first defeated the Northern Irishman and then fought him to a no contest at KSW 39. Gamrot will now make the move down to 145-pounds for the first time in his career to fight for the vacant title.

Erbst (24-4-1) is on a six fight win streak. The Japanese fighter won the KSW featherweight title back in May 2017 when he defeated the then champion Marcin Wrzosek at KSW 39: Coliseum. Erbst was then expected to defend the title against Artur Sowinski, but he failed to make weight and was stripped of the title. After going on to defeat Sowinski in a catchweight bout, Erbst was then expected to face Wrzosek again with the title on the line, but the Pole pulled out from the bout with an injury. Erbst went on to defeat replacement Marian Ziółkowski in another catchweight bout.

Khalidov/Narkun rematch for the 205 belt, plus a LW title fight. KSW is going all out with this card it looks like.

^^ it definitely is i agree ^^

westcott123 wrote:^^ it definitely is i agree ^^

Yes, and December 1st is coming up quick. I think I will order this card.

An injury has ruled the returning Borys Mankowski out of the KSW 46 card on December 1 and as a result his scheduled fight with Bruce Souto has been replaced with an 80kg (176lbs) catchweight bout between current KSW welterweight champion Roberto Soldic (14-3) and Brazil’s Vinicius Bohrer (16-6) - in a non-title bout.

Soldic has made a huge splash in KSW since joining less than twelve months ago. The 23-year-old won the title in his very first fight at KSW 41 stepping in on late notice and dismantling then champion Borys Mankowski over the course of four rounds. He dropped the title in his next fight against Dricus Du Plessis but regained it in an immediate rematch at KSW 45 in London this past October and, in doing so, became the first man to KO the number one P4P ranked South African fighter.
 
The Croatian fighter is now on an 8-1 run with all of those wins coming by way of TKO or knockout. Now he faces a dangerous grappler in Vinicius Bohrer. The 30-year-old Brazilian, who has been in the ring against the likes of Francisco Trinaldo and Gilbert Burns, owns thirteen career wins by submission and has been competing professionally since 2006. He comes into this contest on a 6-1 run since 2014 and has not lost due to strikes in over a decade.

Kingfedor wrote:
An injury has ruled the returning Borys Mankowski out of the KSW 46 card on December 1 and as a result his scheduled fight with Bruce Souto has been replaced with an 80kg (176lbs) catchweight bout between current KSW welterweight champion Roberto Soldic (14-3) and Brazil’s Vinicius Bohrer (16-6) - in a non-title bout.

Soldic has made a huge splash in KSW since joining less than twelve months ago. The 23-year-old won the title in his very first fight at KSW 41 stepping in on late notice and dismantling then champion Borys Mankowski over the course of four rounds. He dropped the title in his next fight against Dricus Du Plessis but regained it in an immediate rematch at KSW 45 in London this past October and, in doing so, became the first man to KO the number one P4P ranked South African fighter.
 
The Croatian fighter is now on an 8-1 run with all of those wins coming by way of TKO or knockout. Now he faces a dangerous grappler in Vinicius Bohrer. The 30-year-old Brazilian, who has been in the ring against the likes of Francisco Trinaldo and Gilbert Burns, owns thirteen career wins by submission and has been competing professionally since 2006. He comes into this contest on a 6-1 run since 2014 and has not lost due to strikes in over a decade.

At least the main event is still in tact. This is a huge fight. I really hope Khalidov can pull it off this time.

I think narkun.goes 2_0 against khalidov because narkun is entering or is in his prime years personally i think khalidov is towards the tail end. Don't get me wrong khalidov can still win but that's how i see it.

westcott123 wrote:I think narkun.goes 2_0 against khalidov because narkun is entering or is in his prime years personally i think khalidov is towards the tail end. Don't get me wrong khalidov can still win but that's how i see it.

You could be right. He is almost definitely going to be the favorite going in. I just hope Khalidov can pull off the upset. If anyone can do it, he can avenge his loss but probably not likely.

westcott123 wrote:I think narkun.goes 2_0 against khalidov because narkun is entering or is in his prime years personally i think khalidov is towards the tail end. Don't get me wrong khalidov can still win but that's how i see it.

Personally i think Mamed will win this time. He made a mistake and narkun catch him in a vicious triangle choke.

Kingfedor wrote:

westcott123 wrote:I think narkun.goes 2_0 against khalidov because narkun is entering or is in his prime years personally i think khalidov is towards the tail end. Don't get me wrong khalidov can still win but that's how i see it.

Personally i think Mamed will win this time. He made a mistake and narkun catch him in a vicious triangle choke.

I really hope you're right.

Kingfedor wrote:Official Weigh-Ins:

Narkun has some decent size advantage on Mamed. Mamed looked ready to go though. It should be a good one.

 its a start

https://www.mmafighting.com/2018/12/1/18121447/ksw-46-results-mamed-khalidov-retires-following-second-loss-to-tomasz-narkun

Spoiler alert.

Yup, Khalidov retired. He was a top MW for a long time!