Only one will walk away as the new KSW welterweight champion! 👑
XTB #KSW81 pic.twitter.com/mjWGX0eE43— KSW (@KSW_MMA) April 20, 2023
The vacant Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki welterweight championship will hang in the balance when the undefeated Adrian Bartosinski takes on the once-beaten Artur Szczepaniak in the KSW 81 main event on Saturday at Arena Lodowa in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. Meanwhile, Dutch kickboxing legend Errol Zimmerman returns to the MMA sphere for the first time since 2008 to lock horns with Tomasz Sarara in the heavyweight co-main event.
KSW 81 “Bartosinski vs. Szczepaniak”—which streams live to kswtv.com pay-per-view at 1 p.m. ET/10 a.m. PT—also features a women’s flyweight affair slotting Karolina Owczarz opposite Adrianna Kreft, a bantamweight tilt pairing Patryk Surdyn with Werlesson Martins, a women’s strawweight clash pitting Sofiia Bagishvili against Maria Silva, a heavyweight battle matching Kamil Gawryjolek with Olegs Jemeljanovs and two welterweight confrontations, as Marcin Krakowiak meets Henry Fadipe and Igor Michaliszyn faces Krystian Bielski.
A closer look at the KSW 81 particulars:
THE LINEUP
170: Adrian Bartosinski vs. Artur Szczepaniak265: Tomasz Sarara vs. Errol Zimmerman
170: Marcin Krakowiak vs. Henry Fadipe
170: Igor Michaliszyn vs. Krystian Bielski
125: Karolina Owczarz vs. Adrianna Kreft
135: Patryk Surdyn vs. Werlleson Martins Ribeiro
115: Sofiia Bagishvili vs. Maria Silva
265: Kamil Gawryjolek vs. Oļegs Jemeļjanovs
265: Filip Stawowy vs. Marek Samociuk
145: Jonatan Kujawa vs. Josef Stummer