KSW 47 took place Saturday night, March 23 from the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland.
The UK’s Phil De Fries successfully defended his heavyweight title against KSW light heavyweight champion Tomasz Narkun in a Champ vs. Champ KSW superfight in a five round main event. An injury from a takedown brought an end to the World’s Strongest MMA Fight in the co-main event as Olympic champion Szymon Kolecki beat Five Times World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski via TKO and Norman Parke scored the biggest win of his career with a decision win over former KSW welterweight champ Borys Mankowski.
Elsewhere on the card Satoshi Ishii won his KSW debut with a win over former KSW heavyweight champ Fernando Rodrigues Jr., a star was born with Aleksandar Ilic scoring a devastating headkick knockout, former featherweight champ Marcin Wrzosek got back to winning ways, and media starlet Karolina Owczarz moved to 2-0.
You can watch the event back for up to 48hours right now at www.KSWTV.com.
KSW 47 Results
Main Event – Champ vs. Champ Heavyweight Title Fight
Champion Phil De Fries (17-6) def. Tomasz Narkun (16-3) via unanimous decision (50-44 x 2, 50-45)
Co-Main Event – Heavyweight
Strongest MMA Fight of All Time
Szymon Kolecki (7-1) def. Mariusz Pudzianowski (12-7) via TKO (injury), round 1, 4:29.
Welterweight
Norman Parke (26-6-1) def. Borys Mankowski (19-8-1) via unanimous decision (29-28 x 3).
Heavyweight
Satoshi Ishii (21-8-1) def. Fernando Rodrigues Jr. (12-5) via split decision (30-27, 28-29, 29-28).
Middleweight
Aleksandar Ilic (11-2) def. Damian Janikowski (3-2) via KO (head kick), round 3, 0:32.