Poster oficial do KSW 23. Khalidov e Manhoef finalmente se enfrentam.

Finalmente Mamed Khalidov e Melvin Manhoef se enfrentarão. Os pesos médios deveriam ter lutado em dezembro de 2012, mas uma lesão na perna esquerda afastou o atleta surinameso naturalizado holandês. Na ocasião ele foi substituído pelo ex-UFC Kendall Grove e o polonês Khalidov finalizou o combate com uma chave de calcanhar no segundo round, aumentando sua sequência invicta de vitórias para seis.

O duelo entre Khalidov e Manhoef é muito esperado pelos fãs de MMA, que conhecem o estilo agressivo dos atletas. O primeiro tem 14 finalizações e 11 nocautes no currículo de 32 lutas, já seu adversário  tem uma das mãos mais pesadas já vistas e levou à lona nomes como Mark Hunt, Evangelista Cyborg e Kasushi Sakuraba.

Melvin tem 36 anos e já passou por eventos como Strikeforce, Dream, One FC, além de campeonatos de kickboxing. Esta será a estreia dele no KSW. O atleta é empresariado pelo brasileiro Jorge Joinha Guimarães e Ed Soares da Black House e eles acreditam que logo o talento estará no UFC.

Confira o teaser e o card do KSW 23:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uL_78mkk8#!

KSW23
Ergo Arena, Gdańsk – Polônia
8 de junho de 2013

Mamed Khalidov vs Melvin Manhoef

Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Adversário a ser definido

Michał Materla vs Kendall Grove

Aslambek Saidov vs Adversário a ser definido

Maciej Jewtuszko vs Adversário a ser definido

Karolina Kowalkiewicz vs Marta Chojnoska

Mateusz Zawadzki vs Mateusz Gamrot

Jan Blachowicz has seven submission victories on his ledger. (KSW publicity photo) 

On the coming 16th of March, the MMA promotion known as KSW (Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki) will set up shop in Warsaw, Poland’s Torwar Hall to hold its 22nd event. The big deal this time around, however, is that Jiu-Jitsu is the mainstay of one of the hometown heroes.

Local ace Jan Blachowicz (16w, 3l) is set to do battle in the main event. Though his opponent hasn’t been named yet, he’s good and likely to make whomever it is tap, as he’s riding a four-fight win streak and has seven submission victories to his name.

Another big name on the card is seasoned ADCC competitor Karol “Coco” Bedorf, a Polish black belt.

Check out some of the highlights from the stars on the card in the following video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX60pUQiq0o

Jan Blachowicz, tem sete vitórias pro finalização. Foto: KSW/Divulgação

No próximo dia 16 de março, o evento de MMA conhecido como KSW (Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki) aporta mais uma vez em Varsóvia, na Polônia, para sua 22ª edição, e o ginásio do Torwar Hall será o palco. O grande lance é que desta vez o Jiu-Jitsu é o carro-chefe de um dos astros locais.

Fera local, Jan Blachowicz (16v, 3d) já está escalado para a luta principal. Apesar de não ter um oponente definido, a promessa do esporte quer fazer mais um oponente batucar. Ele vem de quatro vitórias seguidas, e tem sete finalizações na carreira.

Outro nome forte no card é o experiente competidor do ADCC Karol “Coco” Bedorf, faixa-preta polonês.

No vídeo a seguir, veja alguns bons momentos dos astros escalados.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX60pUQiq0o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY1na65LlEY

KSW 16
Gdansk, Poland
May 21, 2010

Mamed Khalidov submitted Matt Lindland via guillotine in R1;
James Thompson submitted Mariusz Pudzianowski via arm triangle in R2;
Jan Błachowicz submitted Toni Valtonen via rear-naked choke in R2;
Michał Materla defeated James Zikic via unanimous judges’ decision;
Artur Sowiński defeated Cengiz Dana via unanimous judges’ decision;
Attila Vegh defeated Grigor Aschugbabjan via TKO (knee) in R2;
Marcin Różalski defeated Sergey Shemetov via TKO in R1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY1na65LlEY

KSW 16

Gdansk, Polônia

21 de maio de 2010

Mamed Khalidov finalizou Matt Lindland na guilhotina no R1
James Thompson finalizou Mariusz Pudzianowski no triângulo de braço do R2
Jan Błachowicz finalizou Toni Valtonen no mata-leão no R2
Michał Materla venceu James Zikic por decisão unânime dos jurados
Artur Sowiński venceu Cengiz Dana por decisão unânime
Attila Vegh venceu Grigor Aschugbabjan por nocaute técnico (joelhada) no R2
Marcin Różalski venceu Sergey Shemetov por nocaute técnico no R1

O wrestler Lindland (22v, 8d) luta na Polônia. Foto: Susumu Nagao/Arquivos GRACIEMAG.

O próximo evento de MMA polonês KSW 16, no dia 21 de maio, será transmitido via internet.

O KSW 16 poderá ser visto pelo site do KSW, a partir de 20h, horário europeu. Confira o card até agora:

KSW 16

Ergo Arena, Gdansk, Polônia

Sábado, 21 de maio de 2011

Mariusz Pudzianowski (Pol) x James Thompson (Ing)

Mamed Khalidov (Pol) x Matt Lindland (USA)

Preliminares

Michal Materla (Pol) x James Zikic (Ing)

Marcin Rozalski (Pol) x Vitaly Shemetov (Rus)

Artur Sowinski (Pol) x Cengiz Dana (Ale)

Grigor Aschugbabhan (Arm) x Adversário a ser anunciado

Jan Blachowicz (Pol) x Toni Valtonen (Fin)

Eles já se enfrentaram no Europeu de Jiu-Jitsu, em 2008, na final do peso pesadíssimo da faixa-marrom, em Portugal. A vitória foi de Karol Bedorf.

Agora, Rogent Lloret quer dar o troco – só que numa batalha de MMA, no evento polonês KSW 15, neste sábado, 19 de março, em Varsóvia.

A torcida certamente estará com o local Bedorf (6v, 1d), conhecido pelos fãs mais atentos do ADCC. Mas ele não terá vida fácil. Campeão de MMA, Lloret (9v, 2d, 1e), espanhol de Barcelona, também é bom de chão: no Europeu 2009, foi ele o vencedor na faixa-marrom pesadíssimo.

Trata-se de uma luta de dois faixas-pretas da arte suave com mais cem quilos para cada lado. No entanto, nem é o combate principal do evento, como você confere abaixo. O valor da luta para ambos, porém, é inestimável: ambos têm o sonho de chegar ao topo, leia-se, parar no UFC.

KSW15
Varsóvia, Polônia
19 de março de 2011

Rameau Sokoudjou x Jan Blachowicz
James Irvin x Mamed Khalidov
Gregory Babene x Michal Materla
Niko Puhakka x Maciej Gorski
Rogen Lloret x Karol Bedorf
Toni Valtonen x Lukasz Jurkowski
James Zikic x Antoni Chmielewski
Marcin Rozalski x Marcin Bartkiewicz
Aslambek Saidv x Ruben Crawford

They faced each other once before, in the ultraheavyweight brown belt division of the 2008 European Open Jiu-Jitsu Championship. Karol Bedorf took it that time.

Now, Rogent Lloret wants revenge – but in a bout of MMA, at Polish event KSW 15, this Saturday, March 19 in Warsaw.

The crowd will surely be on the side of Bedorf (6w, 1l), who is known to more attentive ADCC fans. But he won’t have it easy. MMA champion Lloret (9w, 2l, 1d), a Spaniard from Barcelona, is also good on the ground: at the 2009 European Open he won the brown belt ultraheavyweight division.

It will be a bout of fisticuffs between two gentle art black belts with over 200 pounds on either side. And it’s not even the evening’s main event, as you can see below. The value of the fight to each of them, though, is priceless: both dream of making it to the top, ie. make it to the UFC.

KSW15
Warsaw, Poland
March 19, 2011

Rameau Sokoudjou vs. Jan Blachowicz
James Irvin vs. Mamed Khalidov
Gregory Babene vs. Michal Materla
Niko Puhakka vs. Maciej Gorski
Rogen Lloret vs. Karol Bedorf
Toni Valtonen vs. Lukasz Jurkowski
James Zikic vs. Antoni Chmielewski
Marcin Rozalski vs. Marcin Bartkiewicz
Aslambek Saidv vs. Ruben Crawford

A number of the top Polish fighters are confirmed. KSW15 will feature top European middleweight Mamed Khalidov, two-time KSW tournament winner Jan Blachowicz, and KSW middleweight champion Krzysztof Kulak against yet-to-be-announced opponents. Maciej Gorski will battle Finnish standout Niko Puhakka in the KSW 14 lightweight tourney final. The event will also mark the return of Polish MMA veteran Lukasz Jurkowski, who last fought in Poland over a year ago at KSW 11.

Further opponents and matchups will be announced soon.

For further information: http://www.konfrontacja.com/en/index.php?s=ksw15

There will be five fights in all, and the event will be broadcast on the Ipla.vod website.

Further information can be found on the www.kswclub.com website.

Serão cinco lutas, e transmissão via internet, pelo site Ipla vod.

Mais informações em: www.kswclub.com

Pudzianowski. Photo: publicity

After your last fight in the States you promised to be back in the ring and that the fans will see a different Pudzian. Please tell us what changes we can expect.
You’ll see a much leaner and fifteen kilograms lighter Pudzian. When I started MMA trainings I weighed one 138kg, now it’s only 118. I’m smaller, but much faster.

Your conditioning was you by far your biggest weakness. Many people even claimed that you have no cardio whatsoever. How has it changed since the last fight? .
I have lifted weights for more than twenty years, it was impossible to built an MMA conditioning in a few months. I have concentrated on improving this aspect for the last three or four months. After the Sylvia fight I took a week off to recharge my batteries and immediately got back to training. I started a specialized cardio program to prepare my body for MMA exertion.

Tells us more how it looks like? .
First we started on a bike, then after four or five weeks I began running. I had to loose some of my weight to better endure oxygen exertion. The process is ongoing, but I feel that everything is going the right way. I have a few weeks of hard trainings left and I need to use them to the full extent. I know my schedule and believe me it won’t be easy at all. Nothing but, training, sleeping and eating over and over again.

So how long are your bike rides and runs? .
I run for about one hour and a half, it’s usually ten to fifteen kilometers three or four times a week. I also ride a bike once a week and it’s about twenty-five kilometers. I have to admit that a year ago it wouldn’t have been possible for me to run such distances.

Is it safe to say that your cardio will no longer be an issue? .
I’m ready to fight two five-minute rounds and I won’t be concerned that I might run out of gas after six minutes.

We know a lot about your conditioning training, what about your MMA skills, your stand-up and grappling? .
I work on my technique with experienced MMA and K-1 fighters. They are professionals, who compete in both of these sports.

Is this true that you train with one of the best K-1 fighters in Poland Marcin Rozalski? .
I train with really good heavyweight fighters, who are among the best in the country. I don’t want to reveal their names, I just want to thank them for their invaluable help in my preparations.

Mariusz you are a big guy and it’s not easy to find sparing partners for you. Could you tell us their names. .
As I said before I don’t want to reveal any names. I can just say that they are pros who regularly fight in MMA. I bring new guys every two weeks.

Let’s talk about your upcoming fight at KSW 14 in Lodz. You are set to face a former heavyweight boxer with dozens KO victories in the main event of the show. What is your strategy against a guy who hits that hard? .
I need to keep my distance and be careful not to get to his close range. I’m pretty sure you’ll be surprised at what you see from me. I have worked hard for four months and there is a progress!

What about taking it to the ground. Would it be difficult for you to take down this two-hundred-kilogram monster? .
I didn’t get my five World’s Strongest Man title for free. Although I don’t train for strongman competition anymore, I still have strength workouts three times a week. Even if Butterbean had lifted weights in preparations for this bout, he’ll never match my strength. Snatching and throwing him on the ground won’t be a problem.

You say that you no longer train for strongman competition. I look at you and it’s hard to believe what I see – a lean, but still impressively muscled guy. What’s your secret, do have aerobic training or maybe circuit training? .
It’s more like a circuit training. I do similar exercises, but with twenty or thirty reps. The circuit usually consists of ten exercises and I do a few rounds around it. I do squats or bench presses but with lighter weights.
My strength is about thirty percent lower, but I’m not worried about it. Before MMA I could deadlift four hundred kilograms now it’s three hundred, so it’s not that bad. I have lifted weights for twenty years, so the strength remains.

I remember that in strongman competition there is this exercise of lifting concrete balls to the platform. How much does the heaviest one weigh? .
There are six balls and the heaviest one is two hundred kilograms. If you think I’m going to lift Butterbean that high you are wrong.

To end the interview, Mariusz please say a few words to your opponent. .
Butterbean, you said that Pudzian hits like a girl. Come to Poland and I’ll show you how Polish girls hit!