KSW 68 took place Saturday evening, March 19, from the sold out Radomskie Centrum Sportu in Radom, Poland.
The action saw another masterclass display from KSW featherweight champion Salahdine Parnasse (17-1-1) as he retained his championship against top contender Daniel Rutkowski (13-3). The French magician stunned his Polish counterpart with a head kick before submitting him on the ground in the fourth round. At just 24 years old, Parnasse is hottest properties in the world of MMA and just this week signed a new multi-fight contract to remain at KSW.
Elsewhere on the card, Olympic medalist in wrestling Damian Janikowski (7-4) brought the whole arena to their feet with his stunning knockout win over Tomasz Jakubiec (10-4), former Chelsea FC goalkeeper Ricardo Prasel (12-3) scored a big come-from-behind win over veteran Michal Kita (21-14-1), rising star Patryk Kaczmarczyk (8-1) got back to winning ways with an emphatic stoppage victory over Michal Domin (4-3).
The whole KSW 68 card is available to watch on demand on KSWTV.com.
KSW 68 results include:
- Champion Salahdine Parnasse def. Daniel Rutkowski via submission (rear-naked choke) – Round 4, 1:07 to retain featherweight title
- Tomasz Romanowski def. Michal Pietrzak via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28 29-28)
- Damian Janikowski def. Tomasz Jakubiec via knockout (punch) – Round 1, 3:42
- Ricardo Prasel def. Michał Kita via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:00
- Patryk Kaczmarczyk def. Michał Domin via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 2:15
- Albert Odzimkowski def. Tommy Quinn via TKO (knees and punches) – Round 1, 2:21
- Rafal Kijanczuk def. Yann Kouadja (8-5) via TKO (knee and punches) – Round 1, 2:03
- Piotr Kacprzak def. Marcos Santiago Jr. via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
- Adam Tomasik def. Marcin Trzcinski via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
