KSW 78 results: Michal Materla finishes Kendall Grove to cap off wild event
Netto Arena in Szczecin, Poland played host to promotion’s first event of 2022.
The first KSW event of 2023 went down Saturday night, January 21, live from the Netto Arena in Szczecin, Poland, and it started the year off with a bang.
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XTB KSW 78 had six incredible finishes and some wild fights and performances. The main event saw a rematch that was ten years in the making. Polish MMA legend Michal Materla (32-9) defeated a valiant Kendall Grove (24-19) with a second-round TKO after a back-and-forth battle that rivaled their first fight.
Tomasz Romanowski (18-8) beat Radoslaw Paczuski (5-1) in a barnburner co-main event. The duo went toe-to-toe for 15 minutes of pure chaos. The judges awarded Romanowski a razor-thin split-decision victory.
Elsewhere on the card, Roman Szymanski (17-6) submitted Georgian champion Raul Tutarauli (31-7) with a first-round armbar, Valeriu Mircea (28-8-1) KO’d former champ Borys Mankowski (22-11-1) with a devastating flying knee, and Kleber Silva (21-11) stunned and shocked the arena with a brutal KO win over Lukasz Sudolski (10-2)
Complete KSW 78 results include:
- Michal Materla def. Kendall Grove via TKO (punches) – Round 2, 4:27
- Tomasz Romanowski def. Radoslaw Paczuski via split decision (29-28, 28-29, 29-28)
- Roman Szymanski def. Raul Tutarauli via submission (armbar) – Round 1, 1:05
- Valeriu Mircea def. Borys Mankowski via knockout (flying knee, punches) – Round 1, 4:22
- Kleber Silva def. Lukasz Sudolski via knockout (punch) – Round 2, 0:40
- Rafal Kijanczuk def. Marc Doussis via TKO (punches) – Round 1, 2:03
- Lukasz Rajewski def. Sahil Siraj via knockout (punches) – Round 1, 4:05
- Oskar Szczepaniak def. Raimondas Krilavicius via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28)
- Borys Dzikowski def. Andre Langen via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-26)
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