The five time World’s Strongest Man champion Mariusz Pudzianowski entered this fight with a pro mma record of 12-6-0 (58% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.142 heavyweight in the world but he comes off the loss against Karol Bedorf (Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Karol Bedorf); before this bout, in 2017, Pudzian had beat Tyberiusz Kowalczyk (Pudzianowski vs Kowalczyk) and Jay Silva (Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Jay Silva).
His opponent, the 2008 Olympic weightlifter champion Szymon Kolecki, has a record of 6-1-0 (100% ko/tko victory rate – he has never won via submission) and he fought three times last year beating Lukasz Borowski and Ivo Cuk but then he was defeated by Michal Bobrowski. Pudzianowski vs Kolecki is on the undercard of Philip De Fries vs Tomasz Narkun – KSW 47. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Event: KSW 47: The X-Warriors
Date: 2019-03-23
Where: Atlas Arena, Lodz, Poland
Division: heavyweight (265 lbs, 120 kg)
Pudzian’s previous fight: Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Karol Bedorf
Pudzian’s next fight: Mariusz Pudzianowski vs Erko Jun
Pudzianowski vs Kolecki full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL0qslnXoGc
Official video – full event
https://youtu.be/fCGQx9kfgTc?t=13955