The former KSW Mw champion Michal Materla entered this fight with a professional record of 25-5-0 (76% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.24 middleweight in the world. He lost to Mamed Khalidov in 2015 (Khalidov vs Materla) but then he has beat Antoni Chmielewski (Materla vs Chmielewski), Rousimar Palhares (Palhares vs Materla) and Paulo Thiago (Michal Materla vs Paulo Thiago).
His opponent, Scott Askham, has a mma record of 15-4-0 (73% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.57 in the same weight class but he lost two out of his last three fights, against Jack Hermansson and Bradley Scott; after this bout he has beat Luke Barnatt. Materla vs Askham is on the undercard of Mamed Khalidov vs Tomasz Narkun – KSW 42; they also faced each other a second time on May 18, 2019 (Michal Materla vs Scott Askham 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
KSW 42
2018 MMA fight – Mamed Khalidov vs Tomasz Narkun – full fight Video KSW 42
The black belt in karate, tae-kwon-do and KSW champion in two weight classes Mamed Khalidov entered this fight with a mma record of 34-4-2 (88% finishing rate) and he is ranked as the No.14 middleweight in the world. He suffered his last loss when he faced Jorge Santiago in 2010, since then he has collected 14 victories and one draw beating Luke Barnatt (Khalidov vs Barnatt) and Borys Mankowski in 2017 (Mamed Khalidov vs Borys Mankowski).
His opponent, the black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, former M-1 Global and current Ksw light-Hw champion Tomasz Narkun, has an official record of 14-2-0 (100% finishing rate) and he entered as the No.16 light heavyweight. He lost to Goran Reljic in 2014 but then he has won five bouts beating Cassio Barbosa de Oliveira, Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou (Narkun vs Sokoudjou) and Marcin Wojcik in his last three (Tomasz Narkun vs Marcin Wojcik). Khalidov vs Narkun is the main event of KSW 42. Watch the video and rate this fight!