KSW 58: Parnasse vs Torres preview, weigh-ins
Poland’s premier org brings in the new year with a very pleasant event worth your time and money.
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KSW kicks off 2021 with a snug event featuring more of their workhorse talent without too much flash and a lot of focus on the meat and potatoes of the game.
French phenom Saladdine Parnasse (14-0, 1 draw) has been a joy to watch in KSW, having adequate development for a bright prospect and evolving nicely to be a solid and proper featherweight champion. His pinpoint striking coupled with his takedown and submission defense have made him a problem, and he’s got a great challenge ahead. This time he faces Brazilian/Austrian Daniel Torres (11-4), another striker with a Karate base that is perfectly comfortable taking the fight to the ground and loves to get into prolonged exchanges to land damage.
Savo Lazić. Following that blistering win, he finished
Albert Odzimkowski even faster under the KSW banner.
Michał Michalski and Aleksandar Rakas – Clash of Styles
Interestingly, the bout could turn into an old school matchup between two classic styles: striker versus grappler. However, Rakas has been fighting for a longer time, so he’s amassed a balanced resume. In fact, the 5″11″ Croatian enters the bout with a total of eight knockouts and six submissions.
One reason Rakas is so exciting is his finishing ability, but that has sometimes come at the cost of some conditioning. Although he lost a couple of bouts by decision a few years ago, certainly it’s not an effective indicator as to the evolution he’s made. Not to mention, Rakas has shown versatile submissions inside the cage. For example, at
Josh Fremd (6-1) vs. Bruno Oliveira (8-2)
After a one-week break, the Legacy Fighting Alliance returns with its 98th offering. The lineup is flush with prospects, including headlining middleweights Josh Fremd and Bruno Oliveira.
The 27-year-old Fremd followed up a lengthy and mostly successful amateur run by turning pro in 2017 and scoring victories in his first two appearances. After a Bellator win over Ryan Parker in his sophomore outing, Fremd stumbled under the Pinnacle FC banner in a decision loss to Robert Gidron. The American has been perfect ever since, though. He added a submission victory over Andre Hall and a split nod against Travis Davis to close out his 2018 campaign. After more than a year and a half away from action, the Factory X Muay Thai disciple returned in 2020 with the LFA. In his promotional debut, he disposed of Lamar Gosey via strikes in just 86 seconds. His encore performance was another first-round TKO, this time of Antonio Jones at LFA 93. Fremd is a