KSW 49 Results: Askham Wins Middleweight Title, Soldic Retains, Thiago Silva, Grabowski

KSW 49 took place Saturday evening from the Ergo Arena in Gdansk, Poland. The UK’s Scott Askham claimed the vacant middleweight title with a third round TKO win over Michal Materla and The RoboCop Roberto Soldic retained his welterweight title with a one-punch KO win over the previously undefeated Krystian Kaszubowski.

Full KSW 49 Results

Main Event
Vacant Middleweight Title

Scott Askham (17-4) def. Michal Materla (27-6) vs. TKO (knees & punches), round 3, 1:23. 

Co-Main Event

Welterweight Title

Champion Roberto Soldic (16-3) def. Krystian Kaszubowski (7-1) via KO, round 1, 1:25.

Heavyweight

Damian Grabowski (22-5) def. Karol Bedorf (15-5) via TKO (punches), round 2, 3:56.

74kg/163lb Catchweight

Norman Parke (27-6-1) def. Artur Sowinski (19-11) via unanimous decision (30-27 x 3)

Heavyweight

Erko Jun (3-0) def. Akop Szostak (3-3) via KO, round 1, 0:36.

Catchweight 95kg

Martin Zawada (29-15-1) def. Thiago Silva (21-10) via unanimous decision (29-27 x 2, 29-28)

Bantamweight

Antun Racic (23-8-1) def. Pawel Politylo (4-2) via split decision (29-28×2, 28-29)

Heavyweight

Luis Henrique (12-5) def. Michal Andryszak (20-8) via technical submission, round 2, 4:52.

Lightweight   
Leszek Krakowski (14-1) via. Michael Dubois (10-7) via majority decision (29-28×2, 28-28)