KSW shall return to France on December 20th with its second event. XTB KSW 101 is set to take place in La Defense Arena in Paris. The fight card of the event concluding 2024 will feature the most anticipated bout in French MMA along with nine other exciting match-ups mostly between representatives of the Tricolores, but also fighters from Poland, Germany and Belgium.
The fight of the night of the second KSW event held on the French soil will feature the performance of Salahdine Parnasse (19-2, 4 KO, 7 Sub), the KSW double champion from Paris, one of the brightest stars of European MMA and a true phenomenon of this discipline. This time, he shall defend his belt against Wilson Varela (12-5, 5 KO, 4 Sub) from Marseille ranked as number two of the lightweight division who is currently riding a six win streak. Parnasse has been a part of KSW since 2017 and he remains undefeated as a lightweight. So far, his career includes 21 fights and he won 19 of them. Varela has 17 pro MMA bouts under his belt. He managed to win twelve of them, defeating six of his opponents in the first round. Only two of his fights went the full distance.
- Event: XTB KSW 101
- Date: Friday 20 December 2024
- Time: 7 PM
- Venue: París La Défense Arena
- Location: Nanterre, France
The co-main event shall feature a clash between two veterans of European and global MMA. The seasoned Marcin Held (29-10, 4 KO, 15 Sub), number four of the KSW lightweight division is facing Davy Gallon (21-9-2 1NC, 6 KO, 7 Sub) from France who had been a part of the American organization Bellator MMA for the past few years.
XTB KSW 101 FIGHT CARD:
- Salahdine Parnasse vs Wilson Varela
- Marcin Held vs Davy Gallon
- Laid Zerhouni vs Alain Van De Merckt
- Romain Debienne vs Mikael Lebout
- Artur Szczepaniak vs Alex Lohoré
- Ramzan Jembiev vs El Hadji Ndiaye
- Alioune Nahaye vs Eduard Kexel
- Fabien Xabidi vs Nacim Belhouachi
- Amaury Wako Zabo vs Maciej Rębacz
- Zakaria Hamou vs Andrzej Karkula
