On less than two weeks’ notice, England’s John Smith withdrew from his bout with popular Polish trainer Akop Szostak for KSW 45. KSW scrambled to find a replacement to leave Akop on the card and were successful in their search.
The Replacement
Smith was replaced with another English fighter, Jamie Sloane. Sloane has finished every single one of his eight professional victories. Even in defeat, Sloane does not drag a fight to the judges. Sloane is coming off of a tough Bellator appearance loss to Alessio Sakara in July 2018 and will look to get back to his winning ways with this opportunity in KSW.