Antun Racic is the defending KSW bantamweight king, and young Brazilian prospect Bruno Santos was shocked to hear he would be challenging for that belt in his first promotional appearance at Saturday’s KSW 57 in Lodz, Poland.
Santos was approached by the company to ink a deal with the European giant and face their 135-pound champion right after a decision victory in Sao Paulo, which boosted his MMA record to 9-1.
“This opportunity was impossible to let pass by,” Santos said in an interview with MMA Fighting. “It really caught me by surprise, it was out of nowhere.