Tomasz Narkun snapped Mamed Khalidov’s 20-fight unbeaten run with KSW in the main event of KSW 42 on Saturday in Lodz, Poland.
The light heavyweight champion had it all to do in the third round after middleweight champion, Khalidov, dropped him twice in the first three minutes. Despite tiring greatly, 37-year-old Khalidov proved elusive in the second, leaving his younger opponent with a mountain to climb in the third.
Narkun came out hot in the third and landed a series of knees to the head of Khalidov from the clinch. Somehow, the Polish legend remained on his feet, but after taking the fight to the ground, he was submitted by a triangle choke.