KSW 85: Live results stream, highlights and open thread

KSW 85 is live tonight with a banger of a card live from Nowy Sacz, Poland. This edition of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki will feature an undisputed KSW featherweight title bout between champion Salahdine Parnasse, of France, and Poland’s Robert Ruchala, who is interim champion.

Parnasse comes into this one with a 17-1 record and a rep as maybe the best featherweight outside of the UFC. Ruchala is 9-0 and coming off a fifth-round stoppage win over Lom-Ali Eskijew in March.

The co-main event is a KSW light heavyweight championship bout with champion Ibragim Chuzhgaev taking on challenger Bogdan Gnidko.

This is a match-up of Russia vs. Ukraine (kinda). Chuzhgaev was born in Moscow but has trained out of Grozny, Chechnya within the Ramzan Kadyrov owned gyms and promotions there. However, he now fights under the flag of Turkey.

KSW 85 Start Time and Date

KSW 85 takes place on Saturday, August 19, 2023. The event is scheduled to get underway at 1 p.m. ET.

KSW 85 Live Streams

KSW 85 is available to stream on the KSW App or on www.KSWTV.com. as an online PPV (pay-per-view) event starting at PLN 40 | £ 9.99 EUR | $ 9.99 USD | 7.99 GBP.

KSW 85 Fight Card

KSW prepares for another big night of MMA action, with Salahdine Parnasse defending his title in the main event. The undisputed KSW featherweight championship will be decided this Saturday as Salahdine Parnasse (17-1) meets Robert Ruchala (9-0) in the main event of XTB KSW 85.

The 25-year-old has held the 145 lb strap since KSW 65 at the end of 2021 - in what is his second reign of the division - and recently captured gold at 155 lb.

During his quest for a second title, the undefeated Ruchala stepped in and won the interim-featherweight championship.

Now the pair will meet in Ruchala's hometown of Nowy Sacz on August 19 to decide who will take the undisputed crown of the featherweight division.

In the co-main event, light heavyweight champ Ibragim Chuzhigaev (17-5) goes up against KO machine Bogdan Gnidko (10-0) in what should be a thrilling encounter.

Chuzhigaev won the title thanks to a five-round masterclass performance against the former longtime champ Tomasz Narkun and has since defended once against Ivan Erslan in another five-round battle.

On the flip side, Gnidko has yet to leave the first round in his ten professional fights and his total fight time in KSW stands at just under 140 seconds in three outings. Anything can happen in this fight.

Elsewhere on the card, top prospects Patryk Kaczmarczyk (9-2) and Danu Tarchila (6-1) meet while former Jungle Fights champ Kleber Silva (21-11) collides with Rafal Kijanczuk (12-6).

Also on the card, the undefeated Adrianna Kreft (5-0) faces Brazil's Yasmin Guimaraes (5-1) and 19-year-old Wiktoria Czyzewska (2-0) takes on Lebanon's Sandra Succar (1-0) in the opening bout of the night.

XTB KSW 85 will be available to watch live around the world on KSW TV and exclusively live on Viaplay in the UK, Scandinavia, the Balkans, Poland, and the Netherlands