MMA talk - PFL, Bellator, KSW, ONE...

[pawel7777]

WWE is like acting, we have many good fighters that turn to WWE in later years and they became actors in movies.
I dont see how that would damage his reputation as a real fighter, and it is better than losing fights from anonymous new guys in octagon.

He's Polish. He's (very) widely recognised in Poland but not so much outside of it. I don't think I know things like WWE do not fly well in Poland. It's considered fake and embarrassing, and its fans are viewed as mentally handicapped for spending their money and time watching that. If Pudzian was to get involved in it, he would be a laughing stock or at least pitied. Plus, he's not a good actor.
Luckily for him, he's got a successful transport business and other projects + probably has massive savings, so he's financially secured for life and has more serious things to do than fooling around in the WWE.

[cygan]

the ksw #106 event will take place in lyon on this saturday. in the cagefight of the evening, Salahdine Parnasse, a double ksw champion, will defend his lightweight belt against Marian Ziolkowski, a former champion of this weight category.
the second face-off of the evening will feature a duel between top middleweight fighters, who are known for their impressive fighting style. in this cagefight, former belt contender Damian Janikowski will face Laïd Zerhouni.
this evening there will be eight french-polish duels in a total of 9 fights, which you can see below

[notblox1]

This looks like interesting MMA weekend ahead of us, we have KSW, two PFL events and than UFC event.
I know bigger names are in UFC card but KSW and PFL could be good warm up.

PFL MENA 2025 First Round 1 is taking place in Onyx Arena, Saudi Arabia, and PFL Europe 2025 First Round 1 in SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

[cygan]

the ksw 107 event takes place this saturday in the beautiful polish city of gdańsk.
in the fight of the evening and for the heavyweight championship belt, the english cage fighter Phil De Fries will face the currently unbeaten polish Arkadiusz Wrzosek.
before that, however, there will be another title fight in which Sebastian Przybysz, the champion of the bantamweigh class, will try to defend his belt against Marcello Morelli.
you can see all the other cage fights in the graphic:

[pawel7777]

There have been some news about a potential inter-organisation fight between Jon Jones (UFC) and Francis Ngannou (PFL), as Jon has called out Francis and Francis and his team took the idea enthusiastically. Unfortunately, this was likely just a trolling on Jones' part as, according to Dana White, he will be fighting Tom Aspinall next.

Ngannou is now 38 and his last mma fight (and only one since signing up with the PFL) was in October 2024 when he demolished Renan Ferreira in the very first round. I'm a bit surprised we haven't heard about any planned fights for him since then. Seems like a big waste. He was at the peak of the hype and not getting any younger, so it doesn't make sense for him to stay inactive for that long. I guess the PFL is just unable to find him any interesting match.

Recently he got called out by a kick-boxing legend, Rico Verhoeven, who is seeking a cross-over fight with Francis:
https://www.dazn.com/en-GB/news/kickboxing/exclusive-rico-verhoeven-calls-out-francis-ngannou-crossover-fight/1phg5rdw3xd8h14kdek0nwrtej

[notblox1]

PFL is coming back this weekend with World Tournament 7 Semifinals.
We have great main event between Fabian Edwards and Josh Silveira in middleweight category, but other fights are also looking good.
Sergio Pettis is fighting Raufeon Stots and that is something worth watching.

[notblox1]

There is no UFC events this weekend but PFL comes to save MMA fans with two events this week.
PFL Europe 2 is more interesting to me, and it is being held at ING Arena in Brussels.
They also have another event for different PFL MENA 2 in Riyadh that is starting earlier.


https://pflmma.com/

[notblox1]

I am not sure what is the status of Francis Ngannou with UFC and his Africa project, but PFL is moving on with new event PFL Africa 1 in Cape Town.
This looks like a good main event with Johnny Eblen having perfect MMA record 16-0 fighting against Costello van Steenis.
There are other interesting fights worth watching and AJ McKee vs Akhmed Magomedov is one of them.


http://pflmma.com/

[pawel7777]

Any thoughts on Roberto Soldic fighting Tomasz Adamek in a boxing bout?
Soldic is a former KSW champion with a record of 21 wins (18 KOs) and 4 losses. He was the only man to KO current UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis. His latest mma fights were for One, the most recent was in Feb 2025, when he KO'd Arslanaliev in the first round.

Now he takes a break from mma to try his luck in boxing, taking on 48 year old Tomasz Adamek, a retired Cruiserweight and Light Heavyweight Champion.

https://bloodyelbow.com/2025/07/13/only-man-to-ko-dricus-du-plessis-pauses-mma-career-to-box-48-year-old-former-two-weight-world-champion/

[notblox1]

Any thoughts on Roberto Soldic fighting Tomasz Adamek in a boxing bout?
Soldic is a former KSW champion with a record of 21 wins (18 KOs) and 4 losses. He was the only man to KO current UFC champion Dricus Du Plessis. His latest mma fights were for One, the most recent was in Feb 2025, when he KO'd Arslanaliev in the first round.

Now he takes a break from mma to try his luck in boxing, taking on 48 year old Tomasz Adamek, a retired Cruiserweight and Light Heavyweight Champion.

https://bloodyelbow.com/2025/07/13/only-man-to-ko-dricus-du-plessis-pauses-mma-career-to-box-48-year-old-former-two-weight-world-champion/

I didnt know he quit KWC and switched to boxing.
From past I know that KSW allows their fighters to participate in differnt combat sport organizations, maybe this is the case here.
I am sure Roberto received good offer for this fight, and I think he is favorite against 48 years old Adamek.

[cygan]

the ksw 108 event takes place today
in the cage fight of the evening, the polish Adam Soldaev, the number two ranked featherweight, will face the number three of the list, former contender for the interim light heavyweight belt, Leo Brichta from chech republic.
in the second fight of the evening, Ibragim Khuzhigaevm (turkey), a former ksw welterweight champion who has never lost a title in a fight, will face former two-time contender for the belt, Marcin Wojcik (poland)
you can see all the other cage fights in the graphic:

[pawel7777]

I didnt know he quit KWC and switched to boxing.
From past I know that KSW allows their fighters to participate in differnt combat sport organizations, maybe this is the case here.
I am sure Roberto received good offer for this fight, and I think he is favorite against 48 years old Adamek.

I believe he left KSW to fight for One, but I don't think it went the way he expected, and I'm not sure if it was a smart move financially. From what I know, KSW would offer really decent money to their top stars, and Soldic was one of them. Or maybe he was just hungry for a new challenge.
He must've been offered decent money for the Adamek fight and, most of all, it's pretty much risk-free. It's a boxing bout against a former boxing champion (well past his prime, but still) so it wouldn't be any shame if he loses it.
Soldic has some boxing background and I think he had some official fights before moving to mma.

[notblox1]

I believe he left KSW to fight for One, but I don't think it went the way he expected, and I'm not sure if it was a smart move financially. From what I know, KSW would offer really decent money to their top stars, and Soldic was one of them. Or maybe he was just hungry for a new challenge.
He must've been offered decent money for the Adamek fight and, most of all, it's pretty much risk-free. It's a boxing bout against a former boxing champion (well past his prime, but still) so it wouldn't be any shame if he loses it.
Soldic has some boxing background and I think he had some official fights before moving to mma.

https://www.kswmma.com/zawodnikk/318
https://www.onefc.com/athletes/roberto-soldic/
https://famemma.tv/

Strange that I can still find Roberto Soldic profile page on KSW website and ONE Championship pages.
I am not sure he made a good decision moving to ONE as his new organization, but maybe they offered him more money and deal he could not refuse.
I see this new boxing fight against Adamek is under Fame MMA organization, this is the first time I hear about them.

[pawel7777]

Strange that I can still find Roberto Soldic profile page on KSW website and ONE Championship pages.
I am not sure he made a good decision moving to ONE as his new organization, but maybe they offered him more money and deal he could not refuse.
I see this new boxing fight against Adamek is under Fame MMA organization, this is the first time I hear about them.

If you take a closer look at his KSW page, there's a little note saying "Former fighter" right under his name. It seems like the KSW lists all their fighters, former and present, which is quite nice.

Fame mma is a Polish "freak-fight" organisation with a lot of controversies around their shady and unethical practices. Their business model was to match up celebrities from you tube or social platforms by offering them good money. Since the fighters are already somewhat famous, it doesn't take much to hype up such fights. It seems that the business model paid off. They are now expanding a bit and taking on board actual, trained, professional fighters. Soldic and Adamek are good example.

[notblox1]

If you take a closer look at his KSW page, there's a little note saying "Former fighter" right under his name. It seems like the KSW lists all their fighters, former and present, which is quite nice.

You are right, but I would make word former more visible, or make page of former fighters in gray color.

Fame mma is a Polish "freak-fight" organisation with a lot of controversies around their shady and unethical practices. Their business model was to match up celebrities from you tube or social platforms by offering them good money. Since the fighters are already somewhat famous, it doesn't take much to hype up such fights. It seems that the business model paid off. They are now expanding a bit and taking on board actual, trained, professional fighters. Soldic and Adamek are good example.

So this means that Soldic move back to Poland as his fighting base 
I dont know who is his manager but he is not moving in good direction with his carrier.
His chances of UFC signing him are very low now.

[notblox1]

PFL is back with another event World Tournament 8 Finals with main fight Thad Jean vs Logan Storley.
They became known for big money they are paying for this tournaments and we can always see some new fighters.
I am sure Dana White and his team are looking this fights and trying to sign new fighters for UFC


http://pflmma.com/