Watch the KSW 27 main event between Mamed Khalidov and Maiquel Falcao

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On a weekend without a UFC card, Saturday night still had a couple of major MMA events competing for viewer attention. Bellator 120 was the big dog with names like Tito Ortiz, Rampage Jackson, and Mo Lawal, but KSW had it’s own strong offering. Longtime middleweight star Mamed Khalidov returned to the cage (KSW uses a cage now!) to face former UFC and Bellator middleweight (and pariah) Maiquel Falcao. Women’s strawweight champion Kowalkawiecz defended her title against Jasminka Cive, and welterweight champion Aslambek Saidov faced off against Borys Mankowski. Also, former world’s strongest man Mariusz Pudzianowski was there, fighting former UFC heavyweight Oli Thompson. Check out the gifs below and the video of the main event above.

Mamed Khalidov def. Maiquel Falcao via Submission (armbar) at 4:53 of Round 1

via Zombie Prophet

Mariusz Pudzianowski def. Oli Thompson via Unanimous Decision (in a two round fight)

Borys Mankowski def. Aslambek Saidov via Submission (triangle choke) at 4:27 of Round 2 (to become the new KSW welterweight champion)

via Caposa

Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Jasminka Cive via Submission (armbar) at 3:53 of Round 1 (to retain her strawweight title)

via Caposa

Piotr Strus drew with Abu Azaitar via Majority Decision

Mateusz Gamrot def. Jefferson George via Unanimous Decision

Tomasz Narkun def. Charles Andrade via Submission (knee bar) at 1:02 of Round 1

Rafael Blachuta def. Patrick Vallee via Submission (scarf hold armlock) at 3:15 of Round 2

via Caposa

Lukasz Chlewicki def. Lukasz Rajewski via Unanimous Decision

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