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Salahdine Parnasse vs. Wilson Varela – Match Odds and Preview for KSW 101

Salahdine Parnasse vs. Wilson Varela - Match Odds and Preview for KSW 101On December 20, 2024, KSW 101 will feature an exciting lightweight championship bout between Salahdine Parnasse and Wilson Varela…

Salahdine Parnasse vs. Wilson Varela - Match Odds and Preview for KSW 101

On December 20, 2024, KSW 101 will feature an exciting lightweight championship bout between Salahdine Parnasse and Wilson Varela at the Paris La Défense Arena. This Franco-French matchup pits two of the most talented fighters in European MMA against each other.

Salahdine Parnasse vs. Wilson Varela

Salahdine Parnasse is considered the heavy favorite in this lightweight championship bout, with odds reflecting a strong likelihood of his victory. As of the latest available information, Parnasse’s odds are set at 1/8 (-770), which translates to an implied probability of about 83% that he will win the fight. To play the odds with more games, you can check out free online roulette with no cost.

On the other hand, Varela is seen as the underdog with odds of 9/2 (+450), giving him an implied probability of around 17% to pull off an upset. These odds suggest that bookmakers and bettors have a high level of confidence in Parnasse’s abilities and recent performance.

Salahdine Parnasse is a 26-year-old phenom from Aubervilliers with an impressive 19-2 record. He’s a two-time KSW champion, holding both the featherweight and lightweight titles. Parnasse is known for his fluid, explosive fighting style and his ability to win in various ways, including submissions and decisions. He began training in martial arts at a young age, starting with karate before transitioning to MMA as a teenager.

Wilson Varela, the 28-year-old challenger from Marseille, boasts a 12-5 record and is currently on a six-fight winning streak. ‘The Prototype’ Varela has an interesting background, having started in sambo and pankration before focusing on kickboxing to improve his striking. He’s known for his knockout power, with many of his wins coming by KO. Varela also has a prolific kickboxing career with over 25 fights under his belt.

Then Paris-born Salahdine Parnasse is a well-rounded fighter with strong grappling skills and seven submission victories to his name. He’s also known for his ability to control fights and win decisions. Varela, on the other hand, has developed into a striking specialist with dangerous knockout power.

For Parnasse, it’s a chance to defend his lightweight title and further cement his status as one of Europe’s top MMA stars. For Varela, it’s an opportunity to capture his first KSW title and prove himself against a highly regarded champion.

This fight is not just about the title; it’s also a classic Paris vs. Marseille rivalry, adding an extra layer of excitement for French MMA fans. The matchup between these two rising stars promises to be a compelling main event for KSW’s second visit to France. KSW is always worth watching, and KSW 101 should be an explosive event going down on December 20.

Watch: Wiktoria Czy?ewska Stunning Head Kick Knockout in KSW

Wiktoria Czy?ewska ChicatoroChicatoro’ Wiktoria Czy?ewska was able to impress MMA fans all across the globe with her stunning head-kick knockout at…

Wiktoria Czy?ewska Chicatoro

Chicatoro’ Wiktoria Czy?ewska was able to impress MMA fans all across the globe with her stunning head-kick knockout at KSW 97.

‘Chicatoro’ Wiktoria Czy?ewska Head-Kick Knockout

At KSW 97, live from Poland, on August 24, the Polish striker Wiktoria Czy?ewska was able to improve to 4-1 in MMA with a showstopping head-kick knockout. She finished Venezuela’s Erianny Castaneda at just 2:09 into round 1. The 20-year-old fighter has won all four of her MMA matches by way of first-round knockout. Half with kicks, and half with punches, she is dangerous with all of her limbs.

See the KSW 97 knockout:

The 20-year-old athlete grew up competing in karate. As ‘Chicatoro’ Wiktoria Czy?ewska got older she transitioned to kickboxing and now competes in MMA. As an amateur MMA fighter, she collected many wins by way of knockout. Since turning pro, she has made quite an impact in KSW.

‘Chicatoro‘ Wiktoria Czy?ewska already has captured much success in her combat sports career. She medalled in ADCC Poland as a grappler. As an amateur, she is a four-time Polish National Champion in Kickboxing and a three-time Polish National Champion in MMA. Incredibly, she has won all of her professional matches thus far by way of first-round knockout.

At KSW 91, she won via body kick knockout in the first round:

Chicatoro' Wiktoria Czy?ewska
Chicatoro Wiktoria Czy?ewska

KSW 95: Wiklacz vs. Przybysz 5 Results: Wik?acz Retains Bantamweight Strap

KSW 95After five meetings between the pair, KSW bantamweight champion Jakub Wik?acz may have finally put his rivalry with Sebastian Prybysz…

KSW 95

After five meetings between the pair, KSW bantamweight champion Jakub Wik?acz may have finally put his rivalry with Sebastian Prybysz to bed after securing a stunning second-round submission win over his long-time nemesis, at KSW 95.

Wik?acz could not have done it in a more dramatic fashion, with both men firing out of the blocks from the opening round. Wik?acz looked to be in trouble after receiving a pair of heavy elbows and seeing a nasty cut open up above his right eye. The hometown hero was able to regroup and locked in a lethal guillotine to send the crowd into raptures as he secured one of the most memorable victories of his career.

In the co-main event, heavyweight champion Phil De Fries successfully defended his title for the tenth time with a unanimous decision win over Brazil’s Augusto Sakai. The champion controlled proceedings for the bulk of the contest, which never really exploded into life. However, in the end, De Fries was a clear winner in the judges’ eyes, with all three scoring it 49-46 on the scorecards.

Earlier in the night, newcomer Tymoteusz ?opaczyk put the KSW welterweight division on notice with a flawless performance against the fifth-ranked Brian Hooi. ?opaczyk nullified Hooi’s stand-up threat, moving in and out and landing shots without allowing his opponent to establish a rhythm. ?opaczyk’s ground game also came into play as the fight wore on, making it a long night in the cage for Hooi. It will be interesting to see who KSW pairs ?opaczyk with next.

UFC and PFL vet Marcin Held also returned to the winner’s circle, grinding out a unanimous decision win over Roman Szymanski. The win will set Held up for bigger fights in the lightweight division.

KSW 95: Wiklacz vs. Przybysz 5 : Full Results

  • KSW Bantamweight Championship: Jakub Wiklacz def. Sebastian Przybysz via RD2 Sub
  • KSW Heavyweight Championship: Phil De Fries def. Augusto Sakai via UD
  • Lightweight: Marcin Held def. Roman Szyma?ski via UD
  • Welterweight:Tymoteusz ?opaczyk def. Brian Hooi via UD
  • Welterweight: Oskar Szczepaniak def. Adrian Zieli?ski via UD
  • Bantamweight: Patryk Surdyn def. Shamad Erzanukaev via UD
  • Middleweight: Borys Dzikowski def. Krystian Bielski via SD
  • Light Heavyweight: Michal Dreczkowski Def. Stevan Jari? via RD1 TKO
  • Welterweight: Dawid Kuczmarski Def. Morgan Gbolou via RD1 Sub

MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes Of The Week (2/19 – 2/25)

Welcome to this week’s edition of MMA News’ Top 10 Finishes of the week! Every week there are highlight-reel finishes all across the MMA world, and we’ve found some of the absolute best ones to showcase. Many of the sport’s biggest promotions hel…

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Opinion | 5 rising MMA stars to watch out for in 2023

Five MMA ProspectsMixed Martial Arts is forever growing and improving as a sport, from the promotions that provide this to us, to the stars and future contenders who make it exactly what it is. Longstanding champions were overthrown by current stars and future prospects announced themselves to the world. Contenders such as Muhammad Mokaev, Jack Della Maddalena, […]

Five MMA Prospects

Mixed Martial Arts is forever growing and improving as a sport, from the promotions that provide this to us, to the stars and future contenders who make it exactly what it is. Longstanding champions were overthrown by current stars and future prospects announced themselves to the world.

Contenders such as Muhammad Mokaev, Jack Della Maddalena, and Sergei Pavlovich were just a few of the brightest stars that emerged in 2022. This year has allowed many prospects to announce themselves into the mixed martial arts world, and 2023 will be no different.

Therefore, let us take a look at five prospects you should definitely be keeping your eye on throughout 2023.

MMA Prospects To Watch In 2023

Salahdine Parnasse

This one should come as no surprise for the avid MMA fan. Ranked on our ‘Top 10 MMA Prospects To Watch in 2022’ list, Salahdine Parnasse is an extremely talented mixed martial artist.

Parnasse is the current KSW Featherweight champion and interim lightweight champion. Amassing an impressive 17-1 record at just 25, including a defense of the full featherweight title, the Moroccan French fighter has achieved a great amount already. Signing with KSW in 2017, Parnasse would secure three victories inside the promotion before claiming the interim featherweight title, defeating Roman Szymanski via TKO. A defense of the interim belt would follow before Parnasse would face his first professional defeat being knocked out by Daniel Torres.

Parnasse would bounce back from his defeat and secure a submission victory over Filip Pejic like a true champion. Following this up, the 25-year-old would then successfully defeat the only man to beat him inside a cage when he reclaimed the featherweight title from Daniel Torres.

He would close his year out by claiming double champion status after he defeated Sebastian Rajewski at KSW 76 to win the KSW Lightweight title. Four wins in a row now for Parnasse puts him in a good position to continue his fine form heading into 2023.

Lerone Murphy

‘The Miracle’ may be one of the more known names on our list but that doesn’t prevent him from being a true prospect heading into 2023. Murphy was signed to the UFC after going 8-0 on the UK regional scene. A disappointing debut that resulted in a draw left fans unable to realize the 31-year-olds full potential.

However, he quickly showed them exactly who he was when he returned to the octagon. A first-round knockout of Ricardo Ramos came back in 2020 which he would then follow up with a dominant decision victory over the extremely tough, Douglas Silva De Andrade.

Murphy was not in competition for almost ten months following that victory but returned at UFC 267 to face Makwan Amirkhani. Closing the year out in style the Manchester Top Team fighter landed a devastating knee to put Amirkhani out cold and record his seventh stoppage victory since turning professional.

No octagon appearances in 2022 left admirers of the British fighter devastated, but we are hopeful we will get to see this talent return to the cage in 2023.

Christian Leroy Duncan

Christian Leroy Duncan may be one of the next top contenders to emerge from Cage Warriors. Currently championing their middleweight division, Duncan has looked better with every single outing.

The 27-year-old currently sits 7-0 as a professional and will be looking to extend that undefeated record even further when he takes on American veteran, Jesse Taylor at Cage Warriors 148. A lick striker on the feet has seen five of Duncan’s seven professional bouts end inside the distance, most recently landing a beautiful spinning elbow and combination of punches when he defeated Marain Dimitrov at Cage Warriors 146.

Should Duncan notch another defense in impressive fashion at CW 148, do not be surprised in the UFC comes knocking for this extremely talented prospect.

Tatiana Suarez

Tatiana Suarez is one of the top prospects in WMMA and thankfully, she looks set to return to competition in 2023. Having not competed since 2019 it is understandable for news fans to not be familiar with her name, but for those of us who have been following the sport longer we know just how talented Suarez is. Undefeated at 8-0, the American fighter is a serious threat to the strawweight champion, Zhang Weili.

UFC Fight Night 129 in 2018 saw Suarez take out one of the top contenders in the division when she submitted Alexa Grasso in the very first round. Following up on this Suarez would face former title holder, Carla Esparza, in what was her biggest challenge to date. She passed this test with flying colors when she was able to TKO the former champion in the third round. One outing in 2019 when she defeated Nina Nunes via unanimous decision would be the last time Suarez was seen in competition.

Should the rumors be true of her return in 2023, the strawweight division will certainly be put on notice.

Michael Morales

22-year-old Michael Morales is most definitely one MMA prospect to keep your eye on in 2023. A perfect 14-0, Morales carries devastating power which has seen him stop 12 of his 14 opponents so far in his career. Competing across multiple regional promotions, Morales signed with the UFC following a victory on Dana White’s Contender Series 2021, since signing he has not looked back.

A first-round devastating finish of Trevin Giles helped announce Morales to the mixed martial arts community. He would then follow up on this impressive victory when he stopped short-notice opponent, Adam Fugitt, at UFC 277.

The Ecuadorian fighter has a bright future ahead, still, early on in his career, you can only expect Morales to improve and build a well-rounded style that will help see him climb to the very top of the welterweight division.

Are there any MMA prospects you would have liked to see included in this list? Leave them in the comments below!