Former World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski beat up the 450-pound former boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch Saturday in a freak show fight in Poland’s KSW mixed martial arts organization.
Former World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski beat up the 450-pound former boxer Eric “Butterbean” Esch Saturday in a freak show fight in Poland’s KSW mixed martial arts organization.
Pudzianowski went for a takedown early in the first round and got Butterbean on his back, and from there he went straight into side control and just landed punches to Butterbean’s enormous head until the referee stopped the fight. Butterbean looked like a fish out of water — or a beached whale — and really looked like he didn’t feel like fighting at all.
(Much like their varied training regimens, both men have decidedly different pre-fight diets that they follow)
Well, we can’t say we didn’t see this one coming.
Polish promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) announced today that Mariusz "The Worl…
(Much like their varied training regimens, both men have decidedly different pre-fight diets that they follow)
Although it wasn’t rocket science to disseminate the press release sent out by Esch’s Moosin promotion in which Butterbean hurled James Toney-esque insults like "he hits like a girl" at Pudzianowski. It appears the release, although not in any way newsworthy on its own, was simply an attempt at building a grudge match for the KSW card.
I’m going to go all in and bet that KSW will be lending Moosin some of its fighters for their next show in Chicago, especially since the promotion has said that they are targeting markets that heavily are populated by Polish descendants.
Also on the card is a lightweight tournament featuring six fighters, including Swedish-born UFC veteran Per Eklund and Finnish white trash supremacist Nikko Puhakka.
