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KSW XVI was a mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

event held on 21 May 2011 by the Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

promotion Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, better known by its acronym, KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been hosted in Warsaw, Poland...

in Gdańsk, Poland. It was the sixteenth numerical event from KSW and their twenty first MMA

Mixed martial arts

event in total.

The card featured five-time “World’s Strongest Man” Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Pudzianowski

Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski is a Polish former strongman and current mixed martial artist...

against well-traveled Englishman James Thompson

James Thompson (fighter)

James Thompson is an English mixed martial artist. He fights as a heavyweight and has appeared in such promotions as Elite Xtreme Combat , Pride Fighting Championship, and Cage Rage. He is known for rushing his opponents at the start of the bout.-Biography:James Thompson grew up in Rochdale,...

Main card (Polsat)

Middleweight bout: Mamed Khalidov
Mamed Khalidov
Mamed Khalidov is a Chechen-Polish mixed martial artist, competing in the Middleweight division of Polish MMA promotion KSW. Khalidov is currently undefeated in the promotion and holds the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship belt...

vs. Matt Lindland
Matt Lindland
Matthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....

Khalidov defeated Lindland via technical submission (guillotine choke) in round 1.

Heavyweight bout: Mariusz Pudzianowski
Mariusz Pudzianowski
Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski is a Polish former strongman and current mixed martial artist...

vs. James Thompson
James Thompson (fighter)
James Thompson is an English mixed martial artist. He fights as a heavyweight and has appeared in such promotions as Elite Xtreme Combat , Pride Fighting Championship, and Cage Rage. He is known for rushing his opponents at the start of the bout.-Biography:James Thompson grew up in Rochdale,...

Thompson defeated Pudzianowski via submission (arm triangle choke) in round 2.

Light Heavyweight bout: Jan Błachowicz
Jan Błachowicz
Jan Błachowicz is a professional Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. He is the current KSW Light Heavyweight Champion...

vs. Toni Valtonen

Błachowicz defeated Valtonen via submission (rear-naked choke) in round 2.

Middleweight bout: Michał Materla vs. James Zikic
James Zikic
James Zikic is an English mixed martial artist and boxer. He competes in the light heavyweight and middlweight divisions for London Shootfighters MMA Gym.-Career:...

Materla defeated Zikic via unanimous decision.

Lightweight bout: Artur Sowiński vs. Cengiz Dana

Sowiński defeated Dana by unanimous decision.

Openweight bout: Attila Vegh vs. Grigor Aschugbabjan

Vegh defeated Aschugbabjan via TKO (knee) in round 2.

Catchweight (230 lbs) bout: Marcin Różalski vs. Sergey Shemetov

Rozalski defeated Shemetov via TKO (doctor's stoppage) in round 1.

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