Unlike their bout last year, the rematch will not be contested at a catchweight and is for the title that Askham (19-4) holds. Khalidov (34-7-2) was the longtime titleholder of KSW’s middleweight championship but retired after losing two catchweight bouts against light heavyweight champion Tomasz Narkun. Like most retirements in mixed martial arts, it didn’t stick and Khalidov came back just a year later to unsuccessfully challenge Askham.
KSW 55 will stream live on Dazn starting at 2 p.m. ET.
KSW 55 Weigh-in Results:
Scott Askham (185) vs. Mamed Khalidov (185)Aleksandar Ilic (186) vs. Michal Materla (186)
Andreas Gustafsson (186) vs. Damian Janikowski (186)
Ion Surdu (*172) vs. Tomasz Romanowski (171)
Damian Stasiak (136) vs. Patryk Surdyn (136)
Stjepan Bekavac (207) vs. Przemyslaw Mysiala (209)
Krystian Kaszubowski (171) vs. Jakub Kamieniarz (171)
Sylwia Juskiewicz (114) vs. Karolina Wojcik (114)
* Surdu missed weight by one pound and has been fined 30 percent of his purse.