KSW News & FeaturesLightweight Champion Salahdine Parnasse Shreds Wilson Varela Atop KSW 101
Salahdine
Parnasse barely broke a sweat.
The Atch Academy cornerstone retained his Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki lightweight championship in style, as he stopped Wilson Varela with punches in the first round of their KSW 101 headliner on Friday at Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France. Varela (12-6, 4-2 KSW) succumbed to blows 60 seconds into Round 1, his six-fight winning streak at an end.
Parnasse (20-2, 12-2 KSW) dropped the Marseille Fight Club rep with
a left cross, pounced with follow-up punches and forced the
challenger to shield himself from contact. He then climbed to the
back, flattened out Varela and closed the deal with a string of
clubbing right hands to the side of the head.
Meanwhile, onetime Bellator MMA tournament winner Marcin Held cast aside Adrenaline Fight Team’s Davy Gallon with a guillotine choke in the first round of their lightweight co-main event. Gallon (21-10-2, 0-1 KSW) raised the white flag of surrender 2:24 into Round 1.
Held (30-10, 2-1 KSW) once again worked his magic on the ground. The 32-year-old Ankos MMA export lured Gallon into the guillotine and eventually moved to a mounted position to prompt the tapout for the 16th submission victory of his career.
Further down card, former Hexagone MMA champion Laid Zerhouni rebounded from his Sept. 14 technical knockout loss to Radoslaw Paczuski and did so with authority, as he wiped out the previously unbeaten Alain Van De Merckt with punches in the first round of their middleweight showcase. Van De Merckt (8-1, 0-1 KSW) bowed out 1:41 into Round 1.
Zerhouni (14-9, 3-1 KSW) trapped the Belgian along the fence, flurried with power punches and drew the curtain with a clean left hook. Van De Merckt was out before he hit the canvas.
In other action, Mickael Lebout (24-12-2, 1-0 KSW) laid claim to a unanimous decision—30-27, 30-27, 30-27—over Romain Debienne (10-6, 0-1 KSW) in their three-round welterweight tiff; Artur Szczepaniak (12-3, 5-2 KSW) discarded Alex Lohore (25-11, 0-1 KSW) with punches 54 seconds into the second round of their 174-catchweight encounter; Ramzan Jembiev (6-2, 3-1 KSW) turned away El Hadji Ndiaye (6-3, 1-1 KSW) with elbows and punches 2:58 into the first round of their lightweight pairing; Alioune Nahaye (15-4, 1-0 KSW) took a unanimous decision from Eduard Kexel (8-2, 0-1 KSW) in their three-round featherweight scrap, drawing 29-28 marks from all three cageside judges; Nacim Belhouachi (4-3, 1-0 KSW) dismissed Damien Peltier (10-10-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches 3:45 into the first round of their catchweight tilt at 152 pounds; Amaury Wako-Zabo (3-0, 1-0 KSW) disposed of Maciej Rebacz (0-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches 3:40 into the second round of their 161-pound catchweight affair; and Zakaria Hamou (3-0, 1-0 KSW) put away Andrzej Karkula (3-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches 1:24 into the first round of their catchweight clash at 139 pounds.
The Atch Academy cornerstone retained his Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki lightweight championship in style, as he stopped Wilson Varela with punches in the first round of their KSW 101 headliner on Friday at Paris La Defense Arena in Nanterre, France. Varela (12-6, 4-2 KSW) succumbed to blows 60 seconds into Round 1, his six-fight winning streak at an end.
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Meanwhile, onetime Bellator MMA tournament winner Marcin Held cast aside Adrenaline Fight Team’s Davy Gallon with a guillotine choke in the first round of their lightweight co-main event. Gallon (21-10-2, 0-1 KSW) raised the white flag of surrender 2:24 into Round 1.
Held (30-10, 2-1 KSW) once again worked his magic on the ground. The 32-year-old Ankos MMA export lured Gallon into the guillotine and eventually moved to a mounted position to prompt the tapout for the 16th submission victory of his career.
Further down card, former Hexagone MMA champion Laid Zerhouni rebounded from his Sept. 14 technical knockout loss to Radoslaw Paczuski and did so with authority, as he wiped out the previously unbeaten Alain Van De Merckt with punches in the first round of their middleweight showcase. Van De Merckt (8-1, 0-1 KSW) bowed out 1:41 into Round 1.
Zerhouni (14-9, 3-1 KSW) trapped the Belgian along the fence, flurried with power punches and drew the curtain with a clean left hook. Van De Merckt was out before he hit the canvas.
In other action, Mickael Lebout (24-12-2, 1-0 KSW) laid claim to a unanimous decision—30-27, 30-27, 30-27—over Romain Debienne (10-6, 0-1 KSW) in their three-round welterweight tiff; Artur Szczepaniak (12-3, 5-2 KSW) discarded Alex Lohore (25-11, 0-1 KSW) with punches 54 seconds into the second round of their 174-catchweight encounter; Ramzan Jembiev (6-2, 3-1 KSW) turned away El Hadji Ndiaye (6-3, 1-1 KSW) with elbows and punches 2:58 into the first round of their lightweight pairing; Alioune Nahaye (15-4, 1-0 KSW) took a unanimous decision from Eduard Kexel (8-2, 0-1 KSW) in their three-round featherweight scrap, drawing 29-28 marks from all three cageside judges; Nacim Belhouachi (4-3, 1-0 KSW) dismissed Damien Peltier (10-10-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches 3:45 into the first round of their catchweight tilt at 152 pounds; Amaury Wako-Zabo (3-0, 1-0 KSW) disposed of Maciej Rebacz (0-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches 3:40 into the second round of their 161-pound catchweight affair; and Zakaria Hamou (3-0, 1-0 KSW) put away Andrzej Karkula (3-1, 0-1 KSW) with punches 1:24 into the first round of their catchweight clash at 139 pounds.
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