Rafal Haratyk Thrashes Piotr Strus in the First Round at ACA 109
What a way to close the show! Rafal Haratyk earns his sixth victory in a row on #ACA109 main event. pic.twitter.com/HbCnNMc5Ro
— ACAMMA (@ACA_League) August 20, 2020
There is nothing quite like hearing fans cheering after a quick knockout in a main event.
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In the headliner, Rafal Haratyk (13-3-1) and Piotr Strus (15-6-2) locked horns in the middleweight division. Haratyk started strong and pushed the pace early, landing several clean combinations. One of Haratyk’s hooks shook his opponent and knocked him to the canvas, and once Haratyk smelled blood, he unleashed furious ground-and-pound. Even though Strus seemed to be still defending himself, the referee called a stop to the action at the 2:29 mark in the opening stanza. In his triumph, Haratyk extended his current winning streak to six.
The co-main event featured a clash between two behemoths as Ultimate Fighting Championship vet Daniel Omielanczuk (24-9-1) took on Tomas Pakutinskas (19-13-3) in the heavyweight division. The fighters spent most of the first frame clinched up against the fence, until the referee broke them apart. Back to the center of the cage, Omielanczuk managed to damage Pakutinskas’ ribs thanks to a well-placed body kick among their sporadic strikes landing back-and-forth. After the first round concluded, the Lithuanian fighter had had enough, calling an end to the fight on the stool. Since leaving the UFC, Omielanczuk has amassed a record of 5-1, with wins each of his last four.
In a middleweight affair, Nikola Dipchikov (19-7) spoiled the ACA debut of UFC and KSW vet Goran Reljic (19-9) thanks to a first-round TKO.
Elsewhere on the card, Karol Celinski (18-9-1) edged Luke Barnatt (15-9) after a hard-fought middleweight clash in their rubber match. In the first fight on the main card, Romanian fighter Aurel Pirtea (21-11) upset local fan-favorite Lukasz Kopera (9-4) by taking home a unanimous decision.
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