Saladin Parnas hardly broke a sweat.
The Atchi Academy lynchpin stopped Wilson Barrera with punches in the first round of the KSW 101 headliner on Friday at the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, France. He successfully retained Valki’s lightweight title. Barrera (12-6, 4-2 KSW) succumbed to the blows 60 seconds into round one, ending his winning streak at six.
Parnas (20-2, 12-2 KSW) dropped the Marseille Fight Club representative with a left cross and pounced on follow-up punches, forcing the challenger to defend himself from contact. He then went up to the back, flattened Barrera, and sealed the deal with a series of right hands to the side of the head.
Meanwhile, former Bellator MMA tournament winner Marcin Held dumped Adrenaline Fight Team’s Davey Garon with a guillotine choke in the first round of the lightweight co-main event. Garon (21-10-2, 0-1 KSW) raised the white flag of surrender at 2:24 into the first round.
Held (30-10, 2-1 KSW) once again showed its magic on the ground. The 32-year-old Ancos mixed martial arts expert lured Garon into a guillotine, eventually moving to the mount position and forcing him to tap out, giving him his 16th career submission victory.
Further down the card, former Hexagon MMA champion Reid Zerhouni bounces back from a technical knockout loss to Radosław Pacuzski on September 14th to take on previously undefeated Alan Zerhouni in the first round of a middleweight showcase. He wiped out Van de Melkt with a punch. Van de Merkt (8-1, 0-1 KSW) was eliminated 1 minute 41 seconds into the first round.
Zerhouni (14-9, 3-1 KSW) caught the Belgian fighter along the fence, threw a flurry of power punches and ended the fight with a clean left hook. Van de Merkt was out before he even hit the canvas.
In other matches, Michael LeBout (24-12-2, 1-0, Kansas State) takes on Romain Dubienne (10-6, 0-1, Kansas State), 30-27, 30 He won by unanimous decision, 27, 30-27. A three-round welterweight bout. Artur Szczepaniak (12-3, 5-2 KSW) punches Alex Rohal (25-11, 0-1 KSW) 54 seconds into the second round of their 174 catchweight bout. I dismissed it. 2 minutes and 58 seconds into the first round of the lightweight pairing, Ramzan Jenbiev (6-2, 3-1 KSW) defeated El Hadji Ndiay (6-3, 1-1 KSW). -3, 1-1 KSW) with elbows and punches. Arione Nahei (15-4, 1-0 KSW) takes a unanimous decision from Eduardo Keksel (8-2, 0-1 KSW) in a three-round featherweight scrap, with all three cageside judges They scored 29-28 points. Nasim Belhoasi (4-3, 1-0 KSW) defeated Damien Pelletier (10-10-1, 0-1 KSW) 3:45 into the first round of a 152-pound catchweight tilt. I punched him away. Amaury Wako-Zabo (3-0, 1-0 KSW) punches Maciej Levac (0-1, 0-1 KSW) 3:40 into the second round of their bout at a catchweight of 161 pounds. dismissed. Zakaria Hamou (3-0, 1-0 KSW) punches away Andrzej Karkula (3-1, 0-1 KSW) 1 minute 24 seconds into the first round of their catchweight showdown at 139 pounds. Ta.
