KSW’s middleweight championship has been vacant for almost a year, and the new top dog in that division has some mighty big gloves to fill. After Mamed Khalidov relinquished the belt, it remained on the shelf while a new tournament would determine the person to wear the crown.
Former BAMMA champion and UFC talent Scott Askham (17-4) will once again fight former champion Michal Materla (27-6), with the pair first facing off in March of last year. Askham demolished Materla’s midsection with kicks and got the win, but Materla is now primed to avenge that loss and have that title again in one fell swoop.