One in every of Deontay Wilder’s former foes Artur Szpilka is popping a brand new leaf within the MMA world.
A former heavyweight contender with a boxing document of 24-5, Poland’s Artur Szpilka bounced again from his first loss in MMA final 12 months – a 14-second TKO outcome.
Szpilka returned at KSW 105 on Saturday, preventing on house soil and on the identical card as super-heavyweight behemoths Eddie Hall and Mariusz Pudzianowski, the five-time World’s Strongest Man, who he has a stoppage win over.
Pudzianowski his most well-known opponent in MMA, it’s additionally price noting Szpilka went 9 rounds with then WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder earlier than ‘The Bronze Bomber’ put his lights out in a 2016 bout.
With all of his boxing expertise, Szpilka’s newest win within the cage couldn’t have been extra shocking.
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Artur Szpilka survived early knockdown towards former kickboxer
A MMA fighter for almost three years now, Szpilka improved to 4-1 as a professional when pitted towards former kickboxing star Errol Zimmerman in a heavyweight bout.
His fifth struggle wouldn’t final lengthy.
Weighing in at 252lbs, Szpilka was rapidly knocked down by his opponent within the first minute of the struggle, preventing to outlive on the bottom.
After a terrific begin to the spherical, Zimmerman was sadly unable to place out the Pole with Szpilka rising again as much as his toes.
Artur Szpilka scored first submission win at KSW 105
Szpilka would then rating a takedown, the start of the top for Zimmerman.
In lower than two minutes into the opening spherical, Szpilka tried to lock in an arm triangle choke from prime place.
Inside seconds of the squeeze, Zimmerman was compelled to faucet out to the submission.
After 29 boxing matches and 4 MMA fights, the inexperienced Artur Szpilka had picked up his first submission win, an emotional second for the 36-year-old in his house nation of Poland.
Szpilka referred to as out former foe Arkadiusz Wrzosek following the struggle, who had knocked him out in 14 seconds at KSW 94 final Might.
