KSW 64 Weigh-in Results: Pudzianowski, ‘Bombardier’ Combine for 587 Pounds

The bantamweight title tilt atop the latest KSW offering feels like a postlim after the two goliaths hit the scales in the co-main event.

At KSW 64, the fight card at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland, will be capped off by a 135-pound championship affair pitting Sebastian Przybysz (8-2) against Bruno Augusto dos Santos (10-2). Despite gold on the line in that one, all eyes will instead be on the super heavyweight slugfest between Mariusz Pudzianowski (15-7, 1 NC) and Serigne Ousmane Dia (2-0). Like the days of Pride Fighting Championships, one competitor comfortably eclipsed the 300-pound mark with no issues. Two preliminary fighters did miss weight, but the event is now cleared to carry on.

Przybysz wrested the bantamweight belt from Antun Racic at KSW 59 in a bit of an upset, surviving a knockdown and making it to the end to capture a decision after five hard-fought rounds. The challenger Santos has gone 1-1 inside the KSW cage since debuting in December, losing to Racic in his first KSW fight but bouncing back to defeat Pawel Politylo in July to earn a crack at gold. The champion and his opponent both made championship weight exactly at 135 pounds apiece.

Both Pudzianowski and “Bombardier” were set to dance atop KSW 59, but the gargantuan Dia was hospitalized due to appendicitis on fight day and he was replaced by newcomer Nikola Milanovic. The five-time World’s Strongest Man has won three in a row over the last two years, with knockouts of Erko Jun, Milanovic and Lukasz Jurkowski bolstering his resume at 44 years of age. His Senegalese opponent Dia has only won two pro bouts, combining for 2:11 in total competition as he crushed Amadou Papis Konez and Dan Podmore in 2018 and 2020, respectively. “Pudzian” hit the scales at 260 even pounds, while “Bombardier” surpassed him by nearly 70 pounds, weighing in at the 327-pound mark.

KSW 64, which takes place in Lodz, Poland, at the Atlas Arena on Saturday, can be viewed on KSW.TV as a pay-per-view. The nine-fight billing begins at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT/8 p.m. CET.

KSW 64 Weigh-in Results:

Sebastian Przybysz (135) vs. Bruno Augusto dos Santos (135)
Mariusz Pudzianowski (260) vs. Serigne Ousmane Dia (327)
Filip Pejic (146) vs. Daniel Rutkowski (146)
Robert Ruchala (146) vs. Patryk Kaczmarczyk (146)
Michal Pietrzak (169) vs. Shamil Musaev (171)
Karolina Owczarz (123) vs. Sylwia Juskiewicz (121)
Cezary Kesik (185) vs. Marcin Krakowiak (185)
Albert Odzimkowski (185) vs. Jason Radcliffe (186.5)*
Adam Tomasik (207)** vs. Oumar Sy (206)

* Radcliffe missed weight by .5 pounds and has been fined 30% of his purse.
** Tomasik missed weight by one pound and has been fined 30% of his purse.