Mamed Khalidov to Face Roberto Soldic in KSW 65 Headliner on Dec. 18

Reigning middleweight champion Mamed Khalidov will lock horns with welterweight king Roberto Soldic in the KSW 65 main event on Dec. 18.

The bout, which KSW is billing as the biggest in promotion history, was announced on Wednesday. KSW 65 takes place at Gliwice Arena in Gliwice, Poland, and will also see Daniel Torres face Salahdine Parnasse in a featherweight championship rematch in the evening’s co-headliner. The event will be available on KSWTV.com.

Khalidov returned from two retirements at KSW 55, where he recaptured the 185-pound belt with a jumping switch kick knockout of Scott Askham in October 2020. That victory halted a three-bout losing streak for the 41-year-old, who is a two-time middleweight champion and former light heavyweight title holder. The Chechen-born Pole owns a 35-7 career mark and is widely regarded as the greatest fighter in KSW history.

Soldic will enter his bid to become a two-division champion on a six-bout winning streak in which he has finished five of those six victories by knockout or technical knockout. His resume includes wins over the likes of Dricus Du Plessis, Michal Materla, Patrik Kincl and Lewis Long.