Croatia’s Antun Racic retains KSW bantamweight title

by croatiaweek
December 20, 2020
in Sport

Antun Racic Retains KSW Bantamweight Title (Photo: KSW)

20 December 2020 – Last night at KSW 57 in Lodz, Poland, Croatia’s Antun Racic (25-8-1) successfully retained his KSW bantamweight title with a hard-fought decision win over top Brazilian prospect Bruno Santos (9-2).

It was Racic’s first title defense after winning the belt at KSW 51 last November in Zagreb, Croatia. The 30-year-old fought through some tough positions in the early rounds of the fight but it was his experience which guided him to victory over the five full rounds.

(Photo: KSW)

In the end the fighter from Dubrovnik won the fight by unanimous decision after all three judges scored the contest 48-47 to Racic.

(Photo: KSW)

KSW 57 was the last event of 2020 for KSW and featured three title fights in total. In addition to Racic retaining his title, the UK’s Phil De Fries (19-6) defended his heavyweight belt for the fourth time in the main event with a second round TKO win over veteran Michal Kita (20-12-1) while Marian Ziolkowski (22-8-1) won the vacant KSW lightweight title with a highlight reel body kick finish over Roman Szymanski (13-6) in the co-main event.

KSW 57 Results

Main Event

Heavyweight Title
Phil De Fries (19-6) def. Michal Kita (20-12-1) via TKO (punches), round 2, 1:00.

Co-Main Event

Vacant Lightweight Title

Marian Ziolkowski (22-8-1) def. Roman Szymanski (13-6) via KO (liver kick), round 4, 1:04.

Lightweight

Borys Mankowski (22-8-1) def. Artur Sowinski (21-12) via unanimous decision (30-26, 30-25, 29-27).

Bantamweight Title

Antun Racic (25-8-1) def. Bruno Santos (9-2) via unanimous decision (48-47 x 3).

Middleweight

Abus Magomedov (24-4-1) def. Cezary Kesik (12-1) via technical submission (guillotine), round 2, 1:53.