Salahdine Parnasse and Wilson Varela first face-to-face meeting before KSW 101 [VIDEO]

Salahdine Parnasse and Wilson Varela came face to face at a press conference ahead of the KSW 101 gala in Paris. The fighters will face each other on December 20 in a bout for the lightweight belt.

A special press conference in France to promote the big XTB KSW 101 gala, which will take place on December 20 at Paris’ La Defense Arena, is behind us. Salahdine Parnasse and Wilson Varela will face each other in the evening fight of this event.

The conference was an opportunity for KSW ‘s top lightweight fighters to come face to face. The face-off between Parnasee and Varela took place in a peaceful atmosphere. The fighters showed due respect to each other before the championship fight for the lightweight division belt.

🚨 PARNASSE VS VARELA, LE 1ER FACE À FACE !!!

🏆 Parnasse va défendre son titre des -70kg face à Varela le 20 décembre à Paris La Défense Arena lors du KSW Paris !

🇫🇷🔥 La meilleure organisation d’Europe est de retour en France… dans la + grande salle européenne ! pic.twitter.com/nCmMR5uQI2

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Fighting in the featherweight and lightweight categories, Salahdine Parnasse has not lost a bout in his crown divisions since June 5, 2021. The talented Frenchman has been winning fight after fight. His only defeat in that time was recorded in his attempt to win a third title in a clash with Adrian Bartosinski at KSW 89.

Boasting a series of six wins in a row, Wilson Varela has broken through to the top of KSW in the lightweight category. “The Prototype” defeated in KSW successively such fighters as Gracjan Szadzinski, Łukasz Rajewski, Sebastian Rajewski and Marian Ziolkowski.