Sebastian Przybysz vs Vitalii Yakymenko the evening fight of KSW 115 in Lubin

Sebastian Przybysz and Vitalii Yakymenko will face each other in the evening fight of the KSW 115 gala, which will take place on February 21 in Lubin.

The evening fight of the XTB KSW 115 gala, to be held in Lubin, will feature a duel at the top of the cock heavyweight division. In this clash, the rival of the giving exciting confrontations champion Sebastian Przybysz (14-4-1, will be the talented number two ranked cock heavyweight, Vitalii Yakymenko (10-2). The duel will take place on February 21 at the RCS arena.

After regaining his cock heavyweight belt, Sebastian Przybysz will face its defense for the second time. The popular “Sebić” first won the KSW championship belt in 2021 and defended it twice. He won the title again in January this year. In his last bout, which took place in June, the Mighty Bulls Gdynia representative submitted Marcelo Morelli and earned his seventh career bonus for best fight of the evening. However, these are not the only accolades for Przybysz, who was also awarded once for best knockout and twice for best submission in KSW. He also won the prestigious Heracles statuette twice – for best submission and for best fight of the year. Przybysz has fought nineteen professional fights, fourteen of which he won, and ten times he finished his rivals before time.

Vitalii Yakymenko has had a successful KSW debut. In September he faced Rogério Bontorin in the round cage, sent him to the boards and won a bonus for the best knockout of the evening. The fighter from Ukraine has been fighting professionally since 2020, and has fought twelve fights and won ten of them. Eight times he finished his rivals before time, and five times he did it already in the first round. The 29-year-old has fought in Poland, his native country, Bahrain and Slovenia. He competed under the wings of the Brave CF and FEN organizations, among others. Before entering the professional MMA world, he also amassed considerable experience on the amateur scene, and today is considered one of the greatest talents of the cockerel category in Europe.