FEN begins 2024 with an occasion held at Area Ostrów in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland. FEN 52 shall be headlined by a lightweight heavyweight affair between defending champion Marcin Łazarz and Bartosz Szewczyk.
Marcin Łazarz vs. Bartosz Szewczyk – for the FEN mild heavyweight title
Marcin Łazarz (15 – 9, 1 NC) is a European MMA circuit veteran, who has competed in such promotions as BAMMA, KSW, Babilon MMA, and M -1 amongst others. He made his FEN debut again in 2020. He obtained a lightweight heavyweight title shot proper out of the gate in his promotional debut at FEN 29: Lotos Combat Night time Ostróda.
Nevertheless, his bout in opposition to the then-champion Adam Kowalski ended with a no-contest because of an unintentional eye poke by Łazarz within the third spherical. At FEN 32: Lotos Combat Night time Warszawa he beat Wojciech Janusz to get one other likelihood on the belt.
Surprisingly sufficient he switched his consideration to different promotions earlier than assembly Szewczyk at FEN 44 in Ostrów Wielkopolski over a 12 months in the past in January 2023. The combat went full distance at Łazarz was awarded a unanimous choice win. At FEN 50 he dethroned then-current champion Eder de Souza by knocking him out with a left hook within the very first spherical.
After harnessing his expertise on the Newbie MMA League, the place he stacked up a 6 – 2 file, Szewczyk (6 – 2 – 1) made his skilled and FEN debut again in 2021. He gained his first three consecutive fights and tasted his first defeat by the hands of skilled veteran Szymon Bajor at FEN 37: ENERGA Combat Night time Wrocław.
Right here gained his subsequent two bouts solely to be stopped by Łazar of their first assembly. His bout in opposition to Łukasz Klinger FEN 46: Kuberski vs. Wojciechowski ended with a draw.
At FEN 49: Combat Night time Mrągowo, he simply defeated Ederson Cristian Macedo with a knockout. So far as for now, in his sole combat outdoors the FEN Szewczyk continued his most up-to-date streak of wins by knocking out Artem Zemlyakov at UAE Warriors 45.
Now the time has come for a long-anticipated rematch with a FEN mild heavyweight title on the road. Regardless of spending virtually the whole thing of his profession within the promotion, this shall be Szewczyk’s first crack on the championship gold.
Remainder of the cardboard:
Former FEN welterweight title challenger Kamil Kraśka (5 – 2) will attempt to bounce again after his loss to Adrian Zieliński at FEN 49: Combat Night time Mrągowo. He’ll face Aslambek Arsamikov (8 – 5), who’s a veteran of each Polish and European MMA circuits. He was alleged to make his promotional debut in opposition to Łukasz Świrydowicz at FEN 49, however the combat by no means got here to fruition. The combat card can even characteristic two newbie guidelines bouts: Jakub Zieliński vs. F. Szymański and Krupiński vs. Ilman Didaev.
FEN 52 (Polsat Field Go) dwell outcomes:
Bartosz Szewczyk def. Marcin Łazarz by way of KO (center kick to the physique) in Spherical 3 and gained the FEN mild heavyweight title
Kamil Kraska def. A. Arsamikov by way of Unanimous Choice
Jan Ciepłowski def. Lukáš Chotěnovský by way of Unanimous Choice
Mateusz Olech vs. Paweł Biernat ended as a No – Contest because of an unintentional kick to the groin by Biernat
Vitaliy Yakimenko def Ismaiel Haidari by way of TKO (floor and pound) in Spherical 2
Arkadiusz Mruk def. Kacper Szalast by way of KO (proper hook) in Spherical 3
Krzysztof Geburek def Bartłomiej Skowyra by way of Unanimous Choice
Ilman Didaev def Krystian Krupiński by way of Majority Choice in an newbie guidelines bout
Jakub Zieliński def. F. Szymański by way of Unanimous Choice in an newbie guidelines bout
