KSW 59 Pudzianowski vs Milanović

Date
Sat 20th March 2021 (UTC)
Sat 20th March 2021 (Local)

Timestamp
2021-03-20T00:00:00

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00:00:00 UTC

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League
KSW

Season
2021

Round
2

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Location
Wytwórnia Club

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KSW 59: Fight Code was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki March 20, 2021 at the Wytwórnia Club in Łódź, Poland.

In the main event of the evening the former World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski was set to return after a fifteen month layoff against the undefeated Senegalese heavyweight Serigne Ousmane. However, on the day of the fight, Ousmane Dia suffered an acute appendicitis attack and had to be hospitalized. Stepping in on just a few hours notice was Serbia's Nikola Milanovic.

The event co-headliner featured a rematch, Antun Račić made the second defense of his the KSW Bantamweight title against Sebastian Przybysz. Račić won the first bout at KSW 46 via unanimous decision.

Former FFC Heavyweight champion Darko Stošić returned to heavyweight after an unsuccessful stint in UFC light heavyweight division. In his first fight in KSW the Serbian faced the polish Michał Włodarek.

A middleweight fight between the Olympic medalist Damian Janikowski and the Bellator veteran Jason Radcliffe was part of the event.

Michal Pietrzak faced the 26 year-old prospect Krystian Kaszubowski in a welterweight bout, as well as welterweight bout between Lionel Padilla and the undefeated Adrian Bartosiński,

The Rajewski brothers will be back on the same card. The six-fight KSW veteran Łukasz Rajewski is scheduled to fight the undefeated welterweight Mateusz Legierski, in what will be his sophomore appearance with the organization. Legierski later withdrew from the bout for undisclosed reasons, and was replaced by Konrad Dyrschka. Sebastian Rajewski joins brother on the card as he will fight Savo Lazić in the event opener.

The Opening bout featured a featherweight bout between the debuting Cyprian Wieczorek and Patryk Likus.