The KSW middleweight division has held it’s personal as one of many pound-for-pound greatest divisions in all of combined martial arts. Starting from KSW’s biggest legend, Mamed Khalidov, to such champions as Scott Askham and ONE’s Roberto Soldic, the division has produced top-tier world expertise nearly from it’s inception. Sitting within the interim middleweight chair, KSW has probably their subsequent nice star ready within the wings, Piotr Kuberski.
Piotr Kuberski: Getting into the Sport and Reemergence
As with many nice fighters, Piotr Kuberski credit his spouse together with his large push into the game in 2017. “From 2017-2021, I used to be helped enormously by my spouse. I used to be solely working full-time as a safety guard at a membership. Sooner or later she stated, ‘Piotrek, both go to the left or to the best, there is no such thing as a half means with this. I’ll enable you, however you must handle coaching correctly. You’ll be able to’t work nights as a safety guard since you received’t correctly recharge throughout that point.”
“We went all in, 120 %! She gave me cash for coaching, my weight loss program, clothed me, and took care of me. I used to be solely supposed to coach. Since then my profession has exploded!” Kuberski informed MMASucka.
Talking of his return to the game in 2018, Piotr Kuberski stated it greatest himself by telling MMASucka, “Like a Phoenix from the ashes, I returned to the MMA observe in 2018. I got here again after a protracted again harm, requiring a dozen full physique surgical procedures. His debut within the sport truly got here in November 2012 the place is was profitable by way of first-round knockout. It will be over 4 years, March 2017, earlier than he would make his return to motion. After scoring a knockout in a single minute, it could be one other yr, April 2018, earlier than Kuberski returned to full-time motion.
Piotr Kuberski: Climbing the Ladder to KSW
From April 2018 to Might 2023, Piotr Kuberski would go on a five-year run solely consisting of 1 loss and a title reign in FEN (Struggle Unique Evening.) Blazing out of the gates 2-0, Kuberski would endure his solely skilled loss in his third bout again, getting caught in a submission to future KSW fighter, Jakub Kamieniarz. The loss didn’t gradual Kuberski down as he would go 4-0 and 1-0 in skilled boxing, main as much as his signing with one among Poland’s prime MMA organizations, FEN. Throughout that four-win span, Piotr Kuberski would earn knockout victories in three of these 4 contests.
Piotr Kuberski’s Title Run in FEN
With a 7-1 file heading into 2021, Kuberski signed with FEN, shortly placing himself in title talks. After incomes a knockout victory in his FEN victory, he would go on to win Struggle of the Evening honors together with his choice victory over Krystian Bielski. Two excellent performances was all it took to seek out himself in a vacant title bout with Marcin Naruszczka at FEN 40. Incomes the championship with a first-round knockout, Kuberski would go on to defend the title two instances, each defenses ending with knockouts and Efficiency of the Evening awards.
Piotr Kuberski Making a Title on the World Stage
Sporting a 12-1 file with 9 of these victories ending by means of dominant end, it was time for Piotr Kuberski to make the leap to one of many world’s largest MMA organizations in that of Poland’s KSW. Kuberski jumped into the deep finish of the pool early, taking up a really troublesome opponent in Bartosz Lesko at KSW 88. By no means one to not impress the followers, Kuberski earned the second-round knockout and set himself up for a matchup towards a former champion in Michal Materla at KSW 92, 4 months later in March 2024. Former KSW king of the middleweights, Materla, was no match for the newcomer, struggling a primary spherical knockout.
Competing on one among KSW’s prime playing cards ever, KSW 100, noticed Kuberski given the chance to battle his means right into a title alternative within the firm’s most storied division. Dealing with off towards former Olympic medalist Damian Janikowski, Kuberski secured his title alternative with one other spectacular knockout.
Incomes KSW Gold
With the middleweight championship in limbo as a result of a extreme knee harm to Pawel Pawlak, an interim title matchup was set for KSW 104 seeing Kuberski face off towards firm veteran, Tomasz Romanowski. Headlining his first KSW card, Piotr Kuberski continued to dwell as much as his hype, incomes a spherical three knockout and the interim title.
“I’m so pleased to be champion! I’m pleased with the growing variety of supporters. I attempt to present my values within the cage and let it infect others. It means loads to get messages reminiscent of, ‘I’m your fan’ or ‘don’t change who you might be.’ I need to be right here and champion for so long as potential!”
