{"id":613291,"date":"2026-04-18T23:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613291\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T23:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T23:01:09","slug":"pawel-pawlak-pounds-his-way-to-successful-title-defense-against-mamed-khalidov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/613291\/","title":{"rendered":"Pawe\u0142 Pawlak Pounds His Way To Successful Title Defense Against Mamed Khalidov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pawe\u0142 Pawlak successfully defended his middleweight crown at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tapology.com\/fightcenter\/events\/140146-ksw-117-de-fries-vs-wojcik\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KSW 117<\/a>, defeating Mamed Khalidov via TKO in the evening\u2019s main event. <\/p>\n<p>Khalidov came out swinging big early, looking to score a spectacular finish in the opening moments of the middleweight title clash. However, Khalidov only managed to connect with 10 total strikes in the first two rounds as Pawlak managed distance and kept the Russian at bay with his superior footwork. <\/p>\n<p>Khalidov started to lose steam in the third, which prompted Pawlak to secure an early takedown in the fourth. Pinning his opponent near the fence, Pawlak punished Khalidov with a series of strikes that busted up the challenger\u2019s right eye. <\/p>\n<p>Just when it appeared that Khalidov would survive the stanza, Pawlak turned up the heat and started dropping bombs on the Russian. With Pawlak in survival mode, the referee opted to step in and bring a stop to the contest with only one second left in the round. <\/p>\n<p>Official Result: Pawe\u0142 Pawlak def. Mamed Khalidov via TKO (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lowkickmma.com\/aspen-ladd-finishes-yana-kunitskaya-with-ground-and-pound-ufc-dc-results\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"495079\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ground and pound<\/a>) at 4:59 of Round 4 to retain the KSW middleweight championship. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-648218 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/HGN7OzHa0AAl_Hy.jpg\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>Check Out Highlights From Pawe\u0142 Pawlak vs. Mamed Khalidov at KSW 117:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pawe\u0142 Pawlak successfully defended his middleweight crown at KSW 117, defeating Mamed Khalidov via TKO in the evening\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":613292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[444],"tags":[49,48,641,638,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-613291","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-fighting","11":"tag-mma","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=613291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/613292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=613291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=613291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=613291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}