As many as three fighting in 2024 it was fought by Tomasz Adamek. The former world champion, who returned after a six-year break, defeated Mamed Khalidov at the federation gala in February KSW. Adamek won this fight early due to a hand injury suffered by his opponent.
Shortly afterwards, the boxer joined the FAME federation MMAsigning a two-fight contract with her. And he won both by unanimous decision. In May, he defeated Patryk Bandurski, and three months later he gave Kasjusz Życiński no chance.
Will Adamek return to the cage for a boxing fight? This is not known yet. However, it is certain that there is no shortage of people willing to fight the former world champion. On Wednesday, Adamek was challenged by another great former champion.
– No problem. IN MMA – said former judoka, world champion and Olympic champion from Atlanta, Paweł Nastula, when asked about the possibility of fighting Adamek. However, in an interview with the interia.pl portal, the journalist reminded that the boxer only wants to fight in… boxing.
Nastula is ready to fight Adamek
– Then I will say that I only want to play judo. You know, either there is a fight that gives opportunities to both, or the fights are made so that we can be sure of winning. I'll tell Tomek Adamek that we should only fight knock-downs, joked Nastula.
– The opportunities would have to be equal. Especially since the fight, anyway, starts in his plane, i.e. standing. (…) I have always said, from an early age, when I had to fight, that I would not refuse. I never refused, he added.
Nastula won his first medal at a major event in 1991, when he became vice-champion of the world. He won gold medals at the World Championships in 1995 and 1997. In the years 1994-1996, Nastula became the European champion three times.
In 2005, Nastula made his MMA debut, joining the then largest federation in the world, PRIDE. In March 2013, Nastula became a KSW player. Although he started his career in this federation with a victory against Kevin Asplund, he later lost to Karol Bedorf and Mariusz Pudzianowski.