Szymanski vs Held

Who won Szymanski vs Held?

Marcin Held beat Roman Szymanski by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest during the main card of KSW 95, on Friday 7th June 2024 at Hala Urania in Olsztyn.

The scorecards were announced in favor of the winner Marcin Held.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Lightweight division, which meant the weight limit was 155 pounds (11.1 stone or 70.3 KG).

Szymanski vs Held stats

Roman Szymanski stepped into the octagon with a record of 17 wins, 8 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by the way of knock out and 4 by submission.

Marcin Held made his way to the cage with a record of 27 wins, 9 losses and 0 draws, 4 of those wins coming by knock out and 14 by submission.

This was Roman Szymanski's 15th fight in KSW, having made his debut for the promotion in 2016. Marcin Held marked his 3rd fight for them, having made his own debut for the promotion in 2023.

Roman Szymanski's KSW record stood at 9-6-0, while Marcin Held's came in at 2-1-0.

The stats suggested Szymanski had a slight advantage in power over Held, with a 24% knock out percentage over Held's 15%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested Held had a large advantage over Szymanski, boasting a 52% submission rate over Szymanski's 24%.

Roman Szymanski was the younger man by 2 years, at 31 years old.

Held had a height advantage of 1 inch over Szymanski. Despite this, both fighters had a equal reach.

Szymanski was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 11 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2012, 3 years and 5 months later than Held, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 13 less professional rounds, 73 to Held's 86.

Szymanski vs Held form

Marcin Held had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Raul Tutarauli at KSW 89 on 16th December 2023 by knockout in the 2nd round at PreZero Arena, Gliwice, Poland.

Previous to that, he had won against Myles Price at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Copper Box Arena, London, United Kingdom.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Myles Price at PFL 2022 #9 on 20th August 2022 by submission in the 2nd round at Copper Box Arena, London.

Before that, he had been beaten by Natan Schulte at PFL 2022 #4 on 17th June 2022 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Overtime Elite Arena, Atlanta, United States.

He had been defeated by Olivier Aubin Mercier at PFL 2021 #4 on 10th June 2021 by unanimous decision in their 3 round contest at Ocean Casino Resort, Atlantic City.

Activity check

Szymanski's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 20 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 6 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 3 rounds on average.

Held's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 9 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 9 months and 1 day. In those fights, he fought a total of 12 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 2.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Szymanski vs Held?

Roman Szymanski was a 8/11 (-140) favourite going into the contest, while Marcin Held made his way into the ring at 21/20 (+110) with oddsmakers.