Middleweight standout Mamed Khalidov returns at KSW 42, is apparently one of four people left on Earth

Poland’s KSW returns to action on March 3 when current middleweight champion Mamed Khalidov (34-4-2) will move up to 205 pounds to take on current light heavyweight title holder Tomasz Narkun (14-2).

The contest headlines KSW 42, which takes place at Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland, and streams live via online pay-per-view at KSWTV.com.

To herald the card’s official announcement, KSW brass have pieced together another visually impressive trailer featuring four of the event’s key fighters – and absolutely nobody else.

Check out the video above.

An empty arena. An empty bar (with frosty beverages still in place – tragic). An empty theater. An empty, uh, control room for a nuclear missile launch site, I’m going to say. A mostly empty airport (OK, there’s a couple of people in the airport, so maybe the fighters aren’t the LAST four people on earth, but just stick with the concept here). An empty board room. An obviously busy city scene that’s cropped to look empty.

After that, Khalidov and Narkun lead the four-fighter contingent into a group shot on a stage, where they pose in front of a giant eye.

I’m guessing the concept is that everyone has left their everyday lives to gather in Lodz for this epic event – the giant eye representing the collective focus of society, with all eyes on these four athletes. But I could be way off.

Why should you care?

Well, until recently, Khalidov did hold a spot in the USA TODAY Sports/MMAjunkie MMA middleweight rankings. Currently boasting a 14-fight winning streak that includes 12 stoppage wins, Khalidov has beaten MMA notables such as Luke Barnatt, Kendall Grove, James Irvin, Matt Lindland, Melvin Manhoef, Jorge Santiago and Jesse Taylor, among others. Perhaps even more impressively, he’s lost just once in his past 34 appearances, dating back to 2005.

At 37 – and commanding a hefty payday in his native Poland – Khalidov isn’t likely to ever set foot in a UFC octagon, but he’s long been one of the best fighters competing outside of the world’s largest MMA promotion.

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