In one week, we will know the results of this year Swedish Open. Many good fighters will battle for the top spot, and we would like to take a closer look on some of them. Middleweight  – always a tough division,high pace and powerful fighting..

The middleweight in Swedish Open has always been very good. Some of the strongest fighters in Europe have fought to reach the top. Fighters as Jimmie Collin, Vytautas Cepla,Orest Proc,Christian Christiansen,Fernando Gandia…Now a new generation of fighters has entered the stage, and in this weight class we see the same “Scandinavian Open” setting as mention before. – four fighters from Norway and four fighters from Sweden of total 13 fighters. Poland, Switzerland, Denmark and Latvia constitute the rest of the class.

Rasmus Orstad, Norway

3rd place at this years Diamond Cup, and 3rd place in the KWF World Cup in 2013, and a long time member of NKKO national team. Usually fights in the middleweight, but also fought in weight category above, and showed skills to match heavier opponents. Physically strong, and a physically demanding style of fighting to face. Do also have the capacity to end fight before full time.

Bjørn Erik Orstad, Norway

Also third place at this years Diamond Cup, member of the NKKO national team for many years. Did a strong Danish Open tournament in 2013, reached the final and ended 2nd. High pace strong style of fighting, always strong spirit combined with years of experience, will be a challenge to rest of the middleweight class.

Michael Meineche, Denmark

Meineche have been Danish national team member and represented Denmark in European Championship and in World Championship. Winner of the Danish Open last year, 2015. he is a highly technical performer, well-round trained and have good stamina to back it up. Strong techniques to make damage has been proven more than one time.

Artur Dymarczyk, Poland

Dymarczyk have a long fight carrier, and have fought in several tournaments over the years. Poland, as we all know, do have a very high level of fighting in the nationals, and a polish fighter will from the national league will be at a high standard. Dymarczyk have a strong base with damaging techniques. Made it to the final in this years Polish Open, Carpathia Cup and ended 2nd – an improvement from the year before: Carpathia Cup 2015 3rd place. Dymarczyk seems to be stronger the longer fight he gets, so it depends if “you” are ready fore that.

Rasmus Bergström, Sweden

Bergström became the runner up in 2014, after a strong tournament on home soil. Despite his young age, he has already gained a lot of experience and results that are worth noting. To times French Open Champion, and runner up in the European Championship U22. Also one of Sweden`s fighters to the 11th World Championship 2015  Possesses a driving fight style, where technique, strength, creativity is expertly mixed together. But as always Sollid basic techniques are the basis of style.