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Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

MMA promoter based in Poland

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
TypePrivate
IndustryMixed martial arts promotion
Founded2004; 17 years ago (2004)
FounderMartin Lewandowski
Maciej Kawulski
Headquarters
Warsaw
,
Poland
Websitehttp://www.konfrontacja.com

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: Martial Arts Confrontation) better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland[1] and one of the leading in Europe.

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Intro articles: 3
Mixed martial arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports and martial arts from around the world. The first documented use of the term mixed martial arts was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate.More
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country located in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces, covering an area of 312,696 square kilometres (120,733 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With a population of nearly 38.5 million people, Poland is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union. Poland's capital and largest metropolis is Warsaw. Other major cities include Kraków, Łódź, Wrocław, Poznań, Gdańsk, and Szczecin.More
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It comprises the westernmost peninsulas of the continental landmass of Eurasia, and is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe is commonly considered to be separated from Asia by the watershed of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Greater Caucasus, the Black Sea, and the waterways of the Turkish Straits. Although much of this border is over land, Europe is generally accorded the status of a full continent because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions.More

History

Martin Lewandowski had been the manager of the Hotel Marriott in Warsaw when he met Maciej Kawulski in 2002. Kawulski was organizing one of the biggest sports expos in Poland at that time, and as both businessmen come from martial arts backgrounds, they quickly found a common subject. Eighteen months later the first KSW show was born.[2]

The promotion is famed for its four and eight-man tournaments, which until KSW X - Dekalog took place over the period of one night,[3] but since KSW XI they are split, with the tournament final taking place on the next event. KSW XV is the first event without a new tournament, only with extra fights and finals from previous tournaments.

Several fighters who have been successful in KSW have signed on to more well known promotions such as the UFC. KSW has its own fight team, the KSW Team, which consists of some of the promotion's elite fighters, such as Mamed Khalidov, Jan Błachowicz, Krzysztof Kulak, Łukasz Jurkowski or Antoni Chmielewski. KSW co-operates with many other promotions in Europe by exchanging fighters, for example WFC and The Cage. KSW runs the majority of its shows live on a variety of TV networks (Polsat Sport, Polsat Sport Extra) throughout Europe. Since KSW XI, the promotion runs its shows live on nationally available private television Polsat.

The KSW ring announcer is Waldemar Kasta, a former rapper born in Wrocław.

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki History articles: 9
1 Centrum LIM
The Centrum LIM skyscraper was built in 1989 in the center of Warsaw, Poland, by LIM Joint Venture Sp. Ltd., a consortium of three partners: LOT, ILBAU GmbH, and the hotel chain Marriott International. In 1998, ILBAU sold its share to SGS GmbH.More
2 Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is owned and operated by Endeavor Group Holdings along with Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital via Zuffa, LLC. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features some of the highest-level fighters in the sport on its roster. The UFC produces events worldwide that showcase twelve weight divisions and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2020, the UFC has held over 500 events. Dana White has been UFC president since 2001. Under White's stewardship, the UFC has grown into a globally popular multi-billion-dollar enterprise.More
3 Mamed Khalidov
Mamed Khalidov is a Polish mixed martial artist of Chechen ethnicity. He is best known for competing in the Middleweight division of Polish MMA promotion KSW. He is the current KSW Middleweight ChampionMore
4 Jan Błachowicz
Jan Maciej Błachowicz is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2007, he also competed for KSW and is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion. He is the second Polish champion in UFC history, after Joanna Jędrzejczyk, and the first male Polish champion. As of March 29, 2021 he is #8 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.More
5 Polsat Sport
Polsat Sport is a Polish sports channel owned by Polsat. It launched on 11 August 2000 and is available via satellite on Cyfrowy Polsat.More
6 Polsat Sport Extra
Polsat Sport Extra is a Polish television sports channel owned and operated by Polsat.More
7 Polsat
Polsat is a Polish free-to-air television channel that was launched on 5 December 1992 by Zygmunt Solorz-Żak. As of 2019, it is the most watched television channel in Poland with a market share of 11.30%More
8 Ring announcer
A ring announcer is an in-ring employee or contractor for a boxing, professional wrestling or mixed martial arts event or promotion, who introduces the competitors to the audience.More
9 Wrocław
Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the River Oder in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Europe, roughly 350 kilometres (220 mi) from the Baltic Sea to the north and 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the Sudeten Mountains to the south. The official population of Wrocław in 2020 was 643,782, with a further 1.25 million residing in the metropolitan area.More

Roster

Main article: List of current KSW fighters

List of KSW events

No. Event Date Venue Location
66 KSW 60 April 24, 2021 Wytwórnia Club Łódź, Poland
65 KSW 59: Fight Code March 20, 2021 Wytwórnia Club Łódź, Poland
64 KSW 58: Parnasse vs. Torres January 30, 2021 Wytwórnia Club Łódź, Poland
63 KSW 57: De Fries vs. Kita December 19, 2020 Wytwórnia Club Łódź, Poland
62 KSW 56: Materla vs. Soldić November 14, 2020 Wytwórnia Club Łódź, Poland
61 KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2 October 10, 2020 Wytwórnia Club Łódź, Poland
60 KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski August 29, 2020 Global EXPO Warsaw, Poland
59 KSW 53: Reborn July 11, 2020 Undisclosed Studio Warsaw, Poland
58 KSW 52: Race December 7, 2019 Gliwice Arena Gliwice, Poland
57 KSW 51: Croatia November 9, 2019 Arena Zagreb Zagreb, Croatia
56 KSW 50: London September 14, 2019 Wembley Arena London, England
55 KSW 49: Soldić vs. Kaszubowski May 18, 2019 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
54 KSW 48: Szymański vs. Parnasse April 27, 2019 Globus Hall Lublin, Poland
53 KSW 47: The X-Warriors March 23, 2019 Atlas Arena Łódź, Poland
52 KSW 46: Narkun vs. Khalidov 2 December 1, 2018 Gliwice Arena Gliwice, Poland
51 KSW 45: The Return to Wembley October 6, 2018 Wembley Arena London, England
50 KSW 44: The Game June 9, 2018 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
49 KSW 43: Soldić vs. Du Plessis April 14, 2018 Centennial Hall Wrocław, Poland
48 KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun March 3, 2018 Atlas Arena Łódź, Poland
47 KSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldić December 23, 2017 Spodek Katowice, Poland
46 KSW 40: Dublin October 22, 2017 3Arena Dublin, Ireland
45 KSW 39: Colosseum May 27, 2017 The PGE Narodowy Warsaw, Poland
44 KSW 38: Live in Studio April 7, 2017 Studio Apricor Sękocin Nowy, Poland
43 KSW 37: Circus of Pain December 3, 2016 Tauron Arena Kraków, Poland
42 KSW 36: Trzy Korony October 1, 2016 Hala CRS Zielona Góra, Poland
41 KSW 35: Khalidov vs. Karaoglu May 27, 2016 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
40 KSW 34: New Order March 5, 2016 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
39 KSW 33: Khalidov vs. Materla November 28, 2015 Tauron Arena Kraków, Poland
38 KSW 32: Road to Wembley October 31, 2015 Wembley Arena London, England
37 KSW 31: Materla vs. Drwal May 23, 2015 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
36 KSW 30: Genesis February 21, 2015 HWS Arena Poznań, Poland
35 KSW 29: Reload December 6, 2014 Kraków Arena Kraków, Poland
34 KSW 28: Fighters Den October 4, 2014 Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa Szczecin, Poland
33 KSW 27: Cage Time May 17, 2014 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
32 KSW 26: Materla vs. Silva 3 March 22, 2014 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
31 KSW 25: Khalidov vs. Sakurai December 8, 2013 Wrocław Centennial Hall Wrocław, Poland
30 KSW 24: Clash of the Giants September 28, 2013 Atlas Arena Łódź, Poland
29 KSW 23: Khalidov vs. Manhoef June 8, 2013 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
28 KSW 22: Pride Time March 16, 2013 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
27 KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation December 1, 2012 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
26 KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies September 15, 2012 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
25 KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp May 12, 2012 Atlas Arena Łódź, Poland
24 KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy February 25, 2012 Orlen Arena Plock, Poland
23 KSW 17: Revenge November 26, 2011 Atlas Arena Łódź, Poland
22 KSW 16: Khalidov vs. Lindland May 21, 2011 Ergo Arena Gdańsk, Poland
21 KSW 15: Contemporary Gladiators March 19, 2011 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
20 KSW Extra 2 January 29, 2011 Hala MOSiR Ełk, Poland
19 KSW Fight Club October 9, 2010 Ryn Castle Ryn, Poland
18 KSW 14: Judgment Day September 18, 2010 Atlas Arena Łódź, Poland
17 KSW 13: Kumite May 7, 2010 Spodek Katowice, Poland
16 KSW Elimination 3 April 1, 2010 CWKS Legia Boxing Club Warsaw, Poland
15 KSW 12: Pudzianowski vs. Najman December 11, 2009 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
14 KSW 11: Khalidov vs. Acacio May 15, 2009 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
13 KSW 10: Dekalog December 12, 2008 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
12 KSW Extra September 13, 2008 Hala Centrum Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland
11 KSW IX: Konfrontacja May 9, 2008 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
10 KSW Elimination 2 March 29, 2008 Hala Stulecia Wrocław, Poland
9 KSW VIII: Konfrontacja November 10, 2007 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
8 KSW Elimination 1 September 15, 2007 Hala Orbita Wrocław, Poland
7 KSW VII: Konfrontacja June 2, 2007 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
6 KSW VI: Konfrontacja October 14, 2006 Hala Torwar Warsaw, Poland
5 KSW V: Konfrontacja June 3, 2006 Hotel Marriott Warsaw, Poland
4 KSW IV: Konfrontacja September 10, 2005 Hotel Marriott Warsaw, Poland
3 KSW III: Konfrontacja January 15, 2005 Hotel Marriott Warsaw, Poland
2 KSW II: Konfrontacja October 7, 2004 Hotel Marriott Warsaw, Poland
1 KSW I: Konfrontacja February 27, 2004 Hotel Marriott Warsaw, Poland

List of KSW Events:

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Roster articles: 16
1 2004 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2004 is the first year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2004 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 2 events beginning with, KSW I: Konfrontacja.More
2 2005 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2005 is the second year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2005 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 2 events beginning with, KSW III: Konfrontacja.More
3 2006 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2006 is the third year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2006 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 2 events beginning with, KSW V: Konfrontacja.More
4 2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2007 is the fourth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2007 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 3 events beginning with, KSW VII: Konfrontacja.More
5 2008 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2008 is the fifth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2008, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW Elimination II.More
6 2009 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2009 is the sixth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2009 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 2 events beginning with, KSW 11: Khalidov vs. Acacio.More
7 2010 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2010 is the seventh year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2010 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW: KSW Elimination.More
8 2011 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2011 is the eighth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2011 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW Extra 2.More
9 2012 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki events
The year 2012 is the ninth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2012 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy.More
10 2013 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2013 is the tenth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2014 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 22: Pride Time.More
11 2014 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2014 is the 11th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2014 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 26: Materla vs. Silva III.More
12 2015 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2015 is the 12th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2015 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 30.More
13 2016 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2016 is the 13th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2016 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 34: New Order.More
14 2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2017 is the 14th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2017 began with KSW 38.More
15 2018 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2018 will be the 15th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2018 began with KSW 42.More
16 2019 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
The year 2019 was the 16th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2019 began with KSW 47.More

Current Champions

Men's Divisions

Division Upper weight limit Champion Since Title Defenses
Heavyweight 120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st) Phil De Fries April 14, 2018 (KSW 43) 4
Light Heavyweight 93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st) Tomasz Narkun October 31, 2015 (KSW 32) 5
Middleweight 84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st) Mamed Khalidov October 10, 2020 (KSW 55) 0
Welterweight 77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st) Roberto Soldić October 6, 2018 (KSW 45) 1
Lightweight 70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st) Marian Ziółkowski December 19, 2020 (KSW 57) 0
Featherweight 66 kg (145.5 lb; 10.4 st) Daniel Torres January 30, 2021 (KSW 58) 0
Bantamweight 61 kg (134.5 lb; 9.6 st) Sebastian Przybysz March 20, 2021 (KSW 59) 0

Women's Divisions

Division Upper weight limit Champion Since Title Defenses
Flyweight 55 kg (121.3 lb; 8.7 st) Vacant September 23, 2018
Strawweight 50 kg (110.2 lb; 7.9 st) Vacant September 21, 2015

Championship history

Heavyweight Championship

120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Phil De Fries
def. Michal Andryszak 		KSW 43
Wrocław, Poland 		April 14, 2018

1. def. Karol Bedorf at KSW 45 on Oct 6, 2018 in London, England
2. def. Tomasz Narkun at KSW 47 on Mar 23, 2019 in Łódź, Poland
3. def. Luis Henrique at KSW 50 on September 14, 2019 in London, England
4. def. Michał Kita at KSW 57 on December 19, 2020 in Łódź, Poland

Title vacated after Rozalski announced his return to kickboxing.[4]
3 Marcin Rozalski KSW 39
Warsaw, Poland 		May 27, 2017
2 Fernando Rodrigues Jr. KSW 37
Kraków, Poland 		December 3, 2016
1 Karol Bedorf
def. Pawel Nastula 		KSW 24
Łódź, Poland 		September 28, 2013

1. def. Rolles Gracie at KSW 28 on Oct 4, 2014 in Szczecin, Poland
2. def. Michał Kita at KSW 33 on November 28, 2015 in Kraków, Poland
3. def. James McSweeney at KSW 34 on March 5, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland

Light Heavyweight Championship

95 kg (209.4 lb; 15.0 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Tomasz Narkun KSW 32
London, England 		October 31, 2015

1. def. Cassio Barbosa de Oliveira at KSW 34 on March 5, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland
2. def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at KSW 36 on October 1, 2016 in Zielona Gora, Poland
3. def. Marcin Wojcik at KSW 39 on May 27, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland
4. def. Przemyslaw Mysiala at KSW 50 on September 14, 2019 in London, England
5. def. Ivan Erslan at KSW 56 on November 14, 2020 in Łódź, Poland

4 Goran Reljić
def. Attila Végh 		KSW 31
Gdańsk, Poland 		May 23, 2015
Title vacated after Błachowicz left KSW for UFC.[5]
3 Jan Błachowicz KSW 17
Łódź, Poland 		November 26, 2011

1. def. Houston Alexander at KSW 20 on Sep 15, 2012 in Gdańsk, Poland
2. def. Goran Reljic at KSW 22 on March 16, 2013 in Warsaw, Poland

2 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
def. Jan Błachowicz 		KSW 15
Warsaw, Poland 		March 19, 2011
Title vacated after Khalidov moved down to middleweight.
1 Mamed Khalidov
def. Daniel Acacio 		KSW 11
Warsaw, Poland 		May 15, 2009

1. drew with Ryuta Sakurai at KSW 13 on May 7, 2010 in Katowice, Poland

Middleweight Championship

85 kg (187.4 lb; 13.4 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Mamed Khalidov
KSW 55
Łódź, Poland 		October 10, 2020
4 Scott Askham
def. Michał Materla 		KSW 49
Sopot, Poland 		May 18, 2019
Khalidov vacated the title in order to pursue a rematch against KSW Light Heavyweight champion Tomasz Narkun[6]
3 Mamed Khalidov
KSW 33
Kraków, Poland 		November 28, 2015

1. def. Aziz Karaoglu at KSW 35 on May 27, 2016 in Sopot, Poland

2 Michał Materla
def. Jay Silva 		KSW 19
Łódź, Poland 		May 12, 2012

1. def. Rodney Wallace at KSW 21 on Dec 1, 2012 in Warsaw, Poland
2. def. Kendall Grove at KSW 23 on June 8, 2013 in Gdańsk, Poland
3. def. Jay Silva at KSW 26 on March 22, 2014 in Warsaw, Poland
4. def. Tomasz Drwal at KSW 31 on May 23, 2015 in Gdańsk, Poland

Title vacated after Kułak was unable to defend the title due to injury.
1 Krzysztof Kułak
def. Vitor Nobrega 		KSW 13
Katowice, Poland 		May 7, 2010

Welterweight Championship

75 kg (165.3 lb; 11.8 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Roberto Soldić (2) KSW 45
London, England 		October 6, 2018 1. def. Krystian Kaszubowski at KSW 49 on May 18, 2019 in Sopot, Poland
4 Dricus du Plessis KSW 43
Gdańsk, Poland 		April 14, 2018
3 Roberto Soldić KSW 41
Katowice, Poland 		December 23, 2017
2 Borys Mańkowski KSW 27
Gdańsk, Poland 		May 17, 2014

1. def. David Zawada at KSW 29 on Dec 6, 2014 in Kraków, Poland
2. def. Mohsen Bahari at KSW 30 on Feb. 21, 2015 in Poznań, Poland
3. def. Jesse Taylor at KSW 32 on Oct. 31, 2015 in London, England
4. def. John Maguire at KSW 37 on Dec. 3, 2016 in Kraków, Poland

1 Aslambek Saidov
def. Borys Mańkowski 		KSW 21
Warsaw, Poland 		December 1, 2012 1. def. Daniel Acacio at KSW 25 on Dec 8, 2013 in Wrocław, Poland

Lightweight Championship

70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Marian Ziółkowski
def. Roman Szymański 		KSW 57
Łódź, Poland 		December 19, 2020
Gamrot vacated the title when she signed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.[7]
Originally scheduled as a title unification bout, Mateusz Gamrot defeated interim champion Norman Parke on July 11, 2020 in a non-title bout due to Parke missing weight. Interim title was vacated at this time.
Interim Norman Parke
def. Marcin Wrzosek 		KSW 50
London, England 		September 14, 2019
2 Mateusz Gamrot
def. Mansour Barnaoui 		KSW 35
Sopot, Poland 		May 27, 2016

1. def. Renato Gomes at KSW 36 on October 1, 2016 in Zielona Gora, Poland
2. def. Norman Parke at KSW 39 on May 27, 2017 in Warsaw, Poland
3. def. Grzegorz Szulakowski at KSW 42 on March 3, 2018 in Łódź, Poland
4. def. Marian Ziółkowski at KSW 54 on August 29, 2020 in Warsaw, Poland

Jewtuszko vacated the title when he pulled out of a title fight due to an injury and moved up to compete in the Welterweight division.
1 Maciej Jewtuszko
def. Artur Sowiński 		KSW 21
Warsaw, Poland 		December 1, 2012

Featherweight Championship

65 kg (143.3 lb; 10.2 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Daniel Torres KSW 58
Łódź, Poland 		January 30, 2021
5 Salahdine Parnasse
promoted to undisputed champion 		KSW 48
Lublin, Poland 		April 27, 2019
Gamrot vacated the title when he signed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship[7] .The interim champion Salahdine Parnasse becaome the new champion.[8]
Interim Salahdine Parnasse
def. Roman Szymanski 		KSW 48
Lublin, Poland 		April 27, 2019 1. def. Ivan Buchinger at KSW 52 on December 7, 2019 in Gliwice, Poland
4 Mateusz Gamrot
def. Kleber Koike Erbst 		KSW 46
Gliwice, Poland 		December 1, 2018
Kleber Koike Erbst stripped of the title due to missed weight[9]
3 Kleber Koike Erbst KSW 39
Warsaw, Poland 		May 27, 2017
2 Marcin Wrzosek KSW 37
Kraków, Poland 		December 3, 2016
1 Artur Sowiński
def. Kleber Koike Erbst 		KSW 33
Kraków, Poland 		November 28, 2015 1. def. Fabiano Silva da Conceicao at KSW 34 on March 5, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland

Bantamweight Championship

60 kg (132.3 lb; 9.4 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Current Sebastian Przybysz KSW 59
Łódź, Poland 		March 20, 2021
1 Antun Račić
def. Damian Stasiak 		KSW 51
Zagreb, Croatia 		November 9, 2019 1. def. Bruno dos Santos at KSW 57 on December 19, 2020 in Łódź, Poland

Women's Flyweight Championship

55 kg (121.3 lb; 8.7 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Lipski vacated the title when she signed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.[10]
1 Ariane Lipski
def. Diana Belbita 		KSW 39
Warsaw, Poland 		May 27, 2017

1. def. Mariana Morais at KSW 40 on October 22, 2017 in Dublin, Ireland
2. def. Silvana Gomez Juarez at KSW 42 on March 3, 2018 in Łódź, Poland

Women's Strawweight Championship

50 kg (110.2 lb; 7.9 st)
No. Name Event Date Defenses
Kowalkiewicz vacated the title when she signed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
1 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
def. Marta Chojnoska 		KSW 23
Gdańsk, Poland 		June 8, 2013 1. def. Jasminka Cive at KSW 27 on May 17, 2014 in Gdańsk, Poland

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Current Champions articles: 50
1 London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom. The city stands on the River Thames in the south-east of England, at the head of its 50-mile (80 km) estuary leading to the North Sea. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, and was originally called Londinium, which was founded by the Romans. The City of London, London's ancient core and financial centre—an area of just 1.12 square miles (2.9 km2) and colloquially known as the Square Mile—retains boundaries that closely follow its medieval limits. The adjacent City of Westminster has for centuries been the location of much of the national government. Thirty-one additional boroughs north and south of the river also comprise modern London. The London region is governed by the mayor of London and the London Assembly.More
2 England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest of England and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. England is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.More
3 Tomasz Narkun
Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing for KSW. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, he is the current KSW Light Heavyweight Champion and has also competed for M-1 Global, where he is the former Light Heavyweight Champion.More
4 Łódź
Łódź, written in English as Lodz, is the third-largest city in Poland and a former industrial centre. Located in the central part of the country, it has a population of 679,941 (2019). It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canting, as it depicts a boat, which alludes to the city's name.More
5 Luis Henrique (fighter)
Luis Henrique is a Brazilian mixed martial artist currently competing in the heavyweight division of KSW. A professional since 2011, he has also fought in the UFC.More
6 Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula River in east-central Poland and its population is officially estimated at 1.8 million residents within a greater metropolitan area of 3.1 million residents, which makes Warsaw the 7th most-populous capital city in the European Union. The city area measures 517.24 square kilometres (199.71 sq mi), while the metropolitan area covers 6,100.43 square kilometres (2,355.39 sq mi). Warsaw is an alpha-global city, a major international tourist destination, and a significant cultural, political, and economic hub. Its historical Old Town was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.More
7 Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 211 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states and the Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigration from around the world; as well as the most populous Roman Catholic-majority country.More
8 Kraków
Kraków, written in English as Krakow and traditionally known as Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Province, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 and has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, economic, cultural and artistic life. Cited as one of Europe's most beautiful cities, its Old Town was declared the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the world.More
9 Paweł Nastula
Paweł Marcin Nastula is a Polish judoka and mixed martial artist. He was the 1995 and 1997 Judo World Champion, and 1996 gold medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, winning those titles in the U95kg weight category.More
10 Rolles Gracie Jr.
Rolles Gracie Jr. is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner, and professional wrestler. As the son of Rolls Gracie, he is a third generation martial arts member of the Gracie family, and a 4th degree black belt in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.More
11 Szczecin
Szczecin is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the German border, it is a major seaport and Poland's seventh-largest city. As of December 2019, the population was 401,907.More
12 James McSweeney
James Adam McSweeney is a British kickboxer and mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, McSweeney is perhaps best known for being a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights and competing in the UFC, but has also competed in British promotions such as Cage Rage and BAMMA.More
13 Sokoudjou
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua, mostly billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, Sokoudjou is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion, and has also competed for PRIDE, the UFC, WEC, Affliction, Strikeforce, K-1, DREAM and Bellator.More
14 Zielona Góra
Zielona Góra is the largest city in Lubusz Voivodeship, located in western Poland, with 141,222 inhabitants (2019). Zielona Góra has been in Lubusz Voivodeship since 1999, prior to which it was the capital of Zielona Góra Voivodeship from 1950 to 1998. It is the seat of the province's elected assembly, while the seat of the centrally appointed governor is located in the city of Gorzów Wielkopolski. Zielona Góra has a favourable geographical position, being located not far from the Polish-German border and on several international road and rail routes connecting Scandinavia with Southern Europe and Warsaw with Berlin. The region is also closely associated with vineyards and holds an annual Wine Fest.More
15 Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, with twenty counties. Croatia has 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.07 million.More
16 Goran Reljić
Goran Reljić is a Croatian mixed martial artist and bare knuckle boxer. A professional MMA competitor who began his career in 2004 and most recently competed in 2020, he has fought for the UFC, RIZIN, and KSW.More
17 Attila Végh
Attila Végh is a Slovak mixed martial artist who competed in the Light Heavyweight divisions of Bellator Fighting Championships and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He won the Bellator 2012 Summer Series Light Heavyweight Tournament and then the Bellator Light Heavyweight Championship. After losing it in his first defense, he was released from the promotion. A professional competitor since 2008, he has also competed for M-1 Global.More
18 Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic coast of northern Poland. With a population of 470,907, Gdańsk is the capital and largest city of the Pomeranian Voivodeship and the most prominent city in the vicinity of the cultural and geographical region of Kashubia. It is Poland's principal seaport and the center of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.More
19 Houston Alexander
Houston Alexander is an American professional mixed martial artist who last competed in 2017. A professional competitor since 2001, he has fought for the UFC, Bellator, Shark Fights, the RFA, and KSW. Alexander is probably best known for his brutal upset first-round knockout of Keith Jardine in his UFC debut at UFC 71.More
20 Goran Reljić
Goran Reljić is a Croatian mixed martial artist and bare knuckle boxer. A professional MMA competitor who began his career in 2004 and most recently competed in 2020, he has fought for the UFC, RIZIN, and KSW.More
21 Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Its coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Although it is not an ECOWAS member state, it is geographically and historically in West Africa; the Southern Cameroons, which now form its North West and South West Regions, have particularly strong links to West African history. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African, due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa. Its nearly 25 million people speak 250 native languages.More
22 Daniel Acácio
Daniel Acácio is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, also current Superior Challenge Welterweight Champion and 100% Fight Middleweight Champion. He is most notable for his fights in PRIDE Fighting Championships and has previously fought for M-1 Global, Shooto, Pancrase, Impact FC, Jungle Fight, Fight Festival and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki.More
23 Ryuta Sakurai
Ryuta Sakurai is a Japanese mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division. A veteran who fought for many companies such as Shooto, Pancrase and PRIDE. Nicknamed Mr. DEEP, he is best known for spending most of his fighting career in DEEP, where he is a former DEEP Middleweight champion.More
24 Katowice
Katowice is an industrial city situated in the Silesian Region of southern Poland, and the central city of the Upper Silesian metropolitan area. Established in 1865, it is the 11th-most populous city in Poland, while its urban area is the most populous in the country and 21st-most populous in the EU.More
25 Scott Askham
Scott Askham is an English mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division of KSW. A professional since 2010, he has also competed for the UFC, Absolute Championship Berkut, BAMMA, and Cage Warriors.More
26 Sopot
Sopot ( listen) is a seaside resort city in Eastern Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000.More
27 Jay Silva
Jay Silva is an Angolan-born American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2008, Silva has also formerly competed for the UFC, Bellator, the MFC, KSW, and Tachi Palace Fights.More
28 Rodney Wallace (fighter)
Rodney Wallace is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2008, he has competed for the UFC, Bellator, the MFC, M-1 Global, KSW, and Absolute Championship Berkut.More
29 Kendall Grove
Kendall Grove is an American mixed martial artist who is currently signed to Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, he has also competed for the Bellator MMA, UFC, KSW, ProElite, King of the Cage, and was the winner of The Ultimate Fighter 3 on Spike TV.More
30 Tomasz Drwal
Tomasz Witold Drwal is a Polish professional mixed martial artist and boxer who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of KSW. A professional competitor since 2004, Drwal has also competed for the UFC.More
31 Roberto Soldić
Roberto Soldić is a Croatian mixed martial artist. and professional boxer. Before turning 22, Soldić won five belts in five different European MMA promotions including Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), Final Fight Championship (FFC) and Superior FC and is considered to be one of the biggest fighting sports prospects from Southeast Europe. Soldić is a member of University of Fighting Gym Düsseldorf from Düsseldorf, Germany, where he trains under the tutelage of the gym's owner and manager Ivan Dijaković. Due to Soldić's notoriety, in 2016 UFD Gym Düsseldorf was awarded the title of the best gym in Germany by the choice of Germany's fighting sports portal GNP1.de.More
32 South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. With over 59 million people, it is the world's 23rd-most populous nation and covers an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres. South Africa has three capital cities: executive Pretoria, judicial Bloemfontein and legislative Cape Town. The largest city is Johannesburg. About 80% of South Africans are of Black African ancestry, divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different African languages. The remaining population consists of Africa's largest communities of European, Asian, and Multiracial ancestry.More
33 Dricus du Plessis
Dricus Du Plessis is a South African professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He previously competed in the Middleweight division of EFC Africa, where he is the former Middleweight and Welterweight Champion. A professional since 2013, he has also competed for Polish-based promotion KSW. In addition to being a two-time Middleweight and former Welterweight EFC Champion, he is also a former KSW Welterweight Champion.More
34 Poznań
Poznań is a city on the Warta River in west-central Poland, in the Greater Poland region. It is best known for its renaissance Old Town and Ostrów Tumski Cathedral. Today, Poznań is an important cultural and business centre and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's Fair, traditional Saint Martin's croissants and a local dialect.More
35 Jesse Taylor
Jesse Marcus Taylor is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) and 10th Planet Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt fighter currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he was a cast member of SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, winning his entry, preliminary, quarterfinal and semi-final matches, and then became infamous for being the only fighter to ever be removed from finals due to events that occurred after filming was completed. Taylor later won The Ultimate Fighter: Redemption Welterweight Tournament, and has also fought for top promotions such as Strikeforce, DREAM, MFC, AFC, Impact FC, Shark Fights, Cage Warriors and Absolute Championship Berkut.More
36 John Maguire (fighter)
John Maguire is an English mixed martial artist currently competing in Cage Warriors' Welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, Maguire has also competed for the UFC, Cage Rage, BAMMA, Absolute Championship Berkut, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, and UCMMA. Maguire is the former UCMMA Welterweight Champion.More
37 Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world; covering over 17,125,191 square kilometres (6,612,073 sq mi), consisting of more than one-eighth of the Earth's inhabited land area, extending to eleven time zones, and has borders with sixteen sovereign nations. Russia has a population of 146.2 million; and is the ninth-most populous country, as well as the most populous country in Europe. Moscow, the capital, is the largest city in Europe, while Saint Petersburg is the second-largest city and the country's cultural centre. Russians are the largest Slavic and European nation; speaking Russian, the most spoken Slavic language, and the most spoken native language in Europe.More
38 Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is a devolved constituent part of the United Kingdom. Located in the northeast of the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland. In 2011, its population was 1,810,863, constituting about 30% of the island's population and about 3% of the UK's population. The Northern Ireland Assembly, established by the Northern Ireland Act 1998, holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters, while other areas are reserved for the British government. Northern Ireland co-operates with the Republic of Ireland in several areas.More
39 Norman Parke
Norman Parke is a Northern Irish mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Parke has fought for the UFC, Absolute Championship Berkut, KSW, and BAMMA. He was also a competitor for Team UK on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes in late 2012 and won the Lightweight Tournament.More
40 Maciej Jewtuszko
Maciej Jewtuszko is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He has competed in the lightweight division of various European MMA promotions and fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was a former KSW Lightweight Champion.More
41 France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe, consisting of metropolitan France and several overseas regions and territories. The metropolitan area of France extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany to the northeast, Switzerland, Monaco and Italy to the east, Andorra and Spain to the south, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname and Brazil in the Americas. The country's eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and a total population of 67.4 million. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include Lyon, Marseille, Toulouse, Bordeaux, Lille and Nice. France, including its overseas territories, has the most time zones of any country, with a total of twelve.More
42 Lublin
Lublin is the ninth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest city of historical Lesser Poland. It is the capital and the center of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 339,784. Lublin is the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River and is about 170 km (106 mi) to the southeast of Warsaw by road.More
43 Gliwice
Gliwice ( listen) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river. It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, regional capital of the Silesian Voivodeship.More
44 Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. Part of the Ring of Fire, Japan spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering 377,975 square kilometers (145,937 sq mi); the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is Japan's capital and largest city; other major cities include Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto.More
45 Damian Stasiak
Damian Stasiak is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2011, he formerly competed for M-1 Global, BAMMA, and Absolute Championship Berkut.More
46 Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately 122 m (400 ft) above sea level. The estimated population of the city in 2018 was 804,507. The population of the Zagreb urban agglomeration is 1,153,255, approximately a quarter of the total population of Croatia.More
47 Ariane Lipski
Ariane Lipski is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She is a former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion and currently competes in the flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).More
48 Dublin
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey, it lies within the province of Leinster. It is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. It has an urban area population of 1,173,179, while the population of the Dublin Region as of 2016 was 1,347,359. The population of the Greater Dublin Area was 1,904,806 per the 2016 census.More
49 Ireland
Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the second-largest island of the British Isles, the third-largest in Europe, and the twentieth-largest on Earth.More
50 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
Karolina Kowalkiewicz is a Polish mixed martial artist. She currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion.More

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Notable fighters

References

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