Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Current season, competition or edition: 2024 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Sport	Mixed martial arts promotion
Founded	2004;20 years ago (2004)
Founder	Martin Lewandowski Maciej Kawulski
Owner(s)	Private
Country	Poland
Headquarters	Warsaw
Official website	www.kswmma.com

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

Awards

• Violent Money TV
  • VMTV European Promotion of the Year 2022 ^[2]

History

The ring at KSW 14.

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. ^[3]

The promotion is famed for its four and eight-man tournaments, which until KSW X - Dekalog took place over the period of one night, ^[4] 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.

Different from other bigger promotions such as the UFC, KSW adopted the strategy of having events that are less frequent but bigger, focusing on creating big shows with stacked cards and with great spectacle. ^[5] In 2017, KSW 39: Colosseum beat the record for the largest live attendance to a MMA event in Europe, and second-largest in history with 57,776 fans, only after the Pride Shockwave in 2002 and ahead of UFC 193. ^{[6] [7]}

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 at private free-to-air television network Polsat.

Viaplay era

On November 22, 2021, KSW announced a long-term partnership with streaming platfrom Viaplay. Contract includes increasing number of KSW events to 12 per year and exclusive rights to Viaplay to broadcast KSW events on its platform for the Polish, Nordic, Scandinavian, Dutch and English markets. ^[8]

Cooperation with XTB

In October 2022, it was announced that as part of the extension of cooperation with XTB - one of the largest Polish fintechs offering its own investment platform, a new agreement was concluded, in which XTB will become the title sponsor of the KSW gala in 2023. The agreement is concluded for the entire year 2023 and will be valid for ten out of twelve planned galas, of which six of these events will be called XTB KSW. In other cases, XTB will be a strategic sponsor, just like in 2022 - at galas in Łódź, Toruń, Radom and Warsaw. ^[9]

Hall of Fame

On May 10, 2023, the KSW federation announced the introduction of the Hall of Fame, intended to recognize players every year, as well as other people who have made a unique contribution to the history of the organization. ^[10] The first honored player inducted into the Hall of Fame was former KSW commentator and the first KSW tournament champion, Łukasz "Juras" Jurkowski [33] . The official ceremony of Jurkowski's introduction to the Hall of Fame took place during the XTB KSW 83: Colosseum 2 gala. ^[11]

Special XTB KSW Epic gala

On February 24, 2024, a special XTB KSW Epic gala took place, focusing on organizing fights in formulas other than just MMA. ^[12] During the fight of the evening of this event, Mamed Chalidow and Tomasz Adamek crossed gloves in the boxing formula. ^[13]

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

Roster

Main article: List of current KSW fighters

Rankings

The rankings for the KSW's fighters are both recorded and updated when information has been obtained from the KSW's website. ^[14]

• Updated as of July 23, 2024.

KSW MMA rankings
Rank	Heavyweight	Light heavyweight	Middleweight	Welterweight
C	Phil De Fries	Rafał Haratyk	Paweł Pawlak	Adrian Bartosiński
1	Darko Stošić	Damian Piwowarczyk 1	Mamed Khalidov	Andrzej Grzebyk
2	Szymon Bajor	Marcin Wójcik 1	Piotr Kuberski	Madars Fleminas
3	Štefan Vojčák	Bohdan Gnidko 1	Damian Janikowski	Igor Michaliszyn
4	Michal Martínek	Kleber Silva 1	Tomasz Romanowski	Artur Szczepaniak
5	Augusto Sakai	Maciej Różański	Michał Michalski	Marcin Krakowiak
6	Viktor Pešta	Henrique da Silva	Michał Materla	Wiktor Zalewski
7	Ricardo Prasel	Rafał Kijańczuk	Radosław Paczuski	Tymoteusz Łopaczyk
8	Arkadiusz Wrzosek	Michał Dreczkowski	Laïd Zerhouni	Brian Hooi
9	Matheus Scheffel	Łukasz Sudolski	Dominik Humburger	Matúš Juráček
10	Ivan Vitasović	Vojtech Garba	Bartosz Leśko	Oskar Szczepaniak
Rank	Lightweight	Featherweight	Bantamweight	Women's Strawweight/Flyweight
C	Salahdine Parnasse	Salahdine Parnasse	Jakub Wikłacz
1	Valeriu Mircea	Robert Ruchała (IC)	Sebastian Przybysz
2	Wilson Varela	Patryk Kaczmarczyk	Zuriko Jojua
3	Marian Ziółkowski	Daniel Rutkowski	Oleksii Polischuck
4	Leo Brichta	Kacper Formela 1	Miljan Zdravković
5	Marcin Held	Adam Soldaev 1	Werlleson Martins
6	Roman Szymański	Ahmed Vila 1	Kamil Szkaradek
7	Dawid Śmiełowski	Damian Stasiak 1	Patryk Surdyn
8	Welisson Paiva	Daniel Tărchilă 1	Filip Macek
9	Sebastian Rajewski	Łukasz Charzewski 1	Mariusz Joniak
10	Maciej Kazieczko 2	Michał Domin	Islam Djabrailov

List of KSW events

Scheduled events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location

Past events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location
103	KSW 96: Pawlak vs. Janikowski 2	July 20, 2024	Łódź Sport Arena	Łódź, Poland
102	KSW 95: Wikłacz vs. Przybysz 5	June 7, 2024	Hala Urania	Olsztyn, Poland
101	XTB KSW 94: Bartosiński vs. Michaliszyn	May 11, 2024	Ergo Arena	Gdansk, Poland
100	XTB KSW 93: Parnasse vs Mircea	April 6, 2024	Adidas Arena	Paris, France
99	XTB KSW 92: Wikłacz vs. Jojua	March 16, 2024	Arena Gorzów	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
98	XTB KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek	February 24, 2024	Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
97	KSW 91: Brichta vs. Mircea	February 17, 2024	Home Credit Arena	Liberec, Czech Republic
96	XTB KSW 90: Wrzosek vs. Vitasović	January 20, 2024	Arena COS Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
95	XTB KSW 89: Bartosiński vs. Parnasse	December 16, 2023	Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
94	XTB KSW 88: Rutkowski vs. Kaczmarczyk	November 11, 2023	Radom Sports Center	Radom, Poland
93	KSW 87: Stošić vs. Martínek	October 14, 2023	Werk Arena	Třinec, Czech Republic
92	KSW 86: Wikłacz vs. Przybysz 4	September 16, 2023	Hala Orbita	Wrocław, Poland
91	XTB KSW 85: Parnasse vs. Ruchała	August 19, 2023	Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego	Nowy Sacz, Poland
90	KSW 84: De Fries vs. Bajor	July 15, 2023	Gdynia Arena	Gdynia, Poland
89	XTB KSW 83: Colosseum 2	June 3, 2023	PGE Narodowy	Warsaw, Poland
88	KSW 82: Hooi vs. Grzebyk	May 13, 2023	ATM Studio	Warsaw, Poland
87	KSW 81: Bartosinski vs. Szczepaniak	April 22, 2023	Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki	Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
86	KSW 80: Ruchala vs. Eskiev	March 17, 2023	Hala RCS Sport	Lubin, Poland
85	KSW 79: De Fries vs. Duffee	February 25, 2023	Home Credit Arena	Liberec, Czech Republic
84	KSW 78: Materla vs. Grove 2	January 28, 2023	Netto Arena	Szczecin, Poland
83	KSW 77: Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski	December 17, 2022	Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
82	KSW 76: Parnasse vs. Rajewski	November 12, 2022	Sports and Entertainment Hall	Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Poland
81	KSW 75: Stasiak vs. Ruchala	October 14, 2022	Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego	Nowy Sacz, Poland
80	KSW 74: De Fries vs. Prasel	September 10, 2022	Arena Ostrów	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
79	KSW 73: Wrzosek vs. Sarara	August 20, 2022	Arena COS Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
78	KSW 72: Romanowski vs. Grzebyk	July 23, 2022	Kadzielnia Amphitheater	Kielce, Poland
77	KSW 71: Ziolkowski vs. Rajewski	June 18, 2022	Arena Toruń	Toruń, Poland
76	KSW 70: Pudzianowski vs. Materla	May 28, 2022	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
75	KSW 69: Przybysz vs. Martins	April 23, 2022	ATM Studio	Warsaw, Poland
74	KSW 68: Parnasse vs. Rutkowski	March 19, 2022	Radom Sports Center	Radom, Poland
73	KSW 67: De Fries vs. Stošić	February 26, 2022	Global EXPO	Warsaw, Poland
72	KSW 66: Ziolkowski vs. Mankowski	January 15, 2022	Netto Arena	Szczecin, Poland
71	KSW 65: Khalidov vs. Soldic	December 18, 2021	Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
70	KSW 64: Przybysz vs. Santos	October 23, 2021	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
69	KSW 63: Crime of The Century	September 4, 2021	ATM studio	Warsaw, Poland
68	KSW 62: Kołecki vs. Szostak	July 17, 2021
67	KSW 61: To Fight or Not To Fight	June 5, 2021	Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
66	KSW 60: De Fries vs. Narkun 2	April 24, 2021	Wytwórnia Club	Łódź, Poland
65	KSW 59: Fight Code	March 20, 2021
64	KSW 58: Parnasse vs. Torres	January 30, 2021
63	KSW 57: De Fries vs. Kita	December 19, 2020
62	KSW 56: Materla vs. Soldić	November 14, 2020
61	KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2	October 10, 2020
60	KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski	August 29, 2020	Global EXPO	Warsaw, Poland
59	KSW 53: Reborn	July 11, 2020	ATM studio
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
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
14	KSW 11: Khalidov vs. Acacio	May 15, 2009
13	KSW 10: Dekalog	December 12, 2008
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
5	KSW V: Konfrontacja	June 3, 2006	Hotel Marriott
4	KSW IV: Konfrontacja	September 10, 2005
3	KSW III: Konfrontacja	January 15, 2005
2	KSW II: Konfrontacja	October 7, 2004
1	KSW I: Konfrontacja	February 27, 2004

List of KSW events:

• 2004 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2005 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2006 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2008 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2009 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2010 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2011 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2012 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2013 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2014 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2015 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2016 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2018 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2019 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Event locations

• The following cities have hosted a total of 100 KSW events as of XTB KSW 93: Parnasse vs Mircea (6.4.2024.)

Poland (total: 92)

• Masovian Voivodeship, (34)
  • Warsaw, Hala Torwar (14)
  • Warsaw, Hotel Marriott (5)
  • Warsaw, ATM Studio (5)
  • Warsaw, Stadion Narodowy (2)
  • Warsaw, Global EXPO (2)
  • Radom, Radom Sports Center (2)
  • Warsaw, CWKS Legia Boxing Club (1)
  • Plock, Orlen Arena (1)
  • Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Sports and Entertainment Hall (1)
  • Sękocin Nowy, Studio Apricor (1)
• Łódź Voivodeship, (14)
  • Łódź, Atlas Arena (8)
  • Łódź, Wytwórnia Club (5)
  • Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki (1)
• Pomeranian Voivodeship, (10)
  • Gdańsk, Ergo Arena (9)
  • Gdynia, Gdynia Arena (1)
• Silesian Voivodeship, (9)
  • Gliwice, Gliwice Arena (6)
  • Katowice, Spodek (2)
  • Dąbrowa Górnicza, Hala Centrum (1)
• Lower Silesian Voivodeship, (6)
  • Wrocław, Hala Stulecia (3)
  • Wrocław, Hala Orbita (2)
  • Lubin, Hala RCS Sport (1)
• Lesser Poland Voivodeship, (5)
  • Kraków, Kraków Arena (3)
  • Nowy Sacz, Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego (2)
• West Pomeranian Voivodeship, (3)
  • Szczecin, Netto Arena (3)
• Greater Poland Voivodeship, (2)
  • Poznań, HWS Arena (1)
  • Ostrów Wielkopolski, Arena Ostrów (1)
• Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, (2)
  • Ełk, Hala MOSiR (1)
  • Ryn, Ryn Castle (1)
• Lubusz Voivodeship, (1)
  • Zielona Góra, CRS Hall (1)
  • Gorzów Wielkopolski, Arena Gorzów (1)
• Lublin Voivodeship, (1)
  • Lublin, Globus Hall (1)
• Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, (1)
  • Toruń, Arena Toruń (1)
• Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, (1)
  • Kielce, Kadzielnia Amphitheater (1)

Czech Republic (total: 3)

• Liberec, Home Credit Arena (2)
• Třinec, Werk Arena (1)

United Kingdom (total: 3)

• England, London, Wembley Arena (3)

Ireland (total: 1)

• Dublin, 3Arena (1)

Croatia (total: 1)

• Zagreb, Arena Zagreb (1)

France (total: 1)

• Paris, Adidas Arena (1)

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 )	10
Light Heavyweight	93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st)	Rafał Haratyk	February 24, 2024 (KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek )	0
Middleweight	84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st)	Paweł Pawlak	June 3, 2023 ( KSW 83: Colosseum 2 )	2
Welterweight	77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st)	Adrian Bartosiński	April 22, 2023 ( KSW 81 )	2
Lightweight	70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st)	Salahdine Parnasse	June 3, 2023 ( KSW 83: Colosseum 2 )	1
Featherweight	66 kg (145.5 lb; 10.4 st)	Salahdine Parnasse	December 18, 2021 ( KSW 65 )	2
Bantamweight	61 kg (134.5 lb; 9.6 st)	Jakub Wikłacz	December 17, 2022 ( KSW 77 )	3

Women's divisions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
Flyweight	57 kg (125.7 lb; 9.0 st)	Vacant	September 23, 2018
Strawweight	52 kg (114.6 lb; 8.2 st)	Vacant	September 21, 2015

Championship history

Heavyweight championship

120 kg (264.6 lb; 18.9 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Karol Bedorf def. Pawel Nastula	KSW 24 Łódź, Poland	Sep 28, 2013	1162 days	1. def. Rolles Gracie at KSW 28 on Oct 4, 2014 2. def. Michał Kita at KSW 33 on Nov 28, 2015 3. def. James McSweeney at KSW 34 on Mar 5, 2016
2	Fernando Rodrigues Jr.	KSW 37 Kraków, Poland	Dec 3, 2016	175 days
3	Marcin Rozalski	KSW 39 Warsaw, Poland	May 27, 2017	163 days
Title vacated after Rozalski announced his return to kickboxing. [15]
4	Phil De Fries def. Michal Andryszak	KSW 43 Wrocław, Poland	Apr 14, 2018	2307 days (incumbent)	1. def. Karol Bedorf at KSW 45 on Oct 6, 2018 2. def. Tomasz Narkun at KSW 47 on Mar 23, 2019 3. def. Luis Henrique at KSW 50 on Sep 14, 2019 4. def. Michał Kita at KSW 57 on Dec 19, 2020 5. def. Tomasz Narkun at KSW 60 on Apr 24, 2021 6. def. Darko Stošić at KSW 67 on Feb 26, 2022 7. def. Ricardo Prasel at KSW 74 on Sep 10, 2022 8. def. Todd Duffee at KSW 79 on Feb 25, 2023 9. def. Szymon Bajor at KSW 84 on Jul 15, 2023 10. def. Augusto Sakai at KSW 95 on Jun 7, 2024

Light heavyweight championship

93 kg (205.0 lb; 14.6 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Mamed Khalidov def. Daniel Acacio	KSW 11 Warsaw, Poland	May 15, 2009	? days	1. drew with Ryuta Sakurai at KSW 13 on May 7, 2010
Title vacated after Khalidov moved down to middleweight.
2	Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Jan Błachowicz	KSW 15 Warsaw, Poland	Mar 19, 2011	252 days
3	Jan Błachowicz	KSW 17 Łódź, Poland	Nov 26, 2011	796 days	1. def. Houston Alexander at KSW 20 on Sep 15, 2012 2. def. Goran Reljic at KSW 22 on Mar 16, 2013
Błachowicz vacated the title on January 30, 2014, after he signed with Ultimate Fighting Championship. [16]
4	Goran Reljić def. Attila Végh	KSW 31 Gdańsk, Poland	May 23, 2015	161 days
5	Tomasz Narkun	KSW 32 London, England	Oct 31, 2015	2268 days	1. def. Cassio Barbosa de Oliveira at KSW 34 on Mar 5, 2016 2. def. Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at KSW 36 on Oct 1, 2016 3. def. Marcin Wojcik at KSW 39 on May 27, 2017 4. def. Przemyslaw Mysiala at KSW 50 on Sep 14, 2019 5. def. Ivan Erslan at KSW 56 on Nov 14, 2020
6	Ibragim Chuzhigaev	KSW 66 Szczecin, Poland	Jan 15, 2022	689 days	1. def. Ivan Erslan at KSW 77 on Dec 17, 2022 2. def. Bohdan Gdnidko at KSW 85 on Aug 19, 2023
Title was vacated on December 5, 2023, after Chuzhigaev left KSW.
7	Rafał Haratyk def. Damian Piwowarczyk	KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek Gliwice, Poland	Feb 24, 2024	165 days (incumbent)

Middleweight championship

84 kg (185.2 lb; 13.2 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Krzysztof Kułak def. Vitor Nobrega	KSW 13 Katowice, Poland	May 7, 2010	? days
Title vacated after Kułak was unable to defend the title due to injury.
2	Michał Materla def. Jay Silva	KSW 19 Łódź, Poland	May 12, 2012	1295 days	1. def. Rodney Wallace at KSW 21 on Dec 1, 2012 2. def. Kendall Grove at KSW 23 on Jun 8, 2013 3. def. Jay Silva at KSW 26 on Mar 22, 2014 4. def. Tomasz Drwal at KSW 31 on May 23, 2015
3	Mamed Khalidov	KSW 33 Kraków, Poland	Nov 28, 2015	975 days	1. def. Aziz Karaoglu at KSW 35 on May 27, 2016
Khalilov vacated the title after lost Tomasz Narkun in a champion vs. champion superfight and instead pursue a rematch against Narkun.
4	Scott Askham def. Michał Materla	KSW 49 Gdańsk, Poland	May 18, 2019	511 days
5	Mamed Khalidov (2)	KSW 55 Łódź, Poland	Oct 10, 2020	434 days
6	Roberto Soldić	KSW 65 Gliwice, Poland	Dec 18, 2021	226 days
Soldić vacated the title on August 1, 2022, when he signed with ONE Championship. [17]
7	Paweł Pawlak def. Tomasz Romanowski	KSW 83 Warsaw, Poland	Jun 3, 2023	431 days (incumbent)	1. def. Michał Materla at KSW 89 on Dec 16, 2023 2. def. Damian Janikowski at KSW 96 on Jul 20, 2024

Welterweight championship

77 kg (169.8 lb; 12.1 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Aslambek Saidov def. Borys Mańkowski	KSW 21 Warsaw, Poland	Dec 1, 2012	532 days	1. def. Daniel Acacio at KSW 25 on Dec 8, 2013
2	Borys Mańkowski	KSW 27 Gdańsk, Poland	May 17, 2014	1316 days	1. def. David Zawada at KSW 29 on Dec 6, 2014 2. def. Mohsen Bahari at KSW 30 on Feb 21, 2015 3. def. Jesse Taylor at KSW 32 on Oct 31, 2015 4. def. John Maguire at KSW 37 on Dec 3, 2016
3	Roberto Soldić	KSW 41 Katowice, Poland	Dec 23, 2017	112 days
4	Dricus du Plessis	KSW 43 Warsaw, Poland	Apr 14, 2018	175 days
5	Roberto Soldić (2)	KSW 45 London, England	Oct 6, 2018	1395 days	1. def. Krystian Kaszubowski at KSW 49 on May 18, 2019 2. def. Patrik Kincl at KSW 63 on Sep 4, 2021
Soldić vacated the title on August 1, 2023, when he signed with ONE Championship. [17]
6	Adrian Bartosiński def. Artur Szczepaniak	KSW 81 Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland	Apr 22, 2023	473 days (incumbent)	1. def. Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 89 on Dec 16, 2023 2. def. Igor Michaliszyn at KSW 94 on May 11, 2024

Lightweight championship

70 kg (154.3 lb; 11.0 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Maciej Jewtuszko def. Artur Sowiński	KSW 21 Warsaw, Poland	Dec 1, 2012	812 days
Jewtuszko vacated the title on February 21, 2015, when he pulled out of a title fight due to an injury and moved up to compete in the Welterweight division.
2	Mateusz Gamrot def. Mansour Barnaoui	KSW 35 Gdánsk, Poland	May 27, 2016	1574 days	1. def. Renato Gomes at KSW 36 on Oct 1, 2016 2. def. Norman Parke at KSW 39 on May 27, 2017 3. def. Grzegorz Szulakowski at KSW 42 on Mar 3, 2018 4. def. Marian Ziółkowski at KSW 54 on Aug 29, 2020
–	Norman Parke def. Marcin Wrzosek for interim title	KSW 50 London, England	Sep 14, 2019	–
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.
Gamrot vacated the title on September 17, 2020, when he signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. [18]
3	Marian Ziółkowski def. Roman Szymański	KSW 57 Łódź, Poland	Dec 19, 2020	896 days	1. def. Maciej Kazieczko at KSW 60 on Apr 24, 2021 2. def. Borys Mańkowski at KSW 66 on Jan 15, 2022 3. def. Sebastian Rajewski at KSW 71 on Jun 18, 2022
–	Salahdine Parnasse def. Sebastian Rajewski for interim title	KSW 76 Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland	Nov 12, 2022	–
Ziółkowski vacated the title due to continue inactivity and an injury minutes before his fight against Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 83. [19]
4	Salahdine Parnasse promoted to undisputed champion	—	Jun 3, 2023	431 days (incumbent)	1. def. interim champion Valeriu Mircea at KSW 93 on Apr 6, 2024
–	Valeriu Mircea def. Leo Brichta for interim title	KSW 91 Liberec, Czech Republic	Feb 17, 2024	–

Featherweight championship

66 kg (145.5 lb; 10.4 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Artur Sowiński def. Kleber Koike Erbst	KSW 33 Kraków, Poland	Nov 28, 2015	371 days	1. def. Fabiano Silva da Conceicao at KSW 34 on Mar 5, 2016
2	Marcin Wrzosek	KSW 37 Kraków, Poland	Dec 3, 2016	175 days
3	Kleber Koike Erbst	KSW 39 Warsaw, Poland	May 27, 2017	209 days
Koike was stripped of the title on December 22, 2017, after failing to make weight for his title defense against Artur Sowiński at KSW 41. [20]
4	Mateusz Gamrot def. Kleber Koike Erbst	KSW 46 Gliwice, Poland	Dec 1, 2018	167 days
–	Salahdine Parnasse def. Roman Szymanski for interim title	KSW 48 Lublin, Poland	Apr 27, 2019	–
Gamrot vacated the belt to focus on the Lightweight division. The interim champion Salahdine Parnasse became the new champion. [21]
5	Salahdine Parnasse promoted to undisputed champion	—	May 17, 2019	624 days	1. def. Ivan Buchinger at KSW 52 on Dec 7, 2019
6	Daniel Torres	KSW 58 Łódź, Poland	Jan 30, 2021	321 days
Torres was stripped of the title on December 17, 2021, after failing to make weight for his title defense against Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 65. [22]
7	Salahdine Parnasse (2) def. Daniel Torres	KSW 65 Gliwice, Poland	Dec 18, 2021	963 days (incumbent)	1. def. Daniel Rutkowski at KSW 68 on Mar 19, 2022 2. def. interim champion Robert Ruchała at KSW 85 on Aug 19, 2023
–	Robert Ruchała def. Lom-Ali Eskiev for interim title	KSW 80 Lublin, Poland	Mar 17, 2023	–
–	Robert Ruchała def. Patryk Kaczmarczyk for interim title	KSW 94 Gdańsk, Poland	May 11, 2024	88 days (incumbent)

Bantamweight championship

61 kg (134.5 lb; 9.6 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Antun Račić def. Damian Stasiak	KSW 51 Zagreb, Croatia	Nov 9, 2019	497 days	1. def. Bruno dos Santos at KSW 57 on Dec 19, 2020
2	Sebastian Przybysz	KSW 59 Łódź, Poland	Mar 20, 2021	637 days	1. def. Bruno dos Santos at KSW 64 on Oct 23, 2021 2. def. Werlleson Martins at KSW 69 on Apr 23, 2022
3	Jakub Wikłacz	KSW 77 Gliwice, Poland	Dec 17, 2022	599 days (incumbent)	1. drew with Sebastian Przybysz at KSW 86 on Sep 16, 2023 2. def. Zuriko Jojua at KSW 92 on Mar 16, 2024 3. def. Sebastian Przybysz at KSW 95 on Jun 7, 2024

Women's flyweight championship

57 kg (125.7 lb; 9.0 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Ariane Lipski def. Diana Belbiţă	KSW 39 Warsaw, Poland	May 27, 2017	485 days	1. def. Mariana Morais at KSW 40 on Oct 22, 2017 2. def. Silvana Gómez Juárez at KSW 42 on Mar 3, 2018
Lipski vacated the title on September 24, 2018, when she signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. [23]

Women's strawweight championship

52 kg (114.6 lb; 8.2 st)

No.	Name	Event	Date	Reign (total)	Defenses
1	Karolina Kowalkiewicz def. Marta Chojnoska	KSW 23 Gdańsk, Poland	Jun 8, 2013	851 days	1. def. Jasminka Cive at KSW 27 on May 17, 2014
Kowalkiewicz vacated the title on October 7, 2015, when she signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

KSW fighters

• List of current KSW fighters

Notable fighters

Poland

• Mamed Khalidov
• Michał Materla
• Mariusz Pudzianowski
• Jan Błachowicz
• Mateusz Gamrot
• Karolina Kowalkiewicz
• Tomasz Drwal
• Artur Szpilka
• Arkadiusz Wrzosek
• Damian Stasiak
• Rafal Jackiewicz
• Damian Janikowski
• Maciej Jewtuszko
• Szymon Kołecki
• Tomasz Narkun
• Pawel Nastula
• Daniel Omielańczuk
• Wojciech Orłowski
• Paweł "Popek" Rak
• Przemysław Saleta
• Peter Sobotta
• Paweł Pawlak
• Marcin Held
• Damian Grabowski
• Tomasz Adamek
• Aslambek Saidov
• Karol Bedorf
• Marcin Różalski
• Lukasz Jurkowski
• Borys Mankowski

United States

• Josh Barnett
• Houston Alexander
• Eric Esch
• Brett Cooper
• Kendall Grove
• Jason Guida
• Mike Hayes
• Matt Horwich
• James Irvin
• Bob Sapp
• Jesse Taylor
• Rodney Wallace
• Matt Lindland
• Sean McCorkle
• Virgil Zwicker

Brazil

• Daniel Acácio
• Ariane Lipski
• Maiquel Falcao
• Kalindra Faria
• Rolles Gracie Jr.
• Wagner Prado
• Thiago Silva
• Mario Miranda
• Rousimar Palhares
• Paulo Thiago
• Fernando Rodriguez Jr
• Vitor Nobrega

England

• Phil De Fries
• Scott Askham
• John Maguire
• James McSweeney
• Jim Wallhead
• Curt Warburton
• Andre Winner
• James Thompson
• Oli Thompson

Japan

• Kleber Koike Erbst
• Satoshi Ishii
• Yusuke Kawaguchi
• Ryuta Sakurai
• Kazuki Tokudome

Croatia

• Roberto Soldić
• Igor Pokrajac
• Goran Reljic

Czech Republic

• Simona Soukupova
• Patrik Kincl
• Leo Brichta

Australia

• Peter Graham
• Paul Slowinski

Netherlands

• Valentijn Overeem
• Rodney Glunder

France

• Francis Carmont
• Mansour Barnaoui
• Salahdine Parnasse

Germany

• Sheila Gaff

Slovakia

• Attila Végh
• Ivan Buchinger

Serbia

• Darko Stošić

Other

• Dricus du Plessis
• Jasminka Cive
• Yasubey Enomoto
• Andrey Gerasimchuk
• Konstantin Gluhov
• Sergej Grecicho
• Marius Žaromskis
• Alexander Gustafsson
• Melvin Manhoef
• Christian M'Pumbu
• Oleksiy Oliynyk
• Norman Parke
• Jay Silva
• Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

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External links

• Konfrontacja at Sherdog
• KSW Official Site
• European MMA Rankings