The year 2012 was 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.
| Event Title | Date | Arena | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy | Orlen Arena |  Płock, Poland | ||
| 2 | KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp | Arena Łódź | Łódź, Poland | ||
| 3 | KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies | Ergo Arena | Gdańsk, Poland | ||
| 4 | KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation | Hala Torwar | Warsaw, Poland |
| Title fights in 2012 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weight Class | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes | ||||
| 1 | Middleweight 84 kg | Michał Materla | def. | Jay Silva | Decision (Majority) | 3 | KSW 19 | For the vacant KSW Middleweight Championship | |
| 2 | Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Jan Błachowicz (c) | def. |  Houston Alexander | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | KSW 20 | For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship | |
| 3 | Lightweight 70 kg | Maciej Jewtuszko | def. | Artur Sowiński | Submission (brabo choke) | 2 | KSW 21 | For the Inaugural KSW Lightweight Championship | |
| 4 | Welterweight 77 kg | Aslambek Saidov | def. | Borys Mańkowski | TKO (leg injury) | 2 | KSW 21 | For the Inaugural KSW Welterweight Championship. | |
| 5 | Middleweight 84 kg | Michał Materla (c) | def. | Rodney Wallace | KO (punch) | 1 | KSW 21 | For the KSW Middleweight Championship | |
| KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy | |
| Promotion: | Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki |
| Date: | February 25, 2012 |
| Venue: | Orlen Arena |
| City: | Płock, Poland |
| Previousevent: | KSW 17 |
| Followingevent: | KSW 19 |
KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy was a mixed martial arts event held on February 25, 2012 at the Orlen Arena in Płock, Poland.[1]
The original main event of Jan Błachowicz fighting Dave Branch was changed when Branch had passport issues in the days leading up to the event.[2] He was replaced by Mario Miranda.
Marcin Różalski was initially scheduled to face Jerome Le Banner in a non-main event fight. However, a knee injury forced Le Banner off the card and with only two days notice Valentijn Overeem stepped in as a replacement.[3]
| KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp | |
| Promotion: | Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki |
| Date: | May 12, 2012 |
| Venue: | Arena Łódź |
| City: | Łódź, Poland |
| Previousevent: | KSW 18 |
| Followingevent: | KSW 20 |
KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp was a mixed martial arts event held on May 12, 2012 at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.[4]
The main event featured former World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski facing Bob Sapp.[5]
Also on the card was the first ever women's bout in KSW history when Marta Chojnoska fought Paulina Suska in a 55kg (121lb) catchweight bout.[6]
The vacant KSW Middleweight Championship was given to the winner of Michał Materla and Jay Silva.
| KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies | |
| Promotion: | Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki |
| Date: | September 15, 2012 |
| Venue: | Ergo Arena |
| City: | Gdańsk, Poland |
| Previousevent: | KSW 19 |
| Followingevent: | KSW 21 |
KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies was a mixed martial arts event held on September 15, 2012 at the Ergo Arena in Gdańsk, Poland.[7]
The event featured Jan Błachowicz defending the Light Heavyweight Championship against Houston Alexander.[8]
The Różalski-Le Banner bout was originally scheduled for KSW 18, however Le Banner was forced to withdraw due to an injured knee.[8] Le Banner was again forced out of this bout due to injury and was replaced by Rodney Glunder.[9]
| KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation | |
| Promotion: | Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki |
| Date: | December 1, 2012 |
| City: | Warsaw, Poland |
KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation was a mixed martial arts event held on December 1, 2012 at the Hala Torwar in Warsaw, Poland.[10]
It was KSW comeback to Warsaw after two years with no events in capital city of Poland.
Mamed Khalidov was expected to fight Melvin Manhoef in the main event. However, Manhoef suffered an injury to his left leg and pulled out of the bout.[11] Kendall Grove stepped in to fight Khalidov.[12]