Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Explained

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Current Season:	2024 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Founder:	Martin Lewandowski Maciej Kawulski
Headquarters:	Warsaw
Sport:	Mixed martial arts promotion
Owner:	Private
Country:	Poland

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

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 platform 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

See 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 November 26, 2024.

KSW MMA rankings
Rank	Heavyweight	Light heavyweight	Middleweight	Welterweight
C	Phil De Fries	Rafał Haratyk	Paweł Pawlak	Adrian Bartosiński
1		Marcin Wójcik		Andrzej Grzebyk
2	Štefan Vojčák	Damian Piwowarczyk	Piotr Kuberski	Igor Michaliszyn 1
3	Arkadiusz Wrzosek 1	Bohdan Gnidko		Madars Fleminas 1
4	Matheus Scheffel 1	Maciej Różański	Tomasz Romanowski	Artur Szczepaniak 1
5	Szymon Bajor 1	Sergiusz Zając	Michał Michalski	Wiktor Zalewski
6	Michal Martínek 1	Kleber Raimundo Silva	Radosław Paczuski	Muslim Tulshaev
7	Augusto Sakai 1	Bartosz Leśko	Michał Materla	Tymoteusz Łopaczyk
8	Viktor Pešta 1	Henrique da Silva	Laïd Zerhouni	Marcin Krakowiak
9	Ricardo Prasel 1	Rafał Kijańczuk	Albert Odzimkowski	Brian Hoo
10	Ivan Vitasović	Dominik Humburger	Bartosz Fabiński	Kacper Koziorzębski
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	Bruno Azevedo
3	Marian Ziółkowski	Daniel Rutkowski	Zuriko Jojua
4	Leo Brichta	Kacper Formela	Oleksii Polischuck
5		Adam Soldaev	Miljan Zdravković
6	Roman Szymański	Ahmed Vila	Islam Djabrailov
7	Aymard Guih		Werlleson Martins
8	Welisson Paiva	Daniel Tărchilă	Kamil Szkaradek
9	Dawid Śmiełowski 2	Łukasz Charzewski	Patryk Surdyn
10	Maciej Kazieczko	Michał Domin	Mariusz Joniak

List of KSW events

Past events

No.	Event	Date	Venue	Location
107	XTB KSW 100: Khalidov vs. Bartosiński		Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
106	KSW 99 Vojčák vs. Martínek		Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
105	KSW 98: Paczuski vs Zerhouni		Hala RCS	Lubin, Poland
104	KSW 97: Bajor vs Scheffel		Arena Jaskółka Tarnów	Tarnów, Poland
103	KSW 96: Pawlak vs. Janikowski 2		Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
102	KSW 95: Wikłacz vs. Przybysz 5		Hala Urania	Olsztyn, Poland
101	XTB KSW 94: Bartosiński vs. Michaliszyn		Ergo Arena	Gdansk, Poland
100	XTB KSW 93: Parnasse vs Mircea		Adidas Arena	Paris, France
99	XTB KSW 92: Wikłacz vs. Jojua		Arena Gorzów	Gorzów Wielkopolski, Poland
98	XTB KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek		Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
97	KSW 91: Brichta vs. Mircea		Home Credit Arena	Liberec, Czech Republic
96	XTB KSW 90: Wrzosek vs. Vitasović		Arena COS Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
95	XTB KSW 89: Bartosiński vs. Parnasse		Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
94	XTB KSW 88: Rutkowski vs. Kaczmarczyk		Radom Sports Center	Radom, Poland
93	KSW 87: Stošić vs. Martínek		Werk Arena	Třinec, Czech Republic
92	KSW 86: Wikłacz vs. Przybysz 4		Hala Orbita	Wrocław, Poland
91	XTB KSW 85: Parnasse vs. Ruchała		Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego	Nowy Sacz, Poland
90	KSW 84: De Fries vs. Bajor		Gdynia Arena	Gdynia, Poland
89	XTB KSW 83: Colosseum 2		PGE Narodowy	Warsaw, Poland
88	KSW 82: Hooi vs. Grzebyk		ATM Studio	Warsaw, Poland
87	KSW 81: Bartosinski vs. Szczepaniak		Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki	Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland
86	KSW 80: Ruchala vs. Eskiev		Hala RCS Sport	Lubin, Poland
85	KSW 79: De Fries vs. Duffee		Home Credit Arena	Liberec, Czech Republic
84	KSW 78: Materla vs. Grove 2		Netto Arena	Szczecin, Poland
83	KSW 77: Khalidov vs. Pudzianowski		Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
82	KSW 76: Parnasse vs. Rajewski		Sports and Entertainment Hall
81	KSW 75: Stasiak vs. Ruchala		Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego
80	KSW 74: De Fries vs. Prasel		Arena Ostrów
79	KSW 73: Wrzosek vs. Sarara		Arena COS Torwar
78	KSW 72: Romanowski vs. Grzebyk		Kadzielnia Amphitheater	Kielce, Poland
77	KSW 71: Ziolkowski vs. Rajewski		Arena Toruń	Toruń, Poland
76	KSW 70: Pudzianowski vs. Materla		Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
75	KSW 69: Przybysz vs. Martins		ATM Studio	Warsaw, Poland
74	KSW 68: Parnasse vs. Rutkowski		Radom Sports Center	Radom, Poland
73	KSW 67: De Fries vs. Stošić		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		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
66	KSW 60: De Fries vs. Narkun 2		Wytwórnia Club	Łódź, Poland
65	KSW 59: Fight Code
64	KSW 58: Parnasse vs. Torres
63	KSW 57: De Fries vs. Kita
62	KSW 56: Materla vs. Soldić
61	KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2
60	KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski		Global EXPO	Warsaw, Poland
59	KSW 53: Reborn		ATM studio
58	KSW 52: Race		Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
57	KSW 51: Croatia		Arena Zagreb	Zagreb, Croatia
56	KSW 50: London		Wembley Arena	London, England
55	KSW 49: Soldić vs. Kaszubowski		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
54	KSW 48: Szymański vs. Parnasse		Globus Hall	Lublin, Poland
53	KSW 47: The X-Warriors			Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
52	KSW 46: Narkun vs. Khalidov 2			Gliwice Arena	Gliwice, Poland
51	KSW 45: The Return to Wembley			Wembley Arena	London, England
50	KSW 44: The Game		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
49	KSW 43: Soldić vs. Du Plessis		Centennial Hall	Wrocław, Poland
48	KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun	March 3, 2018	Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
47		December 23, 2017	Spodek	Katowice, Poland
46		October 22, 2017	3Arena	Dublin, Ireland
45		May 27, 2017	The PGE Narodowy	Warsaw, Poland
44		April 7, 2017	Studio Apricor	Sękocin Nowy, Poland
43		December 3, 2016	Tauron Arena	Kraków, Poland
42	KSW 36: Trzy Korony	October 1, 2016	Hala CRS	Zielona Góra, Poland
41		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		Wembley Arena	London, England
37	KSW 31: Materla vs. Drwal		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
36	KSW 30: Genesis		HWS Arena	Poznań, Poland
35	KSW 29: Reload		Kraków Arena	Kraków, Poland
34	KSW 28: Fighters Den		Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa	Szczecin, Poland
33	KSW 27: Cage Time		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
32	KSW 26: Materla vs. Silva 3		Hala Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
31	KSW 25: Khalidov vs. Sakurai		Wrocław Centennial Hall	Wrocław, Poland
30	KSW 24: Clash of the Giants		Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
29	KSW 23: Khalidov vs. Manhoef		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
28	KSW 22: Pride Time		Hala Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
27	KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation
26	KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
25	KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp		Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
24	KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy		Orlen Arena	Plock, Poland
23	KSW 17: Revenge		Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
22	KSW 16: Khalidov vs. Lindland		Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
21	KSW 15: Contemporary Gladiators		Hala Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
20	KSW Extra 2		Hala MOSiR	Ełk, Poland
19	KSW Fight Club		Ryn Castle	Ryn, Poland
18	KSW 14: Judgment Day		Atlas Arena	Łódź, Poland
17	KSW 13: Kumite		Spodek	Katowice, Poland
16	KSW Elimination 3		CWKS Legia Boxing Club	Warsaw, Poland
15	KSW 12: Pudzianowski vs. Najman		Hala Torwar
14	KSW 11: Khalidov vs. Acacio
13	KSW 10: Dekalog
12	KSW Extra		Hala Centrum	Dabrowa Górnicza, Poland
11	KSW IX: Konfrontacja		Hala Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
10	KSW Elimination 2		Hala Stulecia	Wrocław, Poland
9	KSW VIII: Konfrontacja		Hala Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
8	KSW Elimination 1		Hala Orbita	Wrocław, Poland
7	KSW VII: Konfrontacja		Hala Torwar	Warsaw, Poland
6	KSW VI: Konfrontacja
5	KSW V: Konfrontacja		Hotel Marriott
4	KSW IV: Konfrontacja
3	KSW III: Konfrontacja
2	KSW II: Konfrontacja
1	KSW I: Konfrontacja

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 108 KSW events as of XTB KSW 101: Le Classique (12.20.2024.)

Current champions

Men's divisions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
	1201NaN1		April 14, 2018 (KSW 43)	10
	931NaN1	Rafał Haratyk	February 24, 2024 (KSW Epic: Khalidov vs. Adamek)	1
	841NaN1	Paweł Pawlak	June 3, 2023 (KSW 83: Colosseum 2)	2
	771NaN1	Adrian Bartosiński	April 22, 2023 (KSW 81)	2
	701NaN1	Salahdine Parnasse	June 3, 2023 (KSW 83: Colosseum 2)	1
	661NaN1	Salahdine Parnasse	December 18, 2021 (KSW 65)	2
	611NaN1	Jakub Wikłacz	December 17, 2022 (KSW 77)	3

Women's divisions

Division	Upper weight limit	Champion	Since	Title defenses
	571NaN1	Vacant	September 23, 2018
	521NaN1	Vacant	September 21, 2015

Championship history

Heavyweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Karol Bedorf	align=center	KSW 24	align=center	Sep 28, 2013	align=center	1162 days	align=left
2	align=left		align=center	KSW 37	align=center	Dec 3, 2016	align=center	175 days	align=center
3	align=left	Marcin Rozalski	align=center	KSW 39	align=center	May 27, 2017	align=center	163 days	align=center
Title vacated after Rozalski announced his return to kickboxing.^[15]
4	align=left	Phil De Fries	align=center	KSW 43	align=center	Apr 14, 2018	align=center	(incumbent)	align=left

Light heavyweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Mamed Khalidov	align=center	KSW 11	align=center	May 15, 2009	? days	align=left
Title vacated after Khalidov moved down to middleweight.
2	align=left		align=center	KSW 15	align=center	Mar 19, 2011	align=center	252 days	align=center
3	align=left	Jan Błachowicz	align=center	KSW 17	align=center	Nov 26, 2011	align=center	796 days	align=left
Błachowicz vacated the title on January 30, 2014, after he signed with Ultimate Fighting Championship.^[16]
4	align=left	Goran Reljić	align=center	KSW 31	align=center	May 23, 2015	align=center	161 days	align=center
5	align=left	Tomasz Narkun	align=center	KSW 32	align=center	Oct 31, 2015	align=center	2268 days	align=left
6	align=left	Ibragim Chuzhigaev	align=center	KSW 66	align=center	Jan 15, 2022	align=center	689 days	align=left
Title was vacated on December 5, 2023, after Chuzhigaev left KSW.
7	align=left	Rafał Haratyk	align=center		align=center	Feb 24, 2024	align=center	(incumbent)

Middleweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Krzysztof Kułak	align=center	KSW 13	align=center	May 7, 2010	align=center	? days	align=center
Title vacated after Kułak was unable to defend the title due to injury.
2	align=left	Michał Materla	align=center	KSW 19	align=center	May 12, 2012	align=center	1295 days	align=left
3	Mamed Khalidov	align=center	KSW 33	align=center	Nov 28, 2015	align=center	975 days	align=left
Khalilov vacated the title after lost Tomasz Narkun in a champion vs. champion superfight and instead pursue a rematch against Narkun.
4	Scott Askham	align=center	KSW 49	align=center	May 18, 2019	align=center	511 days	align=left
5		align=center	KSW 55	align=center	Oct 10, 2020	align=center	434 days	align=left
6	align=left	Roberto Soldić	align=center	KSW 65	align=center	Dec 18, 2021	align=center	226 days	align=left
Soldić vacated the title on August 1, 2022, when he signed with ONE Championship.
7	align=left	Paweł Pawlak	align=center	KSW 83	align=center	Jun 3, 2023	align=center	(incumbent)	align=left

Welterweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Aslambek Saidov	align=center	KSW 21	align=center	Dec 1, 2012	align=center	532 days	align=left
2	align=left	Borys Mańkowski	align=center	KSW 27	align=center	May 17, 2014	align=center	1316 days	align=left
3	align=left	Roberto Soldić	align=center	KSW 41	align=center	Dec 23, 2017	align=center	112 days	align=center
4	align=left	Dricus du Plessis	align=center	KSW 43	align=center	Apr 14, 2018	align=center	175 days	align=center
5	align=left		align=center	KSW 45	align=center	Oct 6, 2018	align=center	1395 days	align=left
Soldić vacated the title on August 1, 2023, when he signed with ONE Championship.^[17]
6	align=left		align=center	KSW 81	align=center	Apr 22, 2023	align=center	(incumbent)	align=left

Lightweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Maciej Jewtuszko	align=center	KSW 21	align=center	Dec 1, 2012	align=center	812 days	align=center
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	align=left	Mateusz Gamrot	align=center	KSW 35	align=center	May 27, 2016	align=center	1574 days	align=left
–	align=left	Norman Parke	align=center	KSW 50	align=center	Sep 14, 2019	–	align=left
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	align=left	Marian Ziółkowski	align=center	KSW 57	align=center	Dec 19, 2020	align=center	896 days	align=left
–	align=left	Salahdine Parnasse	align=center	KSW 76	align=center	Nov 12, 2022	align=center	–	align=left
Ziółkowski vacated the title due to continue inactivity and an injury minutes before his fight against Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 83.^[19]
4	align=left	Salahdine Parnasse	align=center	—	align=center	Jun 3, 2023	align=center	(incumbent)	align=left
–	align=left	Valeriu Mircea	align=center	KSW 91	align=center	Feb 17, 2024	align=center	–	align=center

Featherweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Artur Sowiński	align=center	KSW 33	align=center	Nov 28, 2015	align=center	371 days	align=left
2	align=cleft	Marcin Wrzosek	align=center	KSW 37	align=center	Dec 3, 2016	align=center	175 days	align=center
3	align=left	Kleber Koike Erbst	align=center	KSW 39	align=center	May 27, 2017	align=center	209 days	align=center
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	align=left	Mateusz Gamrot	align=center	KSW 46	align=center	Dec 1, 2018	align=center	167 days	align=center
–	align=left	Salahdine Parnasse	align=center	KSW 48	align=center	Apr 27, 2019	align=center	–	align=center
Gamrot vacated the belt to focus on the Lightweight division. The interim champion Salahdine Parnasse became the new champion.^[21]
5	align=left	Salahdine Parnasse	align=center	—	align=center	May 17, 2019	align=center	624 days	align=left
6	align=left	Daniel Torres	align=center	KSW 58	align=center	Jan 30, 2021	align=center	321 days	align=center
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	align=left	Salahdine Parnasse	align=center	KSW 65	align=center	Dec 18, 2021	align=center	(incumbent)	align=left
–	align=left	Robert Ruchała	align=center	KSW 80	align=center	Mar 17, 2023	align=center	–	align=center
–	align=left	Robert Ruchała	align=center	KSW 94	align=center	May 11, 2024	align=center	(incumbent)	align=center

Bantamweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left	Antun Račić	align=center	KSW 51	align=center	Nov 9, 2019	align=center	497 days	align=left
2	align=left		align=center	KSW 59	align=center	Mar 20, 2021	align=center	637 days	align=left
3	align=left	Jakub Wikłacz	align=center	KSW 77	align=center	Dec 17, 2022	align=center	(incumbent)	align=left

Women's flyweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left		align=center	KSW 39	align=center	May 27, 2017	align=center	485 days	align=left
Lipski vacated the title on September 24, 2018, when she signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.^[23]

Women's strawweight championship

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style= width:1%;"	No.	style= width:21%;"	Name	style= width:16%;"	Event	style=width:13%;"	Date	style=width:9%;"	Reign (total)	style= width:49%;"	Defenses
1	align=left		align=center	KSW 23	align=center	Jun 8, 2013	align=center	851 days	align=left
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

External links

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

Notes and References

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2. Web site: 2022 MMA AWARDS SHOW - FANS & EDITORS EDITION. Violent Money TV. Cauley . Quilty . 2023-01-06.
3. Web site: Leidecker . Tim . The Polish Pride . Sherdog.com . 2008-09-12 . 2015-04-10.
4. Web site: Leidecker . Tim . The Polish Pride . Sherdog.com . 2008-09-12 . 2015-04-10.
5. Web site: Com eventos maiores e apoio da TV aberta, KSW "peita" UFC e domina MMA na Polônia. Albuquerque. Adriano. 17 Oct 2017. 4 Jan 2021 . Combate.
6. Web site: Zidan. Karim. 2017-05-27. KSW 39 stadium show reportedly breaks UFC 193 attendance record. 2022-01-09. Bloody Elbow. en.
7. Web site: Total Attendance. 2022-01-09. Tapology. en.
8. Web site: 2021-11-22. Viaplay secures exclusive KSW rights in 10 countries. Viaplay. en.
9. Web site: Nokaut! XTB sponsorem tytularnym gal jednej z największych i najbardziej rozpoznawalnych organizacji mieszanych sztuk walki na świecie . 2022-10-07 . pl.
10. Web site: 2023-05-10 . pl . KSW wprowadza Hall of Fame .
11. Web site: 2023-06-04. Łukasz "Juras" Jurkowski w KSW Hall of Fame! – zobacz ceremonię wprowadzenia na XTB KSW Colosseum 2 . MMA Rocks!. pl.
12. Web site: "Lista jest naprawdę przekozacka" - Szef KSW o karcie walk XTB KSW Epic . 2023-12-19 . pl-PL.
13. Web site: Tomasz Adamek będzie walczył z Mamedem Khalidovem! Wielka walka w KSW staje się faktem. Jest oficjalne potwierdzenie . 2023-12-22 . pl.
14. Web site: KSW - Martial Arts Confrontation - Official KSW Federation website. 2022-01-08. www.kswmma.com.
15. Web site: Dubert . Magdalena . Marcin Różalski: Narósł pewien konflikt interesów z federacją MMA . mmarocks.pl . 6 November 2017 . 29 January 2021.
16. Web site: Nowosielski . Tomasz . Goran Reljic kontra Attila Vegh o pas mistrza KSW w wadze półciężkiej na gali KSW 31 w Trójmieście . mmarocks.pl . 30 March 2015 . 29 January 2021.
17. Web site: Lee. Alexander K.. 2022-08-01. Roberto Soldic parts ways with KSW, signs with ONE Championship. 2022-08-01. MMA Fighting. en.
18. Web site: Bricker . Matt . Mateusz Gamrot Signs With UFC; Debut Set . mmasucka.com . 18 September 2020 . 29 January 2021.
19. Web site: Staff . 2023-06-03 . Marian Ziolkowski Relinquishes Lightweight Belt Following Last Minute Cancellation at KSW Colosseum 2 . 2023-06-22 . Cageside Press . en-US.
20. Web site: Edwards . Jim . KSW Strip Featherweight Champion Of Title After Missing Weight At KSW 41 . mmanytt.com . 22 December 2017 . 29 January 2021.
21. Web site: Promu champion, Salahdine Parnasse défendra sa ceinture le 30 janvier ! . lasueur.com . 19 December 2020 . 29 January 2021.
22. Web site: Sherdog.com. KSW 65 Weigh-in Results: Daniel Torres Loses Belt on Scale. 2021-12-17. Sherdog.
23. Web site: Stachura . Bartłomiej . "KSW miało pierwszeństwo w negocjacjach, ale…" – Ariane Lipski o opuszczeniu KSW i celach w UFC . lowking.pl . 29 January 2021.