Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Awards

• Violent Money TV
  • VMTV European Promotion of the Year 2022

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.

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

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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.

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.

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. 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.

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. During the fight of the evening of this event, Mamed Chalidow and Tomasz Adamek crossed gloves in the boxing formula.

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.

• Updated as of January 23, 2026.

List of KSW events

Upcoming events

Past events

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 - 2020 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2021 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2022 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2023 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2024 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2025 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Event locations

• The following cities have hosted a total of 121 KSW events as of XTB KSW 114: Parnasse vs. Held (1.17.2026.) Poland (total: 103)

• Masovian Voivodeship, (37)

  • Warsaw, Hala Torwar (14)
  • Warsaw, ATM Studio (6)
  • Warsaw, Hotel Marriott (5)
  • Radom, Radom Sports Center (4)
  • Warsaw, Stadion Narodowy (2)
  • Warsaw, Global EXPO (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, (16)

  • Łódź, Atlas Arena (9)
  • Łódź, Wytwórnia Club (5)
  • Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Ice Arena Tomaszów Mazowiecki (1)
  • Łódź, Łódź Sport Arena (1)

• Silesian Voivodeship, (12)

  • Gliwice, Gliwice Arena (9)
  • Katowice, Spodek (2)
  • Dąbrowa Górnicza, Hala Centrum (1)

• Pomeranian Voivodeship, (11)

  • Gdańsk, Ergo Arena (10)
  • Gdynia, Gdynia Arena (1)

• Lower Silesian Voivodeship, (7)

  • Wrocław, Hala Stulecia (3)
  • Wrocław, Hala Orbita (2)
  • Lubin, Hala RCS Sport (2)

• Lesser Poland Voivodeship, (6)

  • Kraków, Kraków Arena (3)
  • Nowy Sacz, Amfiteatr Parku Strzeleckiego (2)
  • Tarnów, Arena Jaskółka Tarnów (1)

• Lubusz Voivodeship, (4)

  • Gorzów Wielkopolski, Arena Gorzów (3)
  • Zielona Góra, CRS Hall (1)

• Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship, (4)

  • Olsztyn, Hala Urania (2)
  • Ełk, Hala MOSiR (1)
  • Ryn, Ryn Castle (1)

• West Pomeranian Voivodeship, (4)

  • Szczecin, Netto Arena (4)

• Greater Poland Voivodeship, (2)

  • Poznań, HWS Arena (1)
  • Ostrów Wielkopolski, Arena Ostrów (1)

• Lublin Voivodeship, (1)

  • Lublin, Globus Hall (1)

• Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship, (1)

  • Toruń, Arena Toruń (1)

• Subcarpathian Voivodeship, (1)

  • Rzeszów, Hala Podpromie (1)

• Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, (1)

  • Kielce, Kadzielnia Amphitheater (1)

Czech Republic (total: 5)

• Liberec, Home Credit Arena (3)
• Třinec, Werk Arena (2)

United Kingdom (total: 3)

• London, Wembley Arena (3)

France (total: 3)

• Paris, Adidas Arena (1)
• Nanterre, Paris La Défense Arena (1)
• Lyon, LDLC Arena (1)

Ireland (total: 1)

• Dublin, 3Arena (1)

Croatia (total: 1)

• Zagreb, Arena Zagreb (1)

Current champions

Men's divisions

Women's divisions

Championship history

Heavyweight championship

:120 kg

Light heavyweight championship

:93 kg

Middleweight championship

:84 kg

Welterweight championship

:77 kg

Lightweight championship

:70 kg

Featherweight championship

:66 kg

Bantamweight championship

:61 kg

Women's flyweight championship

:57 kg

Women's strawweight championship

:52 kg

KSW fighters

• List of current KSW fighters

Notable fighters

POL Poland

• POL Tomasz Adamek
• POL Michał Andryszak
• POL Adrian Bartosiński
• POL Karol Bedorf
• POL Jan Błachowicz
• POL Tomasz Drwal
• POL Bartosz Fabiński
• POL Mateusz Gamrot
• POL Krzysztof Głowacki
• POL Damian Grabowski
• POL Rafał Haratyk
• POL Marcin Held
• POL Rafal Jackiewicz
• POL Damian Janikowski
• POL Maciej Jewtuszko
• POL Lukasz Jurkowski
• POL Dawid Kasperski
• POL Mamed Khalidov
• POL Karolina Kowalkiewicz
• POL Szymon Kołecki
• POL Piotr Kuberski
• POL Borys Mankowski
• POL Michał Materla
• POL Paweł "Popek" Mikołajuw
• POL Tomasz Narkun
• POL Pawel Nastula
• POL Daniel Omielańczuk
• POL Wojciech Orłowski
• POL Paweł Pawlak
• POL Mariusz Pudzianowski
• POL Marcin Różalski
• POL Robert Ruchała
• POL Aslambek Saidov
• POL Przemysław Saleta
• POL Marek Samociuk
• POL Tomasz Sarara
• POL Daniel Skibiński
• POL Peter Sobotta
• POL Artur Sowiński
• POL Damian Stasiak
• POL Artur Szpilka
• POL Marcin Wójcik
• POL Arkadiusz Wrzosek

BRA Brazil

• BRA Daniel Acácio
• BRA Rogério Bontorin
• BRA Maiquel Falcao
• BRA Kalindra Faria
• BRA Rolles Gracie Jr.
• BRA Luis Henrique
• BRA Ariane Lipski
• BRA Mario Miranda
• BRA Julio Cesar Neves
• BRA Vitor Nobrega
• BRA Rousimar Palhares
• BRA Wagner Prado
• BRA Fernando Rodriguez Jr
• BRA Augusto Sakai
• BRA Henrique da Silva
• BRA Thiago Silva
• BRA Paulo Thiago
• BRA Daniel Torres

USA United States

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

ENG England

• ENG Scott Askham
• ENG Tom Breese
• ENG Phil De Fries
• ENG Eddie Hall
• ENG John Maguire
• ENG James McSweeney
• ENG James Thompson
• ENG Oli Thompson
• ENG Jim Wallhead
• ENG Curt Warburton
• ENG Andre Winner

CRO Croatia

• CRO Ante Delija
• CRO Ivan Erslan
• CRO Igor Pokrajac
• CRO Goran Reljic
• CRO Roberto Soldić

JPN Japan

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

CZE Czech Republic

• CZE Leo Brichta
• CZE Patrik Kincl
• CZE Viktor Pešta
• CZE Simona Soukupova

FRA France

• FRA Mansour Barnaoui
• FRA Francis Carmont
• FRA Salahdine Parnasse
• FRA Oumar Sy

GER Germany

• GER Sheila Gaff
• GER Abusupiyan Magomedov
• GER Muslim Tulshaev
• GER David Zawada

NED Netherlands

• NED Rodney Glunder
• NED Brian Hooi
• NED Valentijn Overeem
• NED Errol Zimmerman

UKR Ukraine

• UKR Bohdan Gnidko
• UKR Sasha Moisa
• UKR Oleksii Polischuck
• UKR Vitaliy Yakimenko

SER Serbia

• SRB Aleksandar Ilić
• SRB Darko Stošić
• SRB Miljan Zdravković

SVK Slovakia

• SVK Ivan Buchinger
• SVK Attila Végh
• SVK Štefan Vojčák

AUS Australia

• AUS Peter Graham
• AUS Paul Slowinski

LTU Lithuania

• LTU Sergej Grecicho
• LTU Marius Žaromskis

RUS Russia

• RUS Maxim Grishin
• RUS Aleksei Oleinik

SWE Sweden

• SWE Niklas Bäckström
• SWE Alexander Gustafsson

TUR Turkey

• TUR Ibragim Chuzhigaev
• TUR Aziz Karaoglu

Other

• ROU Diana Belbiţă
• AUT Jasminka Cive
• RSA Dricus du Plessis
• SUI Yasubey Enomoto
• BLR Andrey Gerasimchuk
• LAT Konstantin Gluhov
• MNE Miloš Janičić
• ARG Silvana Gómez Juárez
• BIH Erko Jun
• CAN Mariusz Książkiewicz
• LUX Yann Liasse
• SUR Melvin Manhoef
• NOR Emil Weber Meek
• MDA Valeriu Mircea
• DRC Christian M'Pumbu
• NIR Norman Parke
• BUL Jordan Radev
• ANG Jay Silva
• CMR Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou

References

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8. (2022-10-07). "Nokaut! XTB sponsorem tytularnym gal jednej z największych i najbardziej rozpoznawalnych organizacji mieszanych sztuk walki na świecie {{!}}".
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19. (22 December 2017). "KSW Strip Featherweight Champion Of Title After Missing Weight At KSW 41".
20. (19 December 2020). "Promu champion, Salahdine Parnasse défendra sa ceinture le 30 janvier !".
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