Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: ''Martial Arts Confrontation''), better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premier

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting combat sport, sport based on strike (attack), striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-s ...

organization in

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and one of the leading in Europe.

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. Different from other bigger promotions such as the

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, 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. 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

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in 2002 and ahead of

UFC 193 ''UFC 193: Rousey vs. Holm'' was a mixed martial arts event held on November 14, 2015, at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. It was the most attended UFC event in the history of the company at the time, with 56,214 people filling the stadiu ...

. Several fighters who have been successful in KSW have signed on to more well known promotions such as the

. KSW has its own fight team, the KSW Team, which consists of some of the promotion's elite fighters, such as

Mamed Khalidov Mamed Khalidov ( rus, Мамед Магомедович Халидов, Mamed Magomedovich Khalidov, mɐˈmʲɛt maɣɔmʲɛdɔvʲit͡ʂ xɐˈlʲidəf; ; born 17 July 1980) is a Polish mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the ...

Jan Błachowicz Jan Maciej Błachowicz (; born 24 February 1983) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champ ...

, 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 (

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, Polsat Sport Extra) throughout Europe. Since KSW XI, the promotion runs its shows live on nationally available at private

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television network

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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 Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located south-west of Warsaw. Łódź has a population of 655,279, making it the country's List of cities and towns in Polan ...

Toruń Toruń is a city on the Vistula River in north-central Poland and a World Heritage Sites of Poland, UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its population was 196,935 as of December 2021. Previously, it was the capital of the Toruń Voivodeship (1975–199 ...

Radom Radom is a city in east-central Poland, located approximately south of the capital, Warsaw. It is situated on the Mleczna River in the Masovian Voivodeship. Radom is the fifteenth-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in its province w ...

and

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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 3. 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 A ring announcer is an in-ring (and sometimes on-camera) employee or contractor for a boxing, professional wrestling or mixed martial arts event or promotion, who introduces the competitors to the audience. In boxing and mixed martial arts bouts ...

is Waldemar Kasta, a former rapper born in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

Roster

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 May 15, 2025.''

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 The year 2009 was 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''. List of events ...

2010 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2010 was 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''. List of events Title ...

2011 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2011 was 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''. List of events KSW Extra 2 K ...

- 2012 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki -

2013 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2013 was 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 . List of events Title fights ...

2014 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2014 was the eleventh 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. List of events ...

2015 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2015 was the twelfth 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. List of events Title fights KSW 30: G ...

- 2016 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki -

2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2017 was the 14th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2017 began with KSW 38. List of events Title fights KSW 38: Live in Studio KSW 38: Live in Studio was a m ...

2018 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2018 was the 15th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2018 began with KSW 42. List of events Title fights KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun b ...

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. List of events Title fights KSW Middleweight Championship Tournament bracket KSW 47: T ...

2020 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2020 was the 17th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2020 will begin with KSW 53. Background Martin Lewandowski announced that KSW has plans for European expansion and wil ...

2021 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2021 was the 18th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2021 will begin with KSW 58. Background Martin Lewandowski announced that KSW has plans studio events for the first 6 ...

- 2022 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki -

2023 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki The year 2023 was 20th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. 2023 has begun with KSW 78. For 2023, besides its own channels KSW announced official distribution partnerships with Viapla ...

- 2024 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki - 2025 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Event locations

*The following cities have hosted a total of 113 KSW events as of XTB KSW 106: Parnasse vs. Ziółkowski (5.10.2025.)

Current champions

Men's divisions

Women's divisions

Championship history

Heavyweight championship

Light heavyweight championship

Middleweight championship

Welterweight championship

Lightweight championship

Featherweight championship

Bantamweight championship

Women's flyweight championship

Women's strawweight championship

KSW fighters

List of current KSW fighters 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 and one of the leading in Europe. This list is an up-to-date roster ...

Notable fighters

Poland *

Tomasz Adamek Tomasz "Tomek" Adamek (; born 1 December 1976) is a Polish former professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2018. He held world championships in two weight classes, including the WBC light heavyweight title from 2005 to 2007, and the IBF a ...

Adrian Bartosiński Adrian Bartosiński (born August 25, 1995) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. He is the current KSW Welterweight Champion. Professional career Early ca ...

* Karol Bedorf *

Tomasz Drwal Tomasz Witold Drwal (; born January 22, 1982) 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. Mi ...

Bartosz Fabiński Bartosz Fabiński (born 26 April 1986) is a Polish mixed martial artist who fights in the Middleweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He has formerly competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Fabiński was ...

Mateusz Gamrot Mateusz Gamrot (born December 11, 1990) is a Polish professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Gamrot is a former Konfr ...

Krzysztof Głowacki Krzysztof Głowacki (born 31 July 1986) is a Polish professional boxer who has held the WBO junior-heavyweight title twice; from 2015 to 2016 and again in 2019 (elevated from interim champion). As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the super-h ...

Damian Grabowski Damian Grabowski (born May 12, 1980) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist who last competed in 2019. A professional since 2007, he has fought in the UFC, Bellator, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), Fight Exclusive Night and M-1 Global. ...

Marcin Held Marcin Held (born January 18, 1992) is a Polish mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He is currently ranked #5 in the Konfrontacj ...

* Rafal Jackiewicz *

Damian Janikowski Damian Janikowski (born 27 June 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist and former wrestler who won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the Greco-Roman 84 kg category. He is currently ranked #2 in the KSW Middleweight rankings. Wre ...

Maciej Jewtuszko Maciej Jewtuszko (born January 31, 1981) is a Polish people, Polish retired mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight (MMA), Lightweight and Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight divisions. A professional from 2005 till 2 ...

* Lukasz Jurkowski *

Dawid Kasperski Dawid Kasperski (born July 7, 1990) is a Polish Muay Thai Kickboxing, kickboxer. He first came to prominence due to a successful amateur career by taking gold at the Kick-Box World Cup in 2013 and silver at the List of WAKO Amateur World C ...

Karolina Kowalkiewicz Karolina Kowalkiewicz (born October 15, 1985) is a Polish mixed martial artist. She currently competes in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). She is the former KSW Women's Flyweight Champion. Mixed ma ...

Szymon Kołecki Szymon Piotr Kołecki (; born 12 October 1981) is a Polish former Olympic Champion weightlifter and current mixed martial artist. He was the silver medalist at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney and a gold medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bei ...

* Borys Mankowski *

Michał Materla Michał Materla (born April 10, 1984) is a Polish mixed martial artist. He currently competes for the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), where he is former KSW Middleweight Champion. , He is currently ranked #6 in KSW Middleweight rankings. Back ...

* Paweł "Popek" Mikołajuw *

Tomasz Narkun Tomasz "Giraffe" Narkun (born December 3, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing for KSW. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, he is the former KSW Light Heavyweight Champion and has also competed for M-1 Global, wher ...

Pawel Nastula Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given ...

Daniel Omielańczuk Daniel Omielańczuk (born August 31, 1982) is a Polish professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently competing in the Heavyweight (MMA), heavyweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). A professional MMA c ...

* Wojciech Orłowski *

Paweł Pawlak Paweł Pawlak (born February 8, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), where he is the current KSW Middleweight Champion. A professional since 2010, he has also ...

Mariusz Pudzianowski Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski (; born 7 February 1977), also known as "Pudzian" and "Dominator", is a Polish people, Polish mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and former Strongman (strength athlete), strongman competitor. With Strongman#In ...

* Marcin Różalski *

Robert Ruchała Robert Ruchała (born May 15, 1998) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division for the UFC. Mixed martial arts career Amateur In the amateurs, Ruchała racked up a solid 15–2 record. In ...

* Aslambek Saidov *

Przemysław Saleta Przemysław Saleta (born 7 March 1968) is a Polish professional boxer, as well as a former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Later he became an actor and sports commentator as well as a TV personality. Achievements Kickboxing: *1990 W.A.K.O. ...

Peter Sobotta Peter Sobotta (born January 11, 1987) is a retired Polish-born German professional mixed martial artist. Sobotta fought in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2004, Sobotta has al ...

Damian Stasiak Damian Stasiak (born February 20, 1990) is a former Polish mixed martial artist recently competing in the Featherweight division of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). A professional competitor since 2011, he formerly competed for the Ultimate Fi ...

Artur Szpilka Artur Szpilka (; born 12 April 1989) is a Polish professional boxer and mixed martial artist. He has challenged once for the WBC heavyweight title in 2016. He holds a notable win over former two-weight world champion Tomasz Adamek. Early life ...

Arkadiusz Wrzosek Arkadiusz Wrzosek (born 3 June 1992) is a Polish kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is currently competing for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), having previously competed in Glory as a kickboxer. He is currently ranked #3 in the KSW Heavywei ...

United States *

Houston Alexander Houston Alexander (born March 22, 1972) is an American former professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who last competed in 2017. A professional competitor since 2001, he has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Bell ...

Josh Barnett Joshua Lawrence Barnett (born November 10, 1977) is an American mixed martial artist, submission wrestler, professional wrestler, and color commentator. Barnett previously competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the y ...

* Brett Cooper *

Todd Duffee Todd Duffee (born December 6, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He trains predominantly with the Combat Sports Academy and the American Kickboxing Academy in Cal ...

Eric Esch Eric David Scott Esch (born August 3, 1966), is an American television personality and retired professional boxer, kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and professional wrestler better known by his nickname "Butterbean". A competitor in the heavy ...

Kendall Grove Kendall Grove (born November 12, 1982) 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 ...

Jason Guida Jason Guida (born August 4, 1977) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who last competed for Bellator. A professional competitor from 2003 until 2014, he also fought for EliteXC, the WEC, KSW, Adrenaline MMA and World Extre ...

* Mike Hayes *

Matt Horwich Matthew Peter Horwich (born October 2, 1978) was an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, Horwich has fought in BAMMA, Strikeforce, Bellator, the UFC, and for ...

* James Irvin *

Matt Lindland Matthew James Lindland (born May 17, 1970), is an American retired mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler, speaker, actor, coach, entrepreneur, and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representati ...

Sean McCorkle Sean McCorkle (born July 17, 1976) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Super Heavyweight division. A professional from 2005 until 2014, he competed for the UFC, Bellator, KSW, and King of the Cage. ...

Bob Sapp Robert Malcolm Sapp (born September 22, 1973) is an American mixed martial artist, kickboxing, kickboxer, professional wrestler, actor, and former American football, football player. He is currently under contract with Rizin Fighting Federatio ...

Jesse Taylor Jesse Taylor (born January 2, 1983) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) and 10th Planet Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt fighter who last competed in the Welterweight division. A professional competitor from 2006 to 2023, he wa ...

* Rodney Wallace *

Virgil Zwicker Virgil Zwicker, (born June 26, 1982), is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2003, Zwicker has formerly competed for Bellator MMA, Strikeforce and KSW. Ba ...

Brazil *

Daniel Acácio Daniel Acácio (born 27 December 1977) 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 Championship ...

* Maiquel Falcao *

Kalindra Faria Kalindra Walquiri de Carvalho Faria (born July 23, 1986) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist competing in the Women's Strawweight division. Faria most recently competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Mixed martial arts career Early car ...

* Rolles Gracie Jr. * Luis Henrique *

Ariane Lipski Ariane Lipski da Silva (; born 26 January 1994) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. She competed in the women's Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and is a former Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki#Women's flyweight championsh ...

Mario Miranda Mário João Carlos do Rosário de Brito Miranda (2 May 1926 – 11 December 2011), also known as Mario de Miranda, was an Indian cartoonist and painter based in Loutolim, Goa. He had been a regular with ''The Times of India'' and other news ...

* Julio Cesar Neves * Vitor Nobrega *

Rousimar Palhares Rousimar Palhares (;, born February 20, 1980) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, he has competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), World Series of Fighting (WSOF), Fight Nights Global (FN ...

* Wagner Prado * Fernando Rodriguez Jr *

Augusto Sakai Augusto dos Santos Sakai (born 19 May 1991) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and Bellator MMA. Mixed martial arts career Early career Sakai made ...

* Henrique da Silva *

Thiago Silva Thiago Emiliano da Silva (born 22 September 1984) is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Fluminense. Regarded as one of the best defenders of all time, he is known ...

Paulo Thiago Paulo Thiago Alencar Antunes (; born January 25, 1981) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Middleweight division of KSW. A professional competitor since 2005, he has also competed for the UFC and Jungle Fight ...

* Daniel Torres England *

Scott Askham Scott Askham (born 20 May 1988) is an English mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division of Oktagon MMA. A professional since 2010, he has also competed for the UFC, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), Absolute Championshi ...

Tom Breese Tom Breese (born 26 September 1991) is an English mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight and Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2010, he formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Profession ...

Phil De Fries Philip De Fries (born 21 April 1986) is a British mixed martial artist currently competing in the Heavyweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, where he is the current KSW Heavyweight Champion. He holds the record for the most title defenc ...

Eddie Hall Edward Stephen Hall (born 15 January 1988) is an English media personality, retired strongman, and current mixed martial artist. He is best known for his then world-record setting deadlift. He is also known for winning 2017 World's Strongest ...

* John Maguire *

James McSweeney James McSweeney (born 24 October 1980) is a British retired kickboxer and mixed martial artist. A professional since 2005, McSweeney is best known for being a cast member of Spike TV's '' The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights'' and competing in th ...

* James Thompson *

Oli Thompson Oliver Thompson (born 2 January 1980) is an English mixed martial artist and retired strongman. Thompson currently competes in MMA’s heavyweight division. He has previously competed for major organisations such as UFC, Bell ...

Jim Wallhead Jim Wallhead (born 14 March 1984) is an English former professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight (MMA), Welterweight division. He has competed for BAMMA, Bellator MMA, Bellator, and M-1 Challenge and ...

Curt Warburton Curt Warburton (born 1981) is an English mixed martial artist from Coundon, County Durham. He formerly trained at Wolfslair MMA Academy in Liverpool, England. Mixed martial arts career Early career Warburton's most notable achievement in the d ...

Andre Winner Andre Badi Winner (born 9 November 1981) is a Grenadian-born British mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's '' The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom'', reaching the final. Winner is also a member of Team Rough ...

Japan *

Yusuke Kawaguchi (born August 14, 1980) is a Japanese mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, who fights in the heavyweight division. He is the former DEEP Megaton Champion, and has also fought in DREAM, M-1 Global and KSW. Judo Yusuke Kawaguchi came ...

Kleber Koike Erbst is a Brazilian-born Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation, where he is the current Rizin Featherweight Champion. He has also competed in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), where is ...

Satoshi Ishii is a Japanese-Croatian retired Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional boxer and judoka who has held Croatian citizenship since 2019. Ishii won the gold medal in Judo at the Summer Olympics, Olympic Judo at the Beijing ...

Ryuta Sakurai Ryuta Sakurai (born September 8, 1971) 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 f ...

Kazuki Tokudome is a Japanese professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of ONE Championship. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also competed in Pancrase, Sengoku Raiden Championships and the Ultimate Fighting ...

Croatia * Ivan Erslan *

Igor Pokrajac Igor Pokrajac (born 2 January 1979) is a Croatian mixed martial artist, who formerly competed in the Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2003, Pokrajac has also formerly competed for K ...

Goran Reljic Goran may refer to: Ethnic groups *Gorane, or Goran, an ethnic group of northern Africa *Goran (Kurdish tribe), an ethnic group of the Middle East *Gorani (ethnic group), an ethnic group of southeastern Europe Other uses *Göran, a Swedish name * ...

Roberto Soldić Roberto Soldić (; born 25 January 1995) is a Croatian mixed martial artist and professional boxer, competing in ONE Championship. By the age of 26, Soldić won five championships in five European MMA promotions including Middleweight and Welter ...

Czech Republic * Leo Brichta * Patrik Kincl *

Viktor Pešta Viktor Pešta (; born July 15, 1990) is a Czech Republic, Czech mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He is currently ranked #6 in the Konfrontacja ...

Simona Soukupova Simona Soukupova is a Czech mixed martial artist who competes at Invicta FC in the Atomweight division and has fought 3 times for the organization. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 6–6–1 , Svetlana Gotsyk , Decision (sp ...

France *

Mansour Barnaoui Mansour Barnaoui (born September 20, 1992) is a Tunisian-French mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of PFL. Background Residing nowadays in Malakoff, Hauts-de-Seine, Mansour was born in Tunis, Tunisia, immigrating to Fr ...

Francis Carmont Francis Carmont (born October 10, 1981) is a French professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Light Heavyweight division. A professional competitor since 2004, Carmont has competed for Bellator MMA, the UFC, and KSW. Mixed mart ...

* Salahdine Parnasse * Oumar Sy Netherlands *

Rodney Glunder Rodney Glunder (born as ''Rodney Faverus'', March 1, 1975) is a retired Dutch professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and boxer, current actor, entrepreneur, bodybuilder and convicted rapist. He has fought for M-1 G ...

* Brian Hooi *

Valentijn Overeem Valentijn Overeem (; born 17 August 1976) is a Dutch retired professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. A professional competitor since 1996, he has previously fought for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, RINGS, KSW, the World Fighti ...

Errol Zimmerman Errol Zimmerman (born April 20, 1986) is a Curaçaoan- Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist, representing the Hemmers Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam and SUPERKOMBAT Fight Club tournaments champion. Z ...

Germany * Sheila Gaff * Abusupiyan Magomedov *

David Zawada David Zawada (born 1 August 1990) is a German mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division. A professional since 2010, he has formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW), ...

Slovakia * Ivan Buchinger *

Attila Végh Attila Végh (born August 9, 1985) is a Slovakia, Slovak mixed martial artist who competed in the Light Heavyweight (MMA), Light Heavyweight divisions of Bellator Fighting Championships and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He won the Bellator 201 ...

Štefan Vojčák Štefan Vojčák is a Slovak professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). Professional career Early career Vojčák made his professional debut on September 11, 2021, fo ...

Australia * Peter Graham *

Paul Slowinski Paul "The Sting" Slowinski (born 24 September 1980) is a Polish-Australian kickboxer, a four-time World Muay Thai Council (WMC) Muay Thai World champion and two-time K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland and K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam champion. A ...

Lithuania *

Sergej Grecicho Sergej Grecicho, or in Lithuanian Sergejus Grečicho, is a Lithuanian Combat Sambo practitioner, and mixed martial artist who has won six medals, three of them gold, in Combat Sambo divisions at the Sambo World Championships. He als ...

Marius Žaromskis Marius Žaromskis (born July 30, 1980) is a Lithuanian retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the Lightweight and Welterweight divisions. A professional competitor for over 24 years, Zaromskis formerly competed for Strikeforce ...

Serbia * Aleksandar Ilić *

Darko Stošić Darko Stošić (; born February 9, 1992) is a Serbian mixed martial artist currently fighting for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) in the heavyweight division. He is the former Final Fight Championship (FFC) heavyweight champion and he also compete ...

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Niklas Bäckström Niklas Oskar Bäckström (; born 13 February 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender and current goaltending coach for the Columbus Blue Jackets. He played ten seasons for the Minnesota Wild and Calgary Flames in the Nation ...

Alexander Gustafsson Alexander Lars-Åke Gustafsson (born 15 January 1987) is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist. He competed in the Light Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Gustafsson spent a major part of his MMA career in ...

Turkey *

Ibragim Chuzhigaev Ibragim Sumanovich Chuzhigaev (Russian: Ибрагим Суманович Чужигаев) is a Russian-Turkish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). Ch ...

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Diana Belbiţă Diana Irena Belbiță (born June 26, 1996) is a Romanian former mixed martial artist, and kickboxing, judo and kempo practitioner. She competed in the women's Strawweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Belbiță is a former w ...

Jasminka Cive Jasminka Cive (born ) is an Austrian female kickboxer and mixed martial artist, based in Austria. She competes professionally since 2005 and is the current ISKA Flyweight champion and mixed martial artist. Biography Born in Serbia, Jasminka Ci ...

Dricus du Plessis Dricus du Plessis (born 14 January 1994), also known by his initials DDP, is a South African professional mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Middleweight (MMA), Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting ...

Yasubey Enomoto Yasubey Enomoto (born 15 December 1983) is a Swiss Martial artist (MMA) in welterweight and middleweight categories. Finalist of prestige Sengoku Welterweight Grand Prix Tournament 2010, former champion of Russian organization M-1 Global and form ...

Andrey Gerasimchuk Andrey Gerasimchuk (born February 7, 1987) is a Belarusian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight division. He is a three time Kunlun Fight Tournament winner. He was ranked as a top ten heavyweight by Combat Press from October 2015 ...

Konstantin Gluhov Konstantin Gluhov (, ; born January 17, 1980) is a Latvian heavyweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist of Russian descent. He is a former WPKA World Muaythai champion, currently competing in K-1. He made his K-1 debut in 2006 at K-1 Fighti ...

Silvana Gómez Juárez Silvana Gómez Juárez (born December 6, 1984) is an Argentinian mixed martial artist who competes in the Strawweight division. She has previously competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Gómez Juárez started training kung f ...

Erko Jun Erko Jun (born June 28, 1990) is a Bosnian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Light Heavyweight division for Brave Combat Federation. He is the current Brave CF Light Heavyweight Champion. Professional Career Konfro ...

* Yann Liasse *

Melvin Manhoef Melvin Manhoef (born 11 May 1976) is a retired Surinamese people, Surinamese-born Dutch people, Dutch mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist and Kickboxing, kickboxer. In kickboxing, he is a former It's Showtime (kickboxing), It's Showtime Middl ...

Emil Weber Meek Emil Weber Meek (born August 20, 1988) is a Norwegian retired professional mixed martial artist who competed in the welterweight division. He previously fought in the UFC and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). Background Meek grew up in Nesna Muni ...

* Valeriu Mircea * Christian M'Pumbu *

Aleksei Oleinik Aleksei Alexeyevich Oleinik (born June 25, 1977, as Oleksíy Oleksíyovych Olíynyk) is a Russian mixed martial artist and combat sambo fighter who fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, competing in their heavyweight division. He beg ...

Norman Parke Norman Parke (born 22 December 1986) is a mixed martial artist from Northern Ireland. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Parke has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC, Absolute Championship Berkut, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki ...

Jordan Radev Jordan Radev (; born March 4, 1976) is a Bulgarian wrestling, wrestler and professional Mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist. He was the second Bulgarian mixed martial artist to fight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in its Middleweight ...

Jay Silva Jay Silva (born May 25, 1981) 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 T ...

Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou Nkamhoua (; born April 18, 1984), mostly billed simply as Sokoudjou, is a Cameroonian professional mixed martial artist. A professional competitor since 2006, Sokoudjou is the former Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, KSW Light He ...

References

External links

Konfrontacja at Sherdog

KSW Official Site

European MMA Rankings
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