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Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki 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. History Martin Lewandowsk ...

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promotion based in Poland. 2020 will begin with KSW 53.

Background

Martin Lewandowski announced that KSW has plans for European expansion and will intend to do a new series of smaller events in 2020. KSW has plans for a reality TV show.

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The series was officially announced by KSW and POLSAT TV at a press conference on December 7, 2019. The trainers for the series, which will feature 10 welterweight fighters, will be Marcin Wrzosek and Łukasz Zaborowski. The 10 fighters will be competing for a contract with KSW. The weekly series will culminate in a live finale on POLSAT TV. It debuted on POLSAT TV on March 6, 2020.

Participants

* Paweł Kiełek * Piotr Walawski * Mariusz Radziszewski * Marcin Krakowiak * Bartłomiej Gładkowicz * Kamil Dołgowski * Adrian Bartosiński * Tomasz Romanowski * Michał Sobiech * Karol Wesling

KSW Tylko Jeden Tournament bracket

¹Bartek Gładkowicz missed weight and was expelled from the show, he was subsequently replaced by Paweł Kiełek who get a second chance in the show. ²Adrian Bartosiński was injured and couldn't participate in the final, and was subsequently replaced by Marcin Krakowiak.

KSW 53: Reborn

KSW 53: Reborn was a

event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on July 11, 2020 in

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. The event was initially planned to be held on March 21, 2020 at the

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. However, the event was cancelled on March 11, 2020, due to the

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Background

Norman Parke missed weight ahead of his trilogy bout with

Mateusz Gamrot Mateusz Gamrot (born December 11, 1990) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Gamrot is a former KSW Featherweight Champion and KSW Lightwei ...

for the undisputed KSW Lightweight Title. Both parties have agreed to complete their trilogy, however, the bout was a five-round catchweight non-title bout. Roman Szymański was scheduled to face Mateusz Legierski, but Legierski was forced off the card on June 25 with an injury. Filip Pejić served as Legierski's replacement, taking the short notice fight against Szymański. Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded bonuses: * Fight of the Night: Roman Szymański vs. Filip Pejić * Knockout of the Night: Michał Pietrzak * Knockout of the Night: Sebastian Przybysz

Results

KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski

KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski was a

event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on August 29, 2020 in

Background

Shamil Musaev was scheduled to challenge

in the KSW 54 main event, but Musaev has to withdraw from the bout due to a knee injury sustained in training. Marian Ziółkowski was pulled from a planned bout with Maciej Kazieczko and faced Gamrot for the KSW Lightweight Championship in the KSW 54 main event. Kazieczko instead faced Karlo Caput who stepped in on short notice for this encounter. Łukasz Rajewski missed weight by two pounds ahead of his scheduled lightweight bout with Bartłomiej Kopera. Both parties have agreed to compete a catchweight bout, Rajewski has been fined 30 percent of his purse. Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded bonuses: * Fight of the Night: Łukasz Rajewski vs. Bartłomiej Kopera * Knockout of the Night: Michał Kita * Performance of the Night: Sebastian Rajewski

Results

KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2

KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2 was a

event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on October 10, 2020 at the Wytwórnia Club in

Background

A KSW Middleweight Championship rematch between current champion

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and former champion

Mamed Khalidov Mamed Khalidov ( rus, Мамед Магомедович Халидов, Mamied Magomedowicz Chalidow, mɐˈmʲɛt maɣɔmʲɛdɔvʲit͡ʂ xɐˈlʲidəf; pl, Mamed Chalidow ; born 17 July 1980 in Grozny) is a Polish mixed martial artist of Chech ...

served as the event's headliner. The pairing met previously at KSW 52: Race on December 7, 2019 in a catchweight non-title bout, Askham had dominated Khalidov during three round to capture the unanimous decision win. Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded bonuses: * Fight of the Night:

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 was ranked #5 in KSW Middleweight rankings. Background M ...

vs. Aleksandar Ilić * Knockout of the Night:

* Submission of the Night:

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

Results

Genesis: Różalski vs. Barnett

'''Genesis: Różalski vs. Barnett was a

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event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on October 23, 2020.

Background

KSW has launched a new bare knuckle fighting event serie called Genesis. Former UFC heavyweight Josh Barnett returned to the ring when he took on the former KSW heavyweight champion Marcin Rozalski in a bare-knuckle boxing match in the first main event under the Genesis banner.

Results

KSW 56: Materla vs. Soldić

KSW 56: Materla vs. Soldić was a

event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on November 14, 2020 at the Wytwórnia Club in

Background

In the event headliner, the reigning KSW welterweight champion Roberto Soldić has move up to 185 pounds to challenge the former KSW middleweight champion

. The co-main event of the evening featured a title bout between the reigning KSW light heavyweight champion Tomasz Narkun and the undeafeated Croatian Ivan Erslan. Sebastian Rajewski was scheduled to face Michał Sobiech, but Sobiech was forced off the card on November 4 due to a hand injury. Filip Pejić served as Sobiech replacement, takes short notice fight against Rajewski. Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded bonuses: * Fight of the Night: Daniel Torres vs. Max Coga * Knockout of the Night: Filip Pejić * Submission of the Night: Robert Ruchała

Results

KSW 57: De Fries vs. Kita

KSW 57: De Fries vs. Kita was a

event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on December 19, 2020 at the Wytwórnia Club in

Background

The event featured three title fights. In the headliner, Phil De Fries has put his KSW heavyweight crown on the line against Michał Kita. Marian Ziółkowski and Roman Szymański has battled for the vacant KSW lightweight belt and KSW bantamweight champion, Antun Račić, has met Bruno dos Santos in the first defense of his KSW bantamweight title. Bonus awards The following fighters were awarded bonuses: * Fight of the Night: Marcin Krakowiak vs. Kacper Koziorzębski * Knockout of the Night: Marian Ziółkowski * Submission of the Night: Abusupiyan Magomedov

Results

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List of events

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Participants

KSW Tylko Jeden Tournament bracket

KSW 53: Reborn

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Results

KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski

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Results

KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2

Background

Results

Genesis: Różalski vs. Barnett

Background

Results

KSW 56: Materla vs. Soldić

Background

Results

KSW 57: De Fries vs. Kita

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Results

See also

References

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