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Twenty-seven-year-old Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza protegee Fabiano “Jacarezinho” Silva da Conceicao (26-6, 8 KO, 12 Sub) will fight Artur “Kornik” Sowiński (16-7, 6 KO, 6 Sub) for his KSW featherweight title on March 5th at KSW 34 in Warsaw, Poland. “Jacarezinho” has signed a multi-fight contract with the promotion. KSW officials announced the bout on Tuesday. It will be one … Read more
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held KSW 25 today at Wroclaw Centennial Hall in Wroclaw, Poland. In the main event Poland’s Mamed Khalidov picked up his eighth straight stoppage victory by defeating Japanese middleweight Ryuta Sakurai via Triangle Choke submission in the first round.
Mixed Martial Arts in Poland continues to grow and KSW continues to lead the charge. Watch as five-time World’s Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski unleashes a barrage of brutality upon Christos Piliafas in the KSW 20 main event.
“David stood in front of Goliath, Adamek stood in front o Klitschko, Różalski will now face Le Banner” — that is how KSW is promoting their upcoming headliner for KSW 18 on Feb. 25 in Plock.
Poland’s premiere MMA organization KSW has confirmed a heavyweight match-up between heavyweights Karol Bedorf of Poland and Chicago’s David Oliva at KSW 18 scheduled for Feb. 25 in Plock.
James “The Colossus” Thompson comments on meeting strong man Mariusz Pudzianowski for the first time. The two will face off at KSW 16 in Poland on May 21.
As part of PROMMA.INFO’s International MMA Spotlight series, for the next couple of weeks we will be presenting fights from Poland’s premiere mixed martial arts organization Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW).
On May 9, 2008, at Torwar Hall in Warsaw, Poland, Yusuke Masuda took on Antoni “Antonio” Chmielewski at “KSW 9 – Konfrontacja.” The Polish fighter Chmielewski was 15-2 coming into the fight, and Masuda, from Japan, was 2-4-1.
On Nov. 10, 2007, Mamed Khalidov took on Dave Dalgliesh at “KSW 8 – Konfrontacja.” At this point, Dalgliesh had a record of 24-16-2 and Khalidov was 14-2-1. Dalgliesh had been fighting professionally since 2000, and was the much more experienced veteran coming into the fight, not to mention a dangerous striker.
PROMMA.INFO received the following press release from KSW spokesperson Artur Przybysz on Wednesday, announcing the confirmed fight between Mamed Khalidov and Jorge Santiago for Sengoku 11 on Nov. 7. If you are not familiar with Khalidov or KSW, then read my KSW International MMA Spotlight article.
Artur Przybysz:
If anybody thinks that MMA manager job in this country (Poland) is easy, he is just wrong. Contracting a bout abroad for a Polish fighter is always a great success. Even when everything is signed, there are a lot factors which the ultimate success depends on. We’ve read a lot of harsh words about our work last weeks.
We are PROMMA.INFO – Google’s number one source for professional mixed martial arts information. In staying true to our moniker and mission, from time-to-time we will be spotlighting various MMA organizations, fighters, and gyms from around the world.
In this segment we will take a look at Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). In English, the name means “Martial Arts Confrontation.” Founded in 2004, KSW is Poland’s premiere MMA organization, and all but one of their events have been held in Warsaw. The majority of KSW evenst air live on various television networks throughout Europe.
The promotion is probably most known for its four and eight-man tournaments which take place over the course of one night. Notable names that have fought for KSW that many American fight fans will recognize include Jason Guida, Antonio Mendes, Jordan Radev, Peter Sobota, and Mamed Khalidov, to name a few.