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Another intriguing match-up heads to Wroclaw for KSW 43! It’ll be a battle between experience and youth when former featherweight champion Artur Sowinski returns to take on undefeated rising star Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 43! Artur Sowinski faces Salahdine Parnasse at KSW 43 Artur Sowinski (18-9...
KSW 43 in Wroclaw, Poland has received its main event! Wroclaw’s Olympic hero, Damian Janikowski, will headline KSW’s fourth show in his hometown. He takes on former EFC and BAMMA champion; Yannick Bahati. Also announced was the previously reported heavyweight title fight between Michal Andryszak...
As announced last month, KSW 43 will feature – amongst other things – a heavyweight title fight. Michal Andryszak was confirmed for the bout, but his opponent was not named. Well, according to mmanews.pl, his opponent will Sunderland’s Phil De Fries. Michal Andryszak vs. Phil De Fries One of the ...
The last week has showcased some exciting MMA fights. Plenty of knockouts, submissions and tightly contested decisions have caught the attention of the MMA world. While those who won celebrate and those who lost go back to the drawing board, fans want to know: what’s next? Armchair Matchmaker tak...
KSW is back! After over two months away, KSW returns today with a loaded KSW 42 card live from Lodz, Poland. In the main event, it is champion vs. champion as reigning middleweight king Mamed Khalidov takes on light heavyweight titleholder Tomasz Narkun in a catchweight bout. The co-main event se...
Fighters weighed-in this morning ahead of KSW 42 tomorrow night at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland. All fighters made weight including those involved in both KSW title fights. There was also a last-minute change to the card as Ireland’s Chris Fields could not make it out of the country due to adv...
KSW brings another title fight to Lodz, Poland as reigning women’s flyweight champion Ariane Lipski (10-3) – “The Violence Queen” – returns to defend her strap against the dangerous Silvana Gomez Juarez at KSW 42 on March 3. Lipski, who many consider the top female 125lb’er in the world, is ridin...
Last week, it was revealed that KSW 43 would take place at the beautiful Hala Stulecia venue in Wroclaw, Poland on April 14th. Today it was revealed that the event will be headlined by Wroclaw’s own Olympic hero Damian Janikowski (2-0). Roberto Soldic (13-2) will defend his newly-earned welterwei...
Top-ranked UK heavyweight Phil De Fries (14-6) has signed with KSW on a four-fight deal. The 31-year-old has fought all over the world in some of the biggest promotions around including making five appearances in the UFC. The submission ace has registered twelve stoppage wins and holds career vic...
KSW has announced another fight for their stacked KSW 42 show in March. One of the promotion’s top draws and best talents, Michal Materla returns yet again to take on UK star Scott Askham. Michal Materla returns against Scott Askham at KSW 42 Michal “Cipao” Materla (25-5) has long been considered...
KSW middleweight champion Mamed Khalidov is in his second-straight title vs. title superfight, this time fighting up a division when he takes on KSW light heavyweight king; Tomasz Narkun. The bout was announced via press release late Sunday night. Mamed Khalidov vs. Tomasz Narkun No stranger to t...
KSW legend Michal Materla (25-5) has been added to the stacked KSW 42 card set for March 3rd in Lodz, Poland. The former champion returned after a long layoff at KSW 40 in Dublin in October and finished UFC veteran Paulo Thiago in the second round to earn his third straight victory, which include...
KSW is back with their final show of 2017, and they’re going out with a bang. The fairly stacked card will be topped by a welterweight title fight between Borys Mańkowski and Roberto Soldić. Fresh off his champion vs. champion fight with Mamed Khalidov at KSW 39, Mańkowski was originally supposed...
KSW’s first event of 2018 will take place March 3rd at the Atlas Arena in Lodz, Poland. It will be the first time KSW has visited Lodz since 2013 when Pudzianowski defeated Sean McCorkle in front of a sold-out crowd of over 15,000 people at KSW 24. The fighters confirmed for KSW 42 are former hea...
After briefly being linked to UFC Poland rumors, it has been confirmed that Michał Materla has instead opted to re-sign with Poland-based MMA promotion KSW. He returns against UFC-veteran Paulo Thiago at KSW 40 in Ireland. The fight was first reported by Combate and later confirmed by KSW. ?? UFC...
One of Poland’s biggest stars heads to Dublin, Ireland as five-time world’s strongest man Mariusz Pudzianowski returns to action against former title-challenger James McSweeney at KSW 40. The fight was announced late last night by KSW. Mariusz Pudzianowski (11-5, 1NC) vs. James McSweeney (15-15) ...