2019 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
# 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

| # | Event Title | Date | Arena | Location |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | KSW 47: The X-Warriors | March 23, 2019 | Atlas Arena | Łódź, Poland |
| 2 | KSW 48: Szymański vs. Parnasse | April 27, 2019 | Globus Hall | Lublin, Poland |
| 3 | KSW 49: Soldić vs. Kaszubowski | May 18, 2019 | Ergo Arena | Gdańsk, Poland |
| 4 | KSW 50: London | September 14, 2019 | Wembley Arena | London, England |
| 5 | KSW 51: Zagreb | November 9, 2019 | Arena Zagreb | Zagreb, Croatia |
| 6 | KSW 52: Race | December 7, 2019 | Gliwice Arena | Gliwice, Poland |

## Title fights

Title fights in 2019 :

| # | Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Event | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heavyweight 120 kg | Phil De Fries (c) | def. | Tomasz Narkun | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | KSW 47 | For the KSW Heavyweight Championship |
| 2 | Featherweight 66 kg | Salahdine Parnasse | def. | Roman Szymański | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:39 | KSW 48 | For the Interim KSW Featherweight Championship |
| 3 | Welterweight 77 kg | Roberto Soldić (c) | def. | Krystian Kaszubowski | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:25 | KSW 49 | For the KSW Welterweight Championship |
| 4 | Middleweight 84 kg | Scott Askham | def. | Michał Materla | KO (Knees) | 3 | 1:23 | KSW 49 | For the Vacant KSW Middleweight Championship |
| 5 | Heavyweight 120 kg | Phil De Fries (c) | def. | Luis Henrique | Decision (Split) | 5 | 5:00 | KSW 50 | For the KSW Heavyweight Championship |
| 6 | Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Tomasz Narkun (c) | def. | Przemyslaw Mysiala | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 0:47 | KSW 50 | For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship |
| 7 | Lightweight 70 kg | Norman Parke | def. | Marcin Wrzosek | Decision (Split) | 5 | 5:00 | KSW 50 | For the Interim KSW Lightweight Championship |
| 8 | Bantamweight 61 kg | Antun Račić | def. | Damian Stasiak | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | KSW 51 | For the inaugural KSW Bantamweight Championship |
| 9 | Featherweight 66 kg | Salahdine Parnasse | def. | Ivan Buchinger | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | KSW 52 | For the Interim KSW Featherweight Championship |

## KSW Middleweight Championship Tournament bracket

| Semi-Finals KSW 45 | Semi-Finals KSW 45 | Semi-Finals KSW 45 | Final KSW 49 | Final KSW 49 | Final KSW 49 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michał Materla | Michał Materla | TKO | | | |
| Damian Janikowski | Damian Janikowski | 1r. | | | |
| Damian Janikowski | Damian Janikowski | 1r. | Michał Materla | Michał Materla | 3r. |
| | | | Scott Askham | Scott Askham | KO |
| Scott Askham | Scott Askham | KO | Scott Askham | Scott Askham | KO |
| Marcin Wójcik | Marcin Wójcik | 1r. | | | |

## KSW 47: The X-Warriors

'KSW 47: The X-Warriors' was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on March 23, 2019 at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.

### Background

The event was headlined by a KSW Heavyweight Championship bout between the champion Phil De Fries and KSW Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Narkun.

A heavyweight superfight between the five-time World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski and Olympic weightlifting gold medalist Szymon Kolecki took place as the co-main event.

Dricus Du Plessis was scheduled to fight against fellow former welterweight champion Borys Mankowski at KSW 47. However, Du Plessis was forced off the card due to a weight issue. Norman Parke has stepped in on short notice for Du Plessis to fight former welterweight champion.

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

* Fight of the Night: Borys Mańkowski vs. Norman Parke
* Knockout of the Night: Aleksandar Ilić
* Performance of the Night: Aleksandar Ilić

### Results

KSW 47 :

| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Phil De Fries (c) | def. | Tomasz Narkun | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | For the KSW Heavyweight Championship |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Szymon Kołecki | def. | Mariusz Pudzianowski | TKO (Injury) | 1 | 4:20 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Norman Parke | def. | Borys Mańkowski | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Satoshi Ishii | def. | Fernando Rodrigues Jr. | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Aleksandar Ilić | def. | Damian Janikowski | KO (Head Kick) | 3 | 0:23 | |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Marcin Wrzosek | def. | Krzysztof Klaczek | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Flyweight 57 kg | Karolina Owczarz | def. | Marta Chojnoska | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Maciej Kazieczko | def. | Bartłomiej Kopera | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Paweł Polityło | def. | Dawid Gralka | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:52 | |

## KSW 48: Szymański vs. Parnasse

'KSW 48: Parnasse vs. Szymański' will be a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on April 27, 2019 at the Globus Hall in Lublin, Poland.

### Background

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

* Fight of the Night: Michał Michalski vs. Savo Lazić
* Knockout of the Night: Filip Pejić

### Results

KSW 48 :

| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Salahdine Parnasse | def. | Roman Szymański | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:39 | For the Interim KSW Featherweight Championship |
| Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Łukasz Jurkowski | def. | Stjepan Bekavac | TKO (Injury) | 1 | 1:06 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Marian Ziółkowski | def. | Gracjan Szadziński | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Filip Pejić | def. | Filip Wolański | KO (Head Kick and Punches) | 2 | 1:55 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Michał Michalski | def. | Savo Lazić | KO (Punches) | 2 | 2:23 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Cezary Kęsik | def. | Jakub Kamieniarz | TKO (Elbows) | 1 | 3:04 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Shamil Musaev | def. | Hubert Szymajda | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 3:52 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Sebastian Przybysz | def. | Bogdan Barbu | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:00 | |

## KSW 49: Soldić vs. Kaszubowski

'KSW 49: Soldić vs. Kaszubowski' was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on May 18, 2019 at the Ergo Arena in Gdańsk/Sopot, Poland.

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

* Fight of the Night: Scott Askham vs. Michał Materla
* Knockout of the Night: Roberto Soldić
* Performance of the Night: Martin Zawada

### Results

KSW 49 :

| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Roberto Soldić (c) | def. | Krystian Kaszubowski | KO (Punch) | 1 | 1:25 | For the KSW Welterweight Championship |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Scott Askham | def. | Michał Materla | KO (Knees) | 3 | 1:23 | For the Vacant KSW Middleweight Championship |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Damian Grabowski | def. | Karol Bedorf | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:56 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Norman Parke | def. | Artur Sowiński | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Erko Jun | def. | Akop Szostak | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 0:37 | |
| Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Martin Zawada | def. | Thiago Silva | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Antun Račić | def. | Paweł Polityło | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Luis Henrique | def. | Michał Andryszak | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 2 | 4:51 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Leszek Krakowski | def. | Michael Dubois | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 5:00 | |

## KSW 50: London

'KSW 50: London' was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on September 14, 2019 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.

### Background

Marian Ziolkowski has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled interim KSW Lightweight Championship bout against Norman Parke due to knee injury. Parke instead faced the former KSW Featherweight Championshion Marcin Wrzosek, who stepped in on two weeks’ notice for this encounter.

Phil De Fries was expected to defend his Heavyweight Championship against Damian Grabowski in the main event of the evening. However, Grabowski was forced off the card due to a hand injury. Luis Henrique has stepped in for the injured Grabowski to fight De Fries for the heavyweight title.

Patrik Kincl has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled KSW Welterweight Championship bout against Roberto Soldić due to a torn ligament in his arm. Soldić instead faced Michal Pietrzak, who stepped in on four days’ notice for this encounter. Instead of a welterweight title fight, the fight was 80 kg catchweight bout.

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

* Fight of the Night: Norman Parke vs. Marcin Wrzosek
* Knockout of the Night: Aleksandra Rola
* Submission of the Night: Tomasz Narkun

### Results

KSW 50 :

| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Phil De Fries (c) | def. | Luis Henrique | Decision (Split) | 5 | 5:00 | For the KSW Heavyweight Championship |
| Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Tomasz Narkun (c) | def. | Przemyslaw Mysiala | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | 1 | 4:07 | For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship |
| Catchweight 80 kg | Roberto Soldić | def. | Michal Pietrzak | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Norman Parke | def. | Marcin Wrzosek | Decision (Split) | 5 | 5:00 | For the Interim KSW Lightweight Championship |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Damian Janikowski | def. | Tony Giles | TKO (Submission to punches) | 1 | 1:24 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Jason Radcliffe | def. | Antoni Chmielewski | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Dricus du Plessis | def. | Joilton Santos | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:01 | |
| Strawweight 52 kg | Aleksandra Rola | def. | Catherine Costigan | TKO (Elbows) | 2 | 0:50 | |

## KSW 51: Croatia

'KSW 51: Croatia' was a mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on November 9, 2019 at the Arena Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia.

### Background

Krzysztof Klaczek had to withdraw from his match with Filip Pejić due to injuries sustained during training. Daniel Torres replaces Klaczek, he takes his place against Pejić.

Denis Stojnić has been forced to withdraw from his scheduled bout against Ante Delija due to an injury. Delija instead faced Oli Thompson, who stepped in on two days’ notice for this encounter.

Aleksandar Rakas was scheduled to face Krystian Kaszubowski on the main card, but Rakas had to withdraw from the fight when he suffered a foot injury due to a slip a day before the fight while walking his dog. Ivica Truscek stepped in on a day notice to face Kaszubowski.

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

* Fight of the Night: Sebastian Przybysz vs. Lemmy Krušič
* Knockout of the Night: Ivan Erslan
* Submission of the Night: Borys Mańkowski

### Results

KSW 51 :

| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Mariusz Pudzianowski | def. | Erko Jun | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 1:43 | |
| Catchweight 73 kg | Borys Mańkowski | def. | Vaso Bakočević | Submission (Anaconda Choke) | 1 | 3:36 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Antun Račić | def. | Damian Stasiak | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | For the inaugural KSW Bantamweight Championship |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Daniel Torres | def. | Filip Pejić | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Ante Delija | def. | Oli Thompson | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 1:58 | |
| Middleweight 84 kg | Cezary Kęsik | def. | Aleksandar Ilić | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | 2 | 4:26 | |
| Light Heavyweight 93 kg | Ivan Erslan | def. | Darwin Rodriguez | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 1:29 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Roman Szymański | def. | Miloš Janičić | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Krystian Kaszubowski | def. | Ivica Trušček | Decision (Split) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Bantamweight 61 kg | Sebastian Przybysz | def. | Lemmy Krušič | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |

## KSW 52: Race

'KSW 52: Race' was mixed martial arts event held by Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki on December 7, 2019 at the Gliwice Arena in Gliwice, Poland.

### Background

Bonus awards

The following fighters were awarded bonuses:

* Fight of the Night: Michał Michalski vs. Albert Odzimkowski
* Knockout of the Night: Maciej Kazieczko
* Submission of the Night: Karolina Owczarz
* Performance of the Night: Salahdine Parnasse

### Results

KSW 52: Race :

| Weight Class | | | | Method | Round | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Catchweight 85 kg | Scott Askham | def. | Mamed Khalidov | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight 91,5 kg | Szymon Kołecki | def. | Damian Janikowski | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 3:02 | |
| Featherweight 66 kg | Salahdine Parnasse (ic) | def. | Ivan Buchinger | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 5:00 | For the KSW Interim Featherweight Championship |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Shamil Musaev | def. | Grzegorz Szulakowski | TKO (Spinning Backfist) | 1 | 1:17 | |
| Flyweight 57 kg | Karolina Owczarz | def. | Aleksandra Rola | Submission (Triangle Choke) | 2 | 4:35 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Artur Sowiński | def. | Vinicius Bohrer | TKO (Head Kick and Punches) | 1 | 0:51 | |
| Welterweight 77 kg | Michał Michalski | def. | Albert Odzimkowski | TKO (Punches) | 1 | 4:23 | |
| Lightweight 70 kg | Maciej Kazieczko | def. | Michael Dubois | KO (Punches) | 1 | 0:24 | |
| Heavyweight 120 kg | Michał Włodarek | def. | Srđan Marović | KO (Punches) | 1 | 0:33 | |
