2016 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

The year 2016 was the thirteenth year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2016 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 34: New Order .

List of events

#	Event Title	Date	Arena	Location
1	KSW 34: New Order	March 5, 2016	Torwar Hall	Warsaw, Poland
2	KSW 35: Khalidov vs. Karaoglu	May 27, 2016	Ergo Arena	Gdańsk, Poland
3	KSW 36: Materla vs. Palhares	October 1, 2016	Hala CRS	Zielona Gora, Poland
4	KSW 37: Circus of Pain	December 3, 2016	Tauron Arena	Kraków, Poland

Title fights

Title fights in 2016
#	Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Event	Notes
1	Featherweight 66 kg	Artur Sowinski (c)	def.	Fabiano Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	KSW 34	For the KSW Featherweight Championship
2	Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Tomasz Narkun (c)	def.	Cassio de Oliveira	TKO (Flying Knee and Punches)	1	1:46	KSW 34	For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship
3	Heavyweight 120 kg	Karol Bedorf (c)	def.	James McSweeney	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	1	3:33	KSW 34	For the KSW Heavyweight Championship
4	Lightweight 70 kg	Mateusz Gamrot	def.	Mansour Barnaoui	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	KSW 35	For the Vacant KSW Lightweight Championship
5	Middleweight 84 kg	Mamed Khalidov (c)	def.	Aziz Karaoglu	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	KSW 35	For the KSW Middleweight Championship
6	Lightweight 70 kg	Mateusz Gamrot (c)	def.	Renato Gomes	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	4:01	KSW 36	For the KSW Lightweight Championship
7	Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Tomasz Narkun (c)	def.	R. Sokoudjou	TKO (Punches)	1	4:38	KSW 36	For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship
8	Featherweight 66 kg	Marcin Wrzosek	def.	Artur Sowiński (c)	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	2:55	KSW 37	For the KSW Featherweight Championship
9	Welterweight 77 kg	Borys Mańkowski (c)	def.	John Maguire	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	KSW 37	For the KSW Welterweight Championship
10	Heavyweight 120 kg	Fernando Rodrigues Jr.	def.	Karol Bedorf (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	2:34	KSW 37	For the KSW Heavyweight Championship

KSW 34: New Order

KSW 34: New Order
Information
Promotion	Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Date	March 5, 2016
Venue	Torwar
City	Warsaw, Poland
Attendance	4,875
Event chronology
KSW 33 KSW 34: New Order KSW 35

KSW 34: New Order was a mixed martial arts event held on March 5, 2016, at the Torwar in Warsaw, Poland.

Background

This promotional event was the first of 2016 and was aired on the free TV channel Polsat. Future events in this year will appear on PPV in Poland and the web platform KSW TV worldwide.^[1]

Owners of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki announced that Tomasz Narkun was expected to face Andre Muniz in his first title defense. On February 25, it was announced that Muniz withdrew from the bout due to elbow injury and was replaced by Cassio Barbosa de Oliveira who defeated UFC veteran Ronny Markes two weeks earlier at Shooto Brazil 61.

Łukasz Bieńkowski was expected to face Svetlozar Savov,^[2] but on March 1, it was announced that Bieńkowski pulled out due to injury and Antoni Chmielewski (who was planning to take part in PLMMA 64 on March 18, 2016) was added as a 'last minute' replacement.

One of the scheduled opening fights on the card was a match-up between Grzegorz Szulakowski and Bartłomiej Kurczewski. Szulakowski had to pull out due to an arm injury and there was no replacement for him, so the bout was deleted from the card.^[3]

Bonuses:^[4]

• Fight of the Night: Karol Bedorf vs. James McSweeney
• Performance of the Night: Tomasz Narkun and Antoni Chmielewski

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Karol Bedorf (c)	def.	James McSweeney	TKO (Punches and Elbows)	1	3:33	For the KSW Heavyweight Championship.
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Tomasz Narkun (c)	def.	Cassio de Oliveira	TKO (Flying Knee and Punches)	1	1:46	For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship.
Featherweight 66 kg	Artur Sowinski (c)	def.	Fabiano Silva	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	For the KSW Featherweight Championship.
Welterweight 77 kg	Asłambek Saidow	def.	Yasubey Enomoto	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Middleweight 84 kg	Antoni Chmielewski	def.	Svetlozar Savov	TKO (Slam and Punches)	1	1:42
Welterweight 77 kg	Maciej Jewtuszko	def.	Krzysztof Kułak	TKO (Submission to punches)	2	2:18
Heavyweight 120 kg	Szymon Bajor	def.	Jędrzej Maćkowiak	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Marcin Wójcik	def.	Tomasz Kondraciuk	TKO (Punches)	2	1:31

KSW 35: Khalidov vs. Karaoglu

KSW 35: Khalidov vs. Karaoglu
Information
Promotion	Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Date	May 27, 2016
Venue	Ergo Arena
City	Gdańsk / Sopot, Poland
Attendance	11,013
Event chronology
KSW 34 KSW 35: Khalidov vs. Karaoglu KSW 36

KSW 35 was a mixed martial arts event held on May 27, 2016, at the Ergo Arena in Gdańsk / Sopot, Poland

Background

The event was initially planned for May 28 but was rescheduled due to a conflict with Polsat's music show Polsat SuperHit Festival 2016 .

This event appeared on PPV (after two opening fights) in Poland and KSW TV worldwide. The Polish organization announced that KSW 35 will be the first event broadcast in VR 360° technology which will be an innovation broadcasting MMA events.

Former UFC fighter and TUF competitor Marcin Wrzosek was expected to face Anzor Azhiev in featherweight title eliminator, but April 1, 2016 KSW announced that Azhiev is injured and Filip Wolański will replace him.^[5]

Lukasz Chlewick was expected to fight Marif Piraev, however Piraev was pulled out on May 23. He was replaced by Welsh fighter Azi Thomas.

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 84 kg	Mamed Khalidov (c)	def.	Aziz Karaoglu	Decision (majority)	3	5:00	For the KSW Middleweight Championship.
Middleweight 84 kg	Michał Materla	def.	Antoni Chmielewski	TKO (Punches)	1	4:12
Heavyweight 120 kg	Marcin Różalski	def.	Mariusz Pudzianowski	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	2	1:46
Lightweight 70 kg	Mateusz Gamrot	def.	Mansour Barnaoui[6]	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	For the Vacant KSW Lightweight Championship.
Lightweight 70 kg	Łukasz Chlewicki	def.	Azi Thomas	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Rafał Moks	def.	Robert Radomski[7]	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	Kamil Szymuszowski	def.	Mindaugas Verzbickas[8]	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Featherweight 66 kg	Marcin Wrzosek	def.	Filip Wolański	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Marcin Wójcik	def.	Michal Fijalka[9]	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

KSW 36: Materla vs. Palhares

KSW 36: Materla vs. Palhares
Information
Promotion	Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
Date	October 1, 2016
Venue	Hala CRS
City	Zielona Góra, Poland
Attendance	5,693
Event chronology
KSW 35 KSW 36: Materla vs. Palhares KSW 37

KSW 36 was a mixed martial arts event held on October 1, 2016, at the Hala CRS in Zielona Góra, Poland

Background

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Middleweight 84 kg	Michał Materla	def.	Rousimar Palhares	KO (Punches)	2	1:27
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Tomasz Narkun (c)	def.	R. Sokoudjou	TKO (Punches)	1	4:38	For the KSW Light Heavyweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Mateusz Gamrot (c)	def.	Renato Gomes	Submission (Heel Hook)	2	4:01	For the KSW Lightweight Championship
Female Flyweight 57 kg	Ariane Lipski	def.	Sheila Gaff	TKO (Punches)	1	2:09
Heavyweight 120 kg	Michal Kita	def.	Michal Wlodarek	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	1	4:47
Featherweight 66 kg	Kleber Koike Erbst	def.	Leszek Krakowski	Submission (Triangle Choke)	1	4:24
Lightweight 70 kg	Maciej Kazieczko	def.	Mariusz Mazur	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Female Flyweight 57 kg	Diana Belbiţă	def.	Katarzyna Lubonska	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
Lightweight 70 kg	Grzegorz Szulakowski	def.	Bartlomiej Kurczewski	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00

KSW 37: Circus of Pain

KSW 37: Circus of Pain
Information
Promotion	Tauron Arena
City	Kraków, Poland
Attendance	18,000
Event chronology
KSW 36 KSW 37: Circus of Pain KSW 38

KSW 37: Circus of Pain is a

, Poland.

Background

Bonus awards:

The following fighters will be awarded bonuses:

• Fight of the Night: Roman Szymański vs. Sebastian Romanowski
• Knockout of the Night: Fernando Rodrigues Jr.
• Submission of the Night: Marcin Wójcik
• Performance of the Night: Marcin Wrzosek
• Performance of the Night: Borys Mańkowski

Results

Fight Card
Weight Class				Method	Round	Time	Notes
Heavyweight 120 kg	Fernando Rodrigues Jr.	def.	Karol Bedorf (c)	TKO (Punches)	2	2:34	For the KSW Heavyweight Championship
Heavyweight 120 kg	Mariusz Pudzianowski	def.	Paweł "Popek" Rak	TKO (Punches)	1	1:20
Welterweight 77 kg	Borys Mańkowski (c)	def.	John Maguire	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00	For the KSW Welterweight Championship
Featherweight 66 kg	Marcin Wrzosek	def.	Artur Sowiński (c)	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	2	2:55	For the KSW Featherweight Championship
Lightweight 70 kg	Mansour Barnaoui	def.	Łukasz Chlewicki	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	1	3:09
Light Heavyweight 93 kg	Marcin Wójcik	def.	Marcin Łazarz	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:43
Featherweight 66 kg	Filip Wolański	def.	Denilson Neves de Oliveira	Decision (Split)	3	5:00
Welterweight 77 kg	David Zawada	def.	Robert Radomski	TKO (Punches)	2	3:50
Featherweight 66 kg	Roman Szymański	def.	Sebastian Romanowski	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	3	4:58

References