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Versus Promotions also known by VERSUS, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in South Africa and quite soon the whole of Africa.

History
Martin Lewandowski had been the manager of the Hotel Marriott in Warsaw when he met Maciej Kawulski in 2002. Kawulski was organizing one of the biggest sports expos in Poland at that time, and as both businessmen come from martial arts backgrounds, they quickly found a common subject. Eighteen months later the first KSW show was born.

The promotion is famed for its four and eight-man tournaments, which until KSW X - Dekalog took place over the period of one night, but since KSW XI they are split, with the tournament final taking place on the next event. KSW XV is the first event without a new tournament, only with extra fights and finals from previous tournaments.

Several fighters who have been successful in KSW have signed on to more well known promotions such as the UFC. KSW has its own fight team, the KSW Team, which consists of some of the promotion's elite fighters, such as Mamed Khalidov, Jan Błachowicz, Krzysztof Kulak, Łukasz Jurkowski or Antoni Chmielewski. KSW co-operates with many other promotions in Europe by exchanging fighters, for example WFC and The Cage. KSW runs the majority of its shows live on a variety of TV networks (Polsat Sport, Polsat Sport Extra) throughout Europe. Since KSW XI, the promotion runs its shows live on nationally available private television Polsat.

The KSW ring announcer is Waldemar Kasta, a former rapper born in Wrocław.

List of KSW events
List of KSW Events:
 * 2004 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki -  2005 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2006 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2007 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2008 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2009 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2010 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2011 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2012 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2013 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2014 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2015 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2016 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2017 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2018 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki  -  2019 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

Heavyweight Championship

 * 120 kg

Light Heavyweight Championship

 * 95 kg

Middleweight Championship

 * 85 kg

Welterweight Championship

 * 75 kg

Lightweight Championship

 * 70 kg

Featherweight Championship

 * 65 kg

Bantamweight Championship

 * 60 kg

Women's Flyweight Championship

 * 55 kg

Women's Strawweight Championship

 * 50 kg

KSW Fighters

 * List of current KSW fighters

Notable fighters

 * 🇧🇷 Daniel Acácio
 * 🇺🇸 Houston Alexander
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Askham
 * 🇵🇱 Jan Błachowicz
 * 🇫🇷 Francis Carmont
 * 🇦🇹 Jasminka Cive
 * 🇺🇸 Brett Cooper
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Phil De Fries
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Drwal
 * 🇵🇱 Damian Stasiak
 * Yasubey Enomoto
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Esch
 * 🇧🇷 Maiquel Falcao
 * 🇧🇷 Kalindra Faria
 * 🇩🇪 Sheila Gaff
 * 🇧🇾 Andrey Gerasimchuk
 * Konstantin Gluhov
 * Rodney Glunder
 * 🇧🇷 Rolles Gracie Jr.
 * 🇦🇺 Peter Graham
 * 🇱🇹 Sergej Grecicho
 * 🇺🇸 Kendall Grove
 * 🇺🇸 Jason Guida
 * 🇸🇪 Alexander Gustafsson
 * 🇺🇸 Mike Hayes
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Horwich
 * 🇺🇸 James Irvin
 * 🇯🇵 Satoshi Ishii
 * 🇵🇱 Rafal Jackiewicz
 * 🇵🇱 Damian Janikowski
 * 🇵🇱 Maciej Jewtuszko
 * 🇯🇵 Yusuke Kawaguchi
 * 🇵🇱 Mamed Khalidov
 * 🇵🇱 Szymon Kołecki
 * 🇵🇱 Karolina Kowalkiewicz
 * 🇺🇸 Matt Lindland
 * 🇸🇷 Melvin Manhoef
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 John Maguire
 * 🇺🇸 Sean McCorkle
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James McSweeney
 * 🇧🇷 Mario Miranda
 * Christian M'Pumbu
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Narkun
 * 🇵🇱 Pawel Nastula
 * 🇺🇦 Oleksiy Oliynyk
 * 🇵🇱 Daniel Omielańczuk
 * 🇵🇱 Wojciech Orłowski
 * Valentijn Overeem
 * 🇧🇷 Rousimar Palhares
 * Norman Parke
 * 🇵🇱 Łukasz Parobiec
 * Igor Pokrajac
 * 🇧🇷 Wagner Prado
 * 🇵🇱 Mariusz Pudzianowski
 * 🇵🇱 Paweł "Popek" Rak
 * 🇮🇪 Paul Redmond
 * Goran Reljic
 * 🇯🇵 Ryuta Sakurai
 * 🇺🇸 Bob Sapp
 * 🇵🇱 Przemysław Saleta
 * Jay Silva
 * 🇧🇷 Thiago Silva
 * 🇦🇺 Paul Slowinski
 * 🇵🇱 Peter Sobotta
 * 🇨🇲 Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou
 * Roberto Soldić
 * 🇨🇿 Simona Soukupova
 * 🇺🇸 Jesse Taylor
 * 🇧🇷 Paulo Thiago
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Thompson
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oli Thompson
 * 🇯🇵 Kazuki Tokudome
 * 🇸🇰 Attila Végh
 * 🇺🇸 Rodney Wallace
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jim Wallhead
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Curt Warburton
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Andre Winner
 * 🇺🇸 Virgil Zwicker