By The Numbers: KSW in 2022

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki has put another eventful campaign to bed. What began with KSW 66 on Jan. 15 wrapped 336 days later with KSW 77 on Dec. 17, as the Polish company crowned new champions and continued to establish its reputation as a destination for up-and-coming stars in Europe. KSW now shifts its focus to 2023, which offers the promise of its own twists and turns, jaw-dropping knockouts, breathtaking submissions and unexpected power shifts.

With KSW 78 less than a month away, a look at some of the numbers Martin Lewandowski and his outfit generated in 2022:

12: Events staged by KSW in 2022. All 12 took place in Poland. The company has not traveled internationally since it touched down in Zagreb, Croatia with KSW 51 on Nov. 9, 2019.

106: Bouts promoted by KSW over the past 12 months. A total of 40 of them concluded without a true finish: 31 unanimous decisions, seven split decisions and two no contests.

45: KSW fights ended by knockout or technical knockout in the last year, accounting for 68% of the finishes within the organization.

5: Seconds needed for undefeated Kratos Team prospect Bogdan Gnidko to punch out Damian Piwowarczyk at KSW 73 on Aug. 20. It was the fastest finish via KO/TKO under the KSW flag in 2022.

2,268: Days spent by Tomasz Narkun as undisputed KSW light heavyweight champion. He laid claim to the 205-pound crown with a first-round knockout of Goran Reljic at KSW 31 on Oct. 31, 2015 and made five successful title defenses before surrendering it in a unanimous decision defeat to Ibragim Chuzhigaev at KSW 66 on Jan. 15.

21: KSW fights ended by submission in the last year, accounting for 32% of the finishes within the organization.

64: Seconds needed for Wojciech Janusz to put away Damian Skarzynski with a rear-naked choke at KSW 66 on Jan. 15. It was the fastest finish via submission under the KSW banner in 2022.

4: Countries represented in the current pantheon of KSW champions. In addition to Poland’s Marian Ziolkowski (lightweight) and Jakub Wiklacz (bantamweight), England’s Philip De Fries (heavyweight), Turkey’s Chuzhigaev (light heavyweight) and France’s Salahdine Parnasse (featherweight) carry KSW gold. The promotion’s middleweight, welterweight, women’s flyweight and women’s strawweight thrones sit empty.

12: Knockout victories for five-time World’s Strongest Man champion Mariusz Pudzianowski, placing him first on the promotion’s all-time list in the category. The 45-year-old Polish powerhouse extended his lead when he discarded Michal Materla with punches 1:47 into their KSW 70 main event on May 28.

27: Career wins inside one round for Mamed Khalidov. The former two-division KSW champion added to his total when he struck the aforementioned Pudzianowski into submission 1:54 into their KSW headliner on Dec. 17. Six of Khalidov’s 27 first-round finishes are of the sub-minute variety.