Thoughts about KSW promotion?

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Great promotion but I don’t see it mentioned enough to know when they are putting on events.

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I like it.They didn’t throw Pudz softballs.

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If you liked pride organisation, KSW took it to another level. The owners ore one of them is a movie producer. The production is really cool and the promos.

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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.[2]

The promotion is famed for its four and eight-man tournaments, which until KSW X - Dekalog took place over the period of one night,[3] 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.

Different from other bigger promotions such as the UFC, KSW adopted the strategy of having events that are less frequent but bigger, focusing on creating big shows with stacked cards and with great spectacle.[4] In 2017, KSW 39: Colosseum beat the record to largest live attendance to a MMA event in Europe, and second-largest in history with 57,776 fans, only after the Pride Shockwave in 2002 and ahead of UFC 193.[5][6]

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 at private free-to-air television network Polsat.

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

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I’ve never watched one of their events.

Do they have English broadcasts? If so, where can I find them?

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I think he will sign with the UFC. It will be a fun addition to the welterweight division.

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Throwin you some moar light KSW

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Sorry I don’t follow?

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Not sure where to watch live but they do have English broadcasts. Their English commentator is awesome if you like that Mauro\Schiavello style.

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Adding content to your OP so the UG can see what the rock has cookin

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Haha ok, I need a translator

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The Voice

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I’m happy it exists. Poland has had 2 UFC champs and a few prospects have or are making their way to the UFC. Gamrot seems to be the one that’s had the most recent hype.

With that said, I like my freak show fights! Boxing has them too.

Pudzianowski is fun to watch and brings that Pride FC freak show fight era to the table. The funniest moment was when the ref tried to arm bar him to stop his bee hive hulk smash technique after his first fight:

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Also, I don’t believe that Eddie or Thor have ever mentioned wanting to fight him lol.

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It sounds a lot like him but it’s not. It’s an English guy named Will Vanders who used to do some K-1 commentary.

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It’s impossible to find replays of KSW