First date February 25, 2012 Total events 4 Title fights 5 | Last date December 1, 2012 Total fights 28 2012 in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki 2013 in KSW | |
The year 2012 is the 9th year in the history of the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, a mixed martial arts promotion based in Poland. In 2012 Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki held 4 events beginning with, KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy.
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KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy
KSW 18: Unfinished Sympathy was a mixed martial arts event held on February 25, 2012 at the Orlen Arena in Płock, Poland.
Background
The original main event of Jan Blachowicz fighting Dave Branch was changed when Branch had passport issues in the days leading up to the event. He was replaced by Mario Miranda.
Marcin Różalski was initially scheduled to face Jerome Le Banner in a non-main event fight. However, a knee injury forced Le Banner off the card and with only two days notice Valentijn Overeem stepped in as a replacement.
KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp
KSW 19: Pudzianowski vs. Sapp was a mixed martial arts event held on May 12, 2012 at the Atlas Arena in Łódź, Poland.
Background
The main event featured former World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski facing Bob Sapp.
Also on the card was the first ever women's bout in KSW history when Marta Chojnoska fought Paulina Suska in a 55 kilograms (121 lb) catchweight bout.
The vacant KSW Middleweight Championship was given to the winner of Michał Materla and Jay Silva.
KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies
KSW 20: Fighting Symphonies was a mixed martial arts event held on September 15, 2012 at the Ergo Arena in Gdańsk, Poland.
Background
The event featured Jan Błachowicz defending the Light Heavyweight Championship against Houston Alexander.
The Różalski-Le Banner bout was originally scheduled for KSW 18, however Le Banner was forced to withdraw due to an injured knee. Le Banner was again forced out of this bout due to injury and was replaced by Rodney Glunder.
KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation
KSW 21: Ultimate Explanation was a mixed martial arts event held on December 1, 2012 at the Hala Torwar in Warsaw, Poland.
Background
It was KSW comeback to Warsaw after two years with no events in capitol city of Poland.
Mamed Khalidov was expected to fight Melvin Manhoef in the main event. However, Manhoef suffered an injury to his left leg and pulled out of the bout. Kendall Grove stepped in to fight Khalidov.