Polish powerhouse KSW, which has already made trips to the U.K., will continue to expand its European footprint in 2024. Next stop: Paris, France.
Promotion officials announced the KSW Paris card on Saturday, ahead of Salahdine Parnasse looking to become the sport’s first triple champ at KSW 89.
The event, KSW 93, will take place at the Adidas Arena in Paris, France on April 6, 2024. No fights have been announced for the card— but you can bet that if Parnasse is available, he’ll be taking part.
Poland’s KSW has slowly become one of the largest promotions in Europe, drawing crowds that rival the biggest UFC events. In 2017, KSW 39: Colosseum drew 57,776 fans at the PGE Narodowy in Warsaw, Poland, surpassing UFC 193 to become the second-highest attended MMA event in history, and the largest in European history. A second Colosseum show early this year brought in approximately 50,000 fans.
MMA in France was legalized in 2020, though the UFC did not make its first trip to the European nation until 2022, beat to the punch repeatedly by rival Bellator MMA. In the past couple of years, Paris in particular has become a popular destination for fight promotions, with the sport popularized by the likes of Francis Ngannou, Ciryl Gane, Cedric Doumbe, and Salahdine Parnasse as well.
