Madars Fleminas (14-8) faces Mateusz Pawlik (7-3) in a three-round welterweight fight on the main card of KSW 123 on Saturday 21 November 2026 at Enea Arena in Szczecin, Poland. The card starts at 19:00 CET, which is 20:00 in Riga. Fleminas, ranked eighth at 170 lb by KSW, is eight months removed from a split-decision title loss. Pawlik is trying to bounce back from the defeat that ended his five-fight winning streak in July.
Tale of the tape
| Madars Fleminas | Mateusz Pawlik | |
|---|---|---|
| Pro MMA record | 14-8 | 7-3 |
| Wins by KO/TKO | 7 | 2 |
| Wins by submission | 1 | 1 |
| Losses by KO/TKO | 0 | 1 |
| KSW record | 2-4 | 2-1 |
| KSW ranking | #8 welterweight | Unranked |
| Age on fight night | 38 | Not published |
| Height | 188 cm (6'2") | 184 cm (6'0") |
| Reach | 192 cm (75.6") | Not published |
| Fighting out of | Grimsby, England (Hard Work MMA) | Lębork, Poland (Mighty Bulls Gdynia) |
| Nickname | Latvian Express | None |
Fleminas: closer to the KSW belt than his record suggests
The 2-4 KSW record looks rough until you read the scorecards. Fleminas arrived in late 2023 off a Cage Warriors run in England, where he’d knocked out Daniel Skibiński in July 2023. He lost his KSW debut on points to Andrzej Grzebyk, then knocked out former title challenger Artur Szczepaniak in the second round at KSW 93 and took home the Knockout of the Night bonus.
Then came two narrow losses. Igor Michaliszyn beat him on all three cards at KSW 100 in November 2024, and Kacper Koziorzębski edged him on a split at KSW 105 the following April.
The win that got him a title shot came at KSW 110 in September 2025. He took a split decision from Tymoteusz Łopaczyk (30-27, 27-30, 29-28), who was unbeaten in five at the time, and he did it mostly with wrestling, controlling Łopaczyk in the clinch and on the mat.
In March 2026 he challenged Adrian Bartosiński for the welterweight belt at KSW 116 and went 25 minutes before losing a split decision (48-47, 45-50, 48-47). Bartosiński kept pressing for takedowns and submissions in every round. Fleminas defended well on the ground and tried to keep the champion at range with kickboxing. One judge gave him every round.
He hasn’t sat still since. In June he won a striking-rules bout on a card in Finland.
Pawlik: a dangerous upset artist with a short KSW résumé
Pawlik turned pro in 2018 and fought on the Polish regional scene, including Armia Fight Night, before joining KSW. He’s also 2-0 as a pro kickboxer.
His KSW debut at KSW 107 in June 2025 was a statement. He came in as a big underdog against Wiktor Zalewski, then 7-1, and stopped him in the third round with leg kicks, punches and ground strikes. In October 2025 he outpointed Matúš Juráček at KSW 111 over three rounds. That was five wins in a row.
The run ended at KSW 120 in Gdynia in July, when Adam Niedźwiedź beat him by unanimous decision. Of his three career losses, one came by submission and one by stoppage, both before he joined KSW.
How the styles match up
Fleminas has fought 22 times as a pro and nobody has stopped him with strikes. He’s long, comfortable at kickboxing range and, as Łopaczyk found out, happy to wrestle when the striking gets even. He’s beaten good opponents in both ways, and most of his KSW fights have been tight, tactical decisions.
Pawlik’s best weapon looks like his kicking game. The Zalewski stoppage started with leg kicks, and his kickboxing background shows. He’s four centimetres shorter, though, and likely to give up reach, so he’ll need to get past Fleminas’s jab and teep to land the low kicks.
If this one stays standing at range, Fleminas should control it. Where Pawlik can make it awkward is pace. Fleminas is 38 and has already had a five-round title fight and a striking bout this year. An opponent pressing for all 15 minutes is a fair test. Pawlik’s real chance is to win the scrambles and make the Latvian work every second.
Our pick: Fleminas by decision
We like Fleminas on points. He’s faced the better level of opposition by a distance, he’s got the reach and the wrestling to choose where the fight happens, and Pawlik doesn’t have the finishing record to suggest he’ll be the first to stop him. Expect a measured, clinch-heavy 15 minutes, with Fleminas taking the clearer rounds.
There’s a neat subplot, too. Łopaczyk, the man Fleminas beat to earn his title shot, challenges Bartosiński in the main event on the same night. A clear win here would put Fleminas right back in the welterweight conversation.
Where to watch Fleminas vs Pawlik KSW LIVE Stream
- Date: Saturday, 21 November 2026
- Venue: Enea Arena, Szczecin, Poland
- Event start: 19:00 CET = 13:00 ET / 18:00 GMT / 20:00 Riga
- Fleminas vs Pawlik walkout: main card, under the two title fights; no time announced, so it depends on how quickly the earlier bouts finish.
How to watch: in Poland, KSW 123 is on CANAL+. Outside Poland, it’s on pay-per-view through KSW’s official streaming site, KSW TV.
