By The Numbers: Adrian Bartosinski vs. Salahdine Parnasse

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Salahdine Parnasse wants to ensure he holds a most prominent place in the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki history books.

The Atch Academy thoroughbred will look to become a three-division champion in the Polish promotion when he challenges Adrian Bartosinski for the welterweight crown in the KSW 89 headliner on Saturday at PreZero Arena in Gliwice, Poland. Parnasse, who already holds the KSW featherweight and lightweight titles, enters the match on a five-fight winning streak. He last appeared at KSW 85, where he buried Robert Ruchala with a soccer kick to the body in the fourth round of their Aug. 19 pairing. Bartosinski, meanwhile, marches into the cage with a 13-0 record that includes 12 finishes. He last competed on April 22, when he cut down Artur Szczepaniak with punches in the first round of their KSW 81 encounter.

As Parnasse and Bartosinski make final preparations for their high-stakes showdown at 170 pounds, a look at some of the numbers that have accompanied them to this point:

28: Years of age for Bartosinski, who was born on Aug. 26, 1995 in Rawa Mazowiecka, Poland.

11: Bartosinski victories by knockout or technical knockout, accounting for 84% of his career total (13). His list of KSW victims: Artur Szczepaniak, Krystian Kaszubowski, Michal Michalski and Lionel Padilla. Bartosinski owns one other victory by submission (8%) and one more by decision (8%).

65: Seconds needed for Bartosinski to put away Konstantin Linnik with elbows at a Wirtuoz Challenge show on Dec. 6, 2019. More than four years later it remains his fastest finish to date.

6: Consecutive calendar years in which Bartosinski has plied his mixed martial arts trade. In addition to his 1-0 mark in 2023, he went 2-0 in 2018, 4-0 in 2019, 2-0 in 2020, 2-0 in 2021 and 2-0 in 2022.

.750: Cumulative winning percentage between the five men—Szczepaniak, Kaszubowski, Michalski, Padilla and Andrzej Grzebyk—Bartosinski has beaten in KSW. They boast a combined record of 60-20.

26: Years of age for Parnasse, who was born in Aubervilliers, France, on Dec. 4, 1997.

7: Parnasse wins by submission, accounting for 39% of his career total (18). His methods of choice: five rear-naked chokes, one arm-triangle choke and one anaconda choke. Parnasse holds three other wins by knockout or technical knockout (17%) and eight more by decision (44%).

54: Rounds started by Parnasse as a professional mixed martial artist. He has gone the distance on eight different occasions and carries a perfect 8-0 record in those bouts.

1: Loss on the Parnasse ledger. Daniel Torres felled him with a forearm strike at KSW 58 on Jan. 30, 2021. Parnasse avenged the defeat less than a year later.

175: Combined victories between the 10 men—Ruchala, Torres, Sebastian Rajewski, Daniel Rutkowski, Filip Pejic, Ivan Buchinger, Roman Szymanski, Marcin Wrzosek, Artur Sowinski and Lukasz Rajewski—Parnasse has defeated in KSW. They sport a cumulative .707 winning percentage at 175-72-2.