Mateusz Gamrot (born December 11, 1990) is a Polish professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

. He currently competes in the

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division in the

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(UFC). Gamrot is a former KSW Featherweight Champion and KSW Lightweight Champion. As of December 13, 2022, he is #7 in the UFC lightweight rankings.

Background

Gamrot started wrestling at the age of ten. In middle school age, he moved to a boarding school in

Milicz Milicz (german: Militsch) is a town in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It is the seat of Milicz County and of Gmina Milicz, part of the larger Wrocław metropolitan area. Geography The town is situated in the historic Lower ...

to train there in freestyle wrestling. While studying in a technical school, he belonged to the national wrestling team where he won medals in the Polish junior and youth championships. As a 20-year-old he moved permanently to

Poznań Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...

. There he trains and has a family and two children. In 2002, he began his journey with martial arts, starting with wrestling. During his wrestling career he achieved many successes in Poland and internationally. He fought over 300 duels on the mat, wrestling, among others, at the European and World Championships. Since 2011, he has been training mixed martial arts. He gained his training experience under the supervision of an excellent trainer, Andrzej Kościelski, World Champion in wrestling. In 2012, he won a gold medal at the European Amateur MMA Championships (Brussels) and a year later he defended the championship title again winning gold in the 70 kg category (Budapest). Two times in a row (2013, 2014) he won the gold medal at the Polish championships in grappling in the purple stripes category (Luboń). In 2014 he won the ADCC Submission Wrestling European championships in up to 77 kg class.

Mixed martial arts career

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki

He made his professional MMA debut on February 4, 2012 at XFS Night of Champions, defeating Chechen Arbi Shamayev. By the end of the year he had won two more fights for the federation and then he signed with KSW. On June 8, 2013 he had his first fight in KSW, beating Mateusz Zawadzki via TKO at KSW 23: Khalidov vs. Manhoef. On September 28 at KSW 24 he defeated former UFC fighter

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on points. At KSW 27, Mateusz defeated Jefferson George on points. On September 13, 2014 he fought for the British organization Cage Warriors, defeating Welshman Tim Newman in the 1st round at CW 72. He returned on December 6, 2014 to defeat Łukasz Chlewicki at KSW 29 via unanimous decision. At KSW 30 on February 21, 2015, he won over Brazilian Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia by technical knockout six seconds before the final bell. Gamrot earned a Knockout of the Night bonus award with the performance. At KSW 32: Road to Wembley, Mateusz defeated Marif Piraev via TKO in the second round, getting his tenth straight win to start his career.

KSW Lightweight Championship

On May 27, 2016 at KSW 35, he fought for the vacant KSW Lightweight Championship belt against former British BAMMA and Russian M-1 Global champion Frenchman

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. He claimed the title via unanimous decision and both fighters were awarded the Fight of the Night bonus. At KSW 36: Materla vs. Palhares on October 1, 2016, he defended his title via heel hook against Renato Gomes Gabriel in the second round. Gamrot faced former UFC fighter

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at KSW 39: Colosseum on May 27, 2017. He won the bout and retained the title via unanimous decision. Gamrot rematched

at KSW 40: Dublin on October 22, 2017. At the weigh-ins, Parke came in one pound over the championship limit and the bout was deemed a non-title bout. After the bout was stopped due to eye pokes that left Parke unable to continue, Parke shoved Gamrot's cornerman, Borys Mankowski, which resulted in Marcin Bilman, another professional fighter who was in the champion's corner, responded by landing a punch on Parke. Gamrot was subsequently fined 30% of his purse and Bilman was handed a two-year ban from KSW events. On March 3, 2018 at KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun, Gamrot defeated Grzegorz Szulakowski via keylock submission in the fourth round, defending the KSW Lightweight Championship.

Two-division champion

On December 1, 2018 at KSW 46: Narkun vs. Khalidov 2, he fought for a second belt, this time for the KSW Featherweight Championship, against submission specialist

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, where he won the bout after a five-round domination, capturing the organization's second crown.

Vacating the titles

On May 17, 2019, in a video on Borys Mankowski's YouTube channel, Gamrot announced that he had vacated his two belts and did not renew his contract with KSW. On March 6, 2020, KSW announced Gamrot's return to the organization. The KSW double champion was scheduled to return at KSW 53 in Lodz, Poland against the Brazilian Edimilson Souza, but due to a coronavirus pandemic the event was canceled. On July 11 he fought his third bout at KSW 53: Reborn against

. Parke missed weight for the bout and was fined, which went to Gamrot. Gamrot won the fight in the third round via technical knockout. On August 29, 2020, he fought his last fight under his KSW contract against Marian Ziółkowski at KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski, who replaced the injured Shamil Musayev. After a 5-round bout, Gamrot won via unanimous decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

2020

On September 17, 2020, it was announced that Gamrot signed with the

. Gamrot, as a replacement for

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, was scheduled to face

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at UFC Fight Night: Ortega vs. The Korean Zombie on October 18, 2020. In turn, Mustafaev pulled out in early October due to undisclosed reasons. Gamrot faced fellow promotional newcomer Guram Kutateladze instead. He lost the close fight via split decision. Both fighters earned the '' Fight of the Night'' award.

2021

Gamrot faced

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on April 10, 2021 at UFC on ABC: Vettori vs. Holland. He won the fight via knockout in the second round. This win earned him the ''Performance of the Night'' award. Gamrot faced

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on July 17, 2021 at UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés. He won the fight via

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in round one, this submission is the quickest of its kind in UFC history. This win earned him the''

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'' award. As the first bout of his new four-fight contract, Gamrot faced

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on December 18, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Lewis vs. Daukaus. He won the bout via TKO in round two, forcing Ferreira to submit with a knee to the body.

2022

Gamrot faced

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on June 25, 2022 at

UFC on ESPN 38 ''UFC on ESPN: Tsarukyan vs. Gamrot'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 38'' and ''UFC Vegas 57'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 25, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterpris ...

. He won the closely contested fight via unanimous decision. Both fighters earned the '' Fight of the Night'' award. As the first fight of his four-fight contract, Gamrot faced

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on October 22, 2022 at

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. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

2023

Gamrot, replacing

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, faced

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on March 4, 2023, at

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. In a closely contested bout where Gamrot employed his wrestling to combat Turner’s reach advantage, he won the bout via split decision.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

(Two times) vs. ** Fight of the Night (Two times) vs. **Fastest

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in UFC history (65 seconds) vs

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: ''Martial Arts Confrontation'') better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading in Europe. History Martin Lewandowsk ...

** KSW Lightweight Championship (one time; former) ***Three successful title defenses ** KSW Featherweight Championship (one time; former) **Knockout of the Night (one time) **Fight of the Night (one time) *Herakles ** 2021 Fighter of the Year

Grappling

*2014: ADCC European Championship - 1st place in 77 kg category (

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) *2015: Great Britain NAGA Championship - 1st place in the 79.5 kg class and 1st place in the 79.5 kg legs (

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) *2015: ADCC European Championship - 3rd place in 77 kg class (

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) *2016: VI Polish No-Gi Championships - 1st place in 79.5 kg category, purple stripes ( Luboń) *2016: XII Polish ADCC Championships - 1st place in the 77 kg category *2018: ADCC European Championship - 2nd place in the 77 kg category (

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) *2019: ADCC European Championship - 1st place in 77 kg class (

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Mixed martial arts record

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Gliwice Gliwice (; german: Gleiwitz) is a city in Upper Silesia, in southern Poland. The city is located in the Silesian Highlands, on the Kłodnica river (a tributary of the Oder). It lies approximately 25 km west from Katowice, the regional cap ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gamrot, Mateusz 1990 births Living people Polish male mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing freestyle wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters Polish male sport wrestlers Polish practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu People from Kłodzko County 21st-century Polish sportsmen Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship