Mateusz Gamrot
Mateusz Gamrot (born December 11, 1990) is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is also a former KSW Featherweight Champion and KSW Lightweight Champion. As of March 21, 2022, he is #12 in the UFC lightweight rankings. Mixed martial arts career. Background. In middle school age, he moved to a boarding school in Milicz to train there in freestyle wrestling. While studying in a technical school, he belonged to the national wrestling team were he won medals in the Polish junior and youth championships. As a 20 -year-old he moved permanently to Poznań. 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. Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. He made his professional MMA debut on February 4th, 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 8th 2013 he had his first fight in KSW, beating Mateusz Zawadzki via TKO at . On September 28th at he defeated former UFC fighter Andre Winner on points. At , 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 via unanimous decision. At on February 21, 2015, he won over Brazilian Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia by TKO 6 seconds before the final bell. At , Mateusz defeated Marif Piraev via  TKO in the second round, getting his tenth straight win to start his career. On May 27, 2016 at , he fought for the KSW Lightweight Championship belt against former British BAMMA and Russian M-1 Global champion Frenchman Mansour Barnaoui, who won after a three-round bout. At on October 1, 2016, he defended his title via heel hook against Renato Gomes Gabriel in the second round. Gamrot faced former UFC fighter Norman Parke at on May 27, 2017. He won the bout and retained the title via unanimous decision. Gamrot rematched Norman Parke at on October 22, 2017. 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 has been handed a two-year ban from KSW events. On March 3, 2018 at , Gamrot defeated Grzegorz Szulakowski via keylock submission in the fourth round, defending the KSW Lightweight Championship. On December 1, 2018 at ,he fought for a second belt, this time for the KSW Featherweight  Championship, against submission specialist Kleber Koike Erbst, where he won the bout after a five-round domination, capturing the organization's second crown. On May 17, 2019, in a video on Borys Mankowski's YouTube channel, he announced that he had vacated his two belts and did not renew his contract with the KSW federation. On March 6, 2020, KSW federation announced Gamrot's return to the organization. The KSW double champion was scheduled to return at in Lodz, Poland against the Brazilian Edimilson Souza, but due to a coronavirus pandemic the event was cancelled. On July 11 he fought  his third bout at against Norman Parke. Parke missed weight for the bout and was fined, which went to Gamrot.The Pole won the bout in the third round by TKO (doctor's stoppage). On August 29, 2020 he fought his last fight under KSW contract against Marian Ziolkowski at , who replaced the injured Shamil Musayev. After a 5-round bout, Gamrot won by unanimous decision. Ultimate Fighting Championship. On September 17, 2020, it was announced that Gamrot signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Gamrot, as a replacement for Renato Moicano, was scheduled to face Magomed Mustafaev was scheduled for  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. Gamrot faced Scott Holtzman on April 10, 2021 at . He won the fight via knockout in the second round. This win earned him the "Performance of the Night" award. Gamrot faced Jeremy Stephens on July 17, 2021 at . He won the fight via submission in round one. This win earned him the" Performance of the Night" award. Gamrot faced  Carlos Diego Ferreira 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.