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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 February 28, 2022, he is #13 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 KSW 23: Khalidov vs. Manhoef. On September 28th at KSW 24 he defeated former UFC fighter Andre Winner 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 TKO 6 seconds before the final bell.
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.
On May 27, 2016 at KSW 35, 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 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 Norman Parke at KSW 39: Colosseum on May 27, 2017. He won the bout and retained the title via unanimous decision.
Gamrot rematched Norman Parke at KSW 40: Dublin 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 KSW 42: Khalidov vs. Narkun, Gamrot defeated Grzegorz Szulakowski via keylock submission in the fourth round, defending the KSW Lightweight Championship.
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 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 KSW 53 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 KSW 53: Reborn 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 KSW 54: Gamrot vs. Ziółkowski , 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 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.
Gamrot faced Scott Holtzman 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 Jeremy Stephens on July 17, 2021 at UFC on ESPN: Makhachev vs. Moisés. 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.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts
Ultimate Fighting Championship
Performance of the Night (Two Times) vs. Scott Holtzman and Jeremy Stephens
Fight of the Night (One Time) vs. Guram Kutateladze
Fastest submission by kimura in UFC history (65 seconds) vs Jeremy Stephens
Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
KSW Lightweight Championship
Four successful title defenses
KSW Featherweight Championship
Amateur Mixed Martial Arts
2011: Polish Open MMA Championship - 1st place in the -73 kg category (Teresin)
2012: European MMA Championships (FILA) - 1st place in -71 kg class (Brussels)
2013: European MMA Championships (FILA) - 1st place in the -70 kg category (Budapest)
Wrestling
2008: II Polish Seniors Cup - 3rd place in 66 kg category, free competition (Brzeg Dolny)
2009: International Junior Polish Championships - 2nd place in 66 kg category, free competition (Kraśnik)
2009: Polish Junior Championships - 3rd place in 66 kg category, free competition (Krotoszyn)
2010: Youth Polish Championships - 1st place, free entry
2010: Polish Junior Championships - 2nd place in 74 kg category, free competition (Brzeźnica)
Grappling
2012: 2nd Polish Championship No-Gi - 1st place in 74 kg category, blue belts (Luboń)
2013: FILA European Grappling Championships - 1st place no-gi
2013: Polish Grappling Championships - 1st place in the 77 kg category (Poznań)
2013: 3rd Polish No-Gi Championship - 1st place in the purple stripes category (Luboń)
2014: 4th Polish Championship No-Gi - 1st place in the purple stripes category (Luboń)
2014: ADCC European Championship - 1st place in 77 kg category (Sofia)
2015: Great Britain NAGA Championship - 1st place in the 79.5 kg class and 1st place in the 79.5 kg legs (London)
2015: ADCC European Championship - 3rd place in 77 kg class (Turku)
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 (Bucharest)
2019: ADCC European Championship - 1st place in 77 kg class (Poznań)
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
22 matches 20 wins 1 loss
