Mateusz Gamrot (born December 11, 1990) is a Polish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Gamrot is a former KSW Featherweight Champion and KSW Lightweight Champion. As of July 22, 2025, he is #7 in the UFC lightweight rankings.
Background
Gamrot started wrestling at the age of ten.
At middle school age, he moved to a boarding school in
Milicz to train in freestyle wrestling. While studying in a technical school, he was part of the national wrestling team where he won medals in the Polish junior and youth championships. As a 20-year-old he permanently relocated to Poznań, where he trains and has a wife and two children.
He began his wrestling career in 2002, achieving success at the national and international level. He competed in over 300 matches including ones at the European and World Championships. He transitioned to mixed martial arts in 2011, training under, Andrzej Kościelski, World Champion in wrestling.
In 2012, he won a gold medal in the 70 kg category of the European Amateur MMA Championships (Brussels), defeinding his title the following year (Budapest).
He won the gold medal at the Polish grappling championships in the purple belt category (Luboń) in 2013 and 2014. In 2014 he won the ADCC Submission Wrestling European championships in the 77 kg category.
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 signed with KSW. On June 8, 2013, he had his first fight in KSW, beating Mateusz Zawadzki via TKO at .
On September 28 at he defeated former UFC fighter
Andre Winner by unanimous decision.
At , Mateusz defeated Jefferson George on points.
On September 13, 2014, he made his promotional debut for Cage Warriors, defeating Welshman Tim Newman in the 1st round with a heel hook submission at CW 72.
At , Mateusz defeated Marif Piraev via TKO in the second round, improving his record to 10-0.
KSW Lightweight Championship
On May 27, 2016, at , he fought for the vacant KSW Lightweight Championship belt against former British BAMMA and Russian M-1 Global champion Frenchman
Mansour Barnaoui.
He won the title via unanimous decision. Both fighters were awarded the Fight of the Night bonus.
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.
Gamrot rematched Norman Parke at on October 22, 2017.
On March 3, 2018, at , Gamrot defeated Grzegorz Szulakowski via keylock submission in the fourth round, defending the KSW Lightweight Championship.
Two-division champion
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.
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 in Łódź, Poland against the Brazilian Edimilson Souza,
On August 29, 2020, he fought for the last time under his KSW contract against Marian Ziółkowski at , who replaced the injured Shamil Musayev.
Ultimate Fighting Championship
2020
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 at 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.
2021
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 .
As the first bout of his new four-fight contract, Gamrot faced Carlos Diego Ferreira on December 18, 2021, at .
2022
Gamrot faced
Arman Tsarukyan on June 25, 2022, at UFC on ESPN 38.
He won the closely contested fight via unanimous decision.
15 of 22 MMA media outlets scored the bout in favor of Tsarukyan.
Both fighters earned the
Fight of the Night award.
As the first fight of his four-fight contract, Gamrot faced Beneil Dariush on October 22, 2022, at UFC 280.
2023
Gamrot, replacing
Dan Hooker, faced
Jalin Turner on March 4, 2023, at UFC 285.
In a closely contested bout where Gamrot employed his wrestling to combat Turner’s reach advantage, he won the bout via split decision.
Gamrot faced Rafael Fiziev on September 23, 2023, at UFC Fight Night 228
In October 2023, Gamrot served as the backup fighter for the main event of UFC 294.
2024
Gamrot faced Rafael dos Anjos on March 9, 2024, at UFC 299.
He won the bout by unanimous decision.
Gamrot faced Dan Hooker on August 17, 2024 at UFC 305.
2025
Gamrot was reportedly going to face
Rafael Fiziev in a rematch on February 1, 2025 at UFC Fight Night 250.
However, the bout was never officially scheduled for the event.
Gamrot faced Ľudovít Klein on May 31, 2025, at UFC on ESPN 68.
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial arts
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Ultimate Fighting Championship
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Performance of the Night (Two times) vs.
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Fight of the Night (Three times) vs.
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Fastest submission by Armlock in UFC history (65 seconds) vs Jeremy Stephens
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Fourth most takedowns landed in UFC Lightweight division history (49)
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UFC Honors Awards
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2024: President's Choice Fight of the Year Nominee
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UFC.com Awards
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2022: Ranked #9 Fight of the Year
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2024: Ranked #8 Fight of the Year
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Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki
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KSW Lightweight Championship (one time; former)
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Three successful title defenses
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KSW Featherweight Championship (one time; former)
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Knockout of the Night (one time)
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Fight of the Night (one time)
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Herakles
Grappling
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2014: ADCC European Championship - 1st place in 77 kg category (Sofia)
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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 (London)
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2015: ADCC European Championship - 3rd place in 77 kg class (Turku)
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2016: VI Polish No-Gi Championships - 1st place in 79.5 kg category, purple stripes (Luboń)
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2016: XII Polish ADCC Championships - 1st place in the 77 kg category
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2018: ADCC European Championship - 2nd place in the 77 kg category (Bucharest)
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2019: ADCC European Championship - 1st place in 77 kg class (Poznań)
Mixed martial arts record
|Win
|align=center|25–3 (1)
|Ľudovít Klein
|Decision (unanimous)
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|24–3 (1)
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Dan Hooker
|Decision (split)
|UFC 305
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
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Perth, Australia
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|-
|Win
|align=center|24–2 (1)
|Rafael dos Anjos
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 299
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Miami, Florida, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|23–2 (1)
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Rafael Fiziev
|TKO (knee injury)
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|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2:03
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|22–2 (1)
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Jalin Turner
|Decision (split)
|UFC 285
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|21–2 (1)
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Beneil Dariush
|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 280
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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|-
|Win
|align=center|21–1 (1)
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Arman Tsarukyan
|Decision (unanimous)
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|
|align=center|5
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|20–1 (1)
|Carlos Diego Ferreira
|TKO (submission to knee to the body)
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|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:26
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|19–1 (1)
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Jeremy Stephens
|Submission (kimura)
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|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:05
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
| Win
| align=center|18–1 (1)
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Scott Holtzman
| KO (punches)
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|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 1:22
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
| Loss
| align=center|17–1 (1)
| Guram Kutateladze
|Decision (split)
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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|-
| Win
| align=center|17–0 (1)
| Marian Ziółkowski
| Decision (unanimous)
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|
| align=center| 5
| align=center| 5:00
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Warsaw, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 16–0 (1)
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Norman Parke
|TKO (doctor stoppage)
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|
|align=center|3
|align=center|3:02
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Warsaw, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 15–0 (1)
| Kleber Koike Erbst
| Decision (unanimous)
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|
|align=Center|5
|align=center|5:00
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Gliwice, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 14–0 (1)
| Grzegorz Szulakowski
| Submission (keylock)
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|
| align=center| 4
| align=center| 4:15
| Łódź, Poland
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|-
| NC
| align=center|
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Norman Parke
|NC (accidental eye poke)
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|
|align=center|2
|align=center|4:39
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Dublin, Ireland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 13–0
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Norman Parke
|Decision (unanimous)
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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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Warsaw, Poland
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| Win
| align=center| 12–0
| Renato Gomes Gabriel
| Submission (heel hook)
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|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 3:46
| Zielona Góra, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center|11–0
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Mansour Barnaoui
| Decision (unanimous)
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|
| align=center|3
| align=center|5:00
| Gdańsk, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center|10–0
| Marif Piraev
|TKO (punches)
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|
| align=center| 2
| align=center|3:21
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London, England
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|-
| Win
| align=center|9–0
| Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia
|TKO (punches)
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|align=center|3
|align=center|4:54
|Poznań, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center|8–0
| Łukasz Chlewicki
| Decision (unanimous)
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|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Kraków, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 7–0
| Tim Newman
| Submission (heel hook)
|Cage Warriors 72
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:37
|Newport, Wales
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| Win
| align=center| 6–0
| Jefferson George
| Decision (unanimous)
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|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Gdańsk, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 5–0
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Andre Winner
| Decision (unanimous)
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|
| align=center| 3
| align=center| 5:00
| Łódź, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 4–0
| Mateusz Zawadzki
| TKO (corner stoppage)
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|
| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Gdańsk, Poland
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|-
| Win
| align=center| 3–0
| Tomáš Deák
| Decision (unanimous)
| Night of Champions 5
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 5:00
| Poznań, Poland
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| Win
| align=center| 2–0
| Tomasz Matuszewski
| Submission (guillotine choke)
| Night of Champions 4
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| align=center| 1
| align=center| 1:11
| Poznań, Poland
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| Win
| align=center| 1–0
| Arbi Shamaev
| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| Night of Champions 3
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| align=center| 2
| align=center| 3:59
| Poznań, Poland
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See also
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List of current UFC fighters
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List of male mixed martial artists
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Double champions in MMA
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