Mateusz Gamrot is a Polish wrestler, grappler and mixed martial artist born in Bielsko-Biala, Poland and raised in Kudowa-Zdrój, Poland. He stands 5’10” and competes in the featherweight and lightweight divisions.

In junior high school, Gamrot moved to a boarding school in Milicz, Poland where he trained in freestyle wrestling and in college, he studied emergency medical services and physical education. He is a protégé of wrestling champion Andrzej Kościelski.

On February 4, 2012, Gamrot made his professional MMA debut. He holds a professional MMA record of 24 wins, 2 losses and 1 No Contest.

Currently, Gamrot is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. His fight name is Gamer.

Gamrot is married and is a father of two. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2011, he moved to Poznań, Poland where he started his training in grappling, Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, wrestling and boxing and won gold at the Polish Open MMA Championship in the -73kg category in Teresin, Sochaczew County, Poland.
2. In 2012, he defeated three opponents in X Fight Series (XFS) namely Arbu Shamaev, Tomasz Matuszewski and Tomas Deak. In the same year, he won gold at the 2nd Polish Championship No-Gi in the 74kg category for blue belts in Luboń, Poland and won gold at the European Amateur MMA Championships in Brussels, Belgium in the -71kg category.
3. In 2013, he defeated two opponents in Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) namely Mateusz Zawadski and Andre Winner. In the same year, he won gold at the Polish Grappling Championship in the -77kg category in Poznań, gold at the European Amateur MMA Championships in the -70kg category in Budapest, Hungary and gold at the 3rd Polish Championships No-Gi in the purple stripes category in Luboń.
4. In 2014, he defeated Jefferson George and Lukasz Chlewicki in KSW and Tim Newman in Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (CWFC). In the same year, he won gold at the 4th Polish Championship No-Gi in the purple stripes category again in Luboń, gold at the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) European Championships in the 77kg category in Sofia, Bulgaria.
5. In 2015, he defeated Rodrigo Cavalheiro Correia and Marif Piraev in KSW. In the same year, he won gold at the Great Britain NAGA Championship in the 79.5kg category in London, England, United Kingdom and bronze at the ADCC European Championship in the 76.9kg category in Turku, Finland.
6. In 2016, he became the KSW Lightweight Champion by defeating Mansour Barnaoui and successfully defended the title from Renato Gomes Gabriel. In the same year, he won gold at the VI Polish No-Gi Championship in the 79.5kg category for purple stripes in Luboń and gold at the XII Polish ADCC Championships in the 76.9kg category.
7. In 2017, he fought Norman Parke twice in KSW. He won via unanimous decision in their the first encounter, in which he successfully defended his KSW Lightweight Championship title. Their rematch, which was not a title bout because Parke did not make the weight, ended in a No Contest due to accidental eye poke.
8. In 2018, he successfully defended his KSW Lightweight Championship title from Grzegorz Szulakowski and Kleber Koike Erbst in KSW. In the same year, he won silver at the ADCC European Championship in the 77kg category.
9. In 2019, he won gold ADCC European Championship in the 77kg category in Sofia. In the same year, he did not have any professional MMA bouts.
10. On July 11, 2020, he defeated Parke for the second time in KSW, which was not a title bout because the Northern Irish MMA fighter did not make the weight.
11. On August 29, 2020, he successfully defended his KSW Lightweight Championship title from Marian Ziolkowski in KSW. 
12. On October 18, 2020, he made his UFC debut.
13. On December 11, 2023, he turned 33.

TIMELINE

2020

• On October 17, 2020, he lost to Guram Kutateladze via split decision at “UFC Fight Night 180” on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

2021

• On April 10, 2021, he knocked out Scott Holtzman at “UFC on ABC 2” in Enterprise, Nevada.
• On July 17, 2021, he submitted Jeremy Stephens at “UFC on ESPN 26” in Las Vegas.
• On December 18, 2021, he defeated Diego Ferreira via technical knockout at “UFC Fight Night 199” in Enterprise.

2022

• On June 25, 2022, he defeated Arman Tsarukyan via unanimous decision at “UFC Vegas 57” in Enterprise.
• On October 22, 2022, he lost to Beneil Dariush via unanimous decision at “UFC 280” in Abu Dhabi.

2023

• On March 4, 2023, he defeated Jalin Turner via split decision at “UFC 285” in Paradise, Nevada.
• On September 23, 2023, he defeated Rafael Fiziev via TKO at “UFC Vegas 79” in Enterprise.

2024

• On March 9, 2024, he defeated Rafael dos Anjos via unanimous decision at “UFC 299” in Miami, Florida, USA.