Mateusz Gamrot
Poland
Crushing main event defeat
Gamrot lost to Charles Oliveira via submission (face crank) at 2:48 of Round 2 at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
ANALYSIS
It continues to be a case of one step forward, two steps back for Gamrot. To be fair, he accepted this fight on short notice after Rafael Fiziev was forced to withdraw and it wasn't a great matchup for him from a stylistic standpoint. Gamrot's grappling-heavy attacked played right into Oliveira's elite submission game. He landed an easy single-leg takedown in Round 1 and ended up getting controlled by Charles for nearly three minutes of the frame. It was Oliveira that landed the takedown in Round 2 before working towards the submission. Gamrot will be 35 years old in December and has alternated losses and wins in his last four fights dating back to March 2024. He's essentially out of time in terms of impacting the title picture in a loaded lightweight division.
It continues to be a case of one step forward, two steps back for Gamrot. To be fair, he accepted this fight on short notice after Rafael Fiziev was forced to withdraw and it wasn't a great matchup for him from a stylistic standpoint. Gamrot's grappling-heavy attacked played right into Oliveira's elite submission game. He landed an easy single-leg takedown in Round 1 and ended up getting controlled by Charles for nearly three minutes of the frame. It was Oliveira that landed the takedown in Round 2 before working towards the submission. Gamrot will be 35 years old in December and has alternated losses and wins in his last four fights dating back to March 2024. He's essentially out of time in terms of impacting the title picture in a loaded lightweight division.
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Taking on Oliveira
Gamrot will face Charles Oliveira in a lightweight bout at UFC Rio on Oct. 11, MMAFighting.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Gamrot will step into the Octagon in place of Rafael Fiziev (undisclosed) in arguably the biggest test of his UFC career. Gamrot holds a professional record of 25-3-0 and has emerged victorious in four of his last five bouts dating back to March 2023, with his lone defeat during that span coming against Dan Hooker in August 2024.
Gamrot will step into the Octagon in place of Rafael Fiziev (undisclosed) in arguably the biggest test of his UFC career. Gamrot holds a professional record of 25-3-0 and has emerged victorious in four of his last five bouts dating back to March 2023, with his lone defeat during that span coming against Dan Hooker in August 2024.
Leans on wrestling in victory
Gamrot defeated L'udovit Klein via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27) at UFC Fight Night on Saturday in Las Vegas.
ANALYSIS
It was a big time rebound performance from Gamrot on the heels of his split decision loss to Dan Hooker in August. He went back to his greatest strength, his wrestling, and did so with much success. Gamrot landed 6-of-11 takedowns for 8:45 worth of control time, essentially eliminating any chance Klein had of winning a decision. The significant strike count was 65-24 in Gamrot's favor. The 34-year-old American Top Team product improves to 4-1 in his past five and 8-2 in his last 10 dating back to April 2021.
It was a big time rebound performance from Gamrot on the heels of his split decision loss to Dan Hooker in August. He went back to his greatest strength, his wrestling, and did so with much success. Gamrot landed 6-of-11 takedowns for 8:45 worth of control time, essentially eliminating any chance Klein had of winning a decision. The significant strike count was 65-24 in Gamrot's favor. The 34-year-old American Top Team product improves to 4-1 in his past five and 8-2 in his last 10 dating back to April 2021.
Next fight scheduled
Gamrot is scheduled to compete against L'udovit Klein in a lightweight fight at UFC Vegas 107 on May 31, per Marcel Dorff of Eurosport.nl.
ANALYSIS
Gamrot's last fight is in 2024, and the bout saw his three-fight win streak snapped by Dan Hooker via a split-decision loss. For the former's next fight, he will look to snap a long streak of his own, with Klein entering the bout on a seven-fight win streak.
Gamrot's last fight is in 2024, and the bout saw his three-fight win streak snapped by Dan Hooker via a split-decision loss. For the former's next fight, he will look to snap a long streak of his own, with Klein entering the bout on a seven-fight win streak.
Winning streak snapped at three
Gamrot lost to Dan Hooker via split decision (28-29, 29-28, 28-29) at UFC 305 on Saturday in Perth, Australia.
ANALYSIS
Gamrot was north of a -400 favorite when this fight went off. To say he couldn't afford this setback is a massive understatement. It wasn't that Mateusz fought poorly, but he simply wasn't able to get Hooker out of there. Gamrot landed 5-of-15 takedown attempts for 4:59 worth of control time. He matched Hooker blow-for-blow in terms of volume, but the latter landed what appeared to be the more damaging blows, particularly in the second half of the fight. It ultimately could have gone either way, and Gamrot didn't get the call. Set to turn 34 years old in December, Gamrot is 7-2 in his past nine fights, but even that isn't enough to move up the rankings in a loaded lightweight division. On the bright side, he'll earn a $50,000 bonus after this bout was awarded Fight of the Night honors.
Gamrot was north of a -400 favorite when this fight went off. To say he couldn't afford this setback is a massive understatement. It wasn't that Mateusz fought poorly, but he simply wasn't able to get Hooker out of there. Gamrot landed 5-of-15 takedown attempts for 4:59 worth of control time. He matched Hooker blow-for-blow in terms of volume, but the latter landed what appeared to be the more damaging blows, particularly in the second half of the fight. It ultimately could have gone either way, and Gamrot didn't get the call. Set to turn 34 years old in December, Gamrot is 7-2 in his past nine fights, but even that isn't enough to move up the rankings in a loaded lightweight division. On the bright side, he'll earn a $50,000 bonus after this bout was awarded Fight of the Night honors.
Perth fight in works
Gamrot has drawn Dan Hooker for a lightweight fight at UFC 305 in Perth, according to Farah Hannoun of MMAJunkie.com.
ANALYSIS
Gamrot will have a golden opportunity to log his fourth consecutive win. Even though Hooker is fighting off a two-game win streak, he recently recovered from an arm fracture and remains ranked much lower than the Polish lightweight. Gamrot's last fight was a third consecutive win, which was over a former champion in Rafael dos Anjos.
Gamrot will have a golden opportunity to log his fourth consecutive win. Even though Hooker is fighting off a two-game win streak, he recently recovered from an arm fracture and remains ranked much lower than the Polish lightweight. Gamrot's last fight was a third consecutive win, which was over a former champion in Rafael dos Anjos.