Damian Janikowski (born June 27, 1989 in

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) is a Polish mixed martial artist and former wrestler who won the Bronze medal at the

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in the Greco-Roman 84 kg category. He is currently ranked #8 in the KSW Middleweight rankings.

Wrestling career

At the 2011 World Championships, he won the silver medal in the 84 kg men's Greco-Roman division. He beat Pedro Garcia Perez, Alan Khugaev, Eerik Aps and

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before losing to Alim Selimov in the final. At the 2012 European Championships, he beat Zhan Belenyuk, Jim Petterson and Andrea Minguzzi, before losing to Hristo Marinov. Janikowski represented his native Poland at the

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where he won the bronze medal. He beat Nazmi Avluca in the first round,

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in the next and Pablo Shorey in the quarter final before losing to

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in the semifinal. Janikowski was entered in to the repechage, where he beat Mélonin Noumonvi to win his bronze medal. He is tall and weighs . At the 2014 European Championships, he beat Javid Hamzatov before losing to Rami Hietaniemi. Because Hietaniemi reached the semifinals, Janikowski was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, he beat Ahmet Yildirim, Jim Petterson and Robert Kobliashvili, before beating Jan Fischer to win his bronze medal.

Mixed martial arts career

In 2017, Janikowski opted to try his hand at mixed martial arts and signed with the

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organization. He made his debut at KSW 39 on May 27, 2017. He faced Julio Gallegos and won the fight via TKO due to knees and punches in the first round. Janikowski faced

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at KSW 52 on December 7, 2019. He lost the fight via a second round knockout. Damian faced Andreas Gustafsson at KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2. He won the fight via split decision. Janikowski faced Jason Radcliffe at KSW 59 on March 20, 2021. He won the bout via TKO in the second round. Janikowski faced ex-UFC fighter

Paweł Pawlak Paweł Pawlak (born February 8, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW). He is currently ranked #1 in the KSW Middleweight rankings. A professional since 2010, ...

in his KSW debut on September 4, 2021 at KSW 63: Soldić vs. Kincl. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. Janikowski faced Tomasz Jakubiec on March 19, 2022 at KSW 68: Parnasse vs. Rutkowski. He won the bout in the first round, knocking Jakubiec unconscious. Janikowski faced Tom Breese on September 10, 2022 at KSW 74, controversially losing via guillotine choke in the second round, with the bout being stopped after the ref thought that Janikowski tapped when he said he didn't.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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Wrestling career

Mixed martial arts career

Mixed martial arts record

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