Damian Janikowski

Polish wrestler and mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter

Damian Janikowski

Personal information

Born

27 June 1989 (1989-06-27) (age 34)
Wrocław, Poland

Height

180 cm (5 ft 11 in)^[1]

Weight

84 kg (185 lb)^[1]

Sport

Weight class

Middleweight

Medal record

Men's Greco-Roman wrestling

Representing Poland
Olympic Games
	2012 London	84 kg
World Championships
	2011 Istanbul	84 kg
European Championships
	2012 Belgrade	84 kg
	2014 Vantaa	85 kg

Damian Janikowski (born 27 June 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist and former wrestler who won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics in the Greco-Roman 84 kg category. He is currently ranked #2 in the KSW Middleweight rankings.^[2]

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 Nazmi Avluca before losing to Alim Selimov in the final.^[3]

At the 2012 European Championships, he beat Zhan Belenyuk, Jim Petterson and Andrea Minguzzi, before losing to Hristo Marinov.^[4]

Janikowski represented his native Poland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he won the bronze medal. He beat Nazmi Avluca in the first round, Amer Hrustanović in the next and Pablo Shorey in the quarter final before losing to Karam Gaber in the semifinal.^[5] Janikowski was entered in to the repechage, where he beat Mélonin Noumonvi to win his bronze medal.^[5] He is 180 centimetres (5 ft 11 in) tall and weighs 85 kilograms (187 lb).

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.^[6]

Mixed martial arts career

In 2017, Janikowski opted to try his hand at mixed martial arts and signed with the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki organization. He made his debut at KSW 39 on 27 May 2017. He faced Julio Gallegos and won the fight via TKO due to knees and punches in the first round.

Janikowski faced Szymon Kołecki at KSW 52 on 7 December 2019. He lost the fight via a second round knockout.^[7]

Damian faced Andreas Gustafsson at KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2. He won the fight via split decision.^[8]

Janikowski faced Jason Radcliffe at KSW 59 on 20 March 2021.^[9] He won the bout via TKO in the second round.^[10]

Janikowski faced ex-UFC fighter Paweł Pawlak in his KSW debut on 4 September 2021 at KSW 63: Soldić vs. Kincl.^[11] He lost the bout via unanimous decision.^[12]

Janikowski faced Tomasz Jakubiec on 19 March 2022 at KSW 68: Parnasse vs. Rutkowski. He won the bout in the first round, knocking Jakubiec unconscious.^[13]

Janikowski faced Tom Breese on 10 September 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.^[14]

Janikowski faced Cezary Kęsik on July 15, 2023, at KSW 84: De Fries vs. Bajor.^[15] He won the bout via unanimous decision.^[16]

Janikowski faced Tomasz Romanowski on December 16, 2023 at KSW 89: Bartosiński vs. Parnasse, winning the bout via unanimous decision.^[17]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
15 matches	9 wins	6 losses
By knockout	6	4
By submission	0	1
By decision	3	1


Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	10–5	Tomasz Romanowski	Decision (unanimous)	KSW 89: Bartosiński vs. Parnasse	16 December 2023	3	5:00	Gliwice, Poland	Fight of the Night.
Win	9–5	Cezary Kęsik	Decision (unanimous)	KSW 84: De Fries vs. Bajor	15 July 2023	3	5:00	Gdynia, Poland
Win	8–5	Mateusz Kubiszyn	Decision (unanimous)	HIGH League 5	10 December 2022	3	3:00	Łódź, Poland	Catchweight (198 lb) bout.
Loss	7–5	Tom Breese	Submission (guillotine choke)	KSW 74: De Fries vs. Prasel	10 September 2022	2	1:53	Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland
Win	7–4	Tomasz Jakubiec	KO (punch)	KSW 68: Parnasse vs. Rutkowski	19 March 2022	1	3:42	Radom, Poland
Loss	6–4	Paweł Pawlak	Decision (unanimous)	KSW 63: Crime of The Century	4 September 2021	3	5:00	Warszawa, Poland
Win	6–3	Jason Radcliffe	TKO (punches)	KSW 59: Fight Code	20 March 2021	2	4:41	Łódź, Poland
Win	5–3	Andreas Gustafsson	Decision (split)	KSW 55: Askham vs. Khalidov 2	10 October 2020	3	5:00	Łódź, Poland
Loss	4–3	Szymon Kołecki	TKO (punches)	KSW 52: Race	7 December 2019	2	3:03	Gliwice, Poland	Catchweight (201 lbs)
Win	4–2	Tony Giles	Submission (verbal)	KSW 50: London	14 September 2019	1	1:24	London, England
Loss	3–2	Aleksandar Ilić	KO (head kick)	KSW 47: The X-Warriors	23 March 2019	3	0:23	Łódź, Poland
Loss	3–1	Michał Materla	TKO (punches)	KSW 45: The Return to Wembley	6 October 2018	1	3:10	London, England
Win	3–0	Yannick Bahati	TKO (punches)	KSW 43: Soldić vs. Du Plessis	14 April 2018	1	0:18	Wrocław, Poland
Win	2–0	Antoni Chmielewski	TKO (punches)	KSW 41: Mankowski vs. Soldić	23 December 2017	2	2:33	Katowice, Poland
Win	1–0	Julio Gallegos	TKO (knee and punches)	KSW 39: Colosseum	27 May 2017	1	1:26	Warszawa, Poland

References

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^ "KSW 59: Fight Code Results". Cageside Press. 20 March 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
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^ "KSW 63: Paweł Pawlak pokonał Damiana Janikowskiego (WIDEO) - Polsat Sport". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 4 September 2021. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
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