Matuesz Gamrot took his shot however missed after accepting a brief discover alternative to face Charles Oliveira within the UFC Rio amin occasion however finally suffered a second-round submission loss.
The veteran welterweight requested for the combat after Oliveira’s unique opponent Rafael Fiziev pulled out with an damage. Sadly, Gamrot got here up quick in a grappling alternate after Oliveira snatched a nasty rear-naked choke that pressured the faucet.
It was the primary time in Gamrot’s profession he’s ever been completed.
“We win collectively, we lose collectively,” Gamrot’s head coach Mike Brown wrote in a press release on Instagram. “I’m really heartbroken for my buddy Mateusz Gamrot however I at all times admire his courageousness. Gamrot will not be afraid of huge challenges and taking massive dangers. He landed in Florida three weeks in the past to began his coaching camp for a UFC headliner scheduled on November 8. His second day in America he heard the information of Fiziev pulling out of his combat with Charles Oliviera. So just like the soldier eager to go to battle he campaigned laborious for the chance to combat the Brazilian legend. Just a few days later he secured the combat.
“So Mateus skilled laborious for about 12 days and jumped on a airplane to Brazil and took his shot. It’s at all times a raffle each time you step within the cage and this time the gamble didn’t repay. The combat didn’t go our method however Gamrot nonetheless maintains that very same warrior spirit and his ardour like no different. He’s really one in all a form.”
Gamrot had complained about inactivity in current months after he suffered a loss to Dan Hooker again in August 2024 and didn’t compete once more till Might 2025. He picked up a win over Ludovit Klein and his coach says he was purported to take the primary occasion spot on the upcoming UFC APEX occasion on Nov. 8, which is now headlined by welterweights Gabriel Bonfim and Randy Brown.
As quickly as Oliviera misplaced his opponent for this previous Saturday evening’s card, Gamrot instantly threw his identify into the hat as a possible substitute.
He finally bought the combat however issues didn’t go his method with Oliveira scoring the submission win.
“I believe the followers have nice respect for his willingness to combat wherever below any circumstance,” Brown wrote about Gamrot. “In 30 skilled fights this was the primary time he was ever completed. If you find yourself combating the very best fighters on planet earth this can be a chance and certain to occur finally. Charles himself is a legend and a former champion but he too has stumbled up to now.
“My level is I nonetheless imagine in Mateus and nonetheless imagine he will be champion at some point. It was a tricky loss and a tough capsule to swallow however all we will do at this level is get higher. We will at all times get higher.”
Gamrot has referred to as American High Staff in Florida his residence for a number of years now and he routinely travels and lives within the fitness center throughout his coaching camps away from his household again in Poland.
Clearly he didn’t get the win on Saturday however Gamrot stays one of many high lightweights within the UFC and he’ll look to bounce again when he finally makes his return to motion.
