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Damian Grabowski is a Polish

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. He fights in the heavyweight

Heavyweight (MMA)

The heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups fighters between .Although many ambiguities exist within the lower weight classes regarding division naming and weight limits, the Heavyweight division is, for the most part, uniform...

division and competed for various European MMA promotions, gathering a perfect record of twelve wins in a streak, all by stoppage, with four of them earned in a one-night sixteen men heavyweight tournament, before signing with Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...

Biography

Grabowski comes from a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

and Submission Wrestling

Submission wrestling

Submission wrestling or Combat wrestling in Japan, is a formula of competition and a general term describing the aspect of martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission using submission holds...

background, having much success in those disciplines.
Damian is currently ranked as #1 Polish Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist by MMAROCKS.PL

and #4 European Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist by groundandpound.de

Mixed martial arts career

Grabowski defeated Kiril Handzhiyski at FX3 on June 13 in London (a last-minute replacement for Gary Rawlings).

Damian was then scheduled to fight PRIDE veteran Valentijn Overeem

Valentijn Overeem

Valentijn Overeem is a Dutch mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight. He has previously competed for the PRIDE Fighting Championships, RINGS and Strikeforce...

at a Beast of the East

Beast of the East

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event in November in Gdynia

Gdynia

Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

, Poland and also Thorsten Kronz (known from Team Germany on M-1) on December 5 in Darmstadt, Germany on Mix Fight Gala IX.
Damian sustained a shoulder injury during training just a few days before the Overeem fight and had to drop out of both.

He recently returned with a first-round armbar win against Dion Staring and then fought at BOTE - Gdynia II in June against Michał Kita

Michał Kita

Michał 'Masacre' Kita is a Polish mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the heavyweight division and is ranked as #2 Polish Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist by MMAROCKS.PLand #8 European Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist by groundandpound.de...

to determine the best heavyweight fighter in Poland. After connecting with a powerful upkick that cut the eyebrow of Kita, who slipped, falling out of the ring, Damian was declared the winner by doctor stoppage due to a heavily swollen eye.

MMAROCKS.PL first announced that Damian signed a contract with Bellator

Bellator Fighting Championships

FC and will compete in their heavyweight tournament at Bellator XXV in August 2010. His opponent in the first round was Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett (fighter)

Scott Barrett is an American mixed martial artist who has fought in the Bellator Fighting Championships. He was a participant in the heavyweight tournament during Bellator's third season. He lost a unanimous decision in the first round of the tournament to undefeated Polish heavyweight Damian...

. He won the fight via unanimous decision and was expected to face Neil Grove

Neil Grove

Neil Grove is a South African-born English heavyweight mixed martial artist currently signed with Bellator Fighting Championships. He holds a black belt rank of shodan in Gōjū-ryū karate...

in the semi-finals, but instead faced Cole Konrad

Cole Konrad

Cole Konrad is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is currently a student at the University of Minnesota and former wrestler for the Golden Gophers. Konrad won a gold medal at the 2005 Pan-American Championships...

. His winning streak of thirteen snapped, as he lost the fight via unanimous decision, being unable to stop the takedowns of Konrad.

Grabowski's entrance song is 40:1 by Sabaton

Sabaton (band)

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Championships and accomplishments

Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...
- Bellator Season 3 Heavyweight Tournament Semifinalist

Ultimate Cage Fighters Championship
- UCFC 2009 Openweight Tournament Winner

Mixed martial arts record

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Joaquim Ferreira

Joaquim Ferreira (fighter)

Joaquim "Mamute" Ferreira is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist who has fought for M-1 Global. Ferreira is currently a member of M-1 Mixfight Team Brazil. Joaquim recently signed with North American promotion Shine Fights...

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Cole Konrad

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Scott Barrett

Scott Barrett (fighter)

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Michał Kita

Gdynia

, Pomeranian

Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomeranian Voivodeship, or Pomerania Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in north-central Poland. It comprises most of Pomerelia , as well as an area east of the Vistula River...

, Poland

Poland

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Dion Staring

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Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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Miodrag petkovic

Miodrag S. Petković is a mathematician and computer scientist. He graduated in Computer Science in 1972 and gained his PhD in Mathematics in the area of Interval analysis...

Vienna

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, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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Vienna

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Austria

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Martinsh Egle

Martinsh Egle is a Latvian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division of various European mixed martial arts promotions. In this time he has seven wins and seven loses and one draw.-Biography:Martinsh grew up in Kandava and went to local school...

Vienna

, Austria

Austria

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Vienna

, Austria

Austria

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Olsztyn

Olsztyn is a city in northeastern Poland, on the Łyna River. Olsztyn has been the capital of the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. It was previously in the Olsztyn Voivodeship...

, Warmian-Masurian, Poland

Poland

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Vilnius

Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...

, Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

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Dion Staring

Doetinchem

Doetinchem is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands. It is situated along the Oude IJssel river in a part of the province of Gelderland called the Achterhoek . The municipality has 56,700 inhabitants and has an area of 79.66 km²...

, Gelderland

Gelderland

, Netherlands

Netherlands

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Mielno

Mielno is a large coastal village in Koszalin County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Mielno. It lies approximately north-west of Koszalin and north-east of the regional capital Szczecin...

, West Pomeranian, Poland

Poland

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Tychy

Tychy is a city in Silesia, Poland, approximately south of Katowice. Situated on the southern edge of the Upper Silesian industrial district, the city borders Katowice to the north, Mikołów to the west, Bieruń to the east and Kobiór to the south...

, Silesian

Silesian Voivodeship

Silesian Voivodeship, or Silesia Province , is a voivodeship, or province, in southern Poland, centering on the historic region known as Upper Silesia...

, Poland

Poland

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