Damian Janikowski

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.

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.

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 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. Janikowski was entered in to the repechage, where he beat Mélonin Noumonvi 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 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.

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 20 March 2021. He won the bout via TKO in the second round.

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

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.

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.

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

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

On 20 July 2024, in the main event of KSW 96: Pawlak vs. Janikowski 2, he had a rematch with Paweł Pawlak, with the KSW Middleweight Championship at stake. He again lost to his rival by unanimous decision on the scorecards.

Mixed martial arts record Win

Wiktor Zalewski Submission (scarf hold) KSW 119

Radom, Poland Loss

Michał Michalski TKO (punches) KSW 113

Łódź, Poland Loss

Laïd Zerhouni KO (punches) KSW 106

Lyon, France Loss

Piotr Kuberski TKO (punches) KSW 100

Gliwice, Poland Loss

Paweł Pawlak Decision (unanimous) KSW 96

Łódź, Poland Win

Tomasz Romanowski Decision (unanimous) KSW 89

Gliwice, Poland Win

Cezary Kęsik Decision (unanimous) KSW 84

Gdynia, Poland Win

Mateusz Kubiszyn Decision (unanimous) HIGH League 5

Łódź, Poland Loss

Tom Breese Submission (guillotine choke) KSW 74

Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland Win

Tomasz Jakubiec KO (punch) KSW 68

Radom, Poland Loss

Paweł Pawlak Decision (unanimous) KSW 63

Warsaw, Poland Win

Jason Radcliffe TKO (punches) KSW 59

Łódź, Poland Win

Andreas Berg Gustafsson Decision (split) KSW 55

Łódź, Poland Loss

Szymon Kołecki TKO (punches) KSW 52

Gliwice, Poland Win

Tony Giles Submission (verbal) KSW 50

London, England Loss

Aleksandar Ilić KO (head kick) KSW 47

Łódź, Poland Loss

Michał Materla TKO (punches) KSW 45

London, England Win

Yannick Bahati TKO (punches) KSW 43

Warsaw, Poland Win

Antoni Chmielewski TKO (punches) KSW 41

Katowice, Poland Win

Julio Gallegos TKO (knee and punches) KSW 39

Warsaw, Poland