Polish MMA legends have experienced success at various levels when building their legacy. In Poland, fighters can begin their careers with a few MMA organizations, but most dream of reaching the UFC or other bigger organizations. Polish mixed martial artists have had much success, thus justifying their choices.
There are many qualified candidates with names like Karolina Kowalkiewicz, Joanna Jedrzejczyk, and Jan Blachowicz standing out as the top candidates. With so much young talent coming up in Poland, it might be hard to predict future stars.
Who among the fighters born in Poland are considered best MMA fighters in the world?
Jan Blachowicz
In defeating Dominic Reyes to secure the vacant UFC light heavyweight championship, Jan Blachowicz made the entirety of the Polish nation proud. He has become without doubt the most successful MMA fighter in Poland's history.
When we examine Blachowicz's accomplishments, his rise and career are even more impressive. In around 5 years, Blachowicz boasted a 17-3 record as the king of KSW promotion. As a result, Blachowicz went 2-4 in his first six UFC bouts after this. The record of Blachowicz seemed to match others before him until he turned it around and beat some of the toughest fighters such as Israel Adesanya and Luke Rockhold.
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
This Polish fighter has an outstanding record. It takes a lot of courage to successfully defend the title of UFC strawweight champion five times, but Joanna Jedrzejczyk did it five times. Since most fighters don't even make the cut for the UFC, defending a title 5 times is astonishing.
Prior to hes MMA career, Jedrzejczyk was an established Muay Thai fighter, having won 27 fights and lost three. Joanna was also quite famous among Polish bettors and sportsbooks. Different sportsbook brands offering casino online used to offer a wide variety of betting markets for her fights. Although she has an excellent striker's record, Jedrzejczyk has only won 4 of her 7 fights by punching her opponent and instead relies on decisions she makes strategically and tactically.
In spite of possessing an excellent striking ability, JJ has never been submitted on the ground. These skills and her training in different disciplines demonstrate her versatility.
Krzysztof Jotko
Undoubtedly the most underrated fighter in the UFC, Jotko has a 23-5 record that is almost identical to McGregor's 22-6 record. The main differences between the two fighters is their personalities, as well as Jotko's tendency to fight for three rounds in almost all of his fights. Jotko is another favourite among the Polish bettors, who love wagering at gambling platforms such as Bizzo casino or some top-rated sportsbooks. While fighting in the UFC, one of the weirdest things about Krzysztof Jotko is that he has been involved with four split decisions.
A split decision is less common, showing that Jotko is on the same level as his opponents. As a further testament to that, he was only able to stop one opponent out of fifteen UFC fights in which he was awarded a performance of the night bonus.
Bart Palaszewski
Bart Palaszewski, who retired in 2013, has many fond memories of his bright red mohawk and private family life. Palaszewski only fought in four UFC fights, winning one and losing three. Despite this, he still ended up with a 36-17 record, which included a number of victories including several by guillotine choke and TKO.
In addition, it's possible Palaszewski holds several other professional victories since his original record has him at 0-4. MMA was still in its infancy during the early 2000s, so it's quite possible.
Karolina Kowalkiewicz
To those who do not have a good grasp on Polish pronunciation, Karolina Kowalkiewicz is better known as the Polish Princess. Despite her beautiful appearance, Kowalkiewicz still holds a record of 12-7 with five of those wins coming in MMA. Her most notable victory is against the formidable Rose Namajunas, who has beaten almost every other female fighter in the strawweight division.
With higher wrestling competition in the UFC, Kowalkiewicz does not seem to be as dominant as she was in KSW. Fighting on the biggest stage in the world without losing is very uncommon because fewer fighters can go from fighting at a national level to fighting on the biggest stage in the world.
