About
Tomasz Drwal (born January 22, 1982) is a Polish mixed martial artist from Nowy Sącz. Drwal was a dominating light heavyweight fighter in Europe, gathering a record of 14–1 in various European MMA promotions before he signed a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He lost his UFC debut against Thiago Silva at UFC 75 on September 8, 2007.
He returned to action after knee surgery at UFC 93 in January 2009 and defeated the debuting Ivan Serati via KO in the first round. His next fight was a first round TKO over Mike Ciesnolevicz on the TUF 9 Finale on June 20, 2009 (a replacement for injured Eric Schafer). Moving down to middleweight, he defeated Drew McFedries at UFC 103 in the second round by Rear Naked Choke submission.
Drwal faced Rousimar Palhares on March 27, 2010 at UFC 111, losing after an early slip via heel hook submission which appeared to injure Drwal. Palhares was subsequently suspended for 90 days for continuing to apply pressure to the lock after the referee intervened. In fact, the heel hook caused no bone fractures, which is to be expected since heel hooks are a danger to knee ligaments and cartilage, not bones.
Drwal then fought Dave Branch on September 15, 2010 at UFC Fight Night 22. Drwal was initially set to fight Nick Catone who had to withdraw from the fight due to injury. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Following two subsequent losses, Drwal has been released from his UFC contract. In a recent interview, he said that after a short vacation in Poland, he intends to stay in San Diego and continue to fight on smaller shows in the states. In the meantime, Tomasz returned to his winning ways knocking out Leonardo Lucio Nascimento at FAŁ 2 in his native Poland.
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Record (19-4-1)
| Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Time | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Gary Padilla | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | MMA ATTACK | 05.11.2011 |
| Win | Leonardo Nascimento | KO | 2 | 3:30 | Fighters Arena Łódź 2 | 26.03.2011 |
| Loss | Dave Branch | Decision | 3 | 5:00 | UFC Fight Night 22: Marquardt vs. Palhares | 15.09.2010 |
| Loss | Rousimar Palhares | Submission | 1 | 0:45 | UFC 111: St.-Pierre vs. Hardy | 27.03.2010 |
| Win | Drew McFedries | Submission | 2 | 1:03 | UFC 103: Franklin vs. Belfort | 19.09.2009 |
| Win | Mike Ciesnolevicz | TKO | 1 | 4:48 | The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale | 20.06.2009 |
| Win | Ivan Serati | KO | 1 | 2:02 | UFC 93: Franklin vs. Handerson | 17.01.2009 |
| Loss | Thiago Silva | TKO | 2 | 4:23 | UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion | 08.09.2007 |
| Win | Andre Fyeet | Submission | 1 | 3:22 | Fight Club Berlin 9 | 22.04.2007 |
| Win | Valdas Pocevičius | TKO | 1 | WFCA: Grand Prix 2007 | 27.01.2007 | |
| Win | Lucio Linhares | TKO | 1 | 3:32 | The Cage Volume 4 | 03.12.2005 |
| Win | Pavel Nohynek | KO | 1 | 2:03 | Fight Club Berlin 6 | 25.11.2005 |
| Win | Nordin Asrih | KO | 1 | BFS: Mix Fight Gala 5 | 02.10.2005 | |
| Win | Denis Juskevic | KO | 1 | OC: Freefight Romania | 11.06.2005 | |
| Win | Martin Kubeš | TKO | Fight Club Berlin 5 | 24.04.2005 | ||
| Win | Przemysław Tomczyk | Submission | 1 | 1:24 | MMA Sport 1 | 18.03.2005 |
| Win | Michael Knaap | Submission | 2 | 3:22 | BFS: Mix Fight Gala 4 | 03.06.2005 |
| Win | Ulf Fritzmann | Submission | 1 | Fight Club Berlin 4 | 14.11.2004 | |
| Win | Jacek Buczko | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | Colosseum 3 | 19.09.2004 |
| Win | Krzysztof Gołaszewski | Decision | 2 | 5:00 | Colosseum 3 | 19.09.2004 |
| Win | Sławomir Zakrzewski | KO | 1 | 1:36 | Colosseum 3 | 19.09.2004 |
| Loss | Ulf Fritzmann | Submission | 1 | Fight Club Berlin 3 | 28.03.2004 | |
| Win | Daniel Leś | TKO | 1 | 2:15 | Colosseum 1 | 21.03.2004 |
| Draw | Piotr Bagiński | Draw | 1 | 30:00 | Berserkers Arena 2 | 11.01.2004 |
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