Pawel Jedrzejczyk

Paweł Jędrzejczyk
Born (1980-11-15) November 15, 1980
Wrocław, Poland
Other names Wergi
Nationality Polish
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Division Welterweight
Style Kickboxing
Fighting out of Wrocław
Team Wergi Gym
Years active 2007–present
Kickboxing record
Total 30
Wins 21
By knockout 6
Losses 8
By knockout 0
Draws 1
No contests 0
Other information
Website http://www.wergi.pl/
last updated on: January 13, 2017

Pawel Jedrzejczyk (Polish: Paweł Jędrzejczyk; born 15 November 1980) is a Polish welterweight kickboxer and Muay Thai kickboxer. He is four time World Kickboxing Network Champion[1][2] and one time World Kickboxing Association World Champion. He is first Polish fighter contracted by Glory.[3]

Personal life

He is born in Wrocław. He is married to Natalia with one daughter.

Muay Thai and Kickboxing amateur career

He used to live in Thailand with his parents as a child. He started training kickboxing and Muay Thai at age 19. He fought his first amateur fight at age 24. In 2004 he was picked by Polish National Team starting to fight internationally.

Professional career

In 2009 he won his first WKN World Champion title (K-1 rules) in Nowa Sól Poland. After five rounds he won on points against Angelo Silva[4] from Portugal. In 2010 he lost his title against Abder Khader Ahmed of Egipt. Wergi lost on points.

One year later he fought for another WKN World Title (79.400 kg) in Zielona Góra Poland at Makowski Fighting Championship event. Pawel won by KO in 4th round against Mukutadze Ednari.[5]

On 3 December 2011 he won by KO against Hugo Miguel Rodriguez Mendez and won his first Muay Thai World Title at Nowa Sól, Poland during "MFC".  event.[6]

In 2009 he started to train and fight in Thailand. After few fights he got a shot to fight at legendary Rajadamnern Stadium at 16.09.2012 in Bangkok. He won in first round by KO against Thai Champion Cheerchai Petchpaothong and became first Polish Fighter who fought and won there.

In 2013 he fought at old Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok and lost on points with Gareth Nellies of England. In the same year he became World Kickboxing Network World Champion one more time, winning on points against Dimitar Iliev.[7]

After 15 months of break caused by injury he won his fifth World Title. This Time he won by KO in fifth round via low kicks against Josip Balentovich. He became Thai Boxing WKA World Champion.[8]

On 7 February 2015 he got the remach with Gareth Nellies at New Lumpinee Boxing Stadium and won. On 24 May 2015 he won against F16 Rajanont in Pattaya at Max Muay Thai event.[9] On 16 August 2016 he drew with Ekapop Sityodtong at another Max Muay Thai event.[10]

In January 2016 Pawel Jedrzejczyk signed a contract with Glory.[3] He lost on his debut to Richard Abraham[11] at Glory 27 in Chicago. In 2017 he will fight again for Glory in Chicago.

Pawel Jedrzejczyk is ranked on the first place in the "Polish male kickboxers rankings" at Madfight24.com.[12]

Achievements

Professional kickboxing record

References

  1. ↑ Office, WKN World. "Muay Thai World Champions - WKN ®". WKN ®. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  2. ↑ "PAWEL JEDRZEJCZYK (POLAND) – WKN WORLD CHAMPION BB 22". Kombat Sports. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  3. 1 2 "First ever Polish kickboxer announced to fight for Glory - Kickboxingplanet.com". Kickboxingplanet. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  4. ↑ Office, WKN World. "Abdel Kader Ahmed - Kickboxing Oriental Rules Light Heavyweight Former World Champion - WKN". WKN ®. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  5. ↑ "Paweł Jędrzejczyk Vs Mukutadze Ednari-wkn World Title Fight". World News. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  6. ↑ o.o., Trec Nutrition Sp. z. "Paweł Jędrzejczyk". Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  7. ↑ "Dimitar Spiderman Iliev vs Pawel Jedrzejczyk – Top WKN World Title at BB22 in Poland | Bigger's Better". www.biggersbetterboxing.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  8. ↑ Jurgiewicz, Konrad. "Pawe³ Jêdrzejczyk mistrzem œwiata WKA". Fight24. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  9. ↑ "Paweł Jędrzejczyk vs F16 Rajanont -wideo z walki | madfight24.com". madfight24.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  10. ↑ kickeros12 (2015-09-27), Paweł Wergi Jędrzejczyk vs Ekapop-Max Muay Thai Full Fight, retrieved 2017-01-13
  11. ↑ Stets, Michael (2016-02-26). "Live! GLORY 27 Results And Play-By-Play!". MMAmania.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
  12. ↑ "Ranking mężczyzn | madfight24.com". madfight24.com. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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