Krzysztof Jotko

BIOGRAPHY

Krzysztof Jotko is a Polish professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight category of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is currently ranked 13th in the UFC’s official rankings and has won 19 out of his 23 professional fights.

Jotko was born on October 14, 1991, in Słupsk, Poland. His father was a weightlifter and inspired him to pursue sports as well. At age 18, he joined his first MMA gym where he trained under coaches Przemyslaw Mysiala and Andrzej Kostyra. After two years of training, he made his amateur debut at Dynamite Fight Show 2 where he won by unanimous decision. With three more victories under his belt as an amateur fighter, Jotko then decided to turn pro in 2011 when he signed with Cage Warriors Fighting Championship (CWFC).

In CWFC, Jotko quickly rose through ranks and earned a championship title after defeating Tom Watson via unanimous decision at CWFC 70: Super Saturday event held in London, UK 2014. Following this win and another successful fight against Magnus Cedenblad at CWFC 77: Cage Warriors Unplugged event held in Dublin Ireland 2015, Joto chose to leave the promotion on good terms later that same year to join UFC roster instead.

Jotko made his promotional debut against Tor Troeng at UFC Fight Night 80: Namajunas vs VanZant which took place on December 10th 2015 – winning that fight by split decision victory over Troeng after 3 rounds tough battle.. This marked just beginning for 30-year-old Polish athlete as from thereon forth Krzysztof kept developing himself both technically & mentally while climbing up the rankings . Having gone undefeated for 5 consecutive fights – scoring four wins within one year alone – Joktos eventually got chance to face former world champion Luke Rockhold back at UFC Fight Night 116 : Rockhold vs Branch bout which took place September 16 2017 . Despite putting up quite competitive performance , Krzystof ended up losing this hard fought match by second round TKO due “ground & pound” delivered by skilled American striker .

Knowing how important it is not only win but show great character no matter what situation presents itself , Krzystof bounced back quickly following setback versus Rockhold earning two straight wins via dominant decisions over David Branch & Adam Yandiev respectively As of now , Jotkos holds record 20-4-0 overall with 11 wins coming out via finishes – 7 submissions / 4 KO’s demonstrating once again why is considered one biggest rising star amongst middleweights division nowadays