Rivalry · 6 recorded meetings

Adam Wardziński vs Nicolas Penzer

Head-to-head record

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2017 → 2018, oldest first

Did you know?

Across 6 recorded meetings, Wardziński went 6-0 against Penzer with no draws.
Half of the series was decided by submission and half by points, 3 finishes and 3 points wins.
They met twice at the 2017 IBJJF German National No-Gi Championship, once in a round robin and once in the final, and Wardziński won both.
Two of their six matches came at the 2017 AJP Tour Germany National Pro, both in the semi-finals.
Wardziński has 170 wins against 51 losses on record, while Penzer sits at 3 wins and 29 losses.

The rivalry

This is a one-sided series on record. Adam Wardzinski and Nicolas Penzer met 6 times, all between 2017 and 2018, and Wardziński won every one of them. Three of those wins came by submission, and the other three on points, so it was not a case of Penzer hanging close and losing the exchanges. The scoring matches were decided by margins Wardziński controlled.

The wider records line up with what happened when they met. Wardziński carries a 77% win rate across 221 recorded matches out of Checkmat, with 48% of his wins coming by submission. Penzer sits at a 9% win rate across 32 recorded matches. That gap in class showed up across gi and nogi, in finals, semis, and a round robin.

The finishes tell you a bit about how Wardziński closed things out. He took Penzer's back for a Gi Choke From Back in the 2018 final, and landed a Choke in a nogi round robin the year before. When he did not finish, he ground out points wins in both gi and nogi settings.