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Lukasz “Wookie” Sajewski
Sajewski is a bit of a wild card: the 20-year-old has been struggling with knee injuries, fighting just twice in the past two years after racking up six wins in 2008 alone. However, his sole 2010 performance was very impressive, defeating fellow precocious Pole Marcin Held. Though the all-too-brief two-round affair was mired in controversy with a close decision, Sajewski and Held were competitive throughout, and Sajewski was a much tougher fight for Held than the more experienced Jean Silva or Bojan Kosednar later in the year. The Akademia Sarmatia fighter, who works on his wrestling with Atlanta Games gold medallist Andrzej Wronski, showed some of those skills with slick reversals of grappling prodigy Held and in general obliged to fighting him on the ground.
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