From bootlegs to bonuses: How UFC 111’s Tomasz Drwal made his way to the big time

While UFC officials have recently made it clear they have little
tolerance for individuals hijacking their pay-per-view broadcasts by
attacking said parties in court, current middleweight contender Tomasz
Drwal is an example of why a bit of piracy isn’t
the worst thing in the world.

After all, the UFC hasn’t quite yet taken Poland by storm, but it was a
little piracy more than 10 years ago that started Drwal’s journey to
the UFC.

“When I was 17, I watched a friend’s video tape of the UFC,” Drwal
recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “The copy
was really bad. There was two languages on there. But even though the
copy wasn’t good, I liked it.


While UFC officials have recently made it clear they have little
tolerance for individuals hijacking their pay-per-view broadcasts by
attacking said parties in court, current middleweight contender Tomasz
Drwal is an example of why a bit of piracy isn’t
the worst thing in the world.

After all, the UFC hasn’t quite yet taken Poland by storm, but it was a
little piracy more than 10 years ago that started Drwal’s journey to
the UFC.

“When I was 17, I watched a friend’s video tape of the UFC,” Drwal
recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio. “The copy
was really bad. There was two languages on there. But even though the
copy wasn’t good, I liked it.