UFC lightweight Mateusz Gamrot stated that Poland is cleaner, safer, more hospitable, and in many ways more modern than the United States. Speaking on a podcast, Gamrot cited examples such as restaurants in America only recently getting portable payment terminals, a technology Poland had a decade earlier. He criticized Americans as not genuinely hospitable, recounting being invited to barbecues where he would have gone hungry without bringing his own food, contrasting this with Polish hospitality. Gamrot also noted that American small talk is superficial, with people expecting only brief positive responses. While acknowledging the USA offers career advantages for sports, he emphasized that life quality is not necessarily better there, noting his children prefer visiting their grandmother in Poland despite Florida's beaches and palm trees.
