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2020 In UFC
The year 2020 was the 28th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Partnership Starting in 2021, a partnership between the UFC and Dapper Labs's Flow platform for MMA fans to own, maintain and trade UFC-branded collectibles was announced on February 26, 2020. Onwards from April 2021, the UFC announced Venum as their exclusive outfitting partner on July 11, 2020. 2020 by the numbers The numbers below records the events, fights, techniques and fighters held or performed for the year of 2020 in UFC. Releases and retirements These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions: * Alex White - Released in February - Featherweight *Anderson Silva - Released in November - Middleweight *Anthony Pettis - Sign with PFL in December - Welterweight *Antônio Rogério Nogueira - Retired in July - Light Heavyweight *Austin Springer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 In UFC
The year 2019 was the 27th year in the history of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. Releases and retirements These fighters have either been released from their UFC contracts, announced their retirement or joined other promotions. *Abdul-Kerim Edilov - Released in May - Light Heavyweight * Abel Trujillo - Released in May - Lightweight *Allan Zuniga - Released in December - Lightweight *Allen Crowder - Retired in November - Heavyweight * Alex Garcia - Released in September - Welterweight *Alex Gorgees - Released in May - Lightweight *Álvaro Herrera - Released in March - Lightweight * Amanda Cooper - Signed with Invicta Fighting Championships in July - Women's Strawweight *Andre Soukhamthath - Released in November - Bantamweight * Andrew Holbrook - Released in June - Lightweight *Antonio Trocoli - Released after testing positive for nandrolone in August - Heavyweight *Arjan Bhullar - Signed with ONE Championshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callan Potter
Callan Potter (born 6 September 1984) is an Australian retired mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Mixed martial arts career Early career Potter compiled a professional mixed martial arts record of 17–7 by fighting within the Australian regional MMA circuit for over 7 years winning various regional MMA titles before signing for UFC in January 2019. Ultimate Fighting Championship Potter made his UFC debut at lightweight on 9 February 2019 against Jalin Turner at UFC 234. He lost the fight via TKO in round one. Potter then returned to welterweight and faced Maki Pitolo on 5 October 2019 at UFC 243. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Potter then faced Song Kenan on 23 February 2020 at UFC Fight Night: Felder vs. Hooker. He lost the fight via KO in the first round. He was subsequently released from the promotion. On August 7, 2020, Potter announced his retirement from mixed martial art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Barzola
Enrique Johnatan Barzola Acosta (born 28 April 1989) is a Peruvian mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division of Bellator MMA. He was the lightweight winner on The Ultimate Fighter: Latin America 2. and he competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of August 16, 2022, he is ranked #9 in the Bellator Bantamweight Rankings. Background Barzola was born in Lima, Peru. He was graphic designer and studied architecture in college briefly prior to fighting professionally in MMA. Barzola was a wrestler and never thought that he would become a professional fighter, due to money being scarce to pay for MMA lessons. He has enjoyed mixed martial arts from a young age, watching Cain Velasquez and Fedor Emelianenko on YouTube. He transitioned from wrestling to mixed martial arts when he was 22. After six months of training, he announced that he would one day fight in UFC where he was laughed at by his gym mates, and four years later he became the winner o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erik Koch
Erik Jon Koch (born October 4, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2007, he formerly competed for the WEC. Background Koch was enrolled in Tae Kwon Do classes at the age of four, and reached his black belt by the age of ten, piquing his interest in MMA. With help from his older brother, Keoni, who helps run an MMA gym in Iowa with Dave Sherzer (Hard Drive MMA), Erik started MMA-style striking and grappling before the age of 14. Koch would later drop out of Washington High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) to pursue a professional career in mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts career Early career After compiling a 2–0 amateur record, Koch made his professional MMA debut in 2007. Fighting primarily in Iowa, he amassed an undefeated streak of 8–0 before being signed to World Extreme Cagefighting. World Extreme Cagefighting Koch was scheduled to fight Wagnney Fabia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dong Hyun Ma
Kim Dong-hyun ( ko, 김동현, 金東炫; born September 9, 1988), anglicized as Dong Hyun Kim, also known as "The Maestro", is a South Korean mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the UFC's lightweight division. At the turn of 2019, he began to use the ring name Ma Dong-hyun (; anglicized as Dong Hyun Ma; "Ma" as in "Maestro") to better distinguish himself from fellow South Korean mixed martial artist "Stun Gun" Kim Dong-hyun. Mixed martial arts career Early career Ma began his professional MMA career in March 2007. Over the next eight years, he split his time between his native South Korea and Japan while fighting for promotions such as Spirit FC, Road FC and Deep. During this time he amassed a record of 13 wins, 6 losses and 3 draws. Ultimate Fighting Championship In his UFC debut, Ma replaced Hyun Gyu Lim against Dominique Steele on November 28, 2015 at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Masvidal. He lost the fight via knockout due to a slam in the third round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Green
Desmond Green (born October 11, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the lightweight division for Ultimate Fighting Championship. Green is the current BYB Extreme Bare Knuckle Middleweight and Police Gazette Diamond Belt champion. Background Green wrestled at Rush–Henrietta High School, where he won a state championship. He later wrestled at University at Buffalo, where he worked towards a major degree in social sciences. He was removed from the wrestling team after he tested positive for marijuana. Green was a Mid-American Conference Champion and three-time Division 1 NCAA Qualifier. Green also worked part-time at Walmart as a cashier before signing a contract with Bellator MMA. Green has three children: two daughters named Tsajelia, Dahlia and a son named Desmond Jr. Mixed martial arts career Early career Green started his professional career in 2012. He fought mainly for northeastern American promotions. In the first year of his career, he amassed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darko Stošić
Darko Stošić ( sr, Дарко Стошић; born February 9, 1992) is a Serbian mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist currently fighting for Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (KSW) in the Heavyweight (MMA), Heavyweight division. He is the former Final Fight Championship (FFC) heavyweight champion and he also competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is currently ranked #1 in the Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki#Rankings, KSW Heavyweight rankings. Background Stošić was born in Laćarak, Serbia in 1992. He attended Triva Vitasović Lebarnik Primary School where he started his judo lessons in LSK Judo Club in Laćarak. He won many judo championships in Serbia and the Balkan region before he went to compete in kickboxing. He transitioned to MMA at the age of 18, training at the Car Dušan Silni gym along with Gagi Tešanović and Rođa Radosavljević, after Tesla Fighting Championship was formed, in hope to fight under the promotion. Judo career Stošić started training in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Teymur
Daniel Teymur (born February 3, 1988) is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist in the lightweight division. He was the Nordic champion in Thaiboxing and he competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Teymur and his younger brother David Teymur, started training Muay Thai when he was a teenager. Both of the Teymur brothers grew up watching their older brother, Gabriel Teymur, competing in kickboxing and boxing. Teymur competed in Muay Thai and kickboxing with a record of 27–4 prior to transitioning to MMA. He won Swedish national championship three times in Muay Thai and once in kickboxing and the Muay Thai Nordic championship one time. Mixed martial arts career Early career Teymur fought his first six fights on the European circuit, racking up a record of 6–0, all in first round finishes (3 by KO/TKO, 3 by submission). His last fight, prior joining UFC, was at Battle of Botnia in 2016, facing Manolo Scianna, and he won the technical knockout in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Spitz
Daniel Spitz (born July 31, 1990) is a retired American mixed martial artist. A professional competitor from 2013 until 2019, he competed for King of the Cage and the UFC. Background Spitz was born in Spokane, Washington, United States. He attended Mead High School, where he starred in football as a defensive lineman and tight end. Spitz later continued playing football as an offensive lineman for Washington State University, weighing 302 lbs. at the time, and earned a degree in Psychology. After his collegiate football career was over, he transitioned to MMA as he wanted to stay physically active. He trained under Rick Little and after one month of training, he competed in his first amateur fight. He was instantly hooked after his fight competition and never look back since. He trains at Sikjitsu in Spokane and his teammates are UFC fighters Michael Chiesa, Julianna Pena, and Sam Sicilia. Mixed martial arts career Early career After compiling a 5-1 amateur record, Spitz fought a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Ryan Cormier (; born March 20, 1979) is an American former professional mixed martial artist, amateur wrestler, and current commentator for the UFC. He is a former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight Champion. Cormier is the second fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight classes simultaneously and is the first fighter to have title defenses in two divisions. As an international wrestler, Cormier was a six-time US World or Olympic Team Member, a World bronze medalist, a World Cup runner-up, a Pan American Games gold medalist (bronze in 2007) and a two-time Pan American champion. In folkstyle wrestling, Cormier was an NCAA Division I national finalist (with loss to the eventual four-time NCAA champion Cael Sanderson from Iowa State) and two-time Big 12 Conference runner-up for the Oklahoma State Cowboys. He was also a two-time NJCAA champion. Prior to competing in the UFC, Cormier was the Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Asker
Cyril Asker (born December 24, 1985) is a French mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Born and raised in Avignon, France, Asker began training in MMA at the age of 18. Before becoming a full-time fighter, he was a police officer. Mixed martial arts career Ultimate Fighting Championship Asker made his promotional debut against Jared Cannonier at UFC Fight Night: Rothwell vs. dos Santos on April 10, 2016. He was defeated via knockout in the first round. Asker next fought Dmitry Smolyakov at UFC Fight Night: Rodríguez vs. Penn on January 15, 2017. He won the fight via TKO in the first round. Asker next faced Walt Harris at UFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Correia on June 17, 2017. He lost the fight in the first round via TKO due to a combination of elbows and punches. Asker was expected to face James Mulheron on November 25, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 122. However, Mulheron was pulled from the card on Novemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corey Anderson (fighter)
Corey Anderson (born September 22, 1989) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing for Bellator MMA in the light heavyweight division. Prior to signing with Bellator, Anderson competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was the light heavyweight winner on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn'' and achieved success as a top 5 UFC light heavyweight contender. As of November 22, 2022, he is #1 in the Bellator Light Heavyweight Rankings. Early life Wrestling career Anderson was born and raised in Rockford, Illinois, where he started wrestling in the third grade and later on attended Hononegah Community High School. As a high school wrestler, he earned a third-place finish at the Freestyle State Championships (Illinois High School Association and was also a regional champion. Upon graduation, he went on to attend Lincoln College in Illinois, where during his first year he was forced to take a redshirt due to an injury in his leg. Aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |