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Austin Lingo
Austin Lingo (born July 10, 1994) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Early life Lingo began training in martial arts at a young age after his father found out he’d been involved in a street fight. Lingo started boxing, along with training Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai. He became so enthralled in the latter that he went across the globe to train in the birthplace of Muay Thai, Thailand. Mixed martial arts career Early career In his MMA debut at LFA 16, he defeated Charles Williams via unanimous decision. Lingo submitted Josh Foster in the first round via guillotine choke at Xtreme Knockout 39, before returning to Legacy Fighting Alliance, where he would spend the rest of his career on the regional scene. He would win his next 5 bouts under the banner; Omar Benjar via TKO in round one at LFA 33, Phil Gonzalez via unanimous decision at LFA 40, Aaron Webb via knock out in the first round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesquite, Texas
Mesquite is a suburban city located east of the city of Dallas, Texas, in the United States. Most of the city is located in Dallas County, though a small portion extends into Kaufman County. As of 2019 census estimates, the population was 140,937, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas; in 2020, its population grew to 150,108. Mesquite is positioned at the crossroads of four major highways ( Interstates 30, 635, 20, and U.S. Route 80), making locations such as downtown Dallas, Lake Ray Hubbard, Dallas Love Field, and DFW International Airport accessible. According to legislative action, the city is the "Rodeo Capital of Texas". In 2016, Mesquite received a Playful City USA designation for the fourth year in a row. The city has been named a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation for over 25 years. The city of Mesquite holds the 10th-longest reign in all of Texas. Unique to suburbs of Dallas and Fort Worth, the city of Mesquite is ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC 247
''UFC 247: Jones vs. Reyes'' was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 8, 2020 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, United States. Background A UFC Light Heavyweight Championship bout between the current two-time champion Jon Jones and Dominick Reyes served as the headliner. A UFC Women's Flyweight Championship bout between the current champion Valentina Shevchenko and Katlyn Chookagian served as the co-headliner. While not officially announced by the organization, the promotion was initially targeting a light heavyweight bout between former interim title challenger Ovince Saint Preux and Ryan Spann to take place at the event. However, promotion matchmakers elected to go in another direction and the pairing was scrapped from the event. A bantamweight bout between Sean O'Malley and José Alberto Quiñónez was originally scheduled to take place at UFC 229. However, it was scrapped after O'Malley failed a Unite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas (; Spanish for "The Meadows"), often known simply as Vegas, is the 25th-most populous city in the United States, the most populous city in the state of Nevada, and the county seat of Clark County. The city anchors the Las Vegas Valley metropolitan area and is the largest city within the greater Mojave Desert. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city, known primarily for its gambling, shopping, fine dining, entertainment, and nightlife. The Las Vegas Valley as a whole serves as the leading financial, commercial, and cultural center for Nevada. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous for its luxurious and extremely large casino-hotels together with their associated activities. It is a top three destination in the United States for business conventions and a global leader in the hospitality industry, claiming more AAA Five Diamond hotels than any other city in the world. Today, Las Vegas annually ranks as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holm Vs
Holm may refer to: Places * Holm (island), the name of several islands * Holm, Nordfriesland, Germany * Holm, Pinneberg, Germany * Holm (Flensburg), Flensburg, Germany * Holm, Norway, in Nordland county * Holm, Troms, Norway * Holm, Podu Iloaiei, Iași County, Romania * Holm, Pâncești, Romania * Holm, Inverness, Scotland * Holm, Lewis, Scotland * Holm, Orkney, Scotland * Holm, Halmstad, Sweden * Mount Saint Mary, formerly known as Holm, Slovenia * Holm Land, King Frederick VIII Land, Greenland Other * Holm (surname) * Holm & Co, former ship owners, ship brokers and stevedores based in Wellington, New Zealand * Holm & Molzen, former German company principally known for ship management between 1890 and 1932 * Holm Oak or ''Quercus ilex'', a tree. Also found as a placename element in southern England such as ''Holmbush'' See also * Holme (other) * Holmen (other) * Holmes (other) * -hou ''-hou'' or ''hou'' is a place-name element f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC On ESPN 43
''UFC on ESPN: Vera vs. Sandhagen'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 43'') is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on March 25, 2023, at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Background The event will mark the promotion's third visit to San Antonio and first since UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards in July 2019. A bantamweight bout between Marlon Vera and former interim UFC Bantamweight Championship challenger Cory Sandhagen is expected to headline the event. They were previously expected to headline UFC Fight Night: Andrade vs. Blanchfield, but were rescheduled to this event for unknown reasons. Although it was not announced by the promotion, a rematch between Irene Aldana and former UFC Women's Bantamweight Championship challenger Raquel Pennington was originally rumored to headline this event. The pair previously met at UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Edwards, where Pennington won by a split decision ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Caceres
Alex Caceres (born June 20, 1988) is an American mixed martial arts, mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight (MMA), featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, UFC. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Caceres mostly competed in his regional circuit, before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championships to appear on ''The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck''. As of December 19, 2022, he is #15 in the List of current UFC fighters#Rankings, UFC featherweight rankings. Mixed martial arts career Background Caceres comes from Miami, Florida where he trains at Young Tigers Foundation. Caceres claims to be "inventive and creative" during the fights, often smiling during competition. Caceres also never went the distance in any of his fights prior to joining the ''TUF'' cast. Caceres' nickname, "Bruce Leeroy" stems from the character in the film ''The Last Dragon''. Early career Caceres initially fought in an underground backyard street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nate Landwehr
Nathan Wade Landwehr (born June 7, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional mixed martial artist since 2012, he is also a former M-1 Global Featherweight Champion. Background Landwehr was born and grew up in Tennessee and attended Rossview High School. He played football from the third grade until the end of high school. He also wrestled and ran track throughout the high school. After high school, Landwehr attended Highland Community College for two academic years, where he ran track with scholarship. Mixed martial arts career Early career Landwehr racked up a record of 8–2 in stateside circuit before signing with M-1 Global. M-1 Global Landwehr made his promotional debut against Mikhail Korobkov at M-1 Challenge 83 - Ragozin vs. Halsey on September 23, 2017. He won the fight via second-round knockout. He made his sophomore appearance in M-1 against Viktor Kolesnik at M-1 C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC Fight Night 221
''UFC Fight Night: Yan vs. Dvalishvili'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 221'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 79'' and ''UFC Vegas 71'') is an upcoming mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that will take place on March 11, 2023, at The Theater at Virgin Hotels in Paradise, Nevada part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. Background Despite being based in Las Vegas and hosting the majority of its events in the city, this will be the first time the UFC will host an event at The Theater at Virgin Hotels. A light heavyweight bout between former UFC Light Heavyweight Championship challenger Anthony Smith and Jamahal Hill was expected to headline the event. However in mid-December, Hill was pulled from the contest in order to headline UFC 283 against former champion Glover Teixeira for the vacant title. It is unclear if a replacement would be sought by UFC official for Smith. Instead, a bantamweight bout between former UFC Bantamweight Champion Petr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricardo Ramos (fighter)
Ricardo Lucas Ramos (born August 1, 1995) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Growing up in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil, Ramos often got into fights in his teens. His father placed him in Brazilian jiu-jitsu classes, but eventually kicked him out of the home at the age of 14. According to Ramos, he stayed at the mixed martial arts gym from that point to the age of 21. Mixed martial arts career Early career Ramos made his professional MMA debut in 2012. For the first two years of his career he fought exclusively in his native Brazil and amassed a record of 6 wins and no losses. He made his North American debut in 2015, fighting three times for Legacy FC before it re-branded to Legacy Fighting Alliance. Before joining the UFC, he had a record of 9 wins and 1 loss; all but one of his wins came via stoppage before the final bell. Ramos was featured on Dana White's ''Lookin' for a Fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC On ESPN 39
''UFC on ESPN: dos Anjos vs. Fiziev'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 39'' and ''UFC Vegas 58'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on July 9, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. Background A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev headlined the event. They were previously scheduled to headline UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill, but the bout was postponed to UFC 272 due to visa issues with Fiziev. Fiziev was once again forced to withdraw as he tested positive for COVID-19 a week before that event. A women's flyweight bout between Antonina Shevchenko and Cortney Casey took place at this event. The pairing was previously scheduled to meet at UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Vera, but the bout was postponed to this event due to Shevchenko injuring her knee in training. A middleweight bout between Josh Fremd a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UFC Fight Night 201
''UFC Fight Night: Walker vs. Hill'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 201'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 59'' and ''UFC Vegas 48'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 19, 2022, at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States. Background A lightweight bout between former UFC Lightweight Champion Rafael dos Anjos and Rafael Fiziev was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, the bout was postponed to UFC 272 due to visa issues with Fiziev. Instead, a light heavyweight bout between Johnny Walker and Jamahal Hill served as the main event. Jim Miller and Nikolas Motta met in a lightweight bout at this event. They were originally booked for UFC Fight Night: Smith vs. Spann in last September, but Miller tested positive for COVID-19 a week before that event and was pulled from the contest. John Makdessi was expected to face Nasrat Haqparast in a lightweight bou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Pearce (fighter)
Jonathan Mark Pearce (born May 1, 1992) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Having begun wrestling at the age of 12, Pearce was a state runner-up wrestler at Science Hill High School. In 2014, Pearce was blindsided by a disgruntled gym member, after the gym “bully” clocked him from behind after Pearce called out his ongoing rude behavior. Pearce went unconscious and had his head bashed by a heavy follow-up kick. The attack caused Pearce to suffer a broken neck, 19 broken teeth, a severed tongue, and had to undergo reconstructive jaw surgery. He still has two plates and eight screws in his face. After the incident, Pearce dropped out of college in pursuit of a professional mixed martial arts career. Mixed martial arts career Early career In his MMA debut at CFFC 73, he knocked out Noe Quintanilla in the third round, going on to defeat his next three opponents in Chris Wright, Anthon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
