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List Of Male Mixed Martial Artists
This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. __NOTOC__ A * Shamil Abdurakhimov - ( M-1, UFC) * Daichi Abe - (UFC, Pancrase) * Hiroyuki Abe - (Shooto, KOTC, Cage Rage, DEEP, Pride) * Papy Abedi - (UFC, Shooto) * Cyril Abidi - ( K-1) * Klidson Abreu - (UFC, Brave Combat Federation, M-1 Global, Jungle Fight) * Daniel Acácio - (Pride, M-1, Shooto, Jungle Fight, KSW) * Bernard Ackah - (DEEP, K-1 Hero's) * Akihiko Adachi - (Shooto) * Israel Adesanya - (UFC) * Sam Adkins - (UFC) * Peter Aerts - ( K-1, K-1 Hero's) * AJ Agazarm - ( Bellator) * Bashir Ahmad - ( OneFC) * Katsuhisa Akasaki - (Shooto) * Omari Akhmedov - (UFC) * Jin Akimoto - (Shooto) * Yoshihiro Akiyama - ( K-1, K-1 Hero's, DREAM, UFC) * Mostapha Al-Turk - (Cage Rage, UFC) * Tony Alanis - ( WEC) * John Albert - (UFC) * Junior Albini - (UFC) * Ildemar Alcântara - (Jungle Fight, UFC) * Iuri Alcântara - (Jungle Fight, WEC, UFC) * Hector Aldana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mixed Martial Arts
Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. The first documented use of the term ''mixed martial arts'' was in a review of UFC 1 by television critic Howard Rosenberg in 1993. The question of who actually coined the term is subject to debate. During the early 20th century, various interstylistic contests took place throughout Japan and in the countries of the Four Asian Tigers. In Brazil, there was the sport of Vale Tudo, in which The Gracie family was known to promote Vale Tudo matches as a way to promote their own Brazilian jiu-jitsu style. A precursor to modern MMA was the 1976 Ali vs. Inoki exhibition bout (which ended in a draw after 15 rounds), fought between boxer Muhammad Ali and wrestler Antonio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Acácio
Daniel Acácio (born 27 December 1977 in Botucatu) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, also current Superior Challenge Welterweight Champion and 100% Fight Middleweight Champion. He is most notable for his fights in PRIDE Fighting Championships and has previously fought for M-1 Global, Shooto, Pancrase, Impact FC, Jungle Fight, Fight Festival and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. Championships and accomplishments Mixed martial arts *100% Fight **100% Fight Middleweight Championship (One time, current) *Fury FC **Fury FC Middleweight Grand Prix Finalist (2007) *Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki ** Fight of the Night (One time) vs. Aslambek Saidov *Superior Challenge **Superior Challenge Welterweight Championship (One time) Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 31-19 , Nico Musoke , Decision (unanimous) , Superior Challenge 18 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Stockholm, Sweden , , - , Win , align=center, 31-18 , Jivko Stoimenov , KO (punch) , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katsuhisa Akasaki
Katsuhisa Akasaki () (born March 3, 1974) is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He competed in the Featherweight division. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 6-20-1 , Yuji Sato , Decision (split) , Gladiator: Gladiator 59 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Fukuoka, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 6-19-1 , Young-Jun Kim , Decision (unanimous) , KAMA: Korean All-MMA Association vs. Gladiator 2012 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:00 , Seoul, South Korea , , - , Win , align=center, 5-19-1 , Tatsumi Ashikari , Submission (armbar) , Gladiator: Gladiator 39 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:11 , Fukuoka, Japan , , - , Win , align=center, 4-19-1 , Masayuki Sato , Submission (heel hook) , Gladiator: Gladiator 30 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:30 , Fukuoka, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3-19-1 , Seong-Jae Kim , TKO (punches) , Gladiator: Gladiator 26 , , align=center, 2 , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ONE Fighting Championship
ONE Championship (formerly ONE Fighting Championship) is a Singaporean combat sports Promoter (entertainment), promotion. Founded on 14 July 2011 by entrepreneur Chatri Sityodtong and former ESPN Star Sports senior executive Victor Cui, its events have featured mixed martial arts (MMA), Submission wrestling, submission grappling, kickboxing, Muay Thai and Lethwei bouts. The promotion's first event was held on 3 September 2011 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium; they have since gone on to hold List of ONE Championship events, over 100 events across Asia. It is Asia's largest MMA promotion company, having been backed by Singapore's GIC Private Limited, GIC and Temasek Holdings, in addition to ICONIQ Capital, Mission Holdings, Sequoia Capital and Greenoaks Capital. In 2020, ONE was included on Nielsen Holdings, Nielsen's list of the world's top 10 biggest sports media properties in terms of viewership and engagement. History Founding and early history Chatri Sityodtong stated his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashir Ahmad (mixed Martial Artist)
Bashir Ahmad ( ur, بشیر احمد), (born October 12, 1982) is a Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist who is known as the "God-father of Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan". He is famous for being the pioneer of mixed martial arts in Pakistan. He is currently signed with ONE Championship. Background Bashir Ahmad was born in the city of Faisalabad in Punjab, Pakistan, but moved to Great Falls, Virginia, United States, with his parents when he was three years old. In 2002, he pursued a career in the U.S. military, joining the Virginia National Guard. In 2004, he was deployed to Iraq when the war broke out. He was stationed in Mosul, working as a U.S. Army medic in a team that disarmed explosives. Ahmad started training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu around 2005, when the boom of MMA was taking place in North America. He came to Lahore, Pakistan in 2007 with the aim of promoting MMA in his native country. After training local kids jiu jitsu for some time, he went to Thailand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion (entertainment), promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media conglomerate Paramount Global. It is the second largest in the United States and one of the largest combat sports, combat sport promotions in the world. The promotion takes its name from ''wikt:bellator, bellātor'', the Latin word for "warrior". Bellator's first event was held in 2009, and the promotion had since held over 200 "numbered" events as of December 2019. The promotion features talents such as Vadim Nemkov, Kyoji Horiguchi, Yoel Romero, Yaroslav Amosov, Patrício Pitbull, Cris Cyborg, A. J. McKee, Michael Page, Douglas Lima, Usman Nurmagomedov, Gegard Mousasi, and Sergio Pettis. Fighters such as Eddie Alvarez, Michael Chandler, Ben Askren, Anthony Johnson (fighter), Anthony Johnson, Rory MacDonald (fighter), Rory MacDonald, and Fedo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AJ Agazarm
AJ Agazarm (born July 26, 1990) is an American submission grappler, mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt practitioner. A multiple-time champion in coloured belts, Agazarm is a black belt World No-Gi Champion, Pan American No-Gi Champion, Brazilian National No-Gi Champion, European No-Gi Open Champion as well as a ADCC Submission Fighting World medallist. In 2019 Agazarm started a professional MMA career after signing with Bellator. Early life and education Agazarm was born in Florida and is of Armenian descent. He began wrestling as a sophomore in high school. He performed well enough in high school to win a wrestling scholarship to University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, Kentucky from 2005-2007. Agazarm then transferred to Ohio State, a highly ranked NCAA Division I wrestling program. Grappling career Agazarm was awarded his black belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu in 2013 by Eduardo de Lima and Carlos Gracie Jr. That same year Agazarm got third place a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Aerts
Peter Aerts (born 25 October 1970) is a Dutch semi-retired kickboxer. Known for his devastating high kicks, which earned him the nickname "The Dutch Lumberjack", he is widely considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight kickboxers of all time. Born in Eindhoven, Netherlands, Aerts began training in Taekwondo at the age of fourteen. He won his first world title when he was nineteen years old in 1990, taking the International Kick Boxing Federation's Heavyweight Championship. He would also add the Dutch heavyweight title and the World Muay Thai Association's heavyweight title to his mantelpiece before going on to compete in Japan. He competed in every K-1 World Grand Prix except one, in 2009. A three-time K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, he debuted at the inaugural K-1 World GP in 1993 where he was eliminated by fellow K-1 legend Ernesto Hoost. He won his first Grand Prix in 1994 by knocking out Rob van Esdonk and Patrick Smith in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Adkins (fighter)
Sam Adkins (born April 26, 1965) is a retired American mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time in the UFC competing in the Heavyweight division fighting established fighters such as Ken Shamrock and Tank Abbott. Mixed martial arts record , - , Loss , align=center, 7-20-2 , George Paz , TKO , REF: Renegades Extreme Fighting , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:58 , Houston, Texas, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 7-19-2 , Jesse Vasquez , Decision (unanimous) , REF: Renegades Extreme Fighting , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Houston, Texas, United States , , - , Loss , align=center, 7-18-2 , Eric Loveless , Decision (unanimous) , REF: Renegades Extreme Fighting , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 , Houston, Texas, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 7-17-2 , Jesse Vasquez , Submission , REF: Renegades Extreme Fighting , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:33 , Houston, Texas, Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Israel Adesanya
Israel Mobolaji Odunayo Oluwafemi Temitayo Owolabi Adesanya (born 22 July 1989) is a New Zealand professional mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and former boxer with multiple championships in all three disciplines. As a mixed martial artist, he currently competes in the Middleweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former UFC Middleweight Champion. In kickboxing, he is a former Glory Middleweight Championship title challenger. As of November 14, 2022, he is #1 in the UFC middleweight rankings, and #6 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Adesanya is widely regarded as one of the best strikers in mixed martial arts, both offensively and defensively. Early life and background Adesanya was born in Lagos, Nigeria, the eldest of five children. His father, Oluwafemi, is an accountant and his mother, Taiwo, is a nurse. Adesanya attended Chrisland School, Opebi, and enrolled in its Taekwondo after-school club until he was removed by his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akihiko Adachi
is a Japanese light heavyweight mixed martial artist. Adachi was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. He fought as a professional mixed martial artist from Paraesta Matsudo in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture beginning in 2000. Adachi was the top amateur Shooto light heavyweight in 2002, and was named the Shooto cruiserweight rookie of the year in 2003. Adachi's last bout was in 2006 and he formally retired from mixed martial arts in 2008. Adachi is an accomplished judoka, having reached the rank of 4th degree black belt. He is also attained the rank of black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2011. Adachi is a real estate agent, a profession he held throughout his mixed martial arts career, and continues to instruct from Paraesta Matsudo. Mixed martial arts record , - , Win , align=center, 4–4–2 , Nobuyasu Fujikawa , TKO (Punches) , Shooto: Gig North 2 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:00 , Hokkaido, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 3–4–2 , A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-1 Hero's
Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the ''K-1 Romanex'' event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1 kickboxing cards, it held its first show on March 26, 2005. The promotion was handled by former Rings head Akira Maeda. At a press conference on February 13, 2008, FEG announced that they discontinued Hero's and were creating a new mixed martial arts franchise, Dream, in collaboration with former Pride FC executives from Dream Stage Entertainment. History Although not as popular worldwide as the Ultimate Fighting Championship or the now defunct Pride Fighting Championships, Hero's was very recognizable in the Japanese mixed martial arts scene, thanks in large part to the visibility and resources of FEG and K-1. Hero's events were sometimes co-sponsored and broadcast on the TBS national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
