Abner Lloveras Hernández (born September 4, 1982, in

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) is a Spanish professional

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in the

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division. Abner received a gold medal in the Spanish Olympic boxing tournament in 2010. He also competed on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber''.

Biography

Lloveras was born on September 4, 1982, in Barcelona, Spain . At the age of 17, Lloveras began practicing martial arts, primarily kickboxing . At the age of 20, Lloveras moved to London, England, where he went on to train boxing at the All Stars. While he was training in boxing, Lloveras accepted the challenge of learning jiu-jitsu and, very soon after, at the age of 21, he made his MMA debut at the UKMMAC 8 event in August 2004.

Boxing career

In his career as a boxer, Lloveras has had about 30 amateur bouts, of which he has only lost one. He participated for 3 years in the Spanish Olympic Boxing Championship, where he won the gold medal 3 times, and also participated in the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turkey for the London Olympics . In 2014 he won the gold medal at the United Arab Emirates National Championship, during the period he lived in Dubai.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Lloveras made his professional MMA debut in August 2004 with the UK Mixed Martial Arts Championship promotion in England. Over the next decade, he would compete for a variety of promotions including

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and

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as he amassed a record of 19 wins against 7 losses. One of Lloveras most notable bouts during this period was with

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fighter

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''The Ultimate Fighter''

On August 31, 2015, it was announced that Lloveras would be a contestant on the 22nd season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. In the elimination round, he defeated Vlado Sikic by verbal submission due to a shoulder injury. In the preliminary round, he defeated Jason Gonzalez by unanimous decision. In the quarterfinals, Lloveras lost to Julian Erosa on a split decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Lloveras faced fellow cast member

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at the TUF 22 Finale on December 11, 2015. On a fairly competitive three rounds, with Abner almost finishing the fight with a standing rear-naked choke, he lost the bout by unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.

Post-UFC

On June 25, 2016, Lloveras faced

veteran

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on June 25, 2016, for the SHC interim welterweight title, in

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. Unfortunately he lost by a split decision. However, he bounced back on September 26, 2016, when he defeated Maxim Maryanchuk with a body kick KO at ADW: Road to Abu Dhabi 4 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He continued this winning streak on September 23, 2017, against Davy Gallon in Barcelona, Spain, during the Arnold Fighters/Titan Channel: War of Titans, taking the victory with a KO punch in the third round. Yet, the tide turned again on March 10, 2018, when Farès Ziam defeated him with a swift KO punch just 24 seconds into the second round at the Hit Fighting Championship 5 in Horgen, Switzerland. He responded to this setback with a strong performance on September 29, 2018, securing a TKO victory over Alessandro Botti at Italian Cage Fighting 4 in Milan, Italy. Unfortunately, a series of losses followed. First was a unanimous decision loss to

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at Bellator: Newcastle on February 9, 2019. Then, on March 12, 2022, he succumbed to

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via first-round TKO in Madrid, Spain, during War of Titans 2. His most recent bout was on December 17, 2022, where he suffered a unanimous decision defeat against Jason Ponet at MMA GP Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

*Respect Fighting Championship **Respect Lightweight Championship (One time; current) 2015 best MMA fight by GNP MAGAZINE in Europe

Kickboxing

*Kickboxing Spain **Amateur champion (2005)

Boxing

*Boxing Spain **Spain champion (2010, 2011 and 2012)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Spain , , - , Loss , align=center, 15–7–1 , Mike Campbell , Decision (unanimous) , CES MMA: Undisputed 2 , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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Welterweight Championship. , - , Win , align=center, 12–5–1 , Danny Covin , TKO (punches) , Hombres de Honor 15 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:49 ,

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, Russia , , - , Win , align=center, 10–5–1 , Miljan Jaksic , Submission (rear-naked choke) , M-1 Selection 2010: Western Europe Round 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:20 ,

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, Decision (majority) , ROC 12 - Tournament of Champions Quarterfinals , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 3–2–1 , Marius Doczi , Decision (unanimous) , Shooto - Spain , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 , Spain , , - , Win , align=center, 2–2–1 , Marcos de Paulo , TKO (punches) , MMA Vitoria 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:40 , Vitória, Brazil , , - , Loss , align=center, 1–2–1 , Oliver Jones , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Extreme Fighting 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:38 ,

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, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , Darren Guisha , TKO (leg injury) , UKMMAC 8: Natural Force , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:59 ,

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Mixed martial arts exhibition record

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References

External links

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M-1 Mixfight Profile for Abner LloverasOfficial Website of Esport Rogent
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