Anthony Morrison (born March 29, 1984) is an American professional

mixed martial artist 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, incorp ...

. A professional since 2004, he has competed for

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and the WEC.

Background

Originally from North Philadelphia
Anthony Morrison
began

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...

at the age of 14 and also competed in

high school wrestling Scholastic wrestling, also known in the United States as folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practiced at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially collegiate wrestling wit ...

before deciding to compete in MMA professionally.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Morrison made his professional debut in 2004, and compiled a record of 16-8 before being signed by the WEC.

World Extreme Cagefigthting

Morrison made his promotional debut at WEC 46 against Mike Brown. He was defeated via first-round submission. He later returned at

WEC 48 ''UFC Presents: Aldo vs. Faber'', also referred to as ''WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on April 24, 2010 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. This was WEC's first a ...

against

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, losing via first-round submission.

Post-WEC

After picking up four wins in the regional circuit, Morrison faced

Jared Gordon Jared Gordon (born September 6, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist. He was the lightweight champion of Duelo De Gigantes in Mexico and featherweight champion for Cage Fury Fighting Championships in United States. He competes in the lightwe ...

for the CCFC Featherweight Championship. He was defeated via first-round knockout. Morrison last fought in 2017, losing via unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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