Cody James Stamann (born November 9, 1989) is an American

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 ...

and currently competing in the

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division of the

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Background

Stamann was born in

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and attended

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, where he competed in

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. Stamann also 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 ...

in high school at the age of 16. When MMA was introduced to Michigan, he was encouraged by his mother to transition to train MMA as a way to keep him out of trouble in life.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Stamann amassed an amateur record of 19–1 with seven titles before turning professional in 2010. After compiling a professional record of 14–1, fighting mostly in the Midwest region of United States for Knockout Promotions, Michiana Fight League, Triple X Cagefighting and Hoosier Fight Club, prior joining the UFC. As well as WXC, Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting. Michigans oldest and largest MMA league.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In his UFC debut, Stamann faced Terrion Ware on July 8, 2017, at

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in Las Vegas. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Stamann faced

Tom Duquesnoy Tom Phillipe Duquesnoy (born June 21, 1993, in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France) is a retired French mixed martial artist. He is the former undisputed BAMMA Featherweight Champion and undisputed BAMMA Bantamweight Champion, and fought in the bantamwe ...

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on October 7, 2017. He won the fight by split decision. After watching the fight, Stamann commented

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and

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were biased on his fight commentary where the commentators mentioned Duquesnoy more in the first two rounds even Stamann felt he was beating Duquesnoy. Stamann faced

Bryan Caraway Bryan Caraway (born August 4, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist currently competing in Battlefield Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Caraway has fought in the UFC, Strikeforce, EliteXC, and the WEC. He wa ...

on March 4, 2018, at

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. He won the fight by split decision. Stamann faced

Aljamain Sterling Aljamain Antoine Sterlinghttp://boxing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/boxingnvgov/content/results/2014_Results/02-22-14MMA.pdf (born July 31, 1989) is a Jamaican-American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ul ...

on September 8, 2018, at

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. He lost the fight via submission in the second round. Stamann faced Alejandro Pérez on March 2, 2019, at

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. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Stamann was expected to face

Rob Font Rob Font (born June 25, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2011, Font formerly competed for CES M ...

on June 22, 2019, at UFC on ESPN+ 12. However, on June 5, 2019, it was reported that Stamman pulled out of the event due to injury and he was replaced by

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. After the fight with Font didn't materialize, Stamann relocated to

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and started training at

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. Stamann faced

Song Yadong Song Yadong (; born December 2, 1997) is a Chinese mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of December 6, 2022, he is #8 in the UFC bantamweight rankings. Background Raised by a s ...

on December 7, 2019, at

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. After three round fight, the fight ended with a majority draw. Stamann was expected to face

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on March 28, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik. Due to the

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, the event was eventually postponed. Instead Stamann faced

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on June 6, 2020, at

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in a featherweight bout. He won the bout via unanimous decision. Stamann faced

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in a featherweight bout on July 16, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Ige. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Stamann was expected to face

Merab Dvalishvili Merab Dvalishvili (born January 10, 1991) is a Georgian professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Bantamweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). As of March 13, 2023, he is #1 in the UFC bantamweight ran ...

on December 5, 2020, at

UFC on ESPN 19 ''UFC on ESPN: Hermansson vs. Vettori'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 19'' and ''UFC Vegas 16'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 5, 2020 at the UFC Apex facility in Enter ...

. However, on October 22, it was announced that Stamann pulled out due to undisclosed reasons. he bout between Dvalishvili and Stamann was reschedule for

UFC Fight Night 184 ''UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 184'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 42'' and ''UFC Vegas 18'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on February 6, 2021 at the UF ...

on February 6, 2021. In turn, in mid January, Dvalishvili was forced to pull out from the bout due to the struggle of the after-effects of a COVID-19 complication, and he was replaced by

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. After a positive test for COVID, Ewell was pulled from the event and replaced with UFC newcomer Askar Askarwith the contest expected to take place at featherweight. On the day of the event, Askar was not medically cleared and the bout was cancelled. The bout between Dvalishvili and Stamann was re-schduled again to May 1, 2021, at UFC on ESPN: Reyes vs. Procházka. Stamann lost the bout via unanimous decision. Stamann faced

Said Nurmagomedov Said Nurmagomedov (born April 5, 1992) is a Russian mixed martial artist, currently competing as a bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2009, he formerly competed for Absolute Championship Berkut and ...

on January 22, 2022, at

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. Stamann lost the fight via submission in the first round. Stamann faced

Eddie Wineland Edward Alan Wineland Jr. (born June 26, 1984) is an American retired mixed martial artist, who competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2003 until 2022, Wineland was the in ...

on June 18, 2022, at

UFC on ESPN 37 ''UFC on ESPN: Kattar vs. Emmett'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 37'' and ''UFC Austin'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 18, 2022 at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas, United ...

. He won the fight via TKO less than a minute into round one. This win earned him the

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award. Stamann is scheduled to face Luan Luiz Lacerda on January 21, 2023, at

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Championships and accomplishments

(One time)

Personal life

Stamann has two monikers. His moniker "Spartan" was coined after the name of his hometown, and "Mr. Wonderful" was given by his coach. Stamann worked part-time in his family business prior to his first win in UFC. Stamann enjoys fishing. On May 27, 2020, it was reported that Stamann's 18-year-old brother Jacob had passed away.

Mixed martial arts record

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Background

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Championships and accomplishments

Personal life

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