Deividas Taurosevičius (born August 28, 1977) is a Lithuanian retired

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 ...

who last competed in the

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division. A professional competitor from 2002 until 2013, he competed for the WEC,

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, the

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, and for the

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of the

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Background

Originally from Lithuania, Taurosevicius was a talented rugby player, competing for the national team, and winning an award given to the best player in the country in 1999. He then moved to the United States with the desire of continuing his professional career, but was not content with playing in America as he felt the sport did not have enough respect in the country. In 2002, Taurosevicius turned professional with his MMA career.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Taurosevičius started his professional MMA career in 2002, primarily competing on cards in Massachusetts and New Jersey. In early 2007, he began fighting for the

in the International Fight League. Taurosevicius went 2–1 with the promotion, his lone loss being at the hands of

Ryan Schultz Ryan James Schultz (born July 4, 1977) is an American mixed martial artist who last competed in 2013. A professional since 2003, he has competed in the WEC, IFL, and Japan's World Victory Road. He was the last International Fight League Lightwe ...

in his last appearance, which was for the promotion's Lightweight Championship.

World Extreme Cagefighting

In September 2008, he signed with

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and was scheduled to face

Mark Hominick Mark Jeffrey Hominick (born July 22, 1982) is a Canadian retired mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he was the inaugural Featherweight title challenger, the WEC, and Affl ...

on the Affliction: Trilogy undercard on August 1, 2009. The match was subsequently picked up by

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and was scheduled to take place at

WEC 43 ''WEC 43: Cerrone vs. Henderson'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on October 10, 2009 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Background The event was scheduled to take place on September 2, 2009 at the Covel ...

. However, Hominick was replaced by Javier Vazquez. Taurosevicius won by split decision. Taurosevičius defeated previously unbeaten

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via unanimous decision at WEC 46. Taurosevičius lost via majority decision to

LC Davis La Carvas Rashad Davis (born October 28, 1980) is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Bantamweight division of Bellator MMA. A professional competitor since 2006, Davis has also formerly competed for the Quad Cities ...

on March 6, 2010 at

WEC 47 ''WEC 47: Bowles vs. Cruz'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on March 6, 2010. It was held at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio Background The only WEC event held in Ohio, WEC 47 coincided with the Arnold S ...

Bellator

Taurosevicius then competed for

Bellator 33 2010 in Bellator MMA was the second installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships (Bellator FC)-produced series. It started on April 8, 2010 and ended June 24, 2010. Tournaments were held in the featherweight, lightweight, welterweight and m ...

against

Wilson Reis Wilson Reis Monte Alto Gonçalves (born January 6, 1985, in Januária) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the Flyweight division. Reis is the former EliteXC Bantamweight Champion and has also competed for UFC, Bellator, ShoXC a ...

and was defeated via split decision. He has most recently competed for the Ring of Combat promotion based out of

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, winning the promotion's Featherweight Championship and successfully defending his title three times.

Personal life

Taurosevicius is married.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Taurosevicius, Deividas 1977 births Living people Lithuanian male mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Lithuanian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Lithuanian expatriate sportspeople in the United States People from Copiague, New York