John Maguire (born 19 May 1983) is an English

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 ...

currently competing in

Cage Warriors Cage Warriors (CW) is an Irish owned mixed martial arts promotion, based in London, England. The promotion was established in 2001 and staged its first MMA event in London in July, 2002. Many MMA stars have made their names under the Cage Warrio ...

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division. A professional competitor since 2006, Maguire has also competed for the

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

Cage Rage Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went into liquidation and is now no longer trading. Cage Rage had been owned and ma ...

BAMMA BAMMA (British Association of Mixed Martial Arts) was a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It premiered on June 27, 2009, and was shown on the television channel Bravo. BAMMA events were shown live on ITV4 in the UK and Ire ...

Absolute Championship Berkut Absolute Championship Akhmat (ACA), formerly known as Absolute Championship Berkut (ACB), is a Russian mixed martial arts, kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu organization and one of the leading promotions in Europe. To date, most events have been ...

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki (English: ''Martial Arts Confrontation'') better known by its initials KSW, is widely considered to be the premiere mixed martial arts organization in Poland and one of the leading in Europe. History Martin Lewandowsk ...

, and

UCMMA Ultimate Challenge MMA (also referred to as UCMMA) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is shown live on London Live in the UK, Fight Now TV in the US and on Viewster in several other countries. History The collap ...

. Maguire is the former UCMMA Welterweight Champion.

Background

Maguire is from

Peterborough Peterborough () is a cathedral city in Cambridgeshire, east of England. It is the largest part of the City of Peterborough unitary authority district (which covers a larger area than Peterborough itself). It was part of Northamptonshire until ...

, England, and was first exposed to mixed martial arts growing up, watching UFC events with his brother. A member of the English gypsy community, he left school when he was only 13 years old and taught himself how to read and write, while working in the logging and timber industry with his father, as well as working various other jobs before becoming a professional fighter.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Maguire made his professional MMA debut in April 2006. Over the next two years, he won all eight of his first bouts via TKO or submission with no fight going past the second round. Before signing with the UFC, he added an additional eight wins and three losses to his MMA record. He won the UCMMA Welterweight Championship on 18 September 2010, at UCMMA 15: Showdown, defeating Henrique Santana via TKO. He has defended it three times since then. He holds victories over domestic UK standouts

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alumnus Dean Amasinger, UCMMA UK1 Welterweight Champion Peter Irving, UK MMA veteran Jamaine Facey and two wins over current UCMMA Middleweight Champion and UCMMA Welterweight Champion Jake Bostwick.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Maguire was scheduled to make his UFC debut against James Head at

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. However, Head was forced to withdraw due to injury and he instead took on

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veteran Justin Edwards. Maguire won the fight via unanimous decision. Maguire fought

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finalist,

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, at UFC on Fuel TV 2 on 14 April 2012. He won the fight by submission via armbar at 4:40 of the second frame. His performance was awarded with ''Submission of the Night'' honors. Maguire lost via unanimous decision to

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on 29 September 2012 at

UFC on Fuel TV 5 ''UFC on Fuel TV: Struve vs. Miocic'' (also known as ''UFC on Fuel TV 5'') was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 29, 2012, at Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, United Kingdom. Background Jörgen K ...

. Maguire faced

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, stepping in to replace an injured Besam Yousef. Maguire lost the fight via unanimous decision. He then faced

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in his

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debut on 15 June 2013 at

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. He lost the bout by unanimous decision. He was subsequently released from the promotion afterwards.

Cage Warriors

Following his UFC release, Maguire signed with Cage Warriors on 31 October 2013. He made his debut against Philip Mulpeter at Cage Warriors 63 on 31 December 2013. He won the fight via unanimous decision. He then faced Saul Rogers at Cage Warriors 65 on 1 March 2014. In a shocking upset, Rogers would defeat the heavy favorite Maguire via unanimous decision. Maguire made a quick turnaround and faced

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at Cage Warriors 66 on 22 March 2014. He lost the fight via TKO in the first round.

Championships and accomplishments

*Olympian MMA Championships **OMMAC Welterweight Championship (One time) *

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**UCMMA Welterweight Championship (One time) *

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** Submission of the Night (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Italy , , - , Loss , align=center, 25–10 , Tommy Depret , TKO (punches) , Cage Warriors 89 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 3:10 ,

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, Poland , For KSW Welterweight Championship. , - , Win , align=center, 24–8 , Kieran Malone , Submission (Kimura) , , ACB 47: Braveheart: Young Eagles 14 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 4:31 ,

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, Scotland , , - , Win , align=center, 23–8 , Colin Fletcher , Submission (Armbar) , M4TC 21 Supremacy , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1:03 ,

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, England , Won M4TC Welterweight Championship. , - , Win , align=center, 22–8 , Vincent del Guerra , Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) , British Challenge MMA 15 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:55 ,

Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colches ...

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, KO (knees and punches) , Cage Warriors Fighting Championship 66 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:58 ,

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, Submission (armbar) , UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:40 ,

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, England , Defended UCMMA Welterweight Championship. , - , Win , align=center, 14–3 , Dean Amasinger , Submission (rear-naked choke) , UCMMA 18: Face Off , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:28 ,

, England , Defended UCMMA Welterweight Championship. , - , Win , align=center, 13–3 , Henrique Santana , TKO (doctor stoppage) , UCMMA 15: Showdown , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:25 ,

, England , Won UCMMA Welterweight Championship. , - , Win , align=center, 12–3 , Wayne Murrie , Decision (split) , OMMAC 6 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 10–1 , Chris Rice , Decision (unanimous) , CG 10: Clash of the Titans , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 9–1 , Lee Austin , Submission , UK: Cage Fighting Championships , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:20 ,

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, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 8–1 , Arman Gambaryan , Decision (unanimous) , WAFC: World Pankration Championship 2008 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 7–0 , Jake Bostwick , Submission (kimura) , Cage Rage Contenders 6 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:00 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 6–0 , Jake Bostwick , TKO (punches) , Cage Rage Contenders 5 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 4–0 , Ed Garass , Submission (rear-naked choke) , UKMMAC 18: Fists of Fury , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:55 ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 3–0 , Michael Pastou , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Intense Fighting: Caged , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:46 , England , , - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Bill Mutch , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Intense Fighting 5 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:05 , England , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Lee Webber , Technical Submission , Intense Fighting 3 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:27 , England ,

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maguire, John 1983 births Sportspeople from Peterborough Living people English male mixed martial artists British people of Irish descent English practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Welterweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters