Tor Troéng (born January 25, 1983) is a retired

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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, incorpo ...

previously fighting as a

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for the

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. He was a member FX's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen.

Early life

Troéng started to train martials arts in his hometown of

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, Sweden at the age of 9, starting doing MMA when he was 16. Troéng went to

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, where he earned a master's degree in Engineering Physics.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

After going 6 amateur-fights 2001-2004, Troéng started doing MMA as a professional in 2005 mostly fighting in smaller promotions in Sweden and other parts of Europe. Since Troéng didn’t have a manager at the time, he accepted every fight that he was offered, even against opponents that was considered to be way above him in the ranks, which was leading to him being an underdog in a lot of his fights. Despite all this, by 2012 he had racked up a record of 15-4-1 (11-1-1 in his last 13 fights) with a victory over

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 ...

veteran

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and fights against notable opponents like

Mamed Khalidov Mamed Khalidov ( rus, Мамед Магомедович Халидов, Mamied Magomedowicz Chalidow, mɐˈmʲɛt maɣɔmʲɛdɔvʲit͡ʂ xɐˈlʲidəf; pl, Mamed Chalidow ; born 17 July 1980 in Grozny) is a Polish mixed martial artist of Chech ...

, Lucio Linhares, former

title challenger

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and

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veteran

Daniel Acácio Daniel Acácio (born 27 December 1977 in Botucatu) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist, also current Superior Challenge Welterweight Champion and 100% Fight Middleweight Champion. He is most notable for his fights in PRIDE Fighting ...

. Troéng is considered one of the best middleweight mixed martial artists to come out of Sweden and Scandinavia.

''The Ultimate Fighter''

In January 2013, it was announced that Troéng was selected for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen. To get into the TUF house, Troéng defeated Scott Rosa by submission (rear-naked choke). During the choosing of teams, he was the fourth pick of

Chael Sonnen Chael Patrick Sonnen (; born April 3, 1977) is an American submission grappling promoter, mixed martial arts (MMA) analyst, and retired mixed martial artist. Beginning his MMA career in 1997, Sonnen competed for the Ultimate Fighting Champion ...

for Team Sonnen and seventh overall. He faced

Josh Samman Joshua Kaleb Samman (March 14, 1988 – October 5, 2016) was an American mixed martial artist who, at the time of his death, competed in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and also competed for Bellator MMA. Mixed m ...

in the preliminary round. He lost the fight by KO.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Troéng made his UFC debut against castmate Adam Cella on April 6, 2013, at

UFC on Fuel TV 9 ''UFC on Fuel TV: Mousasi vs. Latifi'' (also known as ''UFC on Fuel TV 9'' or ''UFC Sweden 2'') was a mixed martial arts event held on April 6, 2013, at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The event was broadcast live on Fuel TV. Ba ...

. He won the fight via submission due to a rear naked choke in the first round. Troéng fought

Rafael Natal Rafael Natal Diniz Franca () is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist. A professional from 2005 until 2017, he is best known for his 17-fight stint competing for the UFC. Mixed martial arts career Background Natal started Brazilian Jiu-Jits ...

on September 4, 2013, at UFC Fight Night: Teixeira vs. Bader. Early in the second round Troeng was knocked down by a huge right hand followed up by some ground and pound from Natal, but was able to survive and recover from it. He lost by unanimous decision. The performance earned him ''Fight of the Night'' honors along with Natal. Troéng was expected to face TUF 17 castmate Robert McDaniel on March 15, 2014, at

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. But he was later forced to withdraw from the bout due to a shoulder injury and was replaced by

Sean Strickland Sean Thomas Strickland (born February 27, 1991) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2008, he is the former King of ...

. Troéng faced Trevor Smith on July 19, 2014, at

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. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. Troéng faced

Krzysztof Jotko Krzysztof Jotko (born August 19, 1989) is a Polish mixed martial artist currently competing in the Middleweight division. He has previously fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Background Born and raised in Orneta, Poland, Jotko was ori ...

on October 4, 2014, at UFC Fight Night: Nelson vs. Story. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. After his loss to Jotko, Troéng retired from MMA competition.

Personal life

Troéng has a master's degree in

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and he is still working part-time doing research in

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, at the

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. After retiring from his own fighting career, Troéng has since taken the role as a fight promoter. In doing so he has brought back the Swedish organisation Battle of Botnia, which he fought for himself in 2009 and 2011, and which had been inactive for about four years. The first event under the organisation's new promotion, and the fifth in total count, took place on November 28, 2015, at Battle of Botnia 2015, in Troéng's hometown of

. The event was headlined by Troéng's former training partner, UFC veteran

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, and the card did also feature up and coming fighters from Troéng's own gym, Renyi Fight Camp.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** Fight of the Night (One time) vs

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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