Tanner Vilbon Nicholas BoserMixed martial arts show results Date: June 27, 2020
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(MMA) fighter who is currently signed to the UFC

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Heavyweight division. He had previously competed for Unified MMA, where he won the Unified MMA Heavyweight Championship twice. He has also competed in

M-1 Global M-1 Global (Mixfight-1) or MMA-1 (Mixed martial arts-1) is a mixed martial arts promotion based in St. Petersburg, Russia which organizes between 10 and 20 competitions per year. It hosted its first major show (rather than co-promoting with othe ...

and

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Background

Boser was born and raised in

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, by a gym owner mother and oil field worker father. Tanner was homeschooled until high school. He has a brother, Landon, who is also a professional mixed martial artist. He trained karate for almost a decade while growing up, reaching a black belt in the discipline. After graduating from the high school, Boser drove trucks to local oil fields.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Without any real training besides his karate background, Boser made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2012. After the victory in his debut, Boser started training Brazilian jiu-jitsu for his sophomore bout which he won via recently learned submission skills. In 2013 he moved to

Edmonton Edmonton ( ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Alberta. Edmonton is situated on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Metropolitan Region, which is surrounded by Alberta's central region. The city ancho ...

to pursue his mixed martial arts career while working as a bouncer for six years. After scraping by financially for a while in 2016, Boser decided to focus on other options and took an Emergency Medical Technician course with hopes of becoming a paramedic. However the hunger to compete would bring him back to training MMA full time, leading to Boser traveling around the world competing in 9 different countries. Over the next seven years, he earned a respectable record of 16–5–1. During this time he became a two-time Unified MMA Heavyweight Champion and defending the belt three times. and has also fought around the world. Promotions such as fighting for Absolute Championship Akhmat and M-1 Global has taken him to Kazakhstan, Russia, United Arab Emirates, England and Australia. Having previously defended his Heavyweight Championship for the third time, when Boser was offered to sign with the

in 2019.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In his debut, Boser was set to face Brazilian competitor Giacomo Lemos on July 27, 2019 at

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in Edmonton, Alberta. However his debut would be delayed as his opponent tested positive for a banned substance and the fight was called off due to a ruling from the United States Anti-Doping Agency. Boser's debut eventually took place on October 18, 2019 at

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against

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. He won the bout via unanimous decision earning him his first victory in the promotion. Boser next faced

Ciryl Gane Ciryl Jacky Gane (born 12 April 1990) is a French professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is a former Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion. A professi ...

on December 21, 2019 at

UFC Fight Night 165 ''UFC Fight Night: Edgar vs. The Korean Zombie'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 165'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 23'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 21, 2019 at Sajik Arena in ...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Boser was scheduled to face Jeff Hughes on March 28, 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Ngannou vs. Rozenstruik. However, the event was cancelled due to the

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pandemic. Returning to action amidst the

pandemic, Boser faced

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at UFC on ESPN: Poirier vs. Hooker on June 27, 2020. He won the fight via knockout in the first round. This win earned him the ''

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'' award. As the first fight of his new four-fight contract, Boser next faced

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at UFC on ESPN: Whittaker vs. Till on July 26, 2020. Boser won the fight via technical knockout in round two. This win earned him the ''

'' award. Boser was expected to face

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on October 4, 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Holm vs. Aldana. However a sickness with Arlovski pushed the bout to UFC on ESPN: Santos vs. Teixeira. Boser lost the fight via unanimous decision. Boser faced

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on June 5, 2021 at UFC Fight Night: Rozenstruik vs. Sakai. He lost the fight via split decision. As the first fight of his new, four-fight contract Boser faced

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on June 26, 2021 at

UFC Fight Night 190 ''UFC Fight Night: Gane vs. Volkov'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 190'', ''UFC on ESPN+ 48'' and ''UFC Vegas 30'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on June 26, 2021 at the UFC Apex ...

. He won the fight via knockout in the second round. Boser was scheduled to face

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on December 4, 2021 at

UFC on ESPN 31 ''UFC on ESPN: Font vs. Aldo'' (also known as ''UFC on ESPN 31'' and ''UFC Vegas 44'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 4, 2021 at the UFC Apex facility in Enterprise, Nevad ...

. However due to travel issues, the bout was scrapped. Boser was scheduled to face

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on April 23, 2022, at

UFC Fight Night 205 ''UFC Fight Night: Lemos vs. Andrade'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 205'' and ''UFC on ESPN+ 63'' or ''UFC Vegas 52'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on April 23, 2022, at the UF ...

. However, Nascimento withdrew from the event for unknown reasons, and he was replaced by Alexander Romanov. In turn Boser was out of the fight due to an injury. He was replaced by

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. Boser was rebooked against

for September 17, 2022 at UFC Fight Night: Sandhagen vs. Song. Boser lost the fight via split decision.

Championships and accomplishments

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(One time) *Unified MMA **Unified MMA Heavyweight Champion (two times, three defenses)

Mixed martial arts record

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