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UFC Fight Night 60
''UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 60'') was a mixed martial arts event held on February 14, 2015, at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. Background The event was the third that the UFC has hosted at the venue. A welterweight bout between Matt Brown and Tarec Saffiedine was expected to serve as the event headliner. However, on January 1, the UFC announced that Saffiedine had pulled out of the bout, citing a groin injury he sustained in training. On January 13, Brown was pulled from the event in favor of a matchup with former UFC Welterweight champion Johny Hendricks at UFC 185. Subsequently, a welterweight bout between Stephen Thompson and Brandon Thatch was promoted to the main event. In turn, Thompson pulled out of the fight on January 30, citing a rib injury. After UFC 183, it was announced that former WEC & UFC Lightweight champion Benson Henderson agreed to step up as a replacement. Jake Lindsey was scheduled to fac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultimate Fighting Championship
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 promotion company in the world as of 2011. It produces events worldwide that showcase 12 weight divisions (eight men's and four women's) and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. , it had held over 600 events. Dana White has been its president since 2001. Under White's stewardship, it has grown into a global multi-billion-dollar enterprise. The UFC was founded by businessman Art Davie and Brazilian martial artist Rorion Gracie, and the first event was held in 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado. The purpose of the early Ultimate Fighting Championship competitions was to identify the most effective martial art in a contest with minimal rules and no weight classes between competitors of different fighting di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Lindsey (fighter)
Jake Lindsey (born June 21, 1986) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division. A professional since 2010, he has fought in the UFC, Bellator, the Legacy Fighting Alliance, and Titan FC. Background Lindsey was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas. He attended Kansas State University before beginning training in mixed martial arts in early 2007. Mixed martial arts career Early career Lindsey competed as an amateur with an undefeated 7–0 record before making his professional debut in 2010 competing for various regional promotions across the Midwest. He was able to compile a record of 9–0, before signing with the UFC in early 2014. Ultimate Fighting Championship Lindsey made his promotional debut as a short notice replacement for an injured Yosdenis Cedeno and faced Jon Tuck on June 7, 2014 at UFC Fight Night 42. After a competitive first two rounds, Lindsey was defeated by submission in the third round as he tapped to a series of hee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Borg
Ray may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), a bony or horny spine on a fin Science and mathematics * Ray (geometry), half of a line proceeding from an initial point * Ray (graph theory), an infinite sequence of vertices such that each vertex appears at most once in the sequence and each two consecutive vertices in the sequence are the two endpoints of an edge in the graph * Ray (optics), an idealized narrow beam of light * Ray (quantum theory), an equivalence class of state-vectors representing the same state Arts and entertainment Music * The Rays, an American musical group active in the 1950s * Ray (musician), stage name of Japanese singer Reika Nakayama (born 1990) * Ray J, stage name of singer William Ray Norwood, Jr. (born 1981) * ''Ray'' (Bump of Chicken album) * ''Ray'' (Frazier Chorus album) * ''Ray'' (L'Arc-en-Ciel album) * ''Rays'' (Michael Nesmith album) (former Monkee) * ''Ray'' (soundtrack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Prazeres
Michel Richard Cunha dos Prazeres (born July 25, 1981) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who fights in the Welterweight division. He most notably fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Mixed martial arts career Early MMA career Prazeres began training MMA at age 12 when he watched his inspiration, Bruce Lee. His MMA career began in 2000, when he won his debut fight by submission. He went on to win his first six fights straight via stoppage. Prazeres built up an undefeated record of 16–0 competing in local and regional promotions across his native Brazil before signing with the UFC in early 2013. Ultimate Fighting Championship Upon signing with the UFC, Prazeres made his promotional debut as a short notice injury replacement on May 18, 2013 against Paulo Thiago at UFC on FX: Belfort vs. Rockhold. Prazeres lost the fight by unanimous decision, giving him his first career loss. Prazeres next fought Jesse Ronson on September 21, 2013 at UFC 165. He won the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Lee (fighter)
Kevin Jesse Lee Jr. (born September 4, 1992) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight and Super Lightweight divisions of Eagle Fighting Championship (EFC). He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Background Lee was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 4, 1992, and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Lee has a sister and two younger brothers, one of whom is Keith, also a professional mixed martial artist signed to Bellator who has been training with Kevin previously at Xtreme Couture and currently at Tristar. He competed in basketball growing up and began wrestling during his junior year at Southfield High School. Lee continued his wrestling career at Grand Valley State University, where he was a national tournament qualifier and went 37–0 as a sophomore. However, with two years left of wrestling eligibility at the school, Lee dropped out to focus on a career in mixed martial arts. Mixed martial arts career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiichi Kunimoto
is a Japanese professional 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 ... currently competing in the Welterweight (MMA), welterweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also competed for the Rizin Fighting Federation, RIZIN, UFC, Bellator MMA, Bellator, and Pancrase. Background Born and raised in the Nishinari-ku district Osaka, Japan, Kunimoto was a professional skateboarding, skateboarder from the age of 17 until he was 24, when he began training in mixed martial arts. Mixed martial art career Early career Kunimoto made his professional debut in 2006 for Pancrase, losing via knockout. However, Kunimoto would go on to compile a record of 14-5-2 with one no contest and captured the HEAT Welterweight Championship, subsequently defendin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Magny
Aoutneil "Neil" Jacques Magny (born August 3, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional MMA competitor since 2010, Magny made a name for himself as a competitor on '' The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson''. As of November 21, 2022, he is #12 in the UFC welterweight rankings. Background Born and grew up in New York, Magny is of Haitian, and Dominican descent. Magny moved to Illinois at the age of 12, where graduated from Thornwood High School in the Chicago Southland and then went to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where he earned a B.A. in Criminal Justice. He wrestled and played football in both high school and college. He is also an army veteran, having been deployed in Kuwait. He left the service in 2013. Mixed martial arts career Magny began competing in MMA professionally in 2010, making his debut August 7, 2010 against Nolan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cole Miller
Cole Miller (born April 26, 1984) is a retired American mixed martial artist, who most recently competed in the featherweight division in the UFC. His nickname "Magrinho" means "skinny" in Portuguese. Mixed martial arts career Before giving it up to train for MMA full-time, Miller was a standout baseball player at Mount de Sales Academy (in Macon, Georgia), where he was raised. He was also a member of Macon-based Team Praxis, under instructor Cam McHargue, before moving on to American Top Team. Cole's younger brother, Micah, was a professional mixed martial artist with the WEC promotion. Before turning pro, Cole was the Virginia-based, King Of The Ring 135 lb Champion. As a professional, Miller was the WKA Mixed Martial Arts Lightweight Champion as well as the Indiana Based, Legends of Fighting, Lightweight Champion. He trains at the American Top Team academy in Coconut Creek, Florida under Master Ricardo Liborio, whom he received Blue through Brown Belts in BJJ. Mille ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Holloway
Jerome Max Keli'i Holloway (born December 4, 1991) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2010, Holloway became the UFC Featherweight Champion when he defeated José Aldo on June 3, 2017, before defending the title three times. As of March 29, 2021, he is #1 in UFC featherweight rankings and as of November 15, 2022, he is #14 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings. Background Holloway was born on Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Waianae, an area known for fist fighting. He is of Native Hawaiian and Samoan ancestry. Holloway's parents were heavy drug users, his mother Missy Kapoi being a crystal meth consumer who later recovered. His father, Mark Holloway, who constantly abused his mother, left when Max was around 11 years old. He started training kickboxing in 2007 at the end of his sophomore year, aged 15, out of Team Ruthless, and went on to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Kelly (fighter)
Daniel Thomas Kelly (born 31 October 1977 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian former judoka and mixed martial artist. Known for his unconventional style, the four-time judo Olympian formerly competed in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) between 2014 and 2018. Background and judo career Kelly began competing in judo when he was 7 and competed at his first Australian Championships when he was 13. He made the junior national team in 1994 where he competed at the Junior World Championships and went on to make the senior national team two years later. Kelly has been Australian Champion on nine occasions. Kelly is the only Judo competitor to have been selected to fight for Australia in four different Olympic games. He most recently competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -100 kg event. He was the Judo coach for the Australian team at the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Japan Olympics. Mixed martial arts career Early career Kelly mad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levan Makashvili
Levan Makashvili ( ka, ლევან მაყაშვილი}; born January 7, 1989) is a Georgian-American mixed martial artist currently competing in the Lightweight division of Absolute Championship Akhmat. A professional competitor since 2013, he has also competed for the UFC, Fight Nights Global and CES MMA. He is ranked #10 in the ACA featherweight rankings. Background Born and raised in the central Georgian town of Gori, Makashvili competed in wrestling before moving to the United States in 2013 in an attempt to enhance his mixed martial arts career. Mixed martial arts career Makashvili made his professional debut in September 2011 and amassed a record of 10–1 before signing with the Ultimate Fighting Championship in February 2015. Ultimate Fighting Championship Makashvili was expected to make his promotional debut against Nik Lentz on February 14, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 60. However, the pairing was scrapped just prior to the weigh-ins as Lentz was stric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nik Lentz
Nik Lentz (born August 13, 1984) is an American retired mixed martial artist. He most notably fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, fighting in the lightweight division. Background Lentz was born in El Paso, Texas but grew up in Twin Cities area of Minnesota, attending Bloomington Jefferson High School. In high school he wrestled, and was a state champion in Minnesota. After graduating in 2003, he was awarded a scholarship to wrestle for the University of Minnesota. In 2005, he started training in MMA. He trained in Chinese martial arts with Luis Quiroz, switched to Team Bison, and then switched to Minnesota Martial Arts Academy alongside former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar, former UFC Lightweight Champion Sean Sherk, and former Strikeforce and UFC middleweight Paul Bradley. Mixed martial arts career Early career Lentz made his professional debut in 2005 against Anthony White. The fight ended after Lentz knocked out White sometime during the first round. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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