Curtis Marquir Millender (born December 1, 1987)Mixed martial arts show results Date: July 7, 2018
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who competes in the

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division. A professional competitor since 2013, Millender has formerly competed in

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(UFC),

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(PFL), and Legacy Fighting Alliance (LFA).

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Millender began his professional MMA career in February 2013. During this period of his career, Millender competed exclusively for the California-based promotion, Fight Club OC. He compiled a perfect record of 7–0 in the organization, which included a three-round split decision victory over 10-6 Dominic Waters to become the FCOC welterweight champion.

Bellator MMA

Millender was expected to make his promotional debut against

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at Bellator 134 on February 27, 2015. However, after a cut suffered by Page, Millender instead faced Brennan Ward at the event. Millender lost the fight via rear-naked choke submission in the first round, resulting in the first professional loss of his career. Millender next faced Fernando Gonzalez at Bellator 137 on May 15, 2015. He lost the fight via guillotine choke submission in the third round. Millender was subsequently released from the promotion following his loss to Gonzalez. Millender returned to face Steven Ciaccio at Bellator 141 on August 28, 2015. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Millender faced Johnny Cisneros at Bellator 170 on January 21, 2017. He won the fight via TKO in the first round due to strikes.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On the heel of a six fight win streak, including three straight on the regional scene under the Legacy Fighting Alliance promotion, Millender signed with the UFC in January 2018. Millender made his promotional debut against Thiago Alves on February 18, 2018 at

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. He won the fight via a technical knockout in the second round. This win earned him the Performance of the Night bonus. Millender faced

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on July 7, 2018 at UFC 226. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Millender faced

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on December 29, 2018 at UFC 232. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Millender faced Elizeu Zaleski dos Santos on March 9, 2019 at

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. He lost the fight via a submission in round one. Millender faced Belal Muhammad on April 13, 2019 at

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. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. On November 3, 2019 it was announced that Millender had been released from the UFC.

Return to Bellator

In November 2019, Millender announced that he had signed a contract with

. In his return to the promotion, Millender faced Moses Murrietta at Bellator 238 on January 25, 2020. He won the fight by unanimous decision. As the last fight of his prevailing contract, Millender faced Sabah Homasi at Bellator 243 on August 7, 2020. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Professional Fighters League

Already an alternative for the season, Millender stepped in on short notice and replaced

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for the whole PFL 2021 season. He faced Rory MacDonald on April 29, 2021 at PFL 2 as the start of the 2021 PFL Welterweight tournament. He lost the bout in the first round via a rear-naked choke submission. Millender faced Magomed Magomedkerimov at PFL 5 on June 17, 2021. He lost the bout via ezekiel choke submission in the first round. Millender, as a replacement for Sadibou Sy, was scheduled to face

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on August 13, 2021 at PFL 7. On August 12, Millender was announced to have pulled out of the bout against Tibau.

XMMA

Millender faced

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on April 2, 2022 at XMMA 4. He lost the bout after getting dropped in the second round from a leg kick and getting finished by ground and pound. Millender faced KB Bhullar on September 23, 2022 at Unified MMA 46. The bout ended in a no contest after an eye poke left Millender unable to continue.

Personal life

Millender has two sons: Curtis Jr. and Carter ages eight and four. Millender is currently married to his long time girlfriend Ashley Richie now Ashley Millender. The two were married June 23, 2019. July 2020 they welcomed another baby boy Cross.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** Performance of the Night (One time) vs. Thiago Alves *Fight Club OC **FCOC Welterweight Championship (Two times) ***One successful title defense *Lights Out Promotion **Lights Out Welterweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

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Curtis Millender
at PFL * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Millender, Curtis 1987 births Living people American male mixed martial artists Welterweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Mixed martial artists from California Sportspeople from Anaheim, California Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu