Jeremy Spoon (born April 1, 1985) is an American

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 ...

. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Spoon has made a name for himself fighting in various promotions, including

King of the Cage King of the Cage (KOTC) is a mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion based in Southern California, United States. History KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features mostly amateur as well as up and coming MMA stars and former mainstr ...

and

Bellator Fighting Championships Bellator MMA (formerly Bellator Fighting Championships) is an American mixed martial arts promotion founded in 2008 and based in Santa Monica, California, owned and operated as a subsidiary of television and media conglomerate Paramount Global. ...

. Spoon was a competitor in the Bellator season six and season seven featherweight tournaments.

Mixed martial arts career

Background

Spoon holds a background in wrestling. He and his identical twin brother, Jerod Spoon, both competed in college, having started in seventh grade. In their junior year, Jeremy was state champion at 130lbs, whilst Jerod was runner-up at 135lbs. Spoon was undefeated prior to joining Bellator. In that time, Spoon claimed a win over Jose Vega (a future Bellator tournament semi-finalist), a featherweight championship victory (and subsequent defense) in the Bricktown Brawl promotion and also defeated

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for the

bantamweight (145lb) championship. In mid-2011, both Jeremy Spoon and Jerod Spoon tried out for

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, which was the first edition of the show to feature bantamweights and featherweights. They tried out with the hope of being the first siblings to compete on the show, though coincidentally, whilst the Spoon siblings were not selected, two other siblings (Josh Ferguson and B.J. Ferguson) were.

Bellator Fighting Championships

Spoon made his

debut against the then-unbeaten

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. He was victorious via submission (rear naked choke) in the second round. Spoon returned to Bellator where he faced Adam Schindler. Spoon used his speed to his advantage, as he was able to land strikes on Schindler without response. In the final round, Schindler's face was bloodied, although the fight ultimately went to decision, where Spoon prevailed (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). With that win, Spoon was selected to be part of Bellator's season six featherweight tournament. His quarterfinal opponent was

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. Straus was considered the favourite going into the fight, due to his previous Bellator tournament experience, where he was the runner up of the fourth season featherweight tournament. During the fight, Spoon appeared to be noticeably smaller in stature than his opponent and it showed, as Straus was able to control the clinch and use his greater reach effectively with leg kicks to keep Spoon on the outside. Straus successfully took Spoon down twice and controlled the fight to a decision. Straus won the fight via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28). Spoon then entered into the season seven featherweight tournament. His quarterfinal opponent was

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and he lost via a headkick KO in the first round. Spoon returned to the promotion in 2018 and faced Juan Archuleta on November 30, 2018 at Bellator 210. He lost the fight by unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

*Bricktown Brawl MMA **Bricktown Brawl Featherweight Championship (One time) *

** KOTC Bantamweight Championship (One time) *Sugar Creek Showdown **SCS Featherweight Championship (One time; current)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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