Joe Taimanglo (born June 27, 1984) is a Guamanian professional

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of Chamorro ethnicity who competes in

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division. A professional competitor since 2004, Taimanglo has also formerly competed for Pacific Xtreme Combat and

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Background

Born and raised in

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, Taimanglo competed in football, and was talented, competing at the professional level on his Island and won Defensive Player of the Year honors in 2004.

Mixed martial arts career

Pacific Xtreme Combat

Taimanglo started his professional career in 2004. He fought mainly for Guam-based promotion ''Pacific Xtreme Combat''. Taimanglo faced Harris Sarmiento on October 29, 2011 at ''PXC 27'' for the vacant featherweight title. He defeated Sarmiento after five rounds and became the new PXC featherweight champion. Taimanglo faced Jang Yong Kim on July 28, 2012 at ''PXC 32''. He won via TKO early in the first round and retained his title. In 2013, with a record of 17–4–1, Taimanglo signed with ''

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Bellator MMA

Taimanglo was scheduled to make his promotional debut against Shah Bobonis on March 28, 2013 at

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. However, Bobonis had problems in making weight and was replaced by Ronnie Rogers. Taimanglo won via submission due to a north-south choke in the second round. Taimanglo faced Andrew Fisher on September 13, 2013 at Bellator 99 in the quarterfinal match of Bellator season nine featherweight tournament. He won via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28) and advanced to the semifinals. Taimanglo then faced Justin Wilcox in the semifinals on October 11, 2013 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-27, 29-28). Taimanglo then faced

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on April 11, 2014 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Taimanglo faced Michael Parker on September 26, 2014 at

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. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Taimanglo faced Antonio Duarte at

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on May 15, 2015. He won the fight via knockout in the third round. In his most anticipated bout to date he faced

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in an expected bantamweight title eliminator fight until Taimanglo missed weight. He went on to submit Caldwell just nine seconds into the third round with a guillotine choke. Taimanglo and Caldwell had a rematch in the main event at Bellator 167 on December 3, 2016. This time Caldwell managed to keep Taimanglo down and avoid all of Taimanglo's submission attempts, resulting in a unanimous decision loss for Taimanglo. Taimanglo was expected to face

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at Bellator 174 on March 3, 2017. However, the bout was removed from the fight card after Taimanglo missed weight. Taimanglo faced

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on October 6, 2017. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Taimanglo faced Joe Warren at Bellator 195 on March 2, 2018. He won the fight via split decision. Taimanglo retired in the August of 2018, only to return to competition against Abdul-Rakhman Dudaev at WFCA 54 on November 16, 2018. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Personal life

On October 22, 2020, Taimanglo was stopped by a police patrol while he was driving a scooter with expired plates. Subsequently, the police found a loaded gun,

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and

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from Taimanglo's possession. He was arrested and charged with three third-degree felonies.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

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**July 2016 Submission of the Month: vs.

on July 22 *Pacific Xtreme Combat **PXC Featherweight Championship (One time) **One successful title defense

Grappling

*Pan Asian Grappling Tournament **

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Most Technical Fighter (2006–07)

Mixed martial arts record

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taimanglo, Joe 1984 births Living people Guamanian male mixed martial artists Bantamweight mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu Chamorro people