Kevin Roddy is an American professional

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact fighting sport based on striking and grappling; incorporating techniques from various combat sports from around the world. In the early 20th century, various inter-stylistic contests took place t ...

currently competing in

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division. A professional competitor since 2005, Roddy has also formerly competed for

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and

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 oth ...

Background

Born and raised in

Bricktown, New Jersey Brick Township is a township situated on the Jersey Shore within Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city retained its position as the state's 13th-most-populous municipality,

, Roddy competed in

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and

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while growing up. Roddy began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 2002 and later MMA in 2005.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Roddy made his professional MMA debut in 2005 and compiled a record of 15-14-1 with one no contest before signing with

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. Roddy had also made it through the tryouts of Season Five of The Ultimate Fighter, but ultimately was not a part of the final cast.

Mixed martial arts record

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roddy, Kevin Living people American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu American male mixed martial artists Featherweight mixed martial artists Lightweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Year of birth missing (living people) Mixed martial artists from New Jersey