Lance Palmer (born February 7, 1987) is an American professional

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and former collegiate wrestler, who currently competes in the featherweight division. A professional since 2011, he is most notable for competing in

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(PFL), where he was the

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and 2019 tournament champion. As a folkstyle wrestler, he was a four-time

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n and four-time OHSAA state champion.

Wrestling career

High school

Palmer started

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at the age of nine and won every

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(state) tournament since his freshman year of

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, making him a four-time

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champion out of St. Edward High School in

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. He graduated with a record of 150-6 and also won a NHSCA Senior National championship while coached by

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College

After graduating, he attended Division I powerhouse

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, where he competed at 149 pounds in all of his 4 seasons.

2006-07

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: Earned All-American status after placing fourth at the NCAA tournament, becoming the second Buckeye to do so in their first year of competition. He also placed third at the

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Championships, and defeated 3 ranked opponents at the tournament.

2007-08

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: Became a two-time

n placing eight at the NCAA championship. At the Big Ten's, he placed sixth and was the fifth seed.

2008-09

Junior: Placed fourth at the NCAA's, making him a three-time

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. He also placed third at the

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championship.

2009-10

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: Palmer had the most success in his college career as he became the NCAA's tournament runner-up and champion of the

before graduating. Over his career, Palmer compiled a 121–33 record and became a four-time

, one-time NCAA finalist and one-time Big Ten Champion. He defeated notable opponents such as future Olympic Gold Medalist and 2x NCAA Champion

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, NCAA Champion and future Olympian Frank Molinaro, future NCAA Champion and MMA Fighter Bubba Jenkins, former NCAA Champion (later two-time) Brent Metcalf and University Freestyle National Champion Jason Chamberlain On June 16, 2020, Palmer was inducted into the

's Hall of Fame by his legendary

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career.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Palmer made his professional mixed martial arts debut on May 20, 2011. He began his career at 7-0 and won the Resurrection Fighting Alliance Featherweight Championship a little over two years after his debut.

World Series of Fighting

On December 7, 2013, Palmer made his

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debut at WSOF 7 against Bellator veteran Georgi Karakhanyan for the inaugural WSOF Featherweight Championship. He lost via guillotine choke in the third round. On June 21, 2014, Palmer faced Nick LoBasco at WSOF 10. He won via rear naked choke submission in the first round. On December 13, 2014, Palmer challenged Rick Glenn for the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 16. He won via rear naked choke submission in the third round to become the WSOF Featherweight Champion. On June 5, 2015, Palmer made his first defense of the WSOF Featherweight Championship at

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against IFL and WEC veteran Chris Horodecki. He won via neck crank submission in the first round to retain the WSOF Featherweight Championship. On December 18, 2015, Palmer made the second defense of the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 26 against Alexandre Almeida. He lost via unanimous decision. On May 10, 2016, it was announced that Palmer will have a rematch against Alexandre Almeida for the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 32 on July 30, 2016 in the co-main event. He won via unanimous decision to become a two time WSOF Featherweight Champion. On June 30, 2016, Palmer fought Andre Harrison in for the first title defense of his second reign as champion at WSOF 35 in the co-main event. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Professional Fighters League

After World Series of Fighting became the Professional Fighters League, Palmer next fought on November 2, 2017. He fought

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at Professional Fighters League: Fight Night where Palmer won the fight via unanimous decision. Palmer then competed in the inaugural season of the Professional Fighters League. He fought on at the first event of the new format at PFL 1 in the Featherweight division. On June 7, 2018, he faced Bekbulat Magomedov and won the fight by second round submission. On July 19, 2018, Palmer fought Jumabieke Tuerxun at PFL 4. He won the fight by third round submission. In the fall of 2018, Palmer entered the PFL Featherweight tournament as the second seed. At PFL 8 on October 5, 2018, he defeated Max Coga by unanimous decision in the quarterfinal round and then rematched Andre Harrison and earned unanimous decision win in the semifinal round. Palmer fought another rematch against

in the finals at PFL 11 on December 31, 2018. He won the fight via unanimous decision, winning the PFL Featherweight tournament and earning the $1 million cash prize.

2019 Season

In the opening round of the second season of PFL, Palmer faced Alex Gilpin at PFL 2 on May 23, 2019. He won the fight via unanimous decision, collecting three regular season points. In the second round Palmer faced Luis Rafael Laurentino at PFL 5 on July 25, 2019. He won the fight via third-round TKO and advanced to the playoffs. Palmer next faced Alexandre de Almeida and Alex Gilpin at PFL 8 on October 17, 2019. He won both fights by unanimous decision. He was expected to face Daniel Pineda in the Featherweight tournament finals, but after Pineda failed a drug test after PFL 8, Palmer was set to face Alex Gilpin in the finals again. Palmer and Gilpin faced each other for the third time during the season at PFL 10 on December 31, 2019. Palmer implemented his grappling-heavy fight style, winning the bout via unanimous decision and claiming his second PFL Featherweight tournament victory.

2021 Season

Palmer was scheduled to face Jason Soares in the opening round of the third season on May 21, 2020. However, the event was cancelled due to the

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. Palmer faced 2011 NCAA Division I champion Bubba Jenkins on April 23, 2021 at PFL 1. He lost for the first time during his PFL run via unanimous decision. Palmer was scheduled to face Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 4 on June 10, 2021. However, on May 24, it was announced that Stojadinovic had to pull out of the bout and was replaced by Jesse Stirn. A day before the event, Palmer was pulled and rescheduled to face Movlid Khaybulaev on June 25, 2021 at PFL 6. He lost the bout via unanimous decision, eliminating Palmer from the playoffs for the first time in his PFL career.

2022 Season

Palmer faced Chris Wade on April 28, 2022 at PFL 2. He lost the bout via unanimous decision. Palmer faced

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on June 24, 2022 at PFL 5. He won the bout via unanimous decision.

Absolute Championship Akhmat

Palmer was scheduled to take part in the 2023 ACA Featherweight Grand Prix, facing Bibert Tumenov in the quarter-finals on August 11, 2023 at ACA 161. However, Palmer withdrew from the fight due to injury and the bout was postponed for the following event on September 2, 2023 at ACA 162. At weigh-ins, Palmer (148 lbs / 67.1 kg) missed weight and was fined a 30% of his purse with went to his opponent. He subsequently lost the bout via knockout at the end of the first round. Moving up to Lightweight, Palmer faced Alexey Polpudnikov on May 17, 2024 at ACA 175: Gordeev vs. Damkovskiy, losing by TKO stoppage in the second round.

Global Fight League

On December 11, 2024, it was announced that Palmer was signed by Global Fight League. However, in April 2025, it was reported that all GFL events were cancelled indefinitely.

Submission grappling career

Palmer competed against Richie Lewis in the main event of Pit Submission Series 11 on January 24, 2025. Palmer lost the match by unanimous decision.

Personal life

Palmer was an assistant wrestling coach at the

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program. Palmer’s high school career was documented in the movie "Pinned." Palmer and his fiancée Jessie have a daughter, Maya (born 2021).

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed Martial Arts

** 2018 PFL Featherweight Championship ** 2019 PFL Featherweight Championship * Resurrection Fighting Alliance **RFA Featherweight Championship (One time) *

** WSOF Featherweight Championship (Two times) **One Successful Title Defense

Folkstyle Wrestling

Collegiate

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Hall of Fame Inductee (2020) **

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Division I

out of

(2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) **

Division I 149 lbs - 4th place out of

(2007) **

Division I 149 lbs - 8th place out of

(2008) **

Division I 149 lbs - 4th place out of

(2009) **

Division I 149 lbs - 2nd place out of

(2010) *

** B1G 149 lbs - 3rd place out of

(2007) ** B1G 149 lbs - 6th place out of

(2008) ** B1G 149 lbs - 3rd place out of

(2009) ** B1G 149 lbs - 1st place out of

(2010)

High school

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103 lb Division I State Champion out of St. Edward High School (2003) **

112 lb Division I State Champion out of St. Edward High School (2004) **

125 lb Division I State Champion out of St. Edward High School (2005) **

140 lb Division I State Champion out of St. Edward High School (2006)

Mixed martial arts record

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, Decision (unanimous) , PFL 11 (2018) , , align=center, 5 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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, Decision (unanimous) , PFL Fight Night , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

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NCAA record

! colspan="8", NCAA Championships Matches , - ! Res. ! Record ! Opponent ! Score ! Date ! Event , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , 2010 NCAA Championships at 149 lbs , - , Loss , 15-7 , align=left, Brent Metcalf , style="font-size:88%", 2-3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, March 20, 2010 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships , - , Win , 15-6 , align=left, Frank Molinaro , style="font-size:88%", 2-0 , - , Win , 14-6 , align=left, Jason Chamberlain , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - , Win , 13-6 , align=left, Nick Bertucci , style="font-size:88%", Fall , - , Win , 12-6 , align=left, Seth Morton , style="font-size:88%", 8-1 , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , 2009 NCAA Championships 4th at 149 lbs , - , Win , 11-6 , align=left, Jake Patacsil , style="font-size:88%", 8-7 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, March 21, 2009 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2009 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships , - , Loss , 10-5 , align=left, Brent Metcalf , style="font-size:88%", 2-6 , - , Win , 10-4 , align=left, Kyle Ruschell , style="font-size:88%", 4-0 , - , Win , 9-4 , align=left, Mitch Mueller , style="font-size:88%", 3-0 , - , Win , 8-4 , align=left, Matt Cathell , style="font-size:88%", 4-3 , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , 2008 NCAA Championships 8th at 149 lbs , - , Loss , 7-4 , align=left, Dustin Schlatter , style="font-size:88%", 2-3 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6, March 22, 2008 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=6, 2008 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships , - , Loss , 7-3 , align=left, Josh Churella , style="font-size:88%", 2-6 , - , Win , 7-2 , align=left, Brandon Carter , style="font-size:88%", MD 11-3 , - , Loss , 6-2 , align=left, Brent Metcalf , style="font-size:88%", 2-3 , - , Win , 6-1 , align=left, Jake Patacsil , style="font-size:88%", MD 14-6 , - , Win , 5-1 , align=left, Kyle Larson , style="font-size:88%", MD 14-3 , - ! style=background:white colspan=6 , 2007 NCAA Championships 4th at 149 lbs , - , Win , 4-1 , align=left, Tyler Turner , style="font-size:88%", OT 6-5 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, March 17, 2007 , style="font-size:88%" rowspan=5, 2007 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships , - , Loss , 3-1 , align=left, Josh Churella , style="font-size:88%", 2-5 , - , Win , 3-0 , align=left, Matt Coughlin , style="font-size:88%", 2-1 , - , Win , 2-0 , align=left, Scott Ervin , style="font-size:88%", 10-3 , - , Win , 1-0 , align=left, John Cox , style="font-size:88%", MD 10-2 , -

References

External links

Lance Palmer
at PFL * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Lance American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists from Ohio Featherweight mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing collegiate wrestling Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu Living people St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) alumni American male sport wrestlers Ohio State Buckeyes wrestlers American practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu People awarded a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu 1988 births Professional Fighters League male fighters

Wrestling career

High school

College

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

World Series of Fighting

Professional Fighters League

2019 Season

2021 Season

2022 Season

Absolute Championship Akhmat

Global Fight League

Submission grappling career

Personal life

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed Martial Arts

Folkstyle Wrestling

Collegiate

High school

Mixed martial arts record

NCAA record

See also

References

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