Magnus Cedenblad (born April 10, 1982) is a retired Swedish

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who competed in the

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division of the

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, among others.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Cedenblad has said that he took up mixed martial arts because he wanted to learn to kick like Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović and punch like Javier Garcia Roche. He is a former European and Scandinavian Amateur champion in

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. He started his MMA career on the European circuit in 2007. After losing his first two as a light heavyweight, he dropped down to middleweight and went 10–1 in his next 11 fights, with 6 wins by KO/TKO and 3 by submission, finishing 7 opponents in the first round.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On January 5, 2012, it was announced that Cedenblad had signed with the

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. Cedenblad made his

debut against

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on April 14, 2012, at UFC on Fuel TV: Gustafsson vs. Silva. After a good performance in the begin of the fight, winning the first round, he eventually lost via rear naked choke submission in the second round. Cedenblad was expected to face

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at UFC on Fox: Johnson vs. Dodson, but was forced out of the bout with an injury, and was replaced by Sean Spencer. He was briefly linked to a bout against Robert McDaniel on August 28, 2013, at UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann 2, but McDaniel's opponent was later changed to be

Brad Tavares Bradley Kaipo Sarbida Tavares (born December 21, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2007, Tavares fought in regional p ...

. Instead, Cedenblad faced

Jared Hamman Jared Hamman (born March 7, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist that competes in the World Series of Fighting's Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2006, he has also formerly competed for the UFC, Strikeforce and ShoXC. ...

on August 31, 2013, at

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. He won the fight by submission due to a guillotine choke 57 seconds into the first round, giving him his first UFC win and serving Hamman the first submission loss of his career. Cedenbald was expected to face

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on October 26, 2013, at

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, replacing an injured Tom Watson. However, Cedenblad himself later had to withdraw from the bout due to an injury, and was replaced by newcomer Nicholas Musoke, one of his main training partners. Next he faced undefeated

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on May 31, 2014, at

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. After controlling the first round of action, he won the fight by submission due to a guillotine choke in the very last second of round two, serving Jotko the first loss of his career. He was also awarded his first ''Performance of the Night'' bonus for his efforts. Cedenblad faced touted undefeated promotional newcomer

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on October 4, 2014, at

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. Despite getting caught and dropped by a front kick in round two, Cedenbland controlled the action through the rest of the fight, earning the unanimous decision victory. Coming back from a one-and-a-half-year layoff due to injuries, Cedenblad faced Garreth McLellan on May 8, 2016, at

UFC Fight Night 87 ''UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Arlovski'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 87'') was a mixed martial arts event held on May 8, 2016, at the Rotterdam Ahoy in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Background The event was the first that the organization hosted ...

. He scored a knockdown from a straight right hand in round 1 and won the fight by TKO early in round 2 after stunning McLellan with a head kick followed by a barrage of uppercuts against the fence. Cedenblad returned to face

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on November 19, 2016, at

UFC Fight Night 99 ''UFC Fight Night: Mousasi vs. Hall 2'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 99'') was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on November 19, 2016 at The SSE Arena in Belfast, Northern Ireland Backg ...

. He lost the back and forth fight via TKO in the second round. Cedenblad was expected to face

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on May 28, 2017, at UFC Fight Night 109. However, Cedenblad was removed from the card on 27 March and replaced by Trevor Smith. On August 14, 2018, it was announced that Cedenblad announced he retired from the sport due to numerous and continuous injuries.

Personal life

Cedenblad has a degree in

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Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** Performance of the Night (One time) vs.

*Nordic MMA Awards - MMAviking.com **2014 Fighter of the Year

Shootfighting

*European Shootfighting League **European Light Heavyweight Shootfighting Champion. **Scandinavian Light Heavyweight Shootfighting Champion.

Mixed martial arts record

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, Sweden , , - , Win , align=center, 6–3 , Tomas Kuzela , TKO (punches) , Heroes Gate 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 4:04 ,

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, Czech Republic , , - , Win , align=center, 5–3 , Patrick Kincl , TKO (punches) , Superior Challenge 5 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:32 ,

, Sweden , , - , Win , align=center, 4–3 , Jonas Hellqvist , TKO (punches) , Superior Challenge 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:37 ,

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Mats Nilsson Mats Nilsson (born December 5, 1983) is a Swedish grappler and retired mixed martial artist. Nilsson formerly competed in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the three time FILA Grappling world ch ...

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, Sweden , , - , Win , align=center, 1–2 , Danny Doherty , TKO (punches) , Superior Challenge 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:44 ,

, Sweden , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–2 , Juha Saarinen , Submission (armbar) , Carelia Fight 3 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 2:02 ,

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Amateur mixed martial arts record

, - , Win , align=center, 2–0 , Hannes Åström , Decision (split) , Swedish Shootfighting League 07: Shoot Challenge 1 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, Sweden , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Peter Sernling , KO (punches) , Lord of the Ring: Chapter II , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:34 ,

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References

External links

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Official UFC Profile
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