Tyler Toner is an American former professional

mixed martial arts 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 strike (attack), striking, grappling and ground f ...

fighter. A professional from 2005 until 2014, he fought in the

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

, WEC, Strikeforce, and the

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Background

Born and raised in

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, Toner began training in

Taekwondo ''Taekwondo'', ''Tae Kwon Do'' or ''Taekwon-Do'' (; ko, 태권도/跆拳道 ) is a Korean form of martial arts involving punching and kicking techniques, with emphasis on head-height kicks, spinning jump kicks, and fast kicking techniques. ...

at age five, and at age eight was the national point-sparring champion. In high school, Toner played football and trained in

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

and

kickboxing Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gen ...

Mixed martial arts career

WEC

Toner was scheduled to make his

World Extreme Cagefighting World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) was an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion founded in 2001. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was mad ...

debut against

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on December 19, 2009 at

WEC 45 ''WEC 45: Cerrone vs. Ratcliff'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on December 19, 2009 at The Pearl at The Palms in Las Vegas.www.wec.tv/index.cfm It marked the first time the WEC has held back-t ...

. However, Toner was denied a license from the Nevada State Athletic Commission, because his vision was too poor to fight. Toner instead faced Visher on April 24, 2010 at

WEC 48 ''UFC Presents: Aldo vs. Faber'', also referred to as ''WEC 48: Aldo vs. Faber'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on April 24, 2010 at ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California. This was WEC's first a ...

. He won the fight via TKO (elbows) in the first round. Toner faced

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on September 30, 2010 at

WEC 51 ''WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan'' was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on September 30, 2010 at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. This was the only event that the WEC hosted in Colorado. Backg ...

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In October 2010,

merged with the

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. As part of the merger, all WEC fighters were transferred to the UFC. Toner was expected to face

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on December 4, 2010 at The Ultimate Finale 12, but after Garcia was rescheduled to fight

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stepped in to face Toner. Toner lost the fight via unanimous decision (30-27, 30-26, 29-28). After the loss, he was subsequently released from the promotion.

Shootboxing

On June 1, 2009, Toner traveled to Japan on short notice to take on Shootboxing World Champion Kenichi Ogata. Widely considered a big underdog, Toner shocked the Japanese audience by knocking out Ogata with a head kick at 2:58 of the first round securing the upset win over the former champion.

Personal life

Toner and his wife were married six weeks after his fight at WEC 48.

Kickboxing Record

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Mixed martial arts record

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, United States , , - , NC , align=center, 8–1 (1) , Jamie Schmidt , No Contest , ROF 33: Adrenaline , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0:27 ,

, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 8–1 , Ricky Johnson , TKO (punches) , Strikeforce: Payback , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 3:44 ,

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Toner, Tyler Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male mixed martial artists Mixed martial artists utilizing taekwondo Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing Mixed martial artists utilizing shootboxing American male kickboxers American male taekwondo practitioners