Vaughan Lee Harvey (born 15 October 1982) is a retired English

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who competed in the

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division. A professional competitor since 2003, Lee has formerly competed for the

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and

Cage Rage Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went into liquidation and is now no longer trading. Cage Rage had been owned and ma ...

Background

Born and raised in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

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, Lee began training in traditional martial arts at the age of 13.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Lee held an amateur record of 1-0 before making his professional debut on 22 February 2003 against Philly San at Cage Rage 2. He won by TKO in the first second of the first round.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

In his UFC debut, Lee faced

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on 5 October 2011 at

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, losing via split decision. Lee faced off with

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on 26 February 2012 at

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. Lee defeated Yamamoto via first round armbar, becoming the first person to submit Yamamoto in his MMA career. The performance also earned Lee ''Submission of the Night'' honors. Lee next faced

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on 11 July 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV: Munoz vs. Weidman. He lost the fight via submission in the first round. Lee next faced Motonobu Tezuka on 16 February 2013 at UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs. McDonald. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Lee faced

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on 8 June 2013 at

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. He lost the fight via armbar submission in the second round. Lee was expected to face promotional newcomer

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on 16 November 2013 at

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. However, Lee was forced out of the bout due to injury a week before the fight and was replaced by

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. Lee faced

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on 1 March 2014 at The Ultimate Fighter: China Finale. He won the fight via unanimous decision. Lee faced

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on 31 May 2014 at

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. He lost the fight by KO early in the first round. Lee faced Patrick Holohan in a flyweight bout on 18 July 2015 at

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. He lost the fight via unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion shortly after.

Personal life

Aside from fighting, Lee works as a personal trainer and has worked with actors such as Scott Adkins whilst his time at UTC Training Centre.

Mixed martial arts record

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 11–6–1 , Mark Jones , TKO (flying knee and punches) , Sprawl 'N Brawl: Revelation , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:29 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 10–6–1 , Ian Cox , Submission (guillotine choke) , Fight UK 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0:29 ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 9–6–1 , Rob Bunford , Submission (armbar) , Sprawl 'N Brawl , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:04 ,

, England , , - , Draw , align=center, 8–6–1 , James Doolan , Draw , OMMAC 8 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 8–6 , Steve McCombe , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Bushido Challenge 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 2:26 ,

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, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 7–6 , Ashleigh Grimshaw , Submission (triangle choke) , Cage Gladiators 12 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 3:32 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 7–5 , Mark Chen , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Angrrr Management 18 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, N/A ,

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, England , , - , Win , align=center, 6–3 , Antanas Jazbutis , Decision (unanimous) , Amateur MMA FC 2 , , align=center, 3 , align=center, 5:00 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 5–3 , John Waite , TKO (punches) , Angrrr Management 12 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, N/A ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 4–3 , Denas Banevicius , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Cage Gladiators 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:06 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 3–3 , Rob Molineux , TKO (corner stoppage) , Cage Gladiators 2 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:08 ,

, England , , - , Win , align=center, 2–3 , Ben Vickers , Submission (rear-naked choke) , Intense Fighting 5 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:58 , England , , - , Win , align=center, 1–3 , Rob Molineux , TKO (punches) , Cage Rage: Contenders 1 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:46 ,

, England , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–3 , Lee Shearwood , Submission (triangle choke) , Angrrr Management 8 , , align=center, 2 , align=center, 1:16 ,

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References

External links

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