Thai Boxers

Frank Shamrock retained his UFC championship against Tito Ortiz at UFC 22 on September 24, 1999. Their main event at the Lake Charles Civic Center in Louisiana ended with a fourth-round stoppage, after Ortiz had pushed the champion through an extended contest....

UFC 6: Clash of the Titans took place on July 14, 1995, at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyoming. Oleg Taktarov won the openweight tournament by…...

Sirimongkhon Iamthuam, also known as Sirimongkol Singwangcha, won WBC boxing championships at bantamweight and super featherweight. He defeated José…...

Marlon Moraes won the WSOF bantamweight title, challenged for UFC gold and retired after a 2023 PFL loss to Gabriel Braga. Rise through WSOF Brazilian fighter Marlon Moraes emerged as one of the leading bantamweights outside the UFC while competing for World Series of Fighting. He won the promotion’s...

Early Life and Martial Arts Background Pereira made his professional MMA debut in 2015 Pereira came to the UFC with extensive elite kickboxing experience, having won GLORY championships at middleweight and light heavyweight. Kickboxing Career Pereira held GLORY’s middleweight and light heavyweight championships simultaneously, becoming the promotion’s first two-division...

Early Life and Martial Arts Background Esparza made her professional MMA debut in 2010 Esparza wrestled in high school and at Menlo College, where she became a two-time All-American. Esparza added jiu-jitsu and Muay Thai training alongside her wrestling before pursuing MMA. Transition to MMA Esparza began her professional...

Uriah Hall is a Jamaican-American former UFC middleweight known as “Prime Time.” He announced that he was stepping away from MMA in August 2022. Early Life and Martial Arts Background Hall joined the UFC in 2013 Hall is a Jamaica-born fighter who developed his martial arts at Tiger Schulmann’s...

Pedro Munhoz is a Brazilian former UFC bantamweight known as “The Young Punisher.” His record includes knockout wins and guillotine-choke submissions. Munhoz made his professional MMA debut in 2009 Early Life and Martial Arts Background Munhoz is from São Paulo, Brazil. Brazilian jiu-jitsu is an important part of his...

On January 14, 2012, Edson Barboza knocked out Terry Etim with a third-round spinning wheel kick at UFC 142. Brazilian striker Edson Barboza joined the…...

On May 30, 2020, Gilbert Burns defeated former UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley by unanimous decision over five rounds in Las Vegas. The result established “Durinho” as a serious title contender and showed that his ambitions extended well beyond being a dangerous submission specialist....

On August 7, 2021, Ciryl Gane stopped Derrick Lewis by third-round TKO at UFC 265 to capture the interim UFC heavyweight championship. French…...

On December 8, 2018, Valentina Shevchenko defeated Joanna Jędrzejczyk by unanimous decision at UFC 231 in Toronto to win the vacant UFC women’s…...