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Marvin Lee Eastman is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

mixed martial artist with a background in collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling

Collegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...

and Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

. He is currently the light heavyweight

Light Heavyweight (MMA)

The light heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally refers to competitors weighing between 186 and 205 lb . It sits between the lighter middleweight division, and the heavyweight division....

champion of the Elite Fighting Championship

Elite Fighting Championship

Elite Fighting Championship was a mixed martial arts organization based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. It was created in 2005 to showcase the sport of mixed martial arts in Western Canada on a professional level....

and the IFO champion. Eastman holds notable wins over Quinton Jackson

Quinton Jackson

Quinton Ramone Jackson ;, also known as Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist and actor. He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Jackson rose to prominence in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships where he was noted for his powerful body slams including a knockout victory over...

, Jason MacDonald

Jason MacDonald

Jason Anthony MacDonald is a Canadian mixed martial artist who is currently fighting with the Ultimate Fighting Championship as a middleweight. He is also a veteran of the Maximum Fighting Championship and TKO Major League MMA in his native country of Canada...

, Vernon White

Vernon White

Vernon Verdell White is a professional mixed martial arts fighter who has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship , Pride Fighting Championships, Strikeforce, King of the Cage, Pancrase, and the International Fight League . He lives in California, and belongs to the fighting team The Lion's...

, Alan Belcher

Alan Belcher

John Alan Belcher , is an American mixed martial artist who fights in the middleweight division of the UFC. He fights out of Remix MMA in Biloxi, Mississippi, where he is also the owner. Belcher holds notable wins over Jorge Santiago, Jason MacDonald, Ed Herman, Dennis Kang, and Patrick Côté...

, Jason Guida

Jason Guida

Jason Guida is an American professional mixed martial artist and grappler who has fought for EliteXC, World Extreme Cagefighting, Bellator, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, Fight Festival, Adrenaline MMA and Ironheart Crown....

, Rob Kimmons

Rob Kimmons

Rob Kimmons is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He is also known as "The Rosedale Reaper".-Mixed martial arts career:...

, Terry Martin

Terry Martin (fighter)

Terry Martin is an American mixed martial artist from Chicago, Illinois.Martin made his professional boxing debut on April 12, 2008, and defeated Ricardo Upchurch by knockout in 40 seconds. Martin won his next three bouts via knockout or technical knockout.- Early life :Martin grew up on the west...

and Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff is a mixed martial arts fighter born in Minnesota, United States. He competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions...

Biography

Eastman is a full-time corrections officer. He made his MMA debut with King of the Cage

King of the Cage

King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts promotion based in Southern California, USA.-History:KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters....

in June 2000. He won three straight, including his debut over future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, before losing to Vernon White

Vernon White

.

Following his loss to White, Eastman fought future UFC middleweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

champion Rich Franklin

Rich Franklin

Rich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...

at the World Fighting Alliance's

World Fighting Alliance

The World Fighting Alliance was a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.Originally owned and organized by MMA Legend and trainer John Lewis and nightclub operator and "Club Rubber" promoter John Huntington along with Lawyer Louis Palazzo , the WFA began promoting events after...

first event, Franklin won by armbar in the first round. Eastman rebounded in the next two WFA events with wins over Alex Stiebling

Alex Stiebling

Alex Stiebling is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He previously fought in Pride Fighting Championships, World Extreme Cagefighting, and Ultimate Fighting Championship...

and Tom Sauer.

Eastman made his UFC debut at UFC 43
UFC 43
UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas...

against future UFC Light Heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort

Vitor Belfort

Vítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...

, Belfort delivered a knee to Eastman's forehead that dropped him resulting in quite possibly the largest cut in recorded mixed martial art history, thus losing via TKO due to strikes in just 1 minute 7 seconds of the very first round. He then returned to KOTC to defeat Vernon White via unanimous decision. Following the rematch with White, Eastman was given another shot in the UFC against Travis Lutter

Travis Lutter

Travis S. Lutter is an American mixed martial artist who won the The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. His UFC record, not including his exhibition wins on The Ultimate Fighter 4, is 2–4...

. After a fairly uneventful first round, Lutter caught Eastman with an overhand right knocking Eastman out cold 43 seconds into the second round.

Shortly after his second UFC loss, Eastman lost a split decision to Jason Lambert at KOTC's Mortal Sin event. He then went 6–1 in smaller shows, with victories over fighters such as Jason MacDonald, Alan Belcher and Jason Guida in a rematch.

In 2006, Eastman became the EFC

Elite Fighting Championship

Light Heavyweight Champion with a majority decision win over UFC and PRIDE veteran Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff is a mixed martial arts fighter born in Minnesota, United States. He competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions...

. On July 22, 2006, the WFA reemerged with King of Streets featuring Quinton Jackson

Quinton Jackson

, Matt Lindland

Matt Lindland

Matthew James Lindland is an American mixed martial artist, Olympic wrestler and politician. He won the Oregon Republican Party's nomination for the Oregon House of Representatives, District 52 seat on May 20, 2008....

, Bas Rutten

Bas Rutten

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak...

, and Lyoto Machida

Lyoto Machida

Lyoto Carvalho Machida is a Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist from Belém, Brazil who fights as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

, among others. Eastman fought to a draw against Jorge Oliviera.

Eastman made his third appearance in the UFC at UFC 67
UFC 67
UFC 67: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada...

, losing a hard fought rematch with Quinton Jackson by Knockout in the second round. Eastman won a unanimous decision over Rob Kimmons at IFO: Eastman vs. Kimmons, claiming the IFO's middleweight title. He returned to the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

at UFC 81

UFC 81

UFC 81: Breaking Point was a mixed martial arts event held on February 2, 2008 by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip....

on February 2, 2008, defeating "Dangerous" Terry Martin

Terry Martin (fighter)

in a dominant unanimous decision.

At The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, Eastman was defeated by Drew McFedries in the first round via knockout. In October 2008, Eastman lost to PRIDE and Spirit MC veteran Denis Kang

Denis Kang

Denis Kang is a Canadian mixed martial artist of Korean French descent. He was the PRIDE FC welterweight grand prix finalist in which he lost to Kazuo Misaki...

by knockout 48 seconds into the opening round. Eastman was set to fight PRIDE veteran Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona

Ricardo Arona is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and PRIDE FC Middleweight Grand Prix finalist. He has competed in PRIDE Fighting Championships and RINGS in his mixed martial arts career, and is a member of Brazilian Top Team.-Abu Dhabi and RINGS:...

in late December but suffered a torn ACL

Anterior cruciate ligament

The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...

and a minor fractured bone during training

Training

The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...

. Eastman defeated Aaron Lofton at MFC 21, winning by technical knockout. Eastman lost to Ricardo Arona by unanimous decision in the long awaited fight at Bitetti Combat MMA 4.

A month after his loss to Arona, Eastman fought up and coming Canadian prospect Ryan Jimmo at MFC 22 on October 2. Eastman dropped and almost finished Jimmo in the first round with a straight right hand and hammer fist afterward but Jimmo weathered the storm and was able to survive and Eastman won a very dominant first round. In the second round Jimmo was able to take Eastman down and cut him with elbows from mount. Eastman was eventually able to get to his feet with half a minute remaining but Jimmo was able to out-strike Eastman, thus winning the second round convincingly. When the third and final round began, both fighters immediately started to slug it out. It was a close round, and Jimmo defeated Eastman by split decision. As a result, Eastman had lost five out of his last eight bouts.

Eastman faced former professional Boxer Dwayne Lewis at MFC 23

MFC 23

MFC 23: Unstoppable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship on December 4th, 2009 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta. The main event featured former UFC contender Thales Leites taking on fellow UFC veteran Dean Lister. The co-main event...

on December 4, 2009. Lewis was the aggressor in the fight continually attacking Eastman with punch combinations to the head and body.Eastman was about to attempt a double leg take down right when Eastman ducked his head to shoot Lewis countered with a right uppercut dropping "The Beastman" and hitting him with two clean shot to the chin before the referee could pull him off the unconscious Eastman thus giving Lewis the KO win at 4:58 of the first round. Next he fought Steve Bossé and lost by unanimous decision. Eastman lost 8 out of his last 14 fights.
He then faced Api Hemara winning by TKO in the third round snapping his four fight losing streak. In his next fight he lost by KO to Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the light heavyweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...

Mixed martial arts record

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Glover Teixeira

Glover Teixeira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who currently competes in the light heavyweight division.-Mixed martial arts career:...

| KO (punch)
| Shooto

Shooto

Shooto is a mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the Shooto Association and the International Shooto Commission. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, as an organization and as a particular fighting system derived from shoot wrestling. Practitioners are referred to as shooters,...

Brasil Fight for BOPE.
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|align=center| 17–13–1
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Steve Bossé

Steve Bosse

Steve Bossé is a French Canadian mixed martial artist. Bossé made his mark by becoming the # 1 enforcer of the North American Hockey League...

Dwayne Lewis
| KO (punches)
| MFC 23

MFC 23

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|align=center| 4:58
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|align=center| 16–11–1
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Ryan Jimmo

Ryan Jimmo is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist who competes as a light heavyweight for the Maximum Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Jimmo mostly fought in Canada, as well as competing in the eighth season of The Ultimate Fighter.-Early career:Jimmo began...

| Decision (split)
| MFC 22

MFC 22

MFC 22: Payoff was a mixed martial arts event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship , it was held on October 2, 2009 at the River Cree Resort and Casino in Edmonton, Alberta. It featured the return of Jason MacDonald, who was competing in his first fight since being released by the UFC, against...

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|align=center| 5:00
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|align=center| 16–10–1
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Ricardo Arona

| Decision (unanimous)
| Bitetti Combat MMA 4
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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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| Win
|align=center| 16–9–1
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Aaron Lofton
| TKO (elbows)
| MFC 21

MFC 21

MFC 21: Hard Knocks was a mixed martial arts event held by the Maximum Fighting Championship on May 15th, 2009 in Enoch, Alberta.-Main card:...

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|align=center| 0:49
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|align=center| 15–9–1
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Denis Kang

Denis Kang is a Canadian mixed martial artist of Korean French descent. He was the PRIDE FC welterweight grand prix finalist in which he lost to Kazuo Misaki...

Drew McFedries

Andrew McFedries

Michael Andrew "Drew" McFedries is an American mixed martial artist, known for his aggressive style and knockout-punching power.-Biography:...

| KO (punches)
| The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale, also referred to as The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 21, 2008...

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|align=center| 1:08
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|align=center| 15–7–1
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Terry Martin

Terry Martin (fighter)

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 81

UFC 81

UFC 81: Breaking Point was a mixed martial arts event held on February 2, 2008 by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip....

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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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| Win
|align=center| 14–7–1
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Rob Kimmons

Quinton Jackson

| KO (punches)
| UFC 67

UFC 67

UFC 67: All or Nothing was a mixed martial arts event held by Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held Saturday, February 3, 2007 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada...

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|align=center| 3:49
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| Draw
|align=center| 13–6–1
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Jorge Oliveira
| Draw
| WFA: King of the Streets

WFA: King of the Streets

WFA: King of the Streets was a mixed martial arts event held by World Fighting Alliance on July 22, 2006 at the Great Western Forum in Los Angeles, California, USA. This would be the last event held by the World Fighting Alliance. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States via iN...

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|align=center| 5:00
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|align=center| 13–6
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Jason Guida

Jason Guida

| Submission (guillotine choke

Guillotine choke

The guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint that prevents air flow...

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| WEF – Orleans Arena
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|align=center| 2:07
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|align=center| 12–5
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Travis Wiuff

Travis Wiuff is a mixed martial arts fighter born in Minnesota, United States. He competes in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions...

| Decision (majority)
| Elite Fighting Championship

Elite Fighting Championship

: Supremacy
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|align=center| 5:00
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|align=center| 11–5
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Yan Pellerin
| Submission (choke)
| TKO Major League MMA

TKO Major League MMA

TKO Major League MMA is a defunct Canadian mixed martial arts organization, formerly the biggest MMA promotion in Canada. Despite its name, it was considered a minor circuit, overshadowed by the Ultimate Fighting Championship, with which it had a close working relationship...

22: Lionheart
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|align=center| 2:55
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|align=center| 10–5
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Alan Belcher

| Decision (unanimous)
| WEF: Enid
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|align=center| 5
|align=center| 5:00
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| Win
|align=center| 9–5
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Antony Rea

Antony Rea is an French professional mixed martial artist. Antony is a Cage Rage veteran and has fought for Shooto, bodogFIGHT and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. He is notable for his fights with Ultimate Fighting Championship contenders Vitor Belfort, Marvin Eastman, Jason MacDonald, Kazuo Takahashi,...

| TKO
| WEF: Houston
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|align=center| 4
|align=center| 2:26
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|align=center| 8–5
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Jason MacDonald

Jason Lambert

Jason Lambert (fighter)

Jason L. Lambert is an American mixed martial artist from Victorville, California, who fought in the light heavyweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship prior to being released from the company. He fights out of North County Fight Club and is represented by NCFC Fight Management.-...

| Decision (split)
| King of the cage

King of the Cage

: Mortal Sins
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|align=center| 5:00
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|align=center| 7–4
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Vincent Lawler
| TKO
| Desert Heat
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|align=center| 6–4
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Travis Lutter

Travis S. Lutter is an American mixed martial artist who won the The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality show. His UFC record, not including his exhibition wins on The Ultimate Fighter 4, is 2–4...

| KO (punch)
| UFC 50

UFC 50

UFC 50: The War of '04 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 22, 2004, at the Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States, and later released on DVD.-History:Headlining the card were Tito...

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|align=center| 0:43
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|align=center| 6–3
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Vernon White

Vitor Belfort

| TKO (knee and punches)
| UFC 43

UFC 43

UFC 43: Meltdown was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 6, 2003, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas...

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|align=center| 1:07
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|align=center| 5–2
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Alex Stiebling

Alex Stiebling is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He previously fought in Pride Fighting Championships, World Extreme Cagefighting, and Ultimate Fighting Championship...

| KO (slam)
| WFA 3: Level 3

WFA 3: Level 3

WFA 3: Level 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by World Fighting Alliance on November 23, 2002 at The Aladdin in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.-Results: Jeff Curran vs. Todd LallyCurran defeated Lally via Submission in round 1 at 4:49...

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|align=center| 1:07
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|align=center| 4–2
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Tom Sauer
| TKO (strikes)
| WFA 2: Level 2

WFA 2: Level 2

WFA 2: Level 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by World Fighting Alliance on July 5, 2002 at The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.-Results: Marvin Eastman vs. Tom SauerEastman defeated Sauer via TKO in round 2 at 1:35...

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|align=center| 1:35
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|align=center| 3–2
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Rich Franklin

Rich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...

| Submission (armbar)
| World Fighting Alliance 1

World Fighting Alliance 1

World Fighting Alliance 1 was the first mixed martial arts event held by World Fighting Alliance on November 3, 2001 at The Joint in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.-Background:The event marked the professional debut of Vitor Ribeiro....

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|align=center| 1:02
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|align=center| 3–1
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Vernon White

| Decision (majority)
| KOTC Bombs Away
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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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|align=center| 3–0
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Floyd Sword
| Decision
| KOTC 7: Wet and Wild
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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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|align=center| 2–0
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Ioka Tianuu
| Submission (strikes)
| KOTC 5: Cage Wars
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:32
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|align=center| 1–0
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Quinton Jackson

External links

Profile at K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

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