Jorge J. Masvidal Jr., 20, of Miami, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States is no longer an undefeated professional mixed martial artist. The Cuban-Peruvian-American MMA fighter is 5’11” tall and he competes in the lightweight division.
On April 21, 2005, Masvidal and Raphael Assunção, 22, of Alpharetta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA headlined “Full Throttle 1“. It was the inaugural event of Fight Party Productions, which is based in Duluth, Gwinnett County, Georgia.
Featuring eight MMA matches, “Full Throttle 1” was held at Wild Bill’s in Duluth. In the main event, Masvidal and Assunção battled it out in the lightweight division.
After three 5-minute rounds, the referee raised the hand of Assunção. The Brazilian-American MMA fighter was declared the winner via unanimous decision.
Losing to Assunção downgraded Masvidal’s professional MMA record to 5 wins and 1 loss. The fighter from Miami made his professional MMA debut on May 24, 2003.
After knocking out Brandon Bledsoe on May 24, 2003, Masvidal defeated Brian Geraghty via unanimous decision on July 19, 2003, Rolando Delgado via technical knockout on September 5, 2003 and Julian Ortega also via unanimous decision on December 3, 2003. Justin Wisniewski lost to Masvidal via majority decision on May 1, 2004.
Bledsoe also lost to Assunção on February 4, 2005 via armbar submission. Prior to this, the latter defeated Chris Clark via TKO on January 23, 2004, Scott Johnson also via armbar submission on August 7, 2004 and Chad Lawshe via guillotine choke submission on October 15, 2004.
On the other hand, Assunção now has 5 wins and 0 loss. He made his professional MMA debut on January 23, 2004.
Assunção was born in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. When he was a child, he and his parents moved to the U.S.
Masvidal was born in Miami to Jorge Masvidal Fernandez Sr., 49, and Maria Carmen Masvidal, 43. Jorge Sr. is Cuban while Maria is Peruvian.
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