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Bryan Battle is an American professional mixed martial artist from North Carolina, United States. Here are 13 more things about him:
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- His fight name is The Butcher. It was previously Pooh Bear.
- He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
- He competes in the middleweight division.
- He is fighting out of Charlotte, North Carolina.
- He trains at Carolina Combat Sports & Fitness in Indian Trail, North Carolina.
- His wife Caitlin Battle is Noel Zike and Davida Zike‘s daughter.
- He was born in Springfield, Missouri, USA to Chris Battle and Lynette Battle.
- He is 6’1″ tall.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 10 wins and 2 losses.
- In 2017, he defeated Alex Pokki, Edward Sponeybarger and Harley Rabon in amateur MMA bouts.
- In 2018, he defeated Brandon Schofield, Brandon Hunt Jr., Impa Kasanganay, Cody Brundage and Donterry Woods in amateur MMA bouts.
- In 2021, he became the middleweight champion of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29.
- On September 21, 2023, he turned 29.
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TIMELINE
2019
- On July 13, 2019, he made his professional MMA debut at “Fight For It 7” in Hickory, North Carolina where he defeated Zac Dalen via unanimous decision.
- On September 14, 2019, he was submitted via arm bar by Nickalas Martino at “Fight For it 8” in Hickory.
- On November 23, 2019, he submitted Aaron Chambers via triangle choke at “Fight For It 9” in Hickory.
2020
- On August 15, 2020, he submitted Garrett Fosdyck at “Showcase MMA 13” in Kingsport, Tennessee, USA.
- On November 6, 2020, he knocked out Josh Krizan at “HRMMA 116” in Elizabethton, Kentucky, USA.
2021
- On January 19, 2021, he and Caitlin got married.
- On February 6, 2021, he submitted Ben Fowler at “HR MMA 117” in Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
- On May 6, 2021, he defeated Kemran Lachinov via unanimous decision at “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29 in Enterprise, Nevada
- On May 20, 2021, he defeated Andre Petroski via ninja choke submission at “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 29 in Enterprise.
- On August 28, 2021, he made his UFC debut at “UFC on ESPN 30” in Enterprise where he submitted Gilbert Urbina via rear-naked choke.
- On October 20, 2021, Caitlin gave birth to their first child.
2022
- On February 5, 2022, he defeated Tresean Gore via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 200” in Enterprise.
- On August 6, 2022, he knocked out Takashi Sato at “UFC Vegas 59” in Enterprise.
- On December 17, 2022, he lost to Rinat Fakhretdinov via unanimous decision at “UFC Fight Night 216” in Enterprise.
2023
- On May 13, 2023, he knocked out Gabriel Green at “UFC on ABC 4” in Charlotte.
- On September 23, 2023, he submitted AJ Fletcher at “UFC Vegas 79” in Enterprise.
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