Who is Bryan Battle?
Bryan Battle is an American professional mixed martial artist fighting out of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, he trains at Carolina Combat Sports and Fitness in Indian Trail, North Carolina.
Battle was born in Springfield, Missouri, USA to Chris Battle and Lynette Battle. His wife Caitlin Battle is Noel Zike and Davida Zike‘s daughter.
Before joining the UFC, Bryan competed in Fight for It, Showcase MMA and Hardrock MMA. His fight names are The Butcher and Pooh Bear.
Bryan is 6’1″ tall and he holds a professional MMA record of 12 wins, 2 losses and 1 No Contest. Here are 13 more things about him:
- In 2016, he started training at the Hayastan MMA Gym in Matthews, North Carolina.
- He competed in the heavyweight division in 2017 and in the light heavyweight division from 2017 to 2018.
- 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.
- From 2018 to 2022, he competed in the middleweight division.
- On July 13, 2019, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On January 19, 2021, he and Caitlin got married.
- 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.
- On October 20, 2021, Caitlin gave birth to their first child.
- In 2022, he started competing in the welterweight division.
- On September 21, 2024, he turned 30.
Bryan Battle’s professional MMA career timeline
From 2019 to 2024, Bryan Battle fought 15 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:
2019
- On July 13, 2019, he defeated Zac Dalen via unanimous decision at “Fight For It 7” in Hickory, North Carolina.
- 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 February 6, 2021, he submitted Ben Fowler at “HR MMA 117” in Shepherdsville, Kentucky.
- On August 28, 2021, he submitted Gilbert Urbina via rear-naked choke at “UFC on ESPN 30” in Enterprise.
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.
2024
- On March 16, 2024, his fight against Ange Loosa at “UFC Vegas 88” in Enterprise ended in a No Contest due to accidental eye poke.
- On September 28, 2024, he defeated Kevin Jousset via technical knockout at “UFC Fight Night 243” in Paris, France.
- On December 7, 2024, he defeated Randy Brown via split decision at “UFC 310” in Paradise, Nevada.
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