Da’mon Marquel Blackshear is an American professional mixed martial artist currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. His fight name is Da Monster.
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BIOGRAPHY
Blackshear competes in the bantamweight division. Here are 10 more things about him:
- He trains at Kill Cliff Fight Club in Deerfield Beach, Florida, USA.
- He is fighting out of Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA.
- Aside from Fayetteville, he has lived in other parts of North Carolina including Raeford.
- Before joining the UFC, he competed in Rich Dambakly MMA, Warfare Fighting Championships, Conflict MMA Promotions, New England Fights, Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES) MMA, Next Level Fight Club, Cage Fury Fighting Championships, Bellator MMA and Titan Fighting Championship.
- He is 5’10” tall.
- He holds a professional MMA record of 17 wins, 7 losses and 1 draw.
- As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Shelton Sales and Tony Gravely in 2014 and James Ronsick, Tyson Southern, Michael Clippinger and Thomas Blair in 2015 but lost to Gravely in their rematch in 2015.
- On March 26, 2016, he made his professional MMA debut.
- On August 13, 2022, he made his UFC debut.
- On August 12, 2024, he turned 30.
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TIMELINE
From 2016 to 2025, Blackshear fought 25 professional MMA opponents. Here are the results:
2016
- On March 26, 2016, he submitted Kenny Hill via triangle choke at “Battle in the South 12” in Wilmington, North Carolina.
- On August 20, 2016, he submitted James Brown via rear-naked choke at “Battle in the South 13” in Wilmington.
2017
- On May 6, 2017, he defeated Jeremiah Scott via unanimous decision at “Warfare MMA 15” in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.
- On June 24, 2017, he submitted Aalon Cruz at “Conflict MMA 43” in Columbia, South Carolina.
- On August 19, 2017, he lost to Keith Richardson via split decision at “Warfare MMA 16” in North Myrtle Beach.
2018
- On June 16, 2018, he defeated Aaron Lacey via unanimous decision at “NEF 34” in Portland, Maine, USA.
- On August 3, 2018, he lost to Kris Moutinho via unanimous decision at “CES MMA 51” in Lincoln, Rhode Island, USA.
- On September 22, 2018, he defeated Chris Wright via technical knockout at “NLFC 9” in Greenville, North Carolina.
- On December 14, 2018, he lost to Pat Sabatini via unanimous decision at “CFFC 71” in Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.
2019
- On October 25, 2019, he submitted Kody Nordby via arm-triangle choke at “CES MMA 59” in Lincoln.
2020
- On October 15, 2020, he submitted Mike Kimbel via rear-naked choke at “Bellator 249” in Uncasville, Connecticut, USA.
2021
- On February 12, 2021, he lost to Danny Sabatello via unanimous decision at “Titan FC 67” in Miami, Florida.
- On April 30, 2021, he submitted Joseph Penafiel via guillotine choke at “CES MMA 62” in Orlando, Florida.
- On August 14, 2021, he defeated Mateo Alejandro Vogel via unanimous decision at “CFFC 99” in Tunica, Mississippi, USA.
- On November 19, 2021, he and Deandre Anderson competed for the then vacant CFFC bantamweight championship title at “CFFC 103” in Tunica and won via submission via rear-naked choke.
2022
- On May 14, 2022, he submitted Josh Smith via rear-naked choke at “CFFC 108” in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- On August 13, 2022, his fight against Youssef Zalal at “UFC on ESPN 41” in San Diego, California, USA ended in a majority draw.
2023
- On March 4, 2023, he lost to Farid Basharat via unanimous decision at “UFC 285” in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On June 3, 2023, he defeated Luan Lacerda via TKO at “UFC Vegas 74” in Enterprise.
- On August 12, 2023, he submitted Jose Johnson at “UFC Vegas 78” in Enterprise.
- On August 19, 2023, he lost to Mario Bautista via unanimous decision at “UFC 292” in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
2024
- On July 13, 2024, he was knocked out by Montel Jackson at “UFC on ESPN 59” in Denver, Colorado, USA.
- On November 9, 2024, he submitted Cody Stamann at “UFC Fight Night 247” in Enterprise.
2025
- On March 15, 2025, he submitted Cody Gibson at “UFC Fight Night 254” in Enterprise.
- On April 26, 2025, he defeated Heili Alateng via unanimous decision at “UFC on ESPN 66” in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
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