Philip Ambrose Rowe is an American professional mixed martial artist and grappler fighting out of Orlando, Florida, United States. The city is home to the Orange County Convention Center, the second largest convention center in the country.
BIOGRAPHY
Currently, Rowe is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. His fight name is The Fresh Prince.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, Rowe competed in Rage in the Cage, Xtreme Caged Combat, House of Fame, PA Cage Fight, V3 Fights, CageSport MMA, Battleground MMA and Square Ring Promotions before joining the UFC. He is 6’3″ tall and he competes in the welterweight division.
Rowe is a black belt in Brazilian jiujitsu and holds a professional MMA record of 11 wins and 5 losses. Here are 13 more things about him:
- From 2008 to 2010, he attended Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, Florida where he earned an associate’s degree.
- As an amateur MMA fighter, he defeated Michael Harrell and Dustin Messer in 2012 and Russell Sweeney, Donald Bush and Tony Edgar Rogers II in 2013.
- From February 2012 to May 2013, he was a Gardenvision merchandiser.
- From 2013 to 2014, he was a Diversified Well Logging mud logger.
- On October 11, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut.
- In April 2016, he joined Element Air and Refrigeration in Palm Coast, Florida as a service technician.
- On August 20, 2019, he defeated Leon Shahbazyan via technical knockout at “Dana White’s Contender Series” Season 3 episode 9 in Enterprise, Nevada.
- On February 13, 2021, he made his UFC debut.
- On June 18, 2021, he lost to Kody Steele via decision in a grappling match.
- On October 20, 2021, he was submitted by Gordon Ryan in an exhibition grappling match.
- On February 23, 2024, he was submitted by Craig Jones in a grappling match.
- On June 28, 2024, he submitted Lucas LaRue in a grappling match.
- On July 18, 2024, he turned 34.
TIMELINE
From 2021 to 2025, Rowe fought seven UFC opponents. Here are the results:
2021
- On February 13, 2021, he lost to Gabriel Green via unanimous decision at “UFC 258” in Enterprise.
- On July 31, 2021, he defeated Orion Cosce via TKO at “UFC Vegas 33” in Enterprise.
2022
- On February 5, 2022, he defeated Jason Witt via TKO at “UFC Vegas 47” in Enterprise.
- On December 3, 2022, he defeated Niko Price via TKO at “UFC on ESPN 42” in Orlando.
2023
- On June 24, 2023, he lost to Neil Magny via split decision at “UFC on ABC 5” in Jacksonville, Florida.
2024
- On June 1, 2024, he lost to Jake Matthews via unanimous decision at “UFC 302” in Newark, New Jersey, USA.
2025
- On June 14, 2025, he defeated Ange Loosa via TKO at “UFC on ESPN 69” in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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