Mark Adams (fighter)

Mark Adams
Nationality	English
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st)
Division	Featherweight
Style	Submission Wrestling, Muay Thai, Boxing
Fighting out of	Portsmouth, England
Team	Team Kaobon
Years active	2008-present
Mixed martial arts record
Total	6
Wins	6
By knockout	1
By submission	3
By decision	2
Losses	0
By knockout	0
By submission	0
By decision	0
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Mark Adams is an English professional mixed martial artist who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Adams has mostly fought in England, winning the BAMMA Featherweight title.

Background

Adams trains with the quickly growing Team Kaobon training camp.^[1] Adams compiled a 10-0-1 record as an amateur before turning professional.^[2]

After leaving school, Adams joined the Parachute Regiment where he served for 5 years. After expressing an interest in Mixed Martial Arts, Adams joined the South Coast Submissions MMA Gym. Adams would later join Wolfslair MMA Academy, but would later leave as part of the mass exodus^[3] that included Terry Etim, Paul Kelly and Martin Stapleton, all of whom joined Team Kaobon.^[2]

Mixed Martial Arts career

Early career

After going 4-0, Adams faced Simon Gill at Ultimate Challenge UK - Mayhem. Adams defeated Gill via guillotine choke in the second round.^[4]

BAMMA

Adams then joined BAMMA and faced the new featherweight champion Alan Omer for the title. After five rounds, Adams was declared the winner via unanimous decision and became the new BAMMA Featherweight champion.^[5]

Adams' first defence was scedueled to be against Robbie Olivier at BAMMA 5^[6] However due to snowstorms in the UK the event was cancelled.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
6 matches	6 wins	0 losses
By knockout	1	0
By submission	3	0
By decision	2	0
By disqualification	0	1

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	6-0	Alan Omer	Decision (unanimous)	BAMMA 3	02010-05-15 May 15, 2010	5	5:00	Birmingham, England	Won the BAMMA Featherweight title
Win	5-0	Simon Gill	Submission (guillotine choke)	Ultimate Challenge UK - Mayhem	02009-09-19 September 19, 2009	2	1:51	London, England
Win	4-0	Tommy Greaves	Submission (rear naked choke)	Strike and Submit 10	02009-04-26 April 26, 2009	1	1:24	Gateshead, England
Win	3-0	Brad Wheeler	Decision (unanimous)	Ultimate Challenge UK - Unstoppable	02009-03-28 March 28, 2009	3	5:00	London, England
Win	2-0	Will Russell	Submission (rear naked choke)	Full Contact Fight Night 9	02008-11-29 November 29, 2008	1	N/A	Portsmouth, England
Win	1-0	Davin Byfield	TKO	Full Contact Fight Night 6	02008-02-23 February 23, 2008	2	2:45	Portsmouth, England

References

1. ^ "Team Kaobon Fighters". kaobon.com. http://www.kaobon.com/fighters.html. Retrieved August 2, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mark Adams Bio". markadamsmma.com. http://www.markadamsmma.com/bio/. Retrieved August 2, 2010. 
3. ^ "Mark Adams interview". ukmmanews.com. August 27, 2009. http://ukmmanews.com/2009/08/mark-adams-interview/. 
4. ^ "Wesley Murch steals show at Ultimate Challenge". mmaweekly.com. September 21, 2009. http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=9635&zoneid=13. 
5. ^ "Mark Adams speaks about BAMMA title win". ukmmanews.com. May 21, 2010. http://ukmmanews.com/2010/05/mark-adams-speaks-about-bamma-title-win/. 
6. ^ "BAMMA 5 Fightcard announcement". bamma.com. October 29, 2010. http://www.bamma.com/index.php/component/content/article/35/107.html. 

External links

• Professional MMA record for Mark Adams from Sherdog

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