Martinsh Egle

Martinsh Egle
Born	Mārtiņš Egle January 9, 1980 (1980-01-09) (age 31) Tukums, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Latvian
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	91 kg (200 lb; 14.3 st)
Division	Light Heavyweight Heavyweight
Style	Catch Wrestling
Fighting out of	Riga, Latvia
Team	Tukuma Brāļi
Mixed martial arts record
Total	19
Wins	9
By knockout	3
By submission	6
Losses	8
By knockout	3
By submission	2
By decision	3
Draws	2

Martinsh Egle (Latvian: Mārtiņš Egle, born January 9, 1980 in Tukums) is a Latvian mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division of various European mixed martial arts (MMA) promotions. In this time he has seven wins and seven loses and one draw.

Biography

Martinsh grew up in Kandava and went to local school. He started to train mixed martial arts in Jelgava in age 22, and his debut in MMA was after three months of training against UFC and PRIDE veteran David Baron. His first trainer was well known Latvian MMA fighter Edmunds Kirsis (He in year 2002 won Badr Hari). He also two years lived and trained in Holland. His training partner was famous K-1 fighter Ashwin Balrak. In year 2008 Martinsh participate in 2008 World Sambo Championships, in St. Petersburg, Russia where he got place 7. He needed to fight for bronze medal with Zarif Rasulov of Uzbekistan, but there was some mistake and Egle was disqualified from bronze medal fight.

Career

Egle made his professional debut in the World Full Contact Association (WFCA), fighting against Nick Struve at "Latvia vs. Holland". In this fight Martinsh lost. Egle currently is ranked as #1 Latvian Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist by WFCA ratings. On 21 November 2009 Egle needed to meet with UFC veteran Mario Neto of Brazil. But the fight was canceled one hour before fight, because Mario was injured. Last fight Martinsh had in fight show "WFCA-Fight Club vol.10" in Tukums where he fight tie with MMA fighter from Lithuania Tomas Pakutinskas.

Personal life

Egle in year 2010. merried with Latvian model Agnese Upite.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
19 matches	9 wins	8 losses
By knockout	3	3
By submission	6	2
By decision	0	3
Draws	2

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
vDraw	9-8-2	Tomas Pakutinskas	Draw	WFCA-Fight Club volume 10	02010-04-24 April 24, 2010	5	3:00	Tukums, Latvia
Win	9-8-1	Mikhail Vasilev	TKO	WFCA-Fight Club volume 8	02010-03-21 March 21, 2010	2	1:00	Riga, Latvia
Win	8-8-1	Tomas Vaicickas	TKO	WFCA-War of the cities: Tukums vs. Riga	02009-10-24 October 24, 2009	1	1:54	Tukums, Latvia
Win	7-8-1	Pavlo Neciparenko	Submission (rear naked choke)	WFCA-Cage fight vol.2	02009-05-02 May 2, 2009	1	1:20	Riga, Latvia
Loss	6-8-1	Damian Grabowski	TKO	UCFC - 20.000 Dollar Tournament	02009-04-04 April 4, 2009	1	0:29	Vienna, Austria
Win	6-7-1	Raul Szerkely	Submission (armbar)	UCFC - 20.000 Dollar Tournament	02009-04-04 April 4, 2009	1	2:03	Vienna, Austria
Win	5-7-1	Richard Oijink	Submission (armbar)	WFCA-Cage fight vol.1	02009-03-22 March 22, 2009	1	1:12	Riga, Latvia
Loss	4-7-1	Jur Dekker	Decision	WFCA-Fight club Riga 3	02008-10-28 October 28, 2008	3	3:00	Riga, Latvia
Loss	4-6-1	Gerald Turek	TKO	CFS 3 - Cage Fight Series 3	02008-05-03 May 3, 2008	1	2:40	Graz, Austria
Win	4-5-1	Rafael Bagdasaryn	TKO	WFCA - Latvia vs. Holland	02008-04-19 April 19, 2008	1	2:42	Riga, Latvia
Loss	3-5-1	Indrek Kumm	Decision	FNE - Fight Night Estonia 3	02008-03-01 March 1, 2008	3	3:00	Tallinn, Estonia
Win	3-4-1	Eric Nooy	Submission (rear-naked choke)	WFCA - Fight Club 1	02007-09-27 September 27, 2007	2		Riga, Latvia
Loss	2-4-1	Thomas Fotsch	Submission (choke)	CFS - Cage Fight Series 2	02007-07-21 July 21, 2007	1	3:33	Innsbruck, Austria
vDraw	2-3-1	Michel de Weerd	Decision (draw)	Shooto Holland: Playing With Fire	02006-04-02 April 2, 2006			Ede, Netherlands
Loss	2-3	Nick Struve	Submission (armbar)	WFCA - Latvia vs Holland	02004-06-27 June 27, 2004	3	1:33	Riga, Latvia
Loss	2-2	Menno Houtman	Decision	Shooto Holland - On Tour	02002-12-07 December 7, 2002	2	3:00	Ede, Netherlands
Win	2-1	Menno Houtman	Submission (arm bar)	Shooto Holland: Culemborg 2	02002-09-29 September 29, 2002	1	1:57	Culemborg, Netherlands
Win	1-1	Jan Van Schalm	Submission (arm bar)	Shooto Holland: Culemborg 2	02002-09-29 September 29, 2002	1	2:09	Culemborg, Netherlands
Loss	0-1	David Baron	TKO	Shooto Holland - The lords of the ring	02002-05-12 May 12, 2002	1	0:36	Deventer, Netherlands

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

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External links

• Professional MMA record for Martinsh Egle from Sherdog

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Name	Egle, Martinsh
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Date of birth	January 9, 1980
Place of birth	Tukums, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
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