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Martin Kampmann Born April 17, 1982
Aarhus, DenmarkOther names Hitman Nationality Danish Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) Division Welterweight (2009-present)
Middleweight (2003-2008)Reach 72.0 in (183 cm)[1] Style Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Submission Grappling Fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Team Xtreme Couture Rank brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Robert Drysdale Years active 2003–present Mixed martial arts record Total 23 Wins 18 By knockout 7 By submission 6 By decision 4 By disqualification 1 Losses 5 By knockout 3 By decision 2 Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog Martin Kampmann Frederiksen (born April 17, 1982) is a Danish mixed martial artist who is currently fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. and trains at the Xtreme Couture gym. He is known for his precise strikes and his quick submissions.
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MMA career
He is currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he made his debut at UFC Fight Night 6 as a late replacement for Kalib Starnes.[2] In his debut fight with the UFC, Kampmann defeated opponent Crafton Wallace by first-round submission. His next victory came by way of a unanimous decision over Thales Leites in The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale on November 11, 2006. At UFC 68, he defeated Drew McFedries by arm-triangle choke in the first round.
His next UFC fight was scheduled for UFC 72 against Rich "Ace" Franklin, but he was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury. Kampmann returned from his injury at UFC 85, where he defeated Jorge Rivera by Guillotine Choke at 2:44 in the first round.
All of Kampmann's first fifteen fights were at the 185 lb limit. After losing to Nate Marquardt at UFC 88, Kampmann announced that he would drop down to the welterweight division (170 lbs). He made his Welterweight debut at UFC 93 defeating Alexandre Barros by second round TKO. Kampmann defeated the last WEC welterweight champion Carlos Condit in a closely contested split decision victory in the main event at UFC Fight Night 18.
Kampmann was to fight Mike Swick on September 19, 2009 at UFC 103. The winner was to receive a title shot against Georges St. Pierre.[3] On September 4, it was announced that Mike Swick had suffered an injury while training for his upcoming bout with Kampmann. Paul Daley replaced Swick for the fight. With Swick pulling out, the fight was not for the No. 1 contender spot anymore. Kampmann lost the fight via TKO due to strikes.[4]
Kampmann was expected to face Rory Markham on January 2, 2010 at UFC 108 however, on December 14 this fight was called off because Markham received a knee injury during training.[5] Instead Kampmann fought Jacob Volkmann on the card and won via first round submission using a modified guillotine choke that Kampmann calls the Deathchoke.[6]
Kampmann was scheduled to face Ben Saunders at UFC 111: St-Pierre vs. Hardy.,[7] but was forced off the card with an injury. Kampmann was replaced by Jake Ellenberger.[8]
Kampmann's next fight was against Paulo Thiago at UFC 115 controlling and dominating him en route to a unanimous decision victory by the score of 30-27 on all three judges scorecards.
Kampmann faced former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Jake Shields, who made his UFC debut on October 23, 2010 at UFC 121. He lost a close split decision to Shields.[9] Shields next fight after that was to challenge the Georges St.Pierre for the welterweight title.
Kampmann then lost a controversial, but close decision to Diego Sanchez on March 3, 2011 at UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann in a bout that saw Kampmann outstrike Diego over 3 rounds (including dropping Sanchez with a punch in the 1st round), with Diego's relentless pace and aggression giving him the nod on all 3 scorecards. Kampmann stopped 14 out of Diego's 15 takedown attempts, and also out-landed him 79-51 in total strikes (according to FightMetric who scored the fight 29-28 Kampmann).[10] The bout earned Fight of the Night honors. It was later published that each fighter earned $160,000 bonus for fight of the night. (four times that nights bonus)[11]
Kampmann was expected to face John Howard on June 26, 2011 at UFC on Versus 4[12] However, Kampmann was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Matt Brown[13]
Kampmann defeated Rick Story by unanimous decision on November 19, 2011 at UFC 139.[14] The fight was announced as a split decision for Kampmann, however, UFC president Dana White clarified at the post-fight press conference that all three judges had scored the match in favor of Martin Kampmann.[15]
Personal life
Kampmann is married.[16]
Kampmann operates his own MMA gym under the Shooters MMA organization:[17]
Championships and Accomplishments
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Submission of the Night (One Time)
- Fight of the Night (One Time)
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown 23 matches 18 wins 5 losses By knockout 7 3 By submission 6 0 By decision 4 2 By disqualification 1 0 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Win 18–5 Rick Story Decision (unanimous) UFC 139 November 19, 2011 3 5:00 San Jose, California, United States Originally announced as a split-decision win, clarified post-fight to be a unanimous decision win[18] Loss 17–5 Diego Sanchez Decision (unanimous) UFC Live: Sanchez vs. Kampmann March 3, 2011 3 5:00 Louisville, Kentucky, United States Fight of the Night Loss 17–4 Jake Shields Decision (split) UFC 121 October 23, 2010 3 5:00 Anaheim, California, United States Win 17–3 Paulo Thiago Decision (unanimous) UFC 115 June 12, 2010 3 5:00 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Win 16–3 Jacob Volkmann Submission (guillotine choke) UFC 108 January 2, 2010 1 4:03 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 15–3 Paul Daley TKO (punches) UFC 103 September 19, 2009 1 2:31 Dallas, Texas, United States Win 15–2 Carlos Condit Decision (split) UFC Fight Night: Condit vs. Kampmann April 1, 2009 3 5:00 Nashville, Tennessee, United States Win 14–2 Alexandre Barros TKO (punches) UFC 93 January 17, 2009 2 3:07 Dublin, Ireland Welterweight debut (170 lb) Loss 13–2 Nate Marquardt TKO (punches) UFC 88 September 6, 2008 1 1:22 Atlanta, Georgia, United States Win 13–1 Jorge Rivera Submission (guillotine choke) UFC 85 June 7, 2008 1 2:44 London, England Win 12–1 Drew McFedries Submission (arm-triangle choke) UFC 68 March 3, 2007 1 4:06 Columbus, Ohio, United States Submission of the Night Win 11–1 Thales Leites Decision (unanimous) The Ultimate Fighter 4 Finale November 11, 2006 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 10–1 Crafton Wallace Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC Fight Night 6 August 17, 2006 1 2:59 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 9–1 Edwin Aguilar TKO (punches) WFA: King of the Streets July 22, 2006 1 2:43 Los Angeles, California, United States Win 8–1 Damien Riccio Submission (rear-naked choke) CWFC: Strike Force 4 November 26, 2005 2 1:58 Coventry, England Win 7–1 Matt Ewin Submission (punches) CWFC: Strike Force 2 July 16, 2005 1 2:45 Coventry, England Win 6–1 Brendan Seguin KO (head kick) KOTC: Warzone June 24, 2005 1 2:05 Sheffield, England Win 5–1 Matt Ewin TKO (retirement) HOP: Fight Night 2 March 4, 2005 1 5:00 Swansea, Wales Loss 4–1 Andrei Semenov TKO (doctor stoppage) M-1 Global MFC: Middleweight GP October 9, 2004 1 1:21 St. Petersburg, Russia Win 4–0 Xavier Foupa-Pokam DQ EVT 2: Hazard April 4, 2004 2 0:27 Stockholm, Sweden Win 3–0 Toni Vivas TKO (punches) EVT 1: Genesis December 6, 2003 1 1:23 Copenhagen, Denmark Win 2–0 Dave Jones KO (knee) XFC 2: The Perfect Storm November 9, 2003 1 N/A Cornwall, England Win 1–0 Gert Mannaerts TKO (punches) Viking Fight 3: Rumble in the West February 15, 2003 1 N/A Aarhus, Denmark References
- ^ http://www.fightmagazine.com/fighters/martin-kampmann-413.htm
- ^ http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=3011
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/15356/martin-kampmann-vs-mike-swick-set-for-no-1-contender-bout-at-ufc-103-in-september.mma
- ^ http://www.sherdog.com/news/news/ufc-103-play-by-play-amp-results-19792
- ^ "Martin Kampmann vs. Rory Markham targeted for January's UFC 108 in Las Vegas". mmajunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/16596/martin-kampmann-vs-rory-markham-targeted-for-januarys-ufc-108-in-las-vegas.mma. Retrieved 2009-10-23.
- ^ http://twitter.com/MartinKampmann/status/7457860577
- ^ "Martin Kampmann vs. Ben Saunders at UFC 111". 5thround.com. http://www.5thround.com/19682/martin-kampmann-vs-ben-saunders-at-ufc-111/. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
- ^ "Martin Kampmann Injured, Jake Ellenberger Fights Ben Saunders at UFC 111 in March". mmafrenzy.com. http://mmafrenzy.com/13139/martin-kampmann-injured-jake-ellenberger-fights-ben-saunders-at-ufc-111-in-march/. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ "Jake Shields signs with UFC, meets Martin Kampmann at UFC 121". mmajunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19975/jake-shields-signs-with-ufc-meets-martin-kampmann-at-ufc-121.mma. Retrieved 2010-07-19.
- ^ http://blog.fightmetric.com/2011/03/sanchez-vs-kampmann-official-ufc.html
- ^ http://mmajunkie.com/news/21672/diego-sanchez-vs-martin-kampmann-likely-ufc-on-versus-3-main-event.mma
- ^ "Martin Kampmann vs. John Howard on tap for UFC on Versus 4". mmajunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/23228/martin-kampmann-vs-john-howard-on-tap-for-ufc-on-versus-4.mma. Retrieved 2011-04-13.
- ^ "UFC on Versus 4: Matt Brown vs John Howard booked for June 26 with Martin Kampmann injured". mmamania.com. http://www.mmamania.com/2011/6/7/2210837/ufc-on-versus-4-matt-brown-vs-john-howard-booked-for-june-26-with. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Martin Kampmann vs. Rick Story on tap for UFC 139 in San Jose". mmajunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/24852/martin-kampmann-vs-rick-story-on-top-for-ufc-139-in-san-jose.mma. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrjiX3fGvM
- ^ "Martin Kampmann's Changing Fortunes". UFC.com. 2010-10-21. http://www.ufc.com/news/Kampmann-Changing-Fortunes. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
- ^ http://www.shootersmma.com/default.asp?page=schools&iDoit=2&SchoolID=18 The Colosseum
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqrjiX3fGvM
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- Middleweight mixed martial artists
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- Danish Muay Thai practitioners
- People from Aarhus
- Danish expatriates in the United States
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