Marvin Eastman

Marvin Eastman
Born	June 8, 1971 (1971-06-08) (age 40) Merced, California, United States
Other names	The Beastman
Nationality	American
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st)
Division	Middleweight, Light Heavyweight
Style	Wrestling, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Las Vegas, Nevada
Team	Lewis/Pederneiras Vale Tudo[1]
Mixed martial arts record
Total	32
Wins	17
By knockout	6
By submission	2
By decision	9
Losses	14
By knockout	7
By submission	2
By decision	5
Draws	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Marvin Lee Eastman (born June 8, 1971 in Merced, California) is an American mixed martial artist with a background in collegiate wrestling and Muay Thai. He is currently the light heavyweight champion of the Elite Fighting Championship and the IFO champion. Eastman holds notable wins over Quinton Jackson, Jason MacDonald, Vernon White, Alan Belcher, Jason Guida, Rob Kimmons, Terry Martin and Travis Wiuff.

Biography

Eastman is a full-time corrections officer. He made his MMA debut with King of the Cage in June 2000. He won three straight, including his debut over future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Quinton "Rampage" Jackson, before losing to Vernon White.

Following his loss to White, Eastman fought future UFC middleweight champion Rich Franklin at the World Fighting Alliance's first event, Franklin won by armbar in the first round. Eastman rebounded in the next two WFA events with wins over Alex Stiebling and Tom Sauer.

Eastman made his UFC debut at UFC 43 against future UFC Light Heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort, Belfort delivered a knee to Eastman's forehead that dropped him resulting in quite possibly the largest cut in recorded mixed martial art history, thus losing via TKO due to strikes in just 1 minute 7 seconds of the very first round. He then returned to KOTC to defeat Vernon White via unanimous decision. Following the rematch with White, Eastman was given another shot in the UFC against Travis Lutter. After a fairly uneventful first round, Lutter caught Eastman with an overhand right knocking Eastman out cold 43 seconds into the second round.

Shortly after his second UFC loss, Eastman lost a split decision to Jason Lambert at KOTC's Mortal Sin event. He then went 6–1 in smaller shows, with victories over fighters such as Jason MacDonald, Alan Belcher and Jason Guida in a rematch.

In 2006, Eastman became the EFC Light Heavyweight Champion with a majority decision win over UFC and PRIDE veteran Travis Wiuff. On July 22, 2006, the WFA reemerged with King of Streets featuring Quinton Jackson, Matt Lindland, Bas Rutten, and Lyoto Machida, among others. Eastman fought to a draw against Jorge Oliviera.

Eastman made his third appearance in the UFC at UFC 67, losing a hard fought rematch with Quinton Jackson by Knockout in the second round. Eastman won a unanimous decision over Rob Kimmons at IFO: Eastman vs. Kimmons, claiming the IFO's middleweight title. He returned to the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 81 on February 2, 2008, defeating "Dangerous" Terry Martin in a dominant unanimous decision.

At The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, Eastman was defeated by Drew McFedries in the first round via knockout. In October 2008, Eastman lost to PRIDE and Spirit MC veteran Denis Kang by knockout 48 seconds into the opening round. Eastman was set to fight PRIDE veteran Ricardo Arona in late December but suffered a torn ACL and a minor fractured bone during training. Eastman defeated Aaron Lofton at MFC 21, winning by technical knockout. Eastman lost to Ricardo Arona by unanimous decision in the long awaited fight at Bitetti Combat MMA 4.

A month after his loss to Arona, Eastman fought up and coming Canadian prospect Ryan Jimmo at MFC 22 on October 2. Eastman dropped and almost finished Jimmo in the first round with a straight right hand and hammer fist afterward but Jimmo weathered the storm and was able to survive and Eastman won a very dominant first round. In the second round Jimmo was able to take Eastman down and cut him with elbows from mount. Eastman was eventually able to get to his feet with half a minute remaining but Jimmo was able to out-strike Eastman, thus winning the second round convincingly. When the third and final round began, both fighters immediately started to slug it out. It was a close round, and Jimmo defeated Eastman by split decision. As a result, Eastman had lost five out of his last eight bouts.

Eastman faced former professional Boxer Dwayne Lewis at MFC 23 on December 4, 2009. Lewis was the aggressor in the fight continually attacking Eastman with punch combinations to the head and body.Eastman was about to attempt a double leg take down right when Eastman ducked his head to shoot Lewis countered with a right uppercut dropping "The Beastman" and hitting him with two clean shot to the chin before the referee could pull him off the unconscious Eastman thus giving Lewis the KO win at 4:58 of the first round. Next he fought Steve Bossé and lost by unanimous decision. Eastman lost 8 out of his last 14 fights. He then faced Api Hemara winning by TKO in the third round snapping his four fight losing streak. In his next fight he lost by KO to Glover Teixeira

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
32 matches	17 wins	14 losses
By knockout	6	7
By submission	2	2
By decision	9	5
Draws	1

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	17–14–1	Glover Teixeira	KO (punch)	Shooto Brasil Fight for BOPE.	02011-08-25August 25, 2011	1	4:00
Win	17–13–1	Api Hemara	TKO (punches)	Xtreame MMA 2: Australia	02010-07-31July 31, 2010	3	4:29
Loss	16–13–1	Steve Bossé	Decision (unanimous)	MFL 2: Battleground	02010-02-27February 27, 2010	3	5:00
Loss	16–12–1	Dwayne Lewis	KO (punches)	MFC 23	02009-12-04December 4, 2009	1	4:58
Loss	16–11–1	Ryan Jimmo	Decision (split)	MFC 22	02009-10-02October 2, 2009	3	5:00
Loss	16–10–1	Ricardo Arona	Decision (unanimous)	Bitetti Combat MMA 4	02009-09-12September 12, 2009	3	5:00
Win	16–9–1	Aaron Lofton	TKO (elbows)	MFC 21	02009-05-15May 15, 2009	2	0:49
Loss	15–9–1	Denis Kang	KO (punches)	Raw Combat: Redemption	02008-10-25October 25, 2008	1	0:48
Loss	15–8–1	Drew McFedries	KO (punches)	The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs Team Forrest Finale	02008-06-21June 21, 2008	1	1:08
Win	15–7–1	Terry Martin	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 81	02008-02-02February 2, 2008	3	5:00
Win	14–7–1	Rob Kimmons	Decision (unanimous)	IFO: Eastman vs. Kimmons	02007-07-07July 7, 2007	5	5:00
Loss	13–7–1	Quinton Jackson	KO (punches)	UFC 67	02007-02-03February 3, 2007	2	3:49
vDraw	13–6–1	Jorge Oliveira	Draw	WFA: King of the Streets	02006-07-22July 22, 2006	3	5:00
Win	13–6	Jason Guida	Decision (unanimous)	WEF – Orleans Arena	02006-06-10June 10, 2006	5	5:00
Loss	12–6	Jason Guida	Submission (guillotine choke)	WEF – Orleans Arena	02006-04-01April 1, 2006	3	2:07
Win	12–5	Travis Wiuff	Decision (majority)	Elite Fighting Championship: Supremacy	02006-03-18March 18, 2006	4	5:00
Win	11–5	Yan Pellerin	Submission (choke)	TKO Major League MMA 22: Lionheart	02005-09-30September 30, 2005	2	2:55
Win	10–5	Alan Belcher	Decision (unanimous)	WEF: Enid	02005-09-24September 24, 2005	5	5:00
Win	9–5	Antony Rea	TKO	WEF: Houston	02005-07-16July 16, 2005	4	2:26
Win	8–5	Jason MacDonald	Decision	WEF: Sin City	02005-05-20May 20, 2005	3	5:00
Loss	7–5	Jason Lambert	Decision (split)	King of the cage: Mortal Sins	02005-05-07May 7, 2005	3	5:00
Win	7–4	Vincent Lawler	TKO	Desert Heat	02005-03-12March 12, 2005	1
Loss	6–4	Travis Lutter	KO (punch)	UFC 50	02004-10-22October 22, 2004	2	0:43
Win	6–3	Vernon White	Decision (unanimous)	KOTC 32: Bringing Heat	02004-01-24January 24, 2004	3	5:00
Loss	5–3	Vitor Belfort	TKO (knee and punches)	UFC 43	02003-06-06June 6, 2003	1	1:07
Win	5–2	Alex Stiebling	KO (slam)	WFA 3: Level 3	02002-11-23November 23, 2002	1	1:07
Win	4–2	Tom Sauer	TKO (strikes)	WFA 2: Level 2	02002-07-05July 5, 2002	2	1:35
Loss	3–2	Rich Franklin	Submission (armbar)	World Fighting Alliance 1	02001-11-03November 3, 2001	1	1:02
Loss	3–1	Vernon White	Decision (majority)	KOTC Bombs Away	02001-04-29April 29, 2001	3	5:00
Win	3–0	Floyd Sword	Decision	KOTC 7: Wet and Wild	02001-02-24February 24, 2001	3	5:00
Win	2–0	Ioka Tianuu	Submission (strikes)	KOTC 5: Cage Wars	02000-09-16September 16, 2000	1	3:32
Win	1–0	Quinton Jackson	Decision (unanimous)	KOTC 4: Gladiators	02000-06-24June 24, 2000	2	5:00		Wins King of the Cage Super Heavyweight Title

Footnotes

1. ^ "Fight Finder: Marvin Eastman". Sherdog. 2007. http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=339. Retrieved 2007-08-16. 

External links

• Profile at K-1

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Name	Eastman, Marvin
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Date of birth	June 8, 1971
Place of birth	Merced, California, United States
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