Jamie Varner

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name = Jamie Varner


nick = Showtime (formerly "The Worm")
height = height|ft=5|in=8
weight = convert|155|lb|kg st|abbr=on|lk=on
reach =
nationality = American
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|10|12
fightingfrom = Phoenix, Arizona
hometown = Phoenix, Arizona
fightteam = MTX MMA, NCX Premier Audio Fighter, Arizona Combat Sports
fightstyle = Wrestling
wins = 15
losses = 2
draws = 0
ko = 5
submissions = 9|

Jamie Varner (born October 12, 1984) is a mixed martial artist who fights for the World Extreme Cagefighting. He is the current WEC Lightweight champion. He is an alumnus of Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Arizona, where he also was a part of the Deer Valley Skyhawk Wrestling Team. He attended Lock Haven University and spent his time at that school training both as a wrestler and a boxer, where he was NCBA (National Collegiate Boxing Association)Champion for the nationally recognized Lock Haven University boxing team. . [ [http://www.mmadiscussions.com/category/jamie-varner/] ]

Recently, Varner was instrumental in the legalization and forthcoming athletic sanctioning of mixed martial arts in the state of Arizona after giving testimony to the sport's legitimacy and ongoing development as an athletic profession. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=mmajunkie-Varner_Arizona_Regulation&prov=mmajunkie&type=lgns] ]

He successfully defended his WEC Lightweight Championship belt against the previously undefeated Marcus Hicks on August 3rd 2008. [ [http://www.wec.tv/index.cfm?fa=eventDetail.fightCard&eid=1455] ]

Mixed Martial Arts record

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wins=15
losses=2
(t)ko-wins=5
(t)ko-losses=0
sub-wins=9
sub-losses=1
dec-wins=1
dec-losses=1

References

External links

*Sherdog|id=7168|name=Jamie Varner
*http://www.jamievarner.com Official Site
*http://www.mtxaudio.com/mma/view_bio.aspx?u=17 Bio at MTX MMA Website