Per Eklund (fighter)

Per Eklund
Born	November 12, 1980 (1980-11-12) Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Division	Lightweight
Reach	72.0 in (183 cm)
Fighting out of	Stockholm, Sweden
Team	Freelance
Rank	purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active	2002-present (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total	20
Wins	14
By knockout	2
By submission	7
By decision	4
Unknown	1
Losses	5
By knockout	3
By decision	2
Draws	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Per Eklund (born November 12, 1980 in Stockholm) is a Swedish lightweight mixed martial artist. He was the first Swedish fighter to compete in Ultimate Fighting Championship, and holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

At UFC 80, he fought against Sam Stout and lost via unanimous decision. At UFC 89 he was given another chance and went up against Samy Schiavo who he defeated by rear naked choke. In his most recent fight, he was defeated via TKO by his younger and previously undefeated opponent Evan Dunham at UFC 95.

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
20 matches	14 wins	5 losses
By knockout	2	3
By submission	7	0
By decision	4	2
Unknown	1	0
Draws	1

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	14-5-1	Thomas Hytten	KO (punch)	VFC - Vision Fighting Championship 2	02011-03-19 March 19, 2011	1	0:48	Sweden
Loss	14-4-1	Evan Dunham	TKO (punches)	UFC 95	02009-02-21 February 21, 2009	1	2:14	England
Win	14-3-1	Samy Schiavo	Submission (rear naked choke)	UFC 89	02008-10-18 October 18, 2008	3	1:47	England
Loss	13-3-1	Sam Stout	Decision (unanimous)	UFC 80	02008-01-19 January 19, 2008	3	5:00	England
Win	13-2-1	Rafael Dias	Decision (unanimous)	Bodog Fight - Vancouver	02007-08-25 August 25, 2007	3	5:00	British Columbia, Canada
Win	12-2-1	Toni Talvitie	Decision (unanimous)	Shooto Finland - Bloodbath	02007-05-12 May 12, 2007	2	5:00	Finland
Win	11-2-1	David Metcalf	Submission (kimura)	SAS 2 - Strike and Submit 2	02007-04-15 April 15, 2007	2	3:26	England
Win	10-2-1	Aaron Barrow	Submission (kimura)	SAS 1 - Strike and Submit 1	02007-01-28 January 28, 2007	1	1:19	England
Loss	9-2-1	Tatsuya Kawajiri	TKO (punches)	Shooto - Champion Carnival	02006-10-14 October 14, 2006	1	4:10	Yokohama, Japan
Win	9-1-1	David Baron	Decision (unanimous)	EVT 6 - Ragnarok	02006-05-06 May 6, 2006	3	5:00	Sweden
Loss	8-1-1	Yuri Ivlev	Decision (unanimous)	M-1 MFC - Russia vs Europe	02006-04-08 April 8, 2006	2	5:00	St. Petersburg, Russia
Win	8-0-1	Chico Martinez	Submission (armbar)	Rings Muay Thai	02005-11-20 November 20, 2005	1	N/A	Netherlands
Win	7-0-1	Mikhail Rosokhaty	Submission (armbar)	WFCA - Latvia Free Fight 2	02004-10-24 October 24, 2004	1	N/A	Riga, Latvia
Win	6-0-1	Colin Mannsur	N/A	Together Productions - Fight Gala	02004-09-18 September 18, 2004	N/A	N/A	Netherlands
vDraw	5-0-1	Thomas Hytten	Draw	Shooto Finland - Cold War	02003-02-22 February 22, 2003	2	5:00	Finland
Win	5-0	Teemu Nurkkala	TKO (punches)	FF 6 - FinnFight 6	02002-11-30 November 30, 2002	1	0:35	Finland
Win	4-0	Tom Niinimaki	TKO (punches)	FF 6 - FinnFight 6	02002-11-30 November 30, 2002	1	3:53	Finland
Win	3-0	Tchavdar Pavlov	Submission (triangle choke)	VF 2 - The Modern Gladiators	02002-10-26 October 26, 2002	1		Denmark
Win	2-0	Karim Sorensen	Submission (armbar)	VF 2 - The Modern Gladiators	02002-10-26 October 26, 2002	1		Denmark
Win	1-0	Ilya Kudryashov	Decision (2-1 split)	M-1 MFC - European Championship 2002	02002-02-15 February 15, 2002	2	5:00	St. Petersburg, Russia

External links

• Professional MMA record for Per Eklund (fighter) from Sherdog