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Revision as of 21:45, 21 February 2009
Template:MMAstatsbox Rory Markham (born March 25 ,1982) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He previously fought for the Quad City Silverbacks of the International Fight League. He is currently contracted with the Ultimate Fighting Championship for a three fight deal.
MMA
Markham began his professional MMA career in June 2004 with a second round armbar submission over Jason Guida. Following the victory Markham won his next five fights before falling to Trevor Garrett in a first round TKO. One of Markham's most notable victories to date is a highlight reel head kick knockout of Brodie Farber at Ultimate Fight Night 14: Silva Vs. Irvin. This KO earned him a Knockout of the Night award at his UFC debut.
He is now scheduled to fight British fighter, Dan Hardy, at UFC 95 in February 2009 on Spike TV for the main televised card. [1]
Outside MMA
Rory stated in interviews that he has always loved fighting and martial arts movies. He first got involved in traditional Karate when he was young, then moved on to Shidokan, Kenpo and entered his first full-contact competition in Kyokushin Karate. When he was 13 he was already fighting in bare-knuckle tournaments and beating guys in their 20's, knocking some of them out with head kicks. When Rory was 20 years old he started boxing and got hooked up with Pat Miletich. He took his first amateur MMA fight on extremely short notice after he had already worked out twice that day.[2]
While many of his most admired people are boxers (Sugar Ray Robinson, Gene Tunney, Rocky Marciano), Markham is an avid reader of many different biographies, which he analyzes and applies their perspectives to his own life.
In addition to his prowess in the ring, Markham will be applying some of those experiences into a new venture, as he has taken acting classes and has a role in the upcoming movie “The Death and Life of Bobby Z” with Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne.[3]
MMA Record
16-5-0 (wins-losses-draws) | |||||||||
Record | Result | Opponent | Method | Event Title | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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16-5 | Loss | ![]() |
KO (Punch) | UFC 95: Sanchez vs. Stevenson | 2/20/2009 | 1 | 1:09 | ![]() |
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16-4 | Win | ![]() |
KO (Head Kick) | UFC Fight Night: Silva vs. Irvin | 7/19/2008 | 1 | 1:37 | ![]() |
Won Knockout of the Night award |
15-4 | Win | ![]() |
Submission (Triangle Choke) | AMMA 1 - Adrenaline MMA 1 | 6/14/2008 | 1 | 1:57 | ![]() | |
14-4 | Loss | ![]() |
TKO (Punches) | IFL - World Grand Prix Finals | 12/29/2007 | 2 | 1:15 | ![]() | |
14-3 | Win | ![]() |
TKO (Strikes) | IFL - 2007 Semifinals | 8/2/2007 | 1 | 1:17 | ![]() | |
13-3 | Win | ![]() |
KO (Punches) | IFL - Moline | 4/7/2007 | 3 | 1:47 | ![]() | |
12-3 | Loss | ![]() |
TKO (Punches) | IFL-Championship Final | 12/29/2006 | 1 | 2:14 | ![]() | |
12-2 | Win | ![]() |
TKO (Corner Stoppage) | IFL-World Championship Semifinals | 11/2/2006 | 3 | 4:00 | ![]() | |
11-2 | Win | ![]() |
TKO (Punches) | IFL-Gracie vs. Miletich | 9/23/2006 | 1 | 3:58 | ![]() | |
10-2 | Win | ![]() |
KO (Punch) | IFL-Championship 2006 | 6/3/2006 | 2 | 0:23 | ![]() | |
9-2 | Win | ![]() |
KO (Punch) | IFL-Legends Championship 2006 | 4/29/2006 | 1 | 0:44 | ![]() | |
8-2 | Loss | ![]() |
TKO | XFO 10-Explosion | 3/18/2006 | 1 | 0:47 | ![]() | |
8-1 | Win | ![]() |
KO | XFO 9-Xtreme Fighting Organization 9 | 1/28/2006 | 1 | 0:26 | ![]() | |
7-1 | Win | ![]() |
KO | EC 64-Extreme Challenge 64 | 10/15/2005 | 1 | 1:48 | ![]() | |
6-1 | Win | ![]() |
Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | EC 61-Extreme Challenge 61 | 4/22/2005 | 1 | 4:16 | ![]() | |
5-1 | Win | ![]() |
Submission (Triangle Choke) | XFO 5-Xtreme Fighting Organization 5 | 3/19/2005 | 1 | 2:13 | ![]() | |
4-1 | Win | ![]() |
TKO | XFO 3 - Xtreme Fighting Organization 3 | 10/2/2004 | 2 | 1:12 | ![]() | |
3-1 | Win | ![]() |
Submission (Triangle Choke) | CFC 1-Courage Fighting Championships 1 | 7/24/2004 | 2 | 2:53 | ![]() | |
2-1 | Win | ![]() |
Submission (Armbar) | XFO 2-New Blood | 6/26/2004 | 2 | 0:58 | ![]() | |
1-1 | Loss | ![]() |
TKO (Cut) | EC 55-Extreme Challenge 55 | 12/5/2003 | 1 | 1:26 | ![]() | |
1-0 | Win | ![]() |
KO (Strikes) | EC 54-Extreme Challenge 54 | 10/12/2003 | 1 | 0:59 | ![]() |
External links
- Professional MMA record for Rory Markham from Sherdog
- Rory Markham IFL Page
- International Fight League