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ProElite 3 results: Grove, McMann victorious; Odoms-Martinez book final
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Bellator 93's Ryan
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The Dream is gone; Japanese MMA promotion runs out of viable options
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Bellator 97 results: Chandler KOs Rickels, Askren stops Koreshkov
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Bellator 2013 Summer Series Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal.
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392:. He won via majority decision (29-27, 29-27, 28-28).
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1068:Fight to Win/King of Champions: Worlds Collide
403:. He won via knockout in the very first round.
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455:Championships and accomplishments
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377:Martinez made his debut against
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373:Bellator Fighting Championships
1405:ProElite to Partner with DREAM
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803:Bellator 75
796:Manny Lara
765:Bellator 93
722:Bellator 96
679:Bellator 97
530:By decision
504:By knockout
427:Bellator 97
416:Bellator 96
410:. He faced
401:Bellator 93
390:Bellator 75
383:Bellator 73
379:Mike Wessel
93:Heavyweight
59:Nationality
1551:Categories
1496:2013-06-18
1353:References
318:MMA career
308:ironworker
264:Background
42:1982-08-09
1199:Location
1181:Opponent
714:Rich Hale
572:Location
554:Opponent
412:Rich Hale
349:wrestling
274:wrestling
139:2009-2014
497:5 losses
367:Bellator
359:ProElite
339:ProElite
333:ProElite
258:ProElite
254:Bellator
247:American
111:Southpaw
85:Division
63:American
1184:Method
1178:Record
557:Method
551:Record
492:10 wins
235:Sherdog
1202:Notes
1193:Round
1187:Event
575:Notes
566:Round
560:Event
301:parole
297:prison
201:Losses
151:record
107:Stance
77:Weight
69:Height
1338:0:19
1302:0:34
1266:0:13
1230:0:54
1196:Time
1190:Date
1175:Res.
1151:3:22
1115:0:26
1079:1:03
1054:Loss
1041:0:51
1005:2:24
969:3:45
930:5:00
891:5:00
855:5:00
828:Loss
815:5:00
777:0:18
734:2:19
710:10–2
691:4:02
667:10–3
664:Loss
648:4:22
624:10–4
621:Loss
605:5:00
583:10–5
580:Loss
569:Time
563:Date
548:Res.
363:DREAM
233:from
157:Total
99:Reach
1318:1–0
1315:Win
1282:2–0
1279:Win
1246:3–0
1243:Win
1210:4–0
1207:Win
1131:1–0
1128:Win
1095:2–0
1092:Win
1057:2–1
1021:3–1
1018:Win
985:4–1
982:Win
949:5–1
946:Win
910:6–1
907:Win
871:7–1
868:Win
831:7–2
793:8–2
790:Win
753:9–2
750:Win
707:Win
345:NCAA
256:and
167:Wins
128:Team
36:Born
440:at
312:MMA
1553::
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927:3
888:3
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534:3
524:0
521:2
511:4
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