George H Roop was born on November 10,1981 and is a retired mixed martial artist.
40 Facts About George Roop
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George Roop was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir, winning his preliminary and first round fights.
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George Roop fought as a bantamweight in the UFC and most recently fought under the Road FC banner.
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George Roop holds notable victories over former WEC Bantamweight champion Brian Bowles and UFC featherweight contender Chan Sung Jung.
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George Roop later attended Canyon Del Oro High School, where he was a quarterback on the football team and participated in wrestling in the 112 lbs.
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George Roop attended Pima Community College but elected not to wrestle.
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George Roop met former UFC fighters Drew Fickett and Efrain Escudero while attending PCC.
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George Roop developed his mixed martial skills at The Ultima Martial Arts and Primero Jiu-Jitsu in Tucson, Arizona.
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George Roop has fought as a lightweight, featherweight and bantamweight.
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George Roop was originally a fighter for the team, The Ultima Martial Arts.
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George Roop defeated Rolando Delgado by decision in the preliminary round.
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George Roop was selected last overall in the team selections, by Team Mir.
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George Roop's fight with John Polakowski was the last lightweight, first round fight.
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Right before the fight George Roop broke his hand, during his team's practice.
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George Roop lost his UFC debut against former The Ultimate Fighter: Team Nogueira vs Team Mir castmate Shane Nelson.
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George Roop had his next fight at UFC 98: Evans vs Machida where he defeated Dave Kaplan via split decision.
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George Roop lost the fight in the second round after Sotiropoulos applied a kimura forcing George Roop to tap instantly.
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George Roop was set to make his debut against Jesse Moreng on January 10,2010 at WEC 46, but Moreng was forced off the card with an injury.
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George Roop instead went down two weight classes to bantamweight and faced Eddie Wineland.
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George Roop faced Leonard Garcia on March 6,2010 at WEC 47 after he replaced Diego Nunes who was forced off the card with an injury.
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George Roop next faced Chan Sung Jung on September 30,2010 at WEC 51.
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George Roop was knocked down multiple times and at just 1:28 of the first round George Roop lost via TKO due to strikes.
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George Roop then faced Josh Grispi on June 4,2011 at The Ultimate Fighter 13 Finale.
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George Roop faced world ranked Featherweight Hatsu Hioki on October 29,2011 at UFC 137.
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George Roop next faced Cub Swanson on January 28,2012 at UFC on Fox: Evans vs Davis.
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George Roop lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
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George Roop was expected to face Antonio Carvalho on July 21,2012 at UFC 149.
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However, George Roop was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Daniel Pineda.
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George Roop was expected to return to Bantamweight and face Yuri Alcantara on January 19,2013 at UFC on FX: Belfort vs Bisping, replacing an injured Johnny Eduardo.
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However, George Roop was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer Pedro Nobre.
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George Roop faced Brian Bowles on May 25,2013 at UFC 160.
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George Roop won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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George Roop was expected to face Francisco Rivera on October 19,2013 at UFC 166.
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George Roop lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
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George Roop faced Dustin Kimura on April 16,2014 at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale.
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George Roop faced promotional newcomer Rob Font on July 5,2014 at UFC 175.
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George Roop lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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George Roop faced Takeya Mizugaki on September 27,2015 at UFC Fight Night 75.
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On February 9,2016, George Roop was released from the UFC.
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George Roop signed a multi-fight deal with Road FC on March 22,2016 and made his debut in Road FC 031 on May 14,2016.