Lance Palmer was born on February 7,1987 and is an American professional mixed martial artist and former collegiate wrestler, who currently competes in the featherweight division.
43 Facts About Lance Palmer
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Lance Palmer placed third at the Big Ten Championships, and defeated 3 ranked opponents at the tournament.
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Lance Palmer placed third at the Big Ten Conference championship.
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Senior: Lance Palmer had the most success in his college career as he became the NCAA's tournament runner-up and champion of the Big Ten Conference before graduating.
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Lance Palmer defeated notable opponents such as future Olympic Gold Medalist and 2x NCAA Champion Jordan Burroughs, NCAA Champion and future Olympian Frank Molinaro, future NCAA Champion and MMA Fighter Bubba Jenkins, former NCAA Champion Brent Metcalf and University Freestyle National Champion Jason Chamberlain.
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On June 16,2020, Lance Palmer was inducted into the Ohio State University's Hall of Fame by his legendary collegiate wrestling career.
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Lance Palmer made his professional mixed martial arts debut on May 20,2011.
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On December 7,2013, Lance Palmer made his World Series of Fighting debut at WSOF 7 against Bellator veteran Georgi Karakhanyan for the inaugural WSOF Featherweight Championship.
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Lance Palmer lost via guillotine choke in the third round.
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On June 21,2014, Lance Palmer faced Nick LoBasco at WSOF 10.
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Lance Palmer won via rear naked choke submission in the first round.
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On December 13,2014, Lance Palmer challenged Rick Glenn for the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 16.
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Lance Palmer won via rear naked choke submission in the third round to become the WSOF Featherweight Champion.
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On June 5,2015, Lance Palmer made his first defense of the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 21 against IFL and WEC veteran Chris Horodecki.
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Lance Palmer won via neck crank submission in the first round to retain the WSOF Featherweight Championship.
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On December 18,2015, Lance Palmer made the second defense of the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 26 against Alexandre Almeida.
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On May 10,2016, it was announced that Lance Palmer will have a rematch against Alexandre Almeida for the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 32 on July 30,2016 in the co-main event.
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Lance Palmer won via unanimous decision to become a two time WSOF Featherweight Champion.
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On June 30,2016, Lance Palmer fought Andre Harrison in for the first title defense of his second reign as champion at WSOF 35 in the co-main event.
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Lance Palmer fought Steven Siler at Professional Fighters League: Fight Night where Palmer won the fight via unanimous decision.
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Lance Palmer then competed in the inaugural season of the Professional Fighters League.
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Lance Palmer fought on at the first event of the new format at PFL 1 in the Featherweight division.
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On July 19,2018, Lance Palmer fought Jumabieke Tuerxun at PFL 4.
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Lance Palmer fought another rematch against Steven Siler in the finals at PFL 11 on December 31,2018.
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Lance Palmer won the fight via unanimous decision, winning the PFL Featherweight tournament and earning the $1 million cash prize.
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Lance Palmer won the fight via unanimous decision, collecting three regular season points.
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Lance Palmer won the fight via third-round TKO and advanced to the playoffs.
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Lance Palmer next faced Alexandre de Almeida and Alex Gilpin at PFL 8 on October 17,2019.
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Lance Palmer was expected to face Daniel Pineda in the Featherweight tournament finals, but after Pineda failed a drug test after PFL 8, Palmer was set to face Alex Gilpin in the finals again.
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Lance Palmer implemented his grappling-heavy fight style, winning the bout via unanimous decision and claiming his second PFL Featherweight tournament victory.
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Lance Palmer was scheduled to face Jason Soares in the opening round of the third season on May 21,2020.
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Lance Palmer faced 2011 NCAA Division I champion Bubba Jenkins on April 23,2021 at PFL 1.
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Lance Palmer lost for the first time during his PFL run via unanimous decision.
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Lance Palmer was scheduled to face Lazar Stojadinovic at PFL 4 on June 10,2021.
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Lance Palmer lost the bout via unanimous decision, eliminating Palmer from the playoffs for the first time in his PFL career.
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Lance Palmer faced Chris Wade on April 28,2022 at PFL 2.
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Lance Palmer faced Sheymon Moraes on June 24,2022 at PFL 5.
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Lance Palmer was scheduled to take part in the 2023 ACA Featherweight Grand Prix, facing Bibert Tumenov in the quarter-finals on August 11,2023 at ACA 161.
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However, Lance Palmer withdrew from the fight due to injury and the bout was postponed for the following event on September 2,2023 at ACA 162.
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Lance Palmer subsequently lost the bout via knockout at the end of the first round.
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On December 11,2024, it was announced that Lance Palmer was signed by Global Fight League.
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Lance Palmer competed against Richie Lewis in the main event of Pit Submission Series 11 on January 24,2025.
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Lance Palmer was an assistant wrestling coach at the Virginia Tech program.