Lorenz Larkin was born on September 3,1986 and is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA.
37 Facts About Lorenz Larkin
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Lorenz Larkin was born and raised in Riverside, California as one of nine siblings.
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Lorenz Larkin began training in boxing at a young age and played football, but soon gave it up because he did not excel at it or other team sports.
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Lorenz Larkin felt that he was too short to be a professional boxer in the heavyweight division, so he took up Kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu which led him to mixed martial arts.
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Lorenz Larkin made his debut in the Strikeforce promotion on April 1,2011, against kickboxer Scott Lighty at Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs Damm, replacing Satoshi Ishii on a week's notice.
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Lorenz Larkin won the fight via technical knockout in the second round and earned praise for his impressive performance against a veteran fighter, while being largely unheard of himself.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Gian Villante and won the fight via unanimous decision.
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Villante controlled the first round from top position but Lorenz Larkin turned it around in the second round by keeping the fight on the feet and landing many strong kicks to the legs of his opponent.
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Lorenz Larkin kept this up in the third round while scoring an unexpected takedown in the last ten seconds.
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Lorenz Larkin was scheduled to headline the next challengers event against Virgil Zwicker but Zwicker pulled out due to an injury.
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Lorenz Larkin instead faced Nick Rossborough and won the fight via unanimous decision.
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Lorenz Larkin next faced Muhammed Lawal at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Jardine.
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Lorenz Larkin lost the fight via KO in the second round, the first loss of his professional career.
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Lorenz Larkin faced heavy-handed future UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler on July 14,2012, at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Kennedy.
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Lorenz Larkin was to challenge Luke Rockhold for the championship on November 3,2012, at Strikeforce: Cormier vs Mir.
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Lorenz Larkin was then scheduled to face Ronaldo Souza, but the fight never materialized.
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On February 9,2013, the UFC announced that Lorenz Larkin would make his debut against Francis Carmont at UFC on Fox: Henderson vs Melendez in San Jose, California.
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Lorenz Larkin lost the fight due to a controversial unanimous decision with many major MMA media scoring the fight as a win for Larkin.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Brad Tavares on January 15,2014, at UFC Fight Night 35.
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Lorenz Larkin lost the back-and-forth fight via knockout in the first round.
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Lorenz Larkin was expected to face Derek Brunson at UFC 176.
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Lorenz Larkin faced John Howard on January 18,2015, at UFC Fight Night 59.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Santiago Ponzinibbio on June 27,2015, at UFC Fight Night 70.
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Lorenz Larkin won the fight via TKO in the second round and earned a Fight of the Night bonus.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Albert Tumenov on January 2,2016, at UFC 195.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Jorge Masvidal on May 29,2016, at UFC Fight Night 88.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Neil Magny on August 20,2016, at UFC 202.
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Lorenz Larkin won the bout via TKO in the first round, after hurting his opponent with leg kicks and finishing the fight with elbows.
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In March 2017, Lorenz Larkin announced he had signed a multi-fight deal with Bellator MMA.
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Lorenz Larkin faced Fernando Gonzalez in a catchweight bout at Bellator 193 on January 26,2018.
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Lorenz Larkin was expected to face Erick Silva at Bellator 207.
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Lorenz Larkin was expected to headline Bellator 219 against Andrey Koreshkov on March 29,2019, but withdrew from the fight due to an injury.
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Lorenz Larkin was scheduled to face Costello van Steenis in a middleweight bout at Bellator 258 on May 7,2021.
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Lorenz Larkin was scheduled to fight Khalid Murtazaliev on May 6,2022 at Bellator 280.
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Lorenz Larkin won the bout within the first round, landing multiple knees to the body and punches on Stewart while he was on the ground.
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Half way through the first round, Lorenz Larkin landed an elbow on the back of Berkhamov's head, resulting in him not being able to continue.
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Lorenz Larkin knocked out Berkhamov with an elbow off the clinch in the first round.