Luis Palomino became the BKFC's first "double champ" after winning the welterweight title and defending his lightweight title in 2022.
40 Facts About Luis Palomino
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Luis Palomino competed for the World Series of Fighting and Absolute Championship Berkut.
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Luis Palomino lost the fight via a rear-naked choke submission in the fifth round.
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Luis Palomino then joined Bellator to take part in their Bellator Season One: Featherweight Tournament.
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Luis Palomino next faced Troy Gerhart at Bellator 12 in a 150lb bout and defeated him via unanimous decision.
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Luis Palomino lost his first fight to eventual The Ultimate Fighter winner Jonathan Brookins via submission in the second round.
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Luis Palomino followed the loss up with two victories including wins over Rafael Dias by TKO and Jorge Masvidal via split decision.
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Luis Palomino's first fight of the season was against Yves Edwards at Bellator 24, which he lost via unanimous decision.
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Luis Palomino signed with local promotion Championship Fighting Alliance, Luis Palomino quickly made his CFA debut on May 6,2012 in Miami, Florida against Peter Grimes for the inaugural CFA Featherweight championship at CFA's inaugural event; CFA: The Title.
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Luis Palomino defeated Grimes by submission due to an armbar at 4:59 of round 4.
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Luis Palomino returned at CFA 04: Izquierdo vs Cenoble on December 17,2011 in Coral Gables, Florida against well known journeyman Charles Bennett.
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Luis Palomino was able to use his speed advantage to counter punch the aggressive Bennett and ultimately knocked Bennett out at 3:59 of the first round.
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Luis Palomino became only the second man to knock Bennet out.
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Luis Palomino was scheduled to fight former Maximum Fighting Championship Lightweight Champion Antonio McKee at CFA 06 on 13 April 2012 in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Luis Palomino next faced 2x Hero's Grand Prix winner and Strikeforce veteran Gesias Cavalcante at CFA 07: Never Give Up on 30 June 2012 in Coral Gables, Florida.
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Luis Palomino became the first man to ever finish Cavalcante and he did so via third-round knockout due to punches.
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Luis Palomino returned to action at CFA 09 on 19 January 2013 when he faced PRIDE veteran Luiz Firmino for the CFA Lightweight Championship, Luis Palomino lost a unanimous decision after being constantly outgrappled and taken down throughout the fight.
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Luis Palomino bounced back from his previous defeat on 24 May 2013 at CFA 11 by knocking out Robert Washington in the first round.
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Luis Palomino faced The Ultimate Fighter 8 winner Efrain Escudero at CFA 12 on 12 October 2013.
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Luis Palomino made his WSOF debut on January 18,2014 in Hollywood, Florida against Jorge Patino, Luis Palomino won via second-round knockout.
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Luis Palomino faced champion Justin Gaethje for the WSOF Lightweight Championship at WSOF 19 on March 28,2015.
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Luis Palomino lost the back-and-forth fight via TKO in the third round.
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Luis Palomino faced Gaethje in a rematch on September 18,2015 at WSOF 23.
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Luis Palomino next entered WSOF's one night Lightweight tournament to determine the number one contender for the Lightweight Championship.
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Luis Palomino faced Rich Patishnock in the quarter-finals and won via knockout in the first round.
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Luis Palomino then faced Brian Foster in the semifinals and lost via TKO in the second round.
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Luis Palomino faced Chechen fighter Musa Khamanaev on January 13,2017 at ACB 51.
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Luis Palomino won the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Luis Palomino faced Yusuf Raisov on August 19,2017 at ACB 67.
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Luis Palomino won the fight via unanimous decision and advanced to the four-man BKFC Super Welterweight Tournament finals.
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Luis Palomino was initially scheduled to face Jim Alers at BKFC 11 on March 14,2020 for the Lightweight Championship, but the event was postponed to take place on June 20,2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Luis Palomino retained his title and won the bout via unanimous decision.
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Luis Palomino next faced Dat Nguyen at BKFC 22 on November 12,2021.
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Luis Palomino successfully defended his title by defeating Martin Brown at BKFC: KnuckleMania 2 on February 19,2022 via unanimous decision.
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Luis Palomino faced off against welterweight champion Elvin Brito at BKFC 26 on June 24,2022.
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Luis Palomino won by the welterweight championship by unanimous decision.
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Luis Palomino faced James Lilley and defended his lightweight title on June 23,2023 at BKFC 45: Hollywood and won by unanimous decision.
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On February 2,2024 at BKFC 57 in Hollywood, Florida, Luis Palomino fought Austin Trout for the vacant BKFC welterweight title and lost his first bare-knuckle boxing bout by unanimous decision.
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Luis Palomino defeated Howard Davis by unanimous decision at BKFC 70 on March 27,2025 at Hard Rock Live in Hollywood, FL, to win the inaugural BKFC King of Streets Championship.
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Luis Palomino was scheduled to make his pro boxing debut against Gabriel Rosado on November 12,2024 in Miami.