Luke Barnatt was born on 13 April 1988 and is an English mixed martial artist who fought as a middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
29 Facts About Luke Barnatt
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Luke Barnatt was a member of FX's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs Team Sonnen, and has competed for BAMMA, UCMMA, ACA and RXF.
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Luke Barnatt received his nickname "Bigslow" from brothers John Maguire and Tommy Maguire, for his size and being slow in response to their jokes and insults.
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Luke Barnatt was born in Redbridge, London and moved to Islington at the age of one and then Chelmsford at the age of ten.
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At the age of 16, Luke Barnatt would move to Peterborough.
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Luke Barnatt began playing many sports from a young age, including basketball, cricket, and track and field.
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At the age of 15, Luke Barnatt began training in Tae Kwon Do but only achieved the rank of yellow belt before giving it up.
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Later on, Luke Barnatt was introduced to wrestling by professional mixed martial arts fighter Jack Mason at Tsunami Shooters MMA.
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Luke Barnatt defeated Nicholas Kohring by decision to qualify the TUF house.
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Luke Barnatt made his UFC debut against fellow Ultimate Fighter castmate Collin Hart on 13 April 2013 at The Ultimate Fighter 17 Finale and won the fight via unanimous decision.
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Luke Barnatt faced Andrew Craig on 26 October 2013 at UFC Fight Night: Machida vs Munoz and won the fight via submission in the second round.
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Luke Barnatt faced promotional newcomer Mats Nilsson at UFC Fight Night 37 and won the fight via TKO due to strikes in the first round.
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Luke Barnatt faced Sean Strickland on 31 May 2014 at UFC Fight Night 41 and lost the fight by a split decision.
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Luke Barnatt faced Roger Narvaez on 22 November 2014 at UFC Fight Night 57 and lost the fight via split decision.
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Luke Barnatt was expected to face Clint Hester on 4 April 2015 at UFC Fight Night 63.
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Subsequently, Luke Barnatt was pulled from the card entirely in favor of a matchup with Mark Munoz on 16 May 2015 at UFC Fight Night 66.
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Luke Barnatt lost the fight by unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.
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Luke Barnatt fought for Italian promotion Venator FC against Mattia Schiavolin on 12 December 2015 at Venator FC 2 in a fight for the promotions middleweight championship.
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Luke Barnatt took the title by winning the fight by submission due to a rear-naked choke in the fourth round.
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Luke Barnatt was expected to face Rafael Silva on 20 February 2016 at British Challenge MMA 14.
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Luke Barnatt won the fight by knockout after dropping his opponent to the canvas with a right hand, 11 seconds into round 3.
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Luke Barnatt was expected to defend his Venator middleweight championship against fellow UFC veteran Jason Miller on 21 May 2016 at Venator FC 3.
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However, Miller missed weight by an amount of 24 lbs, as a result of this Miller was removed from the matchup against Luke Barnatt and replaced by Stefan Croitoru.
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Luke Barnatt won the fight, and defended the title, by TKO in round 2.
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Luke Barnatt fought Cristian Mitrea, in a light heavyweight match-up, on 19 December 2016 at RXF 25: All Stars in Romania.
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Luke Barnatt faced Mamed Khalidov on 11 March 2017 at ACB 53.
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Luke Barnatt lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Luke Barnatt fought Scott Askham on 23 September 2017 in the main event at ACB 70.
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Luke Barnatt lost the fight by split decision and earned fight of the night bonus.