1. Marcin Held was born on January 18,1992 and is a Polish mixed martial artist who competes in the Lightweight division of Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki.
45 Facts About Marcin Held
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Marcin Held formerly competed in the Lightweight division of the Absolute Championship Berkut, Professional Fighters League, and Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Marcin Held fought in Bellator MMA from 2010 to 2016, challenging for the Bellator Lightweight Championship in 2015.
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Marcin Held began training in submission grappling at the age of nine, with emphasis on submission wrestling controls and Sambo style leglock system.
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Marcin Held received a jiu-jitsu black belt at the age 21, becoming the youngest black belt in Poland.
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Marcin Held is well known for winning multiple submission grappling competitions in his home country.
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Marcin Held's debut fight for the organisation was at Shooto Poland, where he headlined and defeated Rafal Lasota via TKO.
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Just prior to the Shooto fight, Marcin Held was named as one of the top ten unsigned prospects to watch for 2009.
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In December 2009, Marcin Held competed in an eight-man tournament, defeating all three opponents; the latter two by submission.
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Sajewski was able to neutralise the submission game of Marcin Held, before gaining top position and riding out a unanimous decision victory.
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Marcin Held rebounded to defeat the former Cage Rage Lightweight Champion Jean Silva.
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Marcin Held attacked his opponent with a lot of leg locks, Jean didn't tap very good leg lock and after he stand up he fall down because of knee injury.
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Marcin Held won the fight with a kneebar submission in the second round.
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However, for unknown reasons, Marcin Held was forced to pull out of the fight and was replaced by Anthony Durnell.
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Marcin Held faced wrestler Michael Chandler in the opening quarterfinal round at Bellator 36.
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Marcin Held lost via arm-triangle choke submission in the first round.
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Marcin Held faced Murad Machaev in the opening round of the Bellator Season 7 Lightweight Tournament Quarterfinal on October 19,2012, at Bellator 77.
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Marcin Held faced Rich Clementi in the semifinals on November 16,2012, at Bellator 81 and won via submission in the second round.
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Marcin Held was expected to face Dave Jansen for the Season Seven Tournament Final at Bellator 84 but Marcin Held was not allowed in the Horseshoe casino, in Hammond, Indiana, where the event was being held since he was only 20 years old, and therefore the fight has been pushed to sometime during Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Eight.
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Marcin Held rebounded with a first-round KO win over Ryan Healy at Bellator 101.
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Marcin Held next faced Rodrigo Cavalheiro in the Bellator Season 10 Lightweight Tournament quarterfinals at Bellator 113.
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Marcin Held won the fight via submission in the first round.
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Marcin Held faced Derek Anderson in the semifinals at Bellator 117 and won via submission in the second round.
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Marcin Held faced Patricky Pitbull in the finals at Bellator 126 on September 26,2014.
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Marcin Held faced Alexander Sarnavskiy at Bellator 136 on April 10,2015.
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Marcin Held won the fight via verbal submission in the third round.
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Marcin Held faced Will Brooks for the Bellator Lightweight Championship on November 6,2015, at Bellator 145.
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Marcin Held had a rematch with Dave Jansen on May 20,2016, at Bellator 155.
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Marcin Held wrote a Facebook post citing that he terminated his own contract.
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Marcin Held made his promotional debut against UFC veteran Diego Sanchez on November 5,2016, at The Ultimate Fighter Latin America 3 Finale.
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Marcin Held next faced Joe Lauzon on January 15,2017, at UFC Fight Night 103.
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Marcin Held faced Damir Hadzovic on May 28,2017, at UFC Fight Night 109.
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Marcin Held was expected to face Teemu Packalen on October 21,2017, at UFC Fight Night 118.
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Marcin Held won the fight via unanimous decision to earn his first UFC win and fighting out his rookie contract.
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Marcin Held won the bout via submission in the first round.
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Marcin Held made his PFL debut against Natan Schulte on April 23,2021, at PFL 1.
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Marcin Held faced Olivier Aubin-Mercier at PFL 4 on June 10,2021.
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Marcin Held faced Natan Schulte on June 17,2022, at PFL 4.
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Marcin Held faced Myles Price on August 13,2022, at PFL 8.
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Marcin Held won the bout via guillotine choke in the second round.
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On October 14,2023 it was announced that Marcin Held signed with KSW and would make his debut against Raul Tutarauli on December 16,2023 at KSW 89.
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Marcin Held lost the bout in the second round via TKO stoppage.
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Marcin Held competed in a superfight against Guram Kutateladze at ADXC 1 on October 20,2023.
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Marcin Held won the match by submission with an armbar.
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Marcin Held submitted two opponents before losing in the semi-final to Fabyury Khrysthyan.