Marlon Sandro was born on 8 March 1977 and is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist.
23 Facts About Marlon Sandro
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Marlon Sandro has competed for Bellator, Pancrase, Shooto, and World Victory Road.
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Marlon Sandro is the former King of Pancrase Featherweight Champion and former Sengoku Featherweight Champion.
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Marlon Sandro made his Pancrase debut at Pancrase Rising 9 against Daiki Hata.
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Marlon Sandro participated in World Victory Road's Sengoku Featherweight Championship Tournament, losing by a "must decide" decision in the semi-finals to judo specialist and former UFC veteran Michihiro Omigawa.
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Marlon Sandro's challenged Sengoku Featherweight Champion, Masanori Kanehara at World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 13.
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Marlon Sandro lost the Sengoku Featherweight Championship to Hatsu Hioki at World Victory Road Presents: Soul of Fight on 30 December 2010, by unanimous decision.
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Hioki dominated nearly every round of the fight, and Marlon Sandro was given a yellow card in the first round.
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Marlon Sandro was nearly submitted several times in the final round by a chicken wing armlock, then by an armbar.
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Marlon Sandro made his debut with the promotion at Bellator 46 against Genair da Silva in his quarterfinal match of the Bellator Fighting Championships: 2011 Summer Series Featherweight Tournament.
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Marlon Sandro faced Nazareno Malegarie in the semifinals at Bellator 47.
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Marlon Sandro dominated Malegarie, and won the fight via unanimous decision.
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Marlon Sandro fought Pat Curran at Bellator 48 in the finals of the tournament.
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Marlon Sandro rebounded from the first KO loss of his career by submitting fellow Brazilian Rafael Dias in the first round at Bellator 58.
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In March 2012, Marlon Sandro entered the Bellator Season Six Featherweight Tournament, where he defeated Roberto Vargas by submission in the first round.
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Marlon Sandro faced Daniel Mason-Straus in the tournament finals at Bellator 68.
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Marlon Sandro faced TUF 14 contestant Dustin Neace on 16 November 2012, at Bellator 81.
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Marlon Sandro won the fight via technical submission due to a rear-naked choke in the first round.
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Marlon Sandro then participated in the Bellator Season Eight Featherweight Tournament at Bellator 88 on 7 February 2013, he faced Akop Stepanyan in the quarterfinal round.
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On 9 May 2014, over a year since his last fight in Bellator, Marlon Sandro faced Chris Horodecki at Bellator 119 in Ontario, Canada.
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In 2015, Marlon Sandro faced Isao Kobayashi in Pancrase 266, where he pulled off a victory in a split decision.
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In 2016, Marlon Sandro experienced a significant loss against Mu Gyeom Choi via unanimous decision at Road FC 029, a fight that was for the ROAD FC Featherweight Championship.
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Marlon Sandro's winning streak continued into 2017, where he beat Diego Arturo Huerto Jauregui with an arm-triangle choke submission in Shooto Brazil 74.