Marvin Lee Eastman was born on June 8,1971 and is a retired American professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer.
29 Facts About Marvin Eastman
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Marvin Eastman was born and raised in Merced, California, where he grew up wrestling and playing football.
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Marvin Eastman then continued playing football in college for the Merced College team, where he earned All-American honors, in his two years at the school.
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Marvin Eastman was then offered a full scholarship to play football for the University of Washington but ultimately decided to sign with University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where he excelled in two seasons as a running back and fullback for the Running Rebels, and then played for the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
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Marvin Eastman then decided that he wanted to challenge himself in the rising world of mixed martial arts, and began training in Muay Thai.
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Marvin Eastman made his MMA debut with King of the Cage in June 2000.
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Marvin Eastman won three straight, including a win over future UFC champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson before losing to Vernon White.
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Marvin Eastman rebounded in the next two WFA events with wins over Alex Stiebling and Tommy Sauer.
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Roufus was dominant for the first two rounds although Marvin Eastman did score a flash knockdown when he caught a low kick and countered with a right cross in the second.
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Marvin Eastman made his Ultimate Fighting Championship debut at UFC 43 against another future UFC Light heavyweight titlist Vitor Belfort, Belfort delivered a knee to Marvin Eastman's forehead that dropped him resulting in quite possibly the largest cut in recorded mixed martial art history, thus losing via technical knockout due to strikes in just 1 minute 7 seconds of the very first round.
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Marvin Eastman then returned to King of the Cage to defeat Vernon White via unanimous decision in a rematch.
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Marvin Eastman made a return to K-1 and competed in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I tournament on April 30,2004.
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Immediately following the restart, Sefo swarmed on Marvin Eastman and forced the referee to call off the fight.
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The crowd in attendance booed the stoppage and Marvin Eastman himself protested, apparently seeing Sefo's quick attack as sucker punching.
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Late in 2004, Marvin Eastman was given another shot in the UFC against Travis Lutter at UFC 50.
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Shortly after his second UFC defeat, Marvin Eastman lost a split decision to Jason Lambert at KOTC's Mortal Sin event.
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In 2006, Marvin Eastman became the Elite Fighting Championships Light heavyweight Champion with a majority decision win over UFC and PRIDE veteran Travis Wiuff.
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Marvin Eastman made his third appearance in the UFC at UFC 67, losing a hard-fought rematch with Quinton Jackson by knockout in the second round.
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Marvin Eastman won a unanimous decision over Rob Kimmons at IFO: Marvin Eastman vs Kimmons, claiming the IFO's middleweight title.
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Marvin Eastman returned to the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 81 on February 2,2008, defeating "Dangerous" Terry Martin in a dominant unanimous decision.
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At The Ultimate Fighter 7 Finale, Marvin Eastman was defeated by Drew McFedries in the first round via knockout.
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In October 2008, Marvin Eastman lost to PRIDE and Spirit MC veteran Denis Kang by knockout 48 seconds into the opening round.
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Marvin Eastman defeated Aaron Lofton at MFC 21, winning by technical knockout.
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Marvin Eastman lost to Ricardo Arona by unanimous decision in the long-awaited fight at Bitetti Combat MMA 4.
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Twenty six seconds into the round, Marvin Eastman dropped and almost finished Jimmo with a straight right hand and hammer fist afterward but Jimmo weathered the storm and was able to out strike Marvin Eastman for the remainder of the round.
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Marvin Eastman faced former professional boxer Dwayne Lewis at MFC 23 on December 4,2009.
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Marvin Eastman then faced Api Hemara, winning by TKO in the third round and snapping his four fight losing streak but soon lost his next fight he was KO'd by Glover Teixeira.
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Marvin Eastman faced Dmitry Zabolotny at Lou Neglia's Ring of Combat XL in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on April 27,2012, he won the fight via unanimous decision.
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On September 28,2013, Marvin Eastman faced Sean O'Connell at SHOWDOWN FIGHTS: XII Buchholz vs Collard II.