Nah-Shon Burrell is from the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Overbrook High School where he competed in football as well as track and field, and was talented.
26 Facts About Nah-Shon Burrell
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Nah-Shon Burrell often got into fights and ultimately did not stick with sports as he admits that "did not like taking orders".
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However, after Nah-Shon Burrell began watching UFC fights, he became motivated to become a mixed martial arts fighter himself.
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Nah-Shon Burrell made his debut on May 20,2011, at Strikeforce: Overeem vs Werdum against Joe Ray.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Lukasz Les on August 12,2011, at Strikeforce Challengers: Gurgel vs Duarte.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced James Terry on January 7,2012, at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Jardine.
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Nah-Shon Burrell was expected to face Bobby Voelker on May 19,2012, at Strikeforce: Barnett vs Cormier, however Voelker had to withdraw due to injury and was replaced by Chris Spang.
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Nah-Shon Burrell was expected to face Yuri Villefort on September 29,2012, at Strikeforce: Melendez vs Healy.
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Nah-Shon Burrell made his promotional debut against fellow Strikeforce import Yuri Villefort on February 23,2013, at UFC 157.
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Nah-Shon Burrell won the back-and-forth fight via unanimous decision.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Stephen Thompson on May 25,2013, at UFC 160.
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Nah-Shon Burrell lost the fight by unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.
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Nah-Shon Burrell was expected to make his promotional debut against Dante Rivera on November 15,2013, at Bellator 108.
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However, Rivera was removed from the card due to undisclosed reasons and Nah-Shon Burrell instead faced Jesus Martinez.
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Nah-Shon Burrell won the fight via unanimous decision.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Andrey Koreshkov in the quarterfinal match of Bellator Season Ten Welterweight Tournament on March 14,2014, at Bellator 112.
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Nah-Shon Burrell was defeated early in the first round via TKO at 0:41.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Michael Page at Bellator 128 on October 10,2014, and lost the bout via unanimous decision.
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Nah-Shon Burrell was scheduled to make his promotional debut at ACB 72.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Albert Tumenov on December 23,2017, at ACB 80.
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Nah-Shon Burrell was expected to face Gabriel Checco at Final Fight Championship 38 on June 20,2019.
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However, the bout was scrapped for unknown reasons and Nah-Shon Burrell faced Ryot Waller at CFFC 84 on September 17,2020.
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Nah-Shon Burrell next faced Moses Murrietta at CFFC 90 on December 17,2020.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Khetag Pliev at CFFC 99 on August 14,2021.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Kyle Stewart at CFFC 102 on October 30,2021.
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Nah-Shon Burrell faced Ikram Aliskerov at Eagle FC 46 on March 11,2022.