Nathan Joel Marquardt was born on April 20,1979 and is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight and welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
72 Facts About Nate Marquardt
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Nate Marquardt was born in Lander, Wyoming to a father of German origin, and a mother of Welsh origin.
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Nate Marquardt was raised along with his four other siblings in Denver, Colorado.
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Nate Marquardt's late father was a Lutheran pastor, worked in construction, and was a Marine veteran who fought in the Vietnam War.
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Nate Marquardt's mother was a nurse and a manager at an attorney's office.
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Nate Marquardt's parents divorced when he was eight years old, and the young Nate Marquardt moved to Colorado.
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Present Nate Marquardt's fighting style derived from his fights in Pancrase under the leadership of Sheldon Marr from Colorado.
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Nate Marquardt trained with Shane Pitts in Colorado before he went to Jackson's MMA.
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Nate Marquardt trained with Mike Van Arsdale and trained Pancrase with Sanae Kikuta in the GRABAKA Dojo in Tokyo, Japan.
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Nate Marquardt was active in other sports as well, including basketball and soccer, at Wheat Ridge High School and began taking Kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu lessons when he was 18 years old under the instruction of Ricardo Murgel.
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Nate Marquardt began his professional mixed martial arts career in 1999, and amassing victories in various promotions before entering the Bas Rutten Invitational 4 tournament, which was organized in such a manner that the tournament winner was to be offered a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Nate Marquardt defended this title twice before being defeated by Kunioku in December 2001.
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On November 30,2003, Nate Marquardt was involved in a brief altercation with Ricardo Almeida in a Pancrase title fight.
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Nate Marquardt tapped out to a guillotine choke the referee was unable to immediately separate the fighters, and Almeida continued to apply the choke, posing for ringside cameras.
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The confrontation eventually came to an end, and Nate Marquardt approached Almeida after the bout to congratulate him.
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On May 1,2005, Nate Marquardt defeated Izuru Takeuchi, winning the Pancrase Middleweight Championship for the seventh time, becoming the only fighter to ever accomplish such a feat.
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Nate Marquardt made his UFC debut on August 6,2005, live on Spike TV, headlining the inaugural UFC Ultimate Fight Night card in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Nate Marquardt maintains that he only used over-the-counter supplements in preparation for the fight.
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Nate Marquardt was initially suspended for six months and assessed no fine.
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Nate Marquardt's suspension was reduced to five months and he was reinstated in January 2006.
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Nate Marquardt then fought Crafton Wallace, a replacement for Nate Marquardt's original opponent, Thales Leites, on the undercard of Ortiz vs Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter on October 10,2006.
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Nate Marquardt lost the championship bout by TKO due to strikes at 4:50 in the first round of the fight.
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Nate Marquardt defeated Horn via guillotine choke in the second round.
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Nate Marquardt finally fought Thales Leites at UFC 85, a fight that had been postponed on two separate occasions since 2006.
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Nate Marquardt was next scheduled to face Martin Kampmann at UFC 88.
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Nate Marquardt defeated Kampmann in 82 seconds by throwing a head kick and landing a barrage of strikes to take the win by TKO in the first round.
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Nate Marquardt obtained a second straight win to launch himself back into the title picture at UFC 95, when he defeated well-regarded Brazilian fighter Wilson Gouveia with another barrage of strikes to earn a third-round TKO.
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Nate Marquardt's next fight was against the then-undefeated submission specialist Demian Maia at UFC 102, which he won via KO 21 seconds into the first round by landing a counter straight right as Maia threw a leaping leg kick.
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Nate Marquardt rushed in to follow up with a right hook, but stopped himself once he saw that Maia was visibly hurt.
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Nate Marquardt was taken down at will by Sonnen multiple times during each round.
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Nate Marquardt was expected to face Alessio Sakara on July 3,2010 at UFC 116 but the fight was cancelled after Sakara pulled out due to the death of his father.
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Nate Marquardt was expected to face Rousimar Palhares on August 28,2010 at UFC 118, however the bout was moved to September 15,2010 to headline UFC Fight Night 22 after Alan Belcher was forced to pull out of his bout with Demian Maia with an eye injury.
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Nate Marquardt capitalized on the opening and pounded Palhares with a quick barrage of punches to get the stoppage.
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UFC broadcaster Joe Rogan immediately announced that Nate Marquardt had passed an inspection from the ringside physician and the referee.
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Nate Marquardt explained that before the fight; "I came out really warm because I wanted a good sweat," which explains why he was slippery and managed to remain elusive.
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Less than a week after his win over Palhares, Nate Marquardt was tapped to make a quick return to the Octagon to face Yushin Okami in a middleweight title eliminator bout on November 13,2010 at UFC 122, replacing Vitor Belfort, as Vitor was promoted to a title fight because of Chael Sonnen's suspension for PEDs.
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Nate Marquardt was expected to face Yoshihiro Akiyama on March 19,2011 at UFC 128.
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Nate Marquardt was expected to debut at welterweight against Anthony Johnson on June 26,2011 at UFC on Versus 4.
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Nate Marquardt pulled out of the fight with Story the day of the weigh-ins due to not receiving medical clearance.
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The UFC at the UFC on Versus 4 weigh-in announced that Nate Marquardt did not pass the required physical.
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On June 28,2011, Nate Marquardt appeared on MMA Hour with Ariel Helwani and stated that in August 2010 he felt tired and moody and his doctor discovered he had low testosterone levels.
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Nate Marquardt claimed that he retook tests on the day of the fight and was actually within qualifying limits, thus having his suspension lifted by the commission.
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Shortly after having his suspension lifted by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, Nate Marquardt signed with top UK fight promotion BAMMA, the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts.
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Nate Marquardt was set to make his promotional debut at BAMMA 9: Marquardt vs Yoshida on February 11,2012 against Yoshiyuki Yoshida to determine the inaugural BAMMA World Welterweight Champion.
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On January 13,2012, Nate Marquardt was released from his contract with BAMMA officially due to the promotion pushing back BAMMA 9, and therefore his promotional debut, to March 24,2012.
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Nate Marquardt's debut took place at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Kennedy against Tyron Woodley in a bout for the vacant Strikeforce Welterweight Championship.
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Nate Marquardt knocked out Woodley in the fourth round, becoming the new Strikeforce Welterweight Champion.
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Nate Marquardt faced Jake Ellenberger on March 16,2013 at UFC 158.
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Nate Marquardt faced Hector Lombard on October 19,2013 at UFC 166.
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Nate Marquardt lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Nate Marquardt made a return to the middleweight division to face James Te-Huna on June 28,2014 at UFC Fight Night 43.
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Nate Marquardt won the fight via first round submission due to straight armbar.
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Nate Marquardt faced Brad Tavares on January 3,2015 at UFC 182.
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Nate Marquardt faced Kelvin Gastelum on June 13,2015 at UFC 188.
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Nate Marquardt lost the fight via TKO after his corner stopped the fight between the second and third round.
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Nate Marquardt won the fight via knockout in the second round.
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Nate Marquardt next faced Thiago Santos on May 14,2016 at UFC 198.
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Nate Marquardt lost the fight via knockout in the first round.
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Nate Marquardt next faced Tamdan McCrory on October 1,2016 at UFC Fight Night 96.
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Nate Marquardt won the fight via knockout in the second round and was awarded a Performance of the Night bonus.
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Nate Marquardt faced Sam Alvey on January 28,2017 at UFC on Fox 23.
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Nate Marquardt faced Vitor Belfort on June 3,2017 at UFC 212.
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Nate Marquardt faced Cezar Ferreira on November 11,2017 at UFC Fight Night 120.
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On December 28,2017, Nate Marquardt announced his retirement from professional MMA fighting after 56 fights over an 18-year MMA career.
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Nate Marquardt came out of retirement for the first time in nearly four years to face Michael Cora on August 6,2021 at Titan FC 71.
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Nate Marquardt won the bout via armbar submission in the first round.
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Nate Marquardt next faced Valdir Araujo at XMMA 3 on October 23,2021.
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Nate Marquardt lost the bout via TKO after suffering a body kick and punches.
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Nate Marquardt has an older brother who is in the United States Air Force.
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Nate Marquardt has said his faith is the most important thing in his life.
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Nate Marquardt made a short cameo appearance in the beginning of MC Hammer's music video for the Jay-Z diss track, "Better Run Run" along with Brendan Schaub, Eliot Marshall, and trainer Trevor Wittman.
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Nate Marquardt had a small screen appearance in the movie Warrior as Karl "The Dane" Kruller.