Terence Lee "Terry" Etim was born on 11 January 1986 and is a retired English mixed martial artist who competed as a lightweight.
29 Facts About Terry Etim
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Terry Etim is trained by Shyam Sundar and Reddy Sai Naren.
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Terry Etim became the Cage Gladiators Lightweight Champion by defeating Greg Loughran via rear naked choke in the second round and successfully defended his title against Sami Berik, again winning in the second round via armbar.
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Terry Etim's fight with Spain's Diego Gonzalez was refereed by former boxing World Heavyweight Champion Mike Tyson, during the World Cage Fighting Championships at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England in March 2006.
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Terry Etim won the fight via triangle choke in the first round.
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Terry Etim trained with Pride veteran Luciano Azevedo in Brazil in preparation for his UFC debut fight against Matt Grice at UFC 70 in Manchester.
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Terry Etim dragged Grice down to the ground whilst in the guillotine.
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Terry Etim was defeated at UFC 75 by Gleison Tibau via unanimous decision.
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Terry Etim was controlled on the ground by Tibau for the length of the fight, eliciting boos from the English crowd.
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Terry Etim snapped his two fight losing streak with a one-sided unanimous decision victory over Sam Stout at UFC 89 in Birmingham, England.
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Terry Etim posted his second win in as many fights, as he stopped former Palace Fighting Championship lightweight titleholder Brian Cobb via TKO in the second round.
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Terry Etim appeared to win the first round, using leg kicks effectively.
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Early in round two Terry Etim dropped Cobb with a head kick before finishing the fight with punches, forcing the referee to stop the fight.
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Terry Etim survived a first-round knockdown and broken nose to defeat Justin Buchholz at UFC 99 via D'Arce choke in the second round.
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Buchholz and Terry Etim traded heavy kicks and punches for the first few minutes in the bout before the American landed a hard right hand which broke Terry Etim's nose.
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Buchholz pounced but Terry Etim was able to survive the round.
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Terry Etim went back to his measured gameplan in round two, landing with some hard leg kicks, before hurting Buchholz with multiple knees from the clinch.
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Terry Etim won his third Submission of the Night award after defeating Shannon Gugerty on 14 November 2009 at UFC 105 by submission due to a guillotine choke at 1:24 of the second round.
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Terry Etim fought BJJ black belt Rafael dos Anjos on 10 April 2010 at UFC 112.
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Terry Etim was expected to face Joe Lauzon on 28 August 2010 at UFC 118, but was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Gabe Ruediger.
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Terry Etim gave an announcement on 23 June 2011 in an interview on mma-weekly stating that after a year healing from a broken rib injury he will be fighting soon.
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Terry Etim fought Edward Faaloloto on 5 November 2011 at UFC 138 Terry Etim showed his superior ground skills as he submitted Faaloloto with a guillotine choke 17 seconds into the fight, earning his fourth career Submission of the Night award.
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Terry Etim faced Edson Barboza on 14 January 2012 at UFC 142.
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Terry Etim was then knocked out in the third round by a spinning wheel kick.
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Terry Etim was expected to face Joe Lauzon on 4 August 2012 at UFC on Fox 4.
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However, Terry Etim was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Jamie Varner.
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Terry Etim lost the fight via unanimous decision and was released from the promotion.
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Terry Etim eventually faced Patrick Cenoble on the Spike TV at Bellator 109 on 22 November 2013.
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In February 2017, Terry Etim was reported to have thrown himself into oncoming traffic while running amok in Liverpool.