Bryan Baker (fighter)
| Bryan Baker | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 13, 1985 |
| Other names | The Beast |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight Middleweight |
| Reach | 77.0 in (196 cm) |
| Fighting out of | West Covina, California, United States |
| Team | Team Wildman Vale Tudo |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 23 |
| Wins | 18 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Bryan Baker (born October 13, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Cagefighting and Bellator. Baker was also a competitor in the second season of Bellator's Middleweight Tournament in 2010, reaching the final against Alexander Shlemenko.
Baker began his professional mixed martial arts career in early 2007 for the Cage of Fire promotion in Mexico. His first fight was against Scott Rose, who Baker finished off quickly, in just over a minute, due to submission.
In April 2007, Baker faced Jesse Juarez and defeated him via third round submission (rear-naked choke). Baker then followed this up with two TKO victories, both in the first round, against Geoff Hawks and Reggie Orr.
Baker then signed for World Extreme Cagefighting and made his debut at WEC 30 against Jesse Forbes. Baker was dropped early in the first round and was also subject to Forbes' slams. Whilst on the ground, Baker was able to get top position, which prompted Forbes to give his back. Baker continued to strike and the fight was stopped after 4:15 of the first round, due to TKO (punches).
Bryan was next scheduled to fight Nissen Osterneck at WEC 31, but this bout was replaced by a bout with Eric Schambari due to an injury to Osterneck. In a three round bout, Bryan won via split decision.
This led to a future bout against Logan Clark being scheduled at WEC 33. At the same card, Chael Sonnen was scheduled to fight Paulo Filho in a middleweight title rematch. However, this fight was cancelled after Filho had to check himself into a rehabilitation center and Baker was offered to chance to fill in Filho, against Sonnen.
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