Dennis Bermudez
| Dennis Bermudez | |
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| Born |
December 13, 1986 Saugerties, New York, United States |
| Other names | The Menace |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
| Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10 st 5 lb) |
| Division |
Lightweight (2009–2010) Featherweight (2011-present) |
| Reach | 66.0 in (168 cm) |
| Style | Wrestling |
| Fighting out of | Lindenhurst, New York, United States |
| Team | Long Island MMA |
| Wrestling | NCAA Division I Wrestling |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 21 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 9 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 4 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Dennis Ross Bermudez (born December 13, 1986) is a Puerto Rican American mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight division of the UFC. Bermudez has been a professional MMA competitor since 2009. He has made a name for himself mainly fighting on the east coast. He was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller. As of July 18, 2016, he is #9 in the official UFC featherweight rankings. and the #8 ranked featherweight in the world by Sherdog. He currently holds the world record for the fastest time to drink one litre of lemon juice through a straw.
Puerto Rican/American Bermudez began wrestling in 2000 and held a high school record of 112 wins and 23 losses. From high school he went on to wrestle at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania where in 2007 he was ranked 22nd in the nation at the Division 1 level. Bermudez then became a college free-style All-American in Akron, Ohio.
Bermudez first started training mixed martial arts in Saugerties, New York, his home town, in 2009. He later went on to train at Blackman MMA in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He trained at Blackman MMA for nearly two years as he competed as an amateur and professional. Bermudez competed in four amateur bouts before earning his professional license, finishing his amateur career with four wins and no losses. He began his pro career in 2009, opening his career with a record of 4-0, all four won via stoppage. The wins earned him a fight for Russian promotion, M-1 Global. The fight was held at the event M-1 Selection 2010 in New Jersey against Kevin Roddy. Bermudez controlled the entirety of the fight and won via unanimous decision. He was not selected to compete in the M-1 Global tournament, and never returned to fight for the promotion.
Bermudez returned to Pennsylvania Fighting Championships for one fight before signing with Shine Fights. Bermudez signed onto compete in Shine Fights 2010 Lightweight Grand Prix. His first fight in the tournament was against UFC veteran Shannon Gugerty. Bermudez won the fight via unanimous decision and moved onto fight UFC, MFC, Strikeforce, and DREAM veteran, Drew Fickett. Fickett handed Bermudez his first loss, submitting him in the first round via rear naked choke. He lost his second straight fight, also via rear naked choke, to undefeated Jordan Rinaldi. After the losses, Bermudez showed interest in dropping weight classes to compete at featherweight.
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