Lance Palmer | |
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Born | Lance Palmer February 7, 1988 Columbus, Ohio, United States |
Other names | The Party |
Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
Weight | 145 lb (66 kg; 10.4 st) |
Division | Featherweight |
Reach | 65 in (170 cm) |
Style | Wrestling, Boxing |
Fighting out of | Sacramento, California, United States |
Team | Team Alpha Male |
Years active | 2011-present |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 13 |
Wins | 11 |
By submission | 6 |
By decision | 5 |
Losses | 2 |
By submission | 1 |
By decision | 1 |
University | Ohio State University |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Lance Palmer (born February 7, 1988) is a former amateur wrestler and current mixed martial arts fighter. He currently competes for the World Series of Fighting in the Featherweight division.
Palmer was a four-time OHSAA state wrestling champion for St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio) where he completed a record of 150-6 and won a senior national championship.
His high school career was documented in the movie "Pinned."
He wrestled for Ohio State University from 2006-2010 at 149lbs.
In 2010, Palmer was champion of the Big Ten Conference and NCAA runner-up.
Over his career, Palmer was a four-time All-American.
On December 7, 2013, Palmer made his World Series of Fighting debut at WSOF 7 against Bellator veteran Georgi Karakhanyan for the inaugural WSOF Featherweight Championship. He lost via guillotine choke in the third round.
On June 21, 2014, Palmer faced Nick LoBasco at WSOF 10. He won via rear naked choke submission in the first round.
On December 13, 2014, Palmer challenged Rick Glenn for the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 16. He won via rear naked submission in the third round to become the WSOF Featherweight Champion.
On June 5, 2015, Palmer made his first defense of the WSOF Featherweight Championship at WSOF 21 against IFL and WEC veteran Chris Horodecki. He won via neck crank submission in the first round to retain the WSOF Featherweight Championship.