Lorenz Larkin
| Lorenz Larkin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 3, 1986 Riverside, California, United States |
| Other names | The Monsoon |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) |
| Division |
Light Heavyweight Middleweight Welterweight |
| Reach | 72.0 in (183 cm) |
| Style | Boxing, Kung Fu, Kickboxing, BJJ |
| Fighting out of | Riverside, California, United States |
| Team | MILLENNIA MMA |
| Rank | Purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 24 |
| Wins | 18 |
| By knockout | 11 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Losses | 5 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By decision | 4 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Lorenz Larkin (born September 3, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist currently competing in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2009, Larkin formerly competed for Strikeforce. As of January 2017, he is the #6 ranked contender in the official UFC welterweight rankings.
Larkin was born and raised in Riverside, California as one of nine siblings. Larkin began training in boxing at a young age and also played football, but soon gave it up because he did not excel at it or other team sports. He attended Riverside Polytechnic High School. Afterwards, he continued boxing but was not able to compete as much as he would like to, due to his father's objections. Larkin also felt that he was too short to be a professional boxer in the Heavyweight division, so he took up kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu which led him to mixed martial arts. Prior to his career in mixed martial arts, Larkin also trained in Kung Fu. In an interview, Larkin stated he enjoyed the martial arts movies that were ever so popular around the time he was growing up and wanted to be a kung fu fighter.
Larkin holds records of 5-0 and 10-0 in amateur boxing and amateur mixed martial arts, respectively, with one of those wins coming against Heavyweight prospect Walt Harris. Making his professional MMA debut in August 2009, he compiled an undefeated record of 12-0
Larkin made his debut in the Strikeforce promotion on April 1, 2011 against kickboxer Scott Lighty at Strikeforce Challengers: Wilcox vs. Damm, replacing Satoshi Ishii on a week's notice. Larkin won the fight via technical knockout in the second round and earned praise for his impressive performance against a veteran fighter, while being largely unheard of himself.
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