Nam Phan | |
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Born |
Westminster, California, United States |
March 13, 1983
Nationality | American |
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 61.4 kg (135 lb) |
Division |
Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight |
Reach | 70.0 in (178 cm) |
Fighting out of | Garden Grove, California, United States |
Team | Ma Du Academy Team Alpha Male |
Rank |
2nd Degree Black Belt in Việt Quyền Đạo Black Belt in Karate Black Belt in Judo Black Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 4 |
Wins | 3 |
By knockout | 2 |
Losses | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 37 |
Wins | 21 |
By knockout | 8 |
By submission | 6 |
By decision | 7 |
Losses | 16 |
By knockout | 4 |
By submission | 2 |
By decision | 10 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Nhat Nam Si Phan (born March 13, 1983) is an American mixed martial artist who competes for Bellator MMA. A professional in mixed martial arts since 2001, Phan has also competed for the UFC, WEC, Strikeforce, World Victory Road, and was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck. He has competed in Japanese MMA organization called Pancrase and has won a title of featherweight class King of Pancrase in 2015.
Born and raised in California, Phan began training in Tae Kwon Do at the age of four. A few years later, Phan began karate and he did that for eight years. By the age of 16, he had earned a second degree black belt in Việt Quyền Đạo, a Vietnamese combat martial art, and also holds a black belt in karate. Phan then began studying Brazilian jiu-jitsu in the year 2000. He is also a professional boxer with a record of 3-1.
Phan made his professional mixed martial arts debut against Jason Maxwell in October 2001, and won due to a second-round TKO. He then won his following three fights also, before tasting defeat at the hands of Rob McCullough in April 2003. In December 2006, and now with a 12-2 record, he made his promotonal debut with Strikeforce against Josh Thomson at Strikeforce: Triple Threat. He lost via unanimous decision, however, and was also defeated in his next, and last, Strikeforce fight against Billy Evangelista at Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Thomson.