Tor Troéng
| Tor Troéng | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 25, 1983 Umeå, Sweden |
| Other names | The Hammer |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Reach | 77.5 in (197 cm) |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Umeå, Sweden |
| Team | Allstars Training Center Alliance MMA Renyi Fight Camp |
| Years active | 2005 – 2014 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 24 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Tor Troéng (born January 25, 1983) is a retired Swedish mixed martial artist previously fighting as a Middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was a member FX's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen.
Troéng started to train martials arts in his hometown of Umeå, Sweden at the age of 9, starting doing MMA when he was 16. Troéng went to Umeå University, where he earned a master's degree in Engineering Physics.
After going 6 amateur-fights 2001-2004, Troéng started doing MMA as a professional in 2005 mostly fighting in smaller promotions in Sweden and other parts of Europe. Since Troéng didn’t have a manager at the time, he accepted every fight that he was offered, even against opponents that was considered to be way above him in the ranks, which was leading to him being an underdog in a lot of his fights. Despite all this, by 2012 he had racked up a record of 15-4-1 (11-1-1 in his last 13 fights) with a victory over UFC veteran Mark Weir and fights against notable opponents like Mamed Khalidov, Lucio Linhares, former UFC title challenger Thales Leites and Pride veteran Daniel Acácio. Troéng is considered one of the best middleweight mixed martial artists to come out of Sweden and Scandinavia.
In January 2013, it was announced that Troéng was selected for The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs. Team Sonnen. To get into the TUF house, Troéng defeated Scott Rosa by Submission (rear naked choke). During the choosing of teams, he was the fourth pick of Chael Sonnen for Team Sonnen and seventh overall.
He faced Josh Samman in the preliminary round. He lost the fight by KO.
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