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David Lee is an English professional mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

who has competed for Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

, Cage Rage

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...

, BAMMA

BAMMA

The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is considered by many as the biggest MMA promotion in the country. It premièred on June 27, 2009 and was shown on the television channel Bravo...

, Bushido

Bushido

, meaning "Way of the Warrior-Knight", is a Japanese word which is used to describe a uniquely Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life, loosely analogous to the concept of chivalry. It originates from the samurai moral code and stresses frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery, and...

and Cage Rage UK. He is currently the Featherweight Champion for Bushido Challenge.

History

David Lee has been doing one form or another of martial art since he was very young, with his older brother and sister studying judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

, with his sister Michelle being a budding champion in her youth. As a child he followed in their footsteps and moved on to karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

as well. Lee also states that when doing Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

or boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, he loves training but he would never compete, because he always feels frustrated; it's the same with submission wrestling

Submission wrestling

Submission wrestling or Combat wrestling in Japan, is a formula of competition and a general term describing the aspect of martial arts and combat sports that focus on clinch and ground fighting with the aim of obtaining a submission using submission holds...

, he has competed in some tournaments, but always feels frustrated that he can't punch or kick. Its because of this that once he discovered MMA, he realized it is 'one of the best, and easiest place to step in and test all your skills, rather than not just your skills on the ground, or standing up, but puts it all together!'

Mixed Martial Arts

Lee has fought the likes of Tyson Griffin

Tyson Griffin

Tyson Lee Griffin is an American mixed martial artist from Albany, California. Griffin currently fights as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship .-Early life:...

and Turkish

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

Cage Rage veteran Sami Berik

Sami Berik

Sami Berik is a Turkish professional mixed martial artist who is a Cage Rage veteran, and has competed in the Cage Rage Contenders series. Berik has fought current Ultimate Fighting Championship fighters Dan Hardy, Terry Etim, and Ross Pearson...

. Lee defeated Ashleigh Grimshaw

Ashleigh Grimshaw

Ashleigh Grimshaw is an English professional mixed martial arts fighter who competes in the featherweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2003, Grimshaw has spent his entire career in England, most notably for Cage Rage and BAMMA....

for the Bushido Challenge

Bushido Challenge

The Bushido Challenge is an MMA competition based in the UK and has been running since 2009. Bushidō, meaning "Way of the Warrior", is a Japanese code of conduct and a way of the samurai life. The competition organizers say "in the spirit of the samurai from Japan, BUSHIDO CHALLENGE brings you the...

featherweight title on December 13, 2009 and won his recent fight against James Saville for the UCMMA featherweight title on March 27, 2010. He then went on to lose at BAMMA 3

BAMMA 3

BAMMA 3: WATSON vs. HORWICH was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on May 15, 2010 at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. It featured three title fights, and was headlined by Matt Horwich and Tom Watson...

against previous TUF fighter and MMA veteran Jeff Lawson

Jeff Lawson

Jeff Lawson may refer to:* Jeff Lawson, meteorologist at WTTG from 1984–1989, now at WVEC in Norfolk, Virginia* Jeff Lawson, co-founder of distributed.net* Jeff Lawson , English MMA fighter and The Ultimate Fighter 9 cast member...

on 15 May 2010.

Lee defended his UCMMA Featherweight Title against John Kelly at UCMMA 17- Kings of the Cage, winning via rear naked choke after 2 minutes of round one. He dropped his opponent with a spinning back kick and a flying knee, moving into ground and pound and finally sinking in the choke to submit Kelly.

Lee next attempted to defend his UCMMA title against Welsh Lightweight/Featherweight stand-out Nathan Beer at UCMMA 20 Fists of Fire. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
|align=center| 10–8–2
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Jeff Lawson

| Submission (armbar)
| BAMMA 3

BAMMA 3

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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:57
|London, England
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| Win
|align=center| 9–6–2
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Ashleigh Grimshaw

Brad Pickett

Brad Pickett is an English mixed martial artist and the former Cage Rage British Featherweight champion and Ultimate Challenge MMA Featherweight Champion. He currently competes as a Bantamweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

| Submission (guillotine choke)
| UCMMA - Payback
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:26
|London, England
| For Ultimate Challenge UK Featherweight Championship
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| Win
|align=center| 7–5–2
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Sami Berik

Junior Assuncao

Cleuder F. "Junior" Assunção is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He competes in the lightweight and featherweight divisions.-Biography:Originally from Northeastern Brazil, Junior grew up in Miami, and now resides in Atlanta...

| Submission (rear naked choke)
| UFC 70

UFC 70

UFC 70: Nations Collide was the second UFC event held in the United Kingdom, and the first in Manchester on Saturday, April 21, 2007. The first UFC event in the UK was UFC 38: Brawl at the Hall on July 13, 2002. UFC 70 was also only the seventh UFC event held outside the United States, and the...

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|align=center| 2
|align=center| 1:55
|Manchester, England
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|-
| Loss
|align=center| 6–3–2
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Tyson Griffin

Tyson Lee Griffin is an American mixed martial artist from Albany, California. Griffin currently fights as a Featherweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship .-Early life:...

| Submission (rear naked choke)
| UFC 63

UFC 63

UFC 63: Hughes vs. Penn was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 23, 2006. The event took place at the Arrowhead Pond in Anaheim, California and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada....

Anaheim, California

Anaheim is a city in Orange County, California. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city population was about 365,463, making it the most populated city in Orange County, the 10th most-populated city in California, and ranked 54th in the United States...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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|-
| Win
|align=center| 6–2–2
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Denis Kelly
| Submission (triangle choke)
| Cage Rage Contenders 1
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:27
|London, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 5–2–2
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Jason Barrett
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Cage Rage 12

Cage Rage 12

Cage Rage 12: The Real Deal was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 2, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.-Results:*Welterweight bout: David Lee vs. Jason Barrett...

: The Real Deal
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 4:28
|London, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 4–2–2
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Rick Andrews
| Submission (triangle choke)
| Cage Rage 10: Deliverance
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:43
|London, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 3–2–2
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Dave Elliot
| Submission (triangle choke)
| Cage Rage 3
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| N/A
|London, England
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 2–1–2
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Alex Owen
| Submission
| Combat Sports Open Trials 4
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:18
|London, England
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| Win
|align=center| 1–0
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