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Curt Warburton is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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...

from Coundon, County Durham

Coundon

"Coundon is not a place I would lie about and say it was perfect or anything like that. P.S. Jack, I, Brett Davidson, am ending our relationship because you are a bum." - Brett DavidsonCoundon is an old mining village in County Durham, England...

. He trains at Wolfslair MMA Academy

Wolfslair MMA Academy

The Wolfslair MMA Academy is a fight team and training camp for mixed martial artists, and kickboxers headquartered in Widnes, United Kingdom...

in Liverpool, England. Warburton is best known for his performances on the domestic circuit and he holds a TKO victory over The Ultimate Fighter 9

The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom

The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom is the ninth installment of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. It began production in January 2009, and began airing on Spike on April 1, 2009. The season featured Lightweight fighters ...

lightweight winner Ross Pearson

Ross Pearson

Ross Pearson is an English professional mixed martial artist from Sunderland. He is the lightweight division winner of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom and is a member of Team Rough House.-Background:...

Early career

Warburton's most notable achievement in the domestic circuit is his 1–1–1 record against TUF 9 winner Ross Pearson

Ross Pearson

. The first two fights took place at the semi-professional level, at Total Combat (UK) 18 and 19, which resulted in a draw in their first bout (in November 2006) and a submission (armbar) victory for Pearson (in February 2007). Warburton would gain a measure of revenge in September 2007, when he was victorious via TKO (doctor stoppage) in the only bout to feature on both competitors' professional records.

In February 2009, Warburton was entered into the draw for the British Fighting Championship organisation, which was intended to be one of the top tournaments in England, in order to serve as a showground for the top domestic fighters to participate in a knockout style tournament. Warburton was drawn against top domestic prospect in Che Mills

Che Mills

Che Mills is an English mixed martial artist. He is a former Cage Rage British welterweight champ, and holds 2 notable KO wins over DREAM Welterweight Champion Marius Zaromskis.-Early career:...

.

However, a few months later, just before the start of the organisation's tournaments, the organisation was forced to disband due to the lack of progress in securing a television deal and financial issues, which meant the Mills fight was scrapped. This failure led to Warburton, who signed a contract months in advance, failing to compete, which led to over a year's gap between fights for Warburton. He finally returned against Toon Van Thielen and was victorious via submission (guillotine choke).

Warburton's final pre-UFC fight was against Tom Maguire and Warburton was victorious via unanimous decision. This win won him the Strike and Submit Lightweight title.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Warburton, along with Wolfslair team-mates Rob Broughton

Rob Broughton

Rob Broughton is an English mixed martial artist who competes as a heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former Cage Rage British heavyweight champion.-Background:...

and Tom Blackledge

Tom Blackledge

Tom Blackledge is an English mixed martial artist. He trains at Wolfslair MMA Academy in Liverpool, England. Blackledge is a Cage Rage veteran and was a coach on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights.-Early career:...

joined the UFC. They all made their UFC debuts at UFC 120

UFC 120

UFC 120: Bisping vs. Akiyama was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 16, 2010 at the O2 Arena in London, England. The first ever UK UFC Fan Expo coincided with this event. This event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S. and Canada...

in London, England. Shortly after joining the UFC, former opponent Ross Pearson

Ross Pearson

gave Warburton a big endorsement of his skills, stating: "I expect big things from Curt, he's a good guy, he's a good friend now even if we have had three wars together."

Warburton made his UFC debut against UFC veteran, Spencer Fisher

Spencer Fisher

Spencer William Fisher is an American mixed martial artist from Brevard, North Carolina. He currently fights in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion. He holds notable victories over Thiago Alves, Matt Wiman, Sam Stout, Jeremy Stephens, and Caol Uno...

at UFC 120

UFC 120

. He lost the fight via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Warburton faced Maciej Jewtuszko

Maciej Jewtuszko

Maciej Jewtuszko is a Polish mixed martial artist. He has competed in the lightweight division of various European MMA promotions and most recently fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...

on 27 February 2011 at UFC 127

UFC 127

UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sunday, 27 February 2011 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia. Due to the time zone difference it aired live on Saturday, 26 February in North America...

and handed Jewtuszko his first loss of his career via unanimous decision (29–28, 29–28, 29–28).

Warburton next faced Joe Lauzon

Joe Lauzon

Joseph E. Lauzon Jr. is an American mixed martial artist from Brockton, Massachusetts. He currently lives in Massachusetts and is training at Lauzon MMA in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.-Early life and background:...

on 26 June at UFC on Versus 4. He lost the fight via first round submission. Following the loss, Warburton was subsequently released from the promotion.

BAMMA

Warburton will make his 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...

debut against Welshman Tim Newman on December 10, 2011 at BAMMA 8

BAMMA 8

BAMMA 8: Manuwa vs Rea is an upcoming mixed martial arts event to be held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on December 10, 2011, at the Capital FM Arena in Nottingham, England.-Background:...

Mixed martial arts record

Note: Sherdog has Warburton's professional record at 7-3, whereas mixedmartialarts.com has his record at 8-4-1, which includes the loss and draw to Ross Pearson. However, it is largely believed that these bouts were at semi-professional level, so the Sherdog record is used.

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Tim Newman
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BAMMA 8

Nottingham

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, England

England

Joe Lauzon

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

, United States

United States

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|Win
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Maciej Jewtuszko

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 127

UFC 127

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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Sydney, Australia
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|Loss
|align=center|6–2
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Spencer Fisher

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC 120

UFC 120

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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|London, England
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|Win
|align=center|6–1
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Tom Maguire
|Decision (unanimous)
|Strike and Submit 12
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|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Gateshead, England
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|Win
|align=center|5–1
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Will Burke
|Submission (armbar)
|MMA Total Combat 24
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:00
|Durham, England
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|Win
|align=center|4–0
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Jamie McKenzie
|TKO (punches)
|MMA Total Combat 23
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|align=center|1
|align=center|4:20
|Durham, England
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|Win
|align=center|3–0
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Ross Pearson

|TKO (doctor stoppage)
|MMA Total Combat 21
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|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Durham, England
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|Win
|align=center|2–0
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Ian Margerison
|TKO (punches)
|MMA Total Combat 21
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|align=center|1
|align=center|2:43
|Durham, England
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|Win
|align=center|1–0
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