Martinsh Egle is a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 division of various European mixed martial arts (MMA) promotions. In this time he has seven wins and seven loses and one draw.

Biography

Martinsh grew up in Kandava

Kandava

Kandava is a town in Latvia. As a settlement, it is first mentioned in written sources in 1230.-See also:*List of cities in Latvia...

 and went to local school. He started to train mixed martial arts

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...

 in Jelgava

Jelgava

-Sports:The city's main football team, FK Jelgava, plays in the Latvian Higher League and won the 2009/2010 Latvian Football Cup.- Notable people :*August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein - linguist, folklorist, ethnographer...

 in age 22, and his debut in MMA was after three months of training against UFC and PRIDE veteran David Baron. His first trainer was well known Latvian MMA fighter Edmunds Kirsis (He in year 2002 won Badr Hari

Badr Hari

Badr "The Golden Boy" Hari is a Moroccan-Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former K-1 Heavyweight champion and K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 finalist. As of May 2011, Hari is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com...

). He also two years lived and trained in Holland. His training partner was famous K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

 fighter Ashwin Balrak

Ashwin Balrak

Ashwin "Bad Boy" Balrak is a Dutch–Surinamese heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former WPKL European Muay Thai champion, currently competing in K-1...

. In year 2008 Martinsh participate in 2008 World Sambo Championships

2008 World Sambo Championships

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, in St. Petersburg, Russia

Russia

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 where he got place 7. He needed to fight for bronze medal

Bronze medal

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 with Zarif Rasulov of Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

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, but there was some mistake and Egle was disqualified

Disqualification (boxing)

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 from bronze medal fight.

Career

Egle made his professional debut in the World Full Contact Association (WFCA), fighting against Nick Struve at "Latvia vs. Holland". In this fight Martinsh lost. Egle currently is ranked as #1 Latvian Heavyweight Mixed Martial Artist by WFCA ratings. On 21 November 2009 Egle needed to meet with UFC veteran Mario Neto

Mario Neto

Mario Neto is a Brazilian mixed martial artist with a record of 12-5. He is now in his 15th year as a mixed martial artist with a victory over UFC veteran Seth Petruzelli...

 of Brazil

Brazil

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. But the fight was canceled one hour before fight, because Mario was injured.
Last fight Martinsh had in fight show "WFCA-Fight Club vol.10" in Tukums

Tukums

Tukums is a town in Latvia. Three regions of Latvia meet in the vicinity of Tukums – Vidzeme, Zemgale and Courland. The city was host to the Cold War facility Tukums air base.- History :...

 where he fight tie with MMA fighter from Lithuania Tomas Pakutinskas.

Mixed martial arts record

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| Draw
|align=center|9-8-2
| Tomas Pakutinskas
|Draw
|WFCA-Fight Club volume 10
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| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|3:00
|Tukums

Tukums

Tukums is a town in Latvia. Three regions of Latvia meet in the vicinity of Tukums – Vidzeme, Zemgale and Courland. The city was host to the Cold War facility Tukums air base.- History :...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

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|Win
|align=center|9-8-1
|  Mikhail Vasilev

Mikhail Vasilev

Mikhail Anatolevich Vasilev is a Russian former handball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics.In 1988 he won the gold medal with the Soviet team. He played all six matches and scored five goals.-External links:*...

|TKO
|WFCA-Fight Club volume 8
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|1:00
|Riga, Latvia
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|Win
|align=center|8-8-1
| Tomas Vaicickas
|TKO
|WFCA-War of the cities: Tukums vs. Riga
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:54
|Tukums, Latvia
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|-
|Win
|align=center|7-8-1
| Pavlo Neciparenko
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|WFCA-Cage fight vol.2
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:20
|Riga, Latvia
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|6-8-1
|  Damian Grabowski

Damian Grabowski

Damian Grabowski is a Polish mixed martial artist. He fights in the heavyweight division and competed for various European MMA promotions, gathering a perfect record of twelve wins in a streak, all by stoppage, with four of them earned in a one-night sixteen men heavyweight tournament, before...

|TKO
|UCFC - 20.000 Dollar Tournament
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:29
|Vienna, Austria
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|Win
|align=center|6-7-1
|  Raul Szerkely
|Submission (armbar)
|UCFC - 20.000 Dollar Tournament
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:03
|Vienna, Austria
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|-
|Win
|align=center|5-7-1
|  Richard Oijink
|Submission (armbar)
|WFCA-Cage fight vol.1
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:12
|Riga, Latvia
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|Loss
|align=center|4-7-1
|  Jur Dekker
|Decision
|WFCA-Fight club Riga 3
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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|3:00
|Riga, Latvia
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|4-6-1
|  Gerald Turek

Gerald Turek

Gerald "Geri" Turek is a Austrian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Heavyweight division of various European MMA promotions. In this time he has ten wins and two losses.-Biography:...

|TKO
|CFS 3 - Cage Fight Series 3
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:40
|Graz, Austria
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|Win
|align=center|4-5-1
|  Rafael Bagdasaryn
|TKO
|WFCA - Latvia vs. Holland
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:42
|Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

, Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

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|Loss
|align=center|3-5-1
|  Indrek Kumm
|Decision
|FNE - Fight Night Estonia 3
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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|3:00
|Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

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|Win
|align=center|3-4-1
||  Eric Nooy
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|WFCA - Fight Club 1
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|
|Riga, Latvia
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|2-4-1
|  Thomas Fotsch
|Submission (choke)
|CFS - Cage Fight Series 2
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|3:33
|Innsbruck

Innsbruck

- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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|-
| Draw
|align=center|2-3-1
| Michel de Weerd
|Decision (draw)
|Shooto Holland: Playing With Fire
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| style="text-align:center;"|
|Ede

Ede

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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|Loss
|align=center|2-3
|  Nick Struve
|Submission (armbar)
|WFCA - Latvia vs Holland
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| style="text-align:center;"|3
| style="text-align:center;"|1:33
|Riga, Latvia
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|2-2
| Menno Houtman
|Decision
|Shooto Holland - On Tour
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|3:00
|Ede, Netherlands
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|-
|Win
|align=center|2-1
| Menno Houtman
|Submission (arm bar)
|Shooto Holland: Culemborg 2
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|1:57
|Culemborg

Culemborg

Culemborg is a municipality and a city in the centre of the Netherlands. The city is situated just south of the Lek River...

, Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

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|Win
|align=center|1-1
| Jan Van Schalm
|Submission (arm bar)
|Shooto Holland: Culemborg 2
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:09
|Culemborg, Netherlands
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|0-1
|  David Baron
|TKO
|Shooto Holland - The lords of the ring
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|0:36
|Deventer

Deventer

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, Netherlands

Netherlands

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