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Michael Kevin Guymon is an American

United States

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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...

. He fought for the 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...

(UFC) in their welterweight division. He is a former King of the Cage welterweight title holder.

Early life

Guymon was born in Newport Beach, CA but raised in Irvine, CA. He attended many different schools but graduated from Woodbridge High School and went to Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College

Orange Coast College is a community college in Orange County, California. It was founded in 1947, with its first classes opening in the fall of 1948. It provides two-year associate of art and science degrees, certificates of achievement, and lower-division classes transferable to other colleges...

to further his studies.

Mixed martial arts career

Mike was trying to live his dream of playing professional baseball but while doing that he stumbled into mixed martial arts and instantly fell in love with the sport. He began training Muay Thai and Kickboxing soon after finding out about the new combat sport. Once Mike noticed that to become successful in MMA he would need to start developing a ground game, he started taking classes on Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wrestling.

In 1999, Mike had his first professional fight against Zach Turnage with the fight resulting in a draw after fighting in three 5 minute rounds and a 5 minute overtime. He won two straight before opening the eyes of the matchmaker for the King of the Cage promotion who offered him a fight against up and comer, Diego Sanchez

Diego Sánchez

Diego J. Sanchez is an American mixed martial artist of Mexican descent, with a background in wrestling and Gaidojutsu, system of submission wrestling developed by his longtime trainer Greg Jackson...

. Guymon took the fight and lost by armbar submission with three seconds left in the first round.

Guymon's next four fights came inside the KOTC promotion all wins and all of them coming by submission in the first round. With the four wins he improved his overall record to 6-1-1 getting him signed to the International Fight League

International Fight League

The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008...

(IFL). He made his debut taking on Pat Healy

Pat Healy (fighter)

Patrick Healy is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight and welterweight divisions. Currently, Healy is signed with Strikeforce, holding a 4–1 record inside the promotion...

losing via a split decision. He did not receive another fight from the IFL so he returned to the KOTC promotion and won five straight fights, the last one being for the KOTC Welterweight title just three weeks after his suicide attempt.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Four days after defending the King of the Cage Welterweight title against Quinn Mulhern, Guymon received a call from the UFC about signing a contract. Guymon quickly accepted and signed onto a four fight deal.

He lost his UFC debut on January 11, 2010 in Fairfax, Virginia

Fairfax, Virginia

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at UFC Fight Night 20 against 20 year old Canadian, Rory MacDonald

Rory MacDonald (fighter)

Rory MacDonald is a Canadian professional mixed martial artist. He holds MMA lightweight titles with King of the Cage and King of the Cage Canada. MacDonald has signed a four-fight deal with UFC and debuted in January 2010....

. The fight stayed standing for the most part but ended when Rory took the fight to the ground and submitted Guymon with an armbar near the end of the first round.

Guymon recently defeated Yoshiyuki Yoshida

Yoshiyuki Yoshida

is a Japanese mixed martial artist competing in the welterweight division. A student of former Shooto competitor Noboru Asahi, he has competed in Shooto, Cage Force, and the UFC...

on May 8, 2010 at UFC 113

UFC 113

UFC 113: Machida vs. Shogun 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 8, 2010, at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Background:...

by unanimous decision.

Guymon faced Daniel Roberts

Daniel Roberts (fighter)

Daniel Lamar Roberts is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Currently he is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championships, fighting in their welterweight division and training out in San Francisco....

on October 23, 2010 at UFC 121

UFC 121

UFC 121: Lesnar vs. Velasquez was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 23, 2010 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California, United States...

. Guymon would go on the lose the fight after Roberts locked on an anaconda choke, following with a gator roll that tightened the squeeze forcing Guymon to tap.

Guymon next faced DaMarques Johnson

DaMarques Johnson

DaMarques Johnson is an American mixed martial artist. He was the runner up for the welterweights on The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.-Background:...

on January 22, 2011 at UFC Fight Night 23 where he was injured early into the fight. He lost via verbal submission in the first round. After the fight, due to rupturing two discs in his back. Guymon announced retirement from MMA.

Personal life

Mike Guymon is currently married to Nicole Guymon. The couple own and operate their own gym, Jokers MMA in Lake Forest, California.

Suicide attempt

On August 11, 2009, Guymon attempted to commit suicide after a dispute with his wife about possibly divorcing. Guymon wrote his family a suicide note and had planned to shoot himself with a handgun but before he could do so his wife was able to wrestle the gun away. Guymon then got into his truck and drove away but was stopped a few blocks away by the Orange County Sheriffs Department. Guymon tried numerous times to get the deputies to shoot and kill him but all refused. The deputies were able to calm Guymon down and get him some help.

Mixed martial arts record

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DaMarques Johnson

DaMarques Johnson is an American mixed martial artist. He was the runner up for the welterweights on The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.-Background:...

|Verbal Submission (body triangle)
|UFC: Fight For The Troops 2

UFC: Fight For The Troops 2

UFC: Fight for the Troops 2, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 23, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 22, 2011 at Fort Hood, near Killeen, Texas...

Killeen, Texas

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Early life

Mixed martial arts career

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Personal life

Suicide attempt

Mixed martial arts record

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