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Roger Bowling is an American

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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...

. Currently, Bowling trains with Team Vision based in Ohio.

Mixed martial arts career

On June 20, 2009 Bowling was set to fight former UFC welterweight War Machine. However Roger broke his hand a couple weeks before the event and was not cleared to fight. The two agreed to fight later in the year. Before rescheduling, Roger defeated Devon Plaisance. Bowling was set to fight War Machine in the main event of XFC 9 in Tampa, Florida

Tampa, Florida

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on September 5, however, Bowling was again forced to withdraw due to injury. HDNet.com

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Bowling has signed with Strikeforce and was set to make his debut in November but was forced to withdraw because of an injury. He subsequently made his debut in May 2010 on the Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey

Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey

Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey was a mixed martial arts event held by the Strikeforce. The eighth Challengers episode took place on May 21, 2010, at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon. The event drew an estimated 249,000 viewers, with a peak at 294,000 on Showtime.-Televised...

card against Bobby Voelker. Bowling dominated the first two rounds, but was unable to stop Voelker. The fight ended controversially as it was stopped in the third round due to an unintentional eye injury. Per the rules, the fight went to the judges' scorecards and Bowling was awarded a unanimous decision win.

Bowling and Voelker had a rematch in the main event of the Strikeforce Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker

Strikeforce Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker

Strikeforce Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker was a mixed martial arts event held by the Strikeforce. The eleventh Challengers episode took place on October 22, 2010, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. The event drew an estimated 178,000 viewers, with a peak at 260,000 on...

card on October 22, 2010. After controlling the action in the first round, Bowling lost the fight in the second round via TKO (strikes). Bowling and Voelker fought for a third time at Strikeforce Challengers: Voelker vs. Bowling III to create Strikeforce's first trilogy. Once again, Voelker won the fight via TKO in the second round.

Mixed martial arts record

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Bobby Voelker

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Las Vegas, Nevada

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Josh Thornburg
| Decision (unanimous)
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Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson

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Columbus, Ohio

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Bobby Voelker

| TKO (punches)
| Strikeforce Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker

Strikeforce Challengers: Bowling vs. Voelker

Fresno, California

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Bobby Voelker

| Technical decision (unanimous)
| Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey

Strikeforce Challengers: Lindland vs. Casey

Portland, Oregon

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Vevay, Indiana

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Vevay, Indiana

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Seth Baczynski

Seth Baczynski is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz. Baczynski formerly trained with Southwest MMA alongside Efrain Escudero and Santino DeFranco. Now he resides in Tempe, Arizona, training at Power MMA with Ryan...

Vevay, Indiana

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, 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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|align=center| 4–0
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Covington, Kentucky

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Shamar Bailey

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Louisville, Kentucky

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Covington, Kentucky

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

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Cincinnati, Ohio

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