Douglas Lima is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of Bellator MMA. He is a three-time and current Bellator Welterweight World Champion. Lima is currently ranked the #3 Welterweights in the world by USA TodayMMAjunkie and the #6 Welterwood fighter in theworld by MMA ranking site Fight Matrix.
About Douglas Lima in brief
Douglas Lima is a Brazilian mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight division of Bellator MMA. He is a three-time and current Bellator Welterweight World Champion. Lima was born in Brazil and moved to the state of Georgia in the United States graduating from Joseph Wheeler High School. He began his professional mixed martial arts career with decent success, soon compiling a record of 5–0. He holds notable victories over Rory MacDonald, Andrey Koreshkov, Michael Page, Paul Daley, and Lorenz Larkin. Lima is currently ranked the #3 Welterweights in the world by USA TodayMMAjunkie and the #6 Welterwood fighter in theworld by MMA ranking site Fight Matrix. He has also fought for the WEC, King of the Cage, and Maximum Fighting Championship. He was scheduled to make his WEC debut at WEC 39 against Justin Haskins, but was forced to withdraw while waiting on papers to arrive from the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.
In September 2010, Douglas Lima joined the Maximum fighting Championship, facing off against Ryan Ford. With the win, Lima was able to defeat Ford via armbar, early in the second round. He then defended the title against Terry Martin at MFC 29, winning the fight via first-round TKO. In May 2011, it was announced that Lima had signed to fight for Bellator Fighting Championships. Lima entered into the Bellator Season 5 Welter Weight Tournament. He fought Steve Carl in the opening round held at Bellator 49 and won the fight by unanimous decision. In the semi-finals, he was set to face Brent Weedman, but Weedman suffered an injury and was replaced by Bryan Baker. Lima then faced Ben Saunders in a rematch in the final, which Lima won via knock out in the first round. The rematch eventually took place atBellator 100 on September 20, 2013, and Lima once again
You want to know more about Douglas Lima?
This page is based on the article Douglas Lima published in Wikipedia (as of Nov. 08, 2020) and was automatically summarized using artificial intelligence.
