Homer Moore

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Homer Moore
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Nickname The Rock
Height 5' 10"
Weight 195 lbs.
Nationality Flag of the United States American
Born November 27, 1971 (1971-11-27) (age 36)
Fighting out of Scottsdale, Arizona
Town of birth Phoenix, Arizona
Fighting style Shootfighting, Wrestling
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 24
  By knockout 4
  By submission 7
Losses 9
Draws 2
No contests 0

Homer Moore (born November 27, 1971) is an American Mixed Martial Artist from Phoenix, Arizona who is a veteran of Mixed Martial Arts organizations such as UFC, International Fight League, World Extreme Cagefighting and RITC. Winning 24 of his 35 professional fights. Bursting onto the scene in 1999 with a decision victory over Jason Middaugh. Fighting personalities such as Dan Severn, Jeremy Horn and Evan Tanner, he is a veteran of the Mixed Martial Arts World.

In his first professional fight in the UFC, he fought UFC champion Evan Tanner in UFC 34 - High Voltage and was defeated by submission armbar. During his first debut fight with the International Fight League, he fought out of Chicago, Illinois against jujitsu expert Allan Goes, where the fight was stopped by referee in the 2 round. It appears through television footage that Homer kicked him, while placing strain on an unusual part of his knee. youtube has current footage of the match [1].

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[edit] Wrestling

Started his career following his departure from Amateur wrestling. He was coached by Dan Severn brother Dave Severn at Phoenix College, while winning the NJCAA National Junior College Championship and is now part of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

[edit] Amateur Career

Homer has close to 100 fights in his career of Mixed Martial Arts. He was a resident athlete at the United States Olympic Training Center in the mid 90's. He trained with Olympic Gold Medalist Kenny Monday and Olympic Silver Medalist Townsend Saunders. He felt that he wanted to pursue other avenues, so he decided to engage in the Mixed Martial Arts arena. During his transition, he won 10 straight fights over a 3 year period and become known as THE ROCK. He has such a strong punch, that he has been compared in some ways to Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson.

[edit] MMA record

24-9-2 (wins-losses-draws) UFC Record: 0-1 International Fight League Record 0-1 World Extreme Cage Fighting Record 0-1 [2]
Result Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Notes
Lose Fabiano Capoani Verbal Submission (Knee Injury) MMAC - The Revolution, Washington D.C. Armory 5/12/2007 1 3:59
Lose Allan Goes TKO International Fight League - Moline, Chicago 4/7/2007 2 2:56
Lose Matt Lucus TKO RITC 89- Triple Main Event 12/2/2006 3 1:26
Lose Chad Griggs TKO (Armbar) RITC 81- Rage in the Cage 81 4/29/2006 3 0:30
Win Marc Zee Decision (Unanimous) RITC 68- Hello Glendale! 4/23/2005 3 3:00
Lose Terry Martin (fighter) Submission World Extreme Cage Fighting 14-Vengeance 3/17/2005 2 3:14
Win Shane Johnson (fighter) KO RITC 64- Heart & Soul 8/7/2004 2 2:17
Win Tim McMullen KO RITC 63- It's Time 6/12/2004 1 2:01
Win Andy Montana Decision (Unanimous) RITC 61- Relentless 4/30/2004 3 3:00
Win Vince Lucero Decision (Unanimous) RITC 58- Homer vs. Vince 1/29/2004 3 3:00
Lose Chael Sonnen Decision (Unanimous) ROTR 4.5- Proving Grounds 12/27/2003 2 5:00
Win Thomas Gil Submission (Keylock) RITC 55- Super Heavyweight Showdown 11/15/2003 3 2:51
Draw Dan Severn Draw RITC 54- 'The Beast' vs 'The Rock' 10/25/2003 3 3:00
Win Chris Peak Decision (Unanimous) RITC 53- The Beat Goes On 9/13/2003 3 3:00
Win Wojtek Kaszowski Decision (Unanimous) RITC 51- Invasion From the North 8/2/2003 3 3:00
Lose Jeremy Horn Decision (Unanimous) ICC 2 - Rebellion 4/18/2003 3 5:00
Lose Edwin Dewees Decision (Majority) RITC 45 - Finally 3/1/2003 3 3:00
Win Edwin Aguilar Submission (Strikes) CLM 3 - Combate Libre Mexico 9/20/2002 2
Win Rich Guerin KO CLM 3 - Combate Libre Mexico 9/20/2002 2 NA
Win Sam Adkins (fighter) Decision CLM 3 - Combate Libre Mexico 9/20/2002 4 5:00
Win Cory Timmerman Decision RITC 37 - When Countries Collide 7/27/2002 3 3:00
Win Vince Lucero Submission (Strikes) RITC 35 - This Time It's Personal 5/3/2002 3 1:09
Win Joe Riggs Decision (Unanimous) RITC 34 - Rage in the Cage 34 3/15/2002 3 3:00
Draw Jim Theobald Decision UA 1 - The Genesis 1/27/2002 3 5:00
Lose Evan Tanner Submission (Armbar) UFC 34- High Voltage 11/2/2001 2 0:55
Win Kauai Kupihea Decision RITC 26 - Rage in the Cage 26 7/27/2002 3 3:00
Win Kevin Christopher Submission (Armbar) RITC 24 - Rage in the Cage 24 7/27/2002 1 1:14
Win Shane Johnson (wrestler) TKO RITC 22 - Rage in the Cage 22 11/8/2000 3 1:51
Win Kauai Kupihea Decision RITC 21 - Rage in the Cage 21 10/4/2000 3 3:00
Win Zack Blackwood Submission (Armbar) RITC 20 - Rage in the Cage 20 8/30/2000 1  :30
Win Drew Mora Decision RITC 19 - Rage in the Cage 19 7/26/2000 3 3:00
Win David Harris (fighter) Decision (3-1) RITC 10 - Rage in the Cage 10 1/28/2000 3 3:00
Win Jesus Valdez Submission (Choke) RITC 8 - Rage in the Cage 8 11/10/1999 1 2:37
Win Ron Rumpf Submission (Strikes) RITC 5 - Rage in the Cage 5 5/26/1999 1 1:31
Win Jason Middaugh Decision (Unanimous) RITC 4 - Rage in the Cage 4 4/7/1999 3 3:00

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