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18-460: Michael Pierce may refer to: Mike Pierce (born 1980), American mixed martial artist Michael Pierce (American football) (born 1992), American football nose tackle Michael Pierce (cricketer) (1869–1913), Australian cricketer See also [ edit ] Michael Pearce (disambiguation) Michael Pierce Milliken (born 1947), American Episcopal bishop [REDACTED] Topics referred to by

36-518: A broken hand. After over two years away from the sport, Pierce returned from extended hiatus to face Ryan LaFlare on December 11, 2015, at The Ultimate Fighter 22 Finale . He lost the back-and-forth fight by unanimous decision. On January 29, 2016, Pierce was released from the UFC. UFC 133 Multiple fighters that were expected to fight at this event suffered injuries. This led to multiple fights, including championship bouts being called off as

54-529: A knee injury suffered during training. Tito Ortiz initially declined an offer to step in as Davis' replacement and Evans was then rumored to face Lyoto Machida in a rematch of their title bout at UFC 98 . Machida's camp verbally accepted the fight, but when UFC President Dana White called Machida's camp again to confirm the fight, they said Machida would fight only if he received higher pay, which White declined. The organization briefly turned their attention to matching Evans with Vladimir Matyushenko , who

72-399: A rematch from their time on the regional circuit. He won the fight via split decision. Pierce next faced Josh Koscheck on February 4, 2012, at UFC 143 . He lost the fight via split decision. Pierce defeated Carlos Eduardo Rocha on June 8, 2012, at UFC on FX 3 by unanimous decision. After a dominant performance by Pierce, initially 2 judges scored the fight 30-27 for Pierce, while

90-644: A result. This event was expected to feature Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones ' first title defense against former Light Heavyweight Champion Rashad Evans , but a pre-existing injury in his right hand prevented Jones from fighting, and was expected to keep him sidelined until late 2011. Not willing to wait, Evans accepted a fight against Phil Davis at this event. However, Jones later found out that he would no longer require surgery and instead made his first title defense against Quinton Jackson on September 24, 2011, at UFC 135 . On July 12, Phil Davis pulled out of his main event bout with Rashad Evans due to

108-667: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mike Pierce Michael Pierce (born September 1, 1980) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist. He formerly competed as a Welterweight in the UFC and WEC . Pierce was born and raised in Portland, Oregon , on September 1, 1980. Pierce competed in wrestling at Sam Barlow High School in Gresham, Oregon and then continued his career at Portland State University where he

126-559: The 3rd judge inexplicably scored it 30-27 for Rocha. However, it was later announced that the judge, Ric Bays, had scored the fight for the wrong corner and he had actually won unanimously. Pierce fought Aaron Simpson on October 5, 2012, at UFC on FX 5 . After a dominant first round put in by Simpson, nearly finishing Pierce on two occasions, Pierce came back, and 29 seconds into the second round, finished Simpson via one punch KO. Pierce faced Seth Baczynski on December 15, 2012, at UFC on FX 6 , replacing an injured Kyle Noke . He won

144-494: The bout on July 13, 2011, due to an injury and was replaced by Matt Hamill . The Matyushenko/Gustafsson bout was rescheduled for UFC 141 on December 30, 2011. Antônio Rogério Nogueira was expected to face Rich Franklin at this event, but Nogueira pulled out of the bout on July 16, 2011, citing a shoulder injury. Franklin was then pulled from the card as well. Jorge Rivera was originally scheduled to face Alessio Sakara . However, on July 25, Rivera announced that Sakara

162-517: The fight via submission (straight armbar) in the third round. For the third consecutive time Pierce fought a UFC newcomer in Kenny Robertson on February 5, 2011, at UFC 126 . He won the fight via TKO due to punches early into the second round. Pierce faced Johny Hendricks on August 6, 2011, at UFC 133 . Pierce lost the fight against Hendricks by split decision. At UFC on Fox 1 , on November 12, 2011, Pierce fought Paul Bradley in

180-399: The fight via unanimous decision. Pierce fought David Mitchell on July 6, 2013, at UFC 162 . After a close first round, Pierce won via TKO in the second round after landing a short left hook to the jaw and following up with ground and pound. Pierce next faced Rousimar Palhares on October 9, 2013, at UFC Fight Night 29 . He lost the fight via heel hook submission just 31 seconds into

198-399: The first round. However, Palhares continued cranking the heel hook even after Pierce tapped out and the referee stepped in, leading the UFC to cut ties with Palhares the next day. Pierce suffered a sprained MCL and a torn ankle ligament. Pierce was expected to face Demian Maia on May 31, 2014, at The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3 Finale . However, Pierce had to pull out of the fight due to

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216-583: The first two rounds, Pierce dominated the end of the third round, nearly finishing Fitch. He lost to Fitch via unanimous decision (29-28, 29–28, 29–28). Pierce was scheduled to face Rob Kimmons on March 21, 2010, at UFC Live: Vera vs. Jones , but Kimmons was forced off the card with an injury. Pierce instead faced UFC newcomer Julio Paulino. Pierce won the fight via unanimous decision (30-27, 30–27, 30–27). Pierce again fought another UFC newcomer in Amilcar Alves on August 28, 2010, at UFC 118 . He won

234-525: The official weigh ins on August 5, Menjivar could not make the 136 pound weight allowance cut off, and Pace subsequently agreed to fight Menjivar in a 138-pound catchweight bout. A bout between Featherweight Champion José Aldo and Chad Mendes was previously linked to this event. However, Aldo was sidelined until October recovering from various injuries, while Mendes remained on the card and faced Rani Yahya . The Aldo/Mendes title fight would later take place at UFC 142 on January 14, 2012. Riki Fukuda

252-408: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michael_Pierce&oldid=1171363024 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

270-462: Was a two-time All-American . Pierce is married and has two children and three stepchildren. Pierce defeated former WEC contender Brock Larson via unanimous decision in his UFC debut at UFC Fight Night 19 . Pierce was expected to fight Josh Koscheck on January 11, 2010, at UFC Fight Night 20 . However, Koscheck instead fought Anthony Johnson at UFC 106 and Pierce went on to face Jon Fitch on December 12, 2009, at UFC 107 . After losing

288-468: Was already scheduled to compete on the card. In the meanwhile, Ortiz had a change of heart and accepted the offer to replace Davis. The Evans/Davis bout was later rescheduled for UFC on Fox 2 on January 28, 2012. Nick Pace was originally slated to take on Michael McDonald at this event, before McDonald was pulled to replace Norifumi Yamamoto for a UFC 130 bout with Chris Cariaso . Ivan Menjivar would later step in to face Pace at this event. At

306-429: Was no longer in the fight due to a torn ACL. The UFC announced that Costas Philippou would be pulled from his bout with Rafael Natal and instead faced Rivera. UFC 133 featured two preliminary fights live on Spike TV . Fighters were awarded $ 70,000 bonuses ^ Brian Ebersole was awarded an honorary "getting those horrifying shorts off TV as soon as possible" bonus by Dana White for defeating Dennis Hallman in

324-470: Was scheduled to face Rafael Natal , but was forced out of the bout due to a knee injury suffered sustained in a car accident and was replaced by Costas Philippou . However, Philippou was later pulled from this bout to replace Alessio Sakara in a bout with Jorge Rivera on this same card, and he was replaced by Paul Bradley . Vladimir Matyushenko was originally scheduled to face Alexander Gustafsson at this event. Matyushenko, however, pulled out of

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