Andre Winner

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2 Early Career
3 The Ultimate Fighter
4 Mixed martial arts record
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Profile

Andre Winner (born X x, 19xx) is a British professional mixed martial artist training out of Rough House MMA.

He stands 5 ft. 11 in. (180cm) tall and fights in the lightweight division (155 lbs.).

Winner is currently a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom.

Early Career

Andre Winner made his professional mixed martial arts debut on July 15, 2006 for the British based, FX3 promotion. He forced his opponent, Denas Banevicius to submit to strikes giving him the victory in the first round.

Just over a month later, Winner made future fellow TUF 9 contestant, Jeff Lawson verbally submit to punishment in the second round.

Winner picked up a victory in his next three bouts before suffering his first professional defeat to Greg Loughran at CWFC event in April of 2007. He was choked unconscious by Loughran in the second round, dropping his record to 5-1.

Winner rebounded from the loss by winning his next four fights, all by decision. His new win streak was broken in April of 2008 when he was on the losing end of a majority decision to Bendy Casimir after three rounds.

On July 12, 2008, Winner fought to a draw with tough British fighter, Abdul Mohamed after three rounds.

The Ultimate Fighter

In late 2008, Winner was selected as a lightweight contestant for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter, The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs. United Kingdom. He earned a spot on Team UK when he knocked out Gary Kelly (brother of UFC fighter, Paul Kelly) in the round of 16.

On Episode 5, Winner was matched up against Cage Potato blogger, Santino DeFranco who he defeated via TKO in the first round. DeFranco pulled guard midway through the round and after a couple of failed submission attempts was pounded out by Winner.