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Andreas Spång
Mixed martial artist

Andreas Spång

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Mixed martial artist
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Place of birth
Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden
Age
46 years
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Biography

Andreas Christian Spång (born November 7, 1978) is a Swedish professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the middleweight division and was featured in the sixth season tournament. His younger brother Chris Spang is also a mixed martial artist.

Personal life

Andreas Spang first learned boxing at 3-years-old from his father who had been an amateur boxer in Sweden. As he stated in a Bellator interview, Spang says, "It is important to be a role model for my family." He lives with his wife and young son in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Spang defines himself as a "striker by nature." As an amateur boxer, Spang has a record of 15-5 and went 1-0 as a professional K-1 fighter.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Spang made his professional MMA debut on April 5, 2008 when he fought at the Fight Fiesta de Luxe: Unstoppable event in Luxembourg and won his first match via unanimous decision. Sprang quickly rose up the middleweight ranks, compiling a 5-0 record. 6 of his 8 victories have been by knockout or submission win, all in the first round.

Bellator Fighting Championships

Andreas Spang is currently signed to Bellator Fighting Championships and competed in their season six middleweight tournament. Spang welcomed the opportunity to fight in the Bellator middleweight tournament when he replaced Bruno Santos, who was originally scheduled to face Rogers.

Spang made his Bellator debut at Bellator 66 on April 21, 2012 in a middleweight tournament semifinal match, where he defeated the highly aggressive Brian "The Predator" Rogers with an impressive come-from-behind KO victory.

He faced Maiquel Falcão in the finals at Bellator 69. After rocking Maiquel Falcão in the first round, Spang was controlled by Falcão's wrestling for the remainder of the fight and lost via unanimous decision.

In January 2013, Bellator announced Spang as a competitor in the Season Eight Middleweight tournament. His Quarterfinal fight took place at Bellator 89 against Doug Marshall. He lost via knock out in the first round.

World Series of Fighting

On July 15, 2015, it was announced that Spång signed with the World Series of Fighting to compete in the Light Heavyweight division.

Controversy

Spang was involved in a post-fight scuffle which marred his comeback at Bellator 66. Maiquel Falcão who had fought earlier that night defeating Vyacheslav Vasilevsky to secure his own spot in the middleweight finals, was brought into the cage to do a face-off with Spang for the first time after Spang's fight. When they moved in close to each other, Spang immediately shoved Falcão. Startled by this, the much publicized temperament of Falcão rushed back at him with a knee to the ribcage and then lifted up his hand as if looking to throw a punch. Officials, Bellator commentator/former fighter Jimmy Smith and fight matchmaker Sam Caplan separated the two from one another.

Spang, who also shoved Brian Rogers at Thursday's event during the fight's weigh-ins to get inside his opponent's head and not out of hatred, was apologetic to the crowd after the melee incident. He even apologized again at the post-fight press conference with Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney in attendance, stating he just doesn't like people getting up in his face.

Disciplinary action from the Ohio Athletic Commission, which oversaw the event, will determine if any fines and/or suspensions should be lifted against both fighters.

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Res.RecordOpponentMethodEventDateRoundTimeLocationNotes
Win9–3J.A. DudleyDecision (unanimous)Matrix Fights 9000000002014-12-05-0000December 5, 201435:00Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Loss8–3Doug MarshallKO (punch)Bellator 89000000002013-02-14-0000February 14, 201313:03Charlotte, North Carolina, United StatesBellator Season 8 Middleweight Tournament Quarterfinal
Loss8–2Maiquel FalcãoDecision (unanimous)Bellator 69000000002012-05-18-0000May 18, 201235:00Lake Charles, Louisiana, United StatesBellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament Final
Win8–1Brian RogersKO (punch)Bellator 66000000002012-04-20-0000April 20, 201223:34Cleveland, Ohio, United StatesBellator Season 6 Middleweight Tournament Semifinal
Win7–1Willie ParksTKO (punches)Strikeforce Challengers 20000000002011-11-18-0000November 18, 201113:10Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win6–1Cody KrahnSubmission (guillotine choke)MFC 30000000002011-06-10-0000June 10, 201111:18Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Loss5–1Ali MokdadSubmission (rear-naked choke)MFC 29000000002011-04-08-0000April 8, 201111:35Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Win5–0Chaun SimsTKO (punches)Ring of Fire 38 - Ascension000000002010-06-05-0000June 5, 201013:38Broomfield, Colorado, United States
Win4–0B.J. LacyDecision (unanimous)MMA Xplosion - Super Fight Night000000002010-02-20-0000February 20, 201035:00Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Win3–0Andre WalkerSubmission (guillotine choke)Ring of Fire 36 - Demolition000000002009-12-04-0000December 4, 200912:20Denver, Colorado, United States
Win2–0Ryan BallingallSubmission (guillotine choke)North American Challenge 25000000002009-06-27-0000June 27, 200910:54North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Win1–0Karim KhalifaDecision (unanimous)Fight Fiesta de Luxe - Unstoppable000000002008-04-05-0000April 5, 200835:00Hollerich, Luxembourg

Professional boxing record

0 Wins (0 knockouts, 0 decision), 0 Losses, 1 Draw
Res.RecordOpponentTypeRd., TimeDateLocationNotes
Draw0-0-1Mexico Alvaro MoralesMD4 (4)2007-05-12United States Reno Events Center, Reno, Nevada, United States
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