Dan Ige

Ige is the kind of fighter I root for: no shortcut to the top, just a steady climb through Legacy, Pancrase, the RFA and Titan before earning his UFC featherweight spot. A Honolulu kid who wrestled at Wartburg College in Iowa, he carries his island identity openly, right down to that 808 area code in his social handle. I find his career more compelling than the highlight-reel knockout artists, because his story is about durability and grit, scraping out a place fight by fight. He is the workmanlike heart of a brutal division, and I respect that deeply.

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Name (English)

Dan Ige

Name (Japanese)

ダン・イゲ

Reading

だん・いげ

Born

August 6, 1991 (age 35)

Origin

Honolulu, United States

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Goat

University

Wartburg College

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/dynamitedan808/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Ige
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B2
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48226886

Tags

• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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