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My Take
Nate Marquardt is the kind of fighter I respect more the longer I look at his record. A pro since 1999, he was a three-time Pancrase Middleweight Champion in Japan before most American fans knew his name, and he later took the Strikeforce welterweight belt too. That blend of mixed martial arts, boxing, and Thai boxing tells me he was a craftsman, not a brawler. Coming out of tiny Lander, Wyoming, he built a genuinely global resume across multiple weight classes. To me he's an underrated veteran whose technical depth never quite got the spotlight it deserved.
Overview
Nathan Joel Marquardt (born April 20, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight and welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 1999, he is a former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion and a three-time Pancrase Middleweight Champion.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Nate Marquardt
- Name (Japanese)
- ネイサン・マーコート
- Reading
- ねいさん・まーこーと
- Born
- April 20, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Goat
- Origin
- Lander, Wyoming, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 183 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- mixed martial arts fighter / boxer / Thai boxer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Wheat Ridge High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.