Martin Day
We take a look at the record of Martin Day and his career so far
Martin Richard Day is a Japanese-born American mixed martial artist who competes in the Bantamweight division. He had a brief stint in the UFC with a couple of fights.
Martin was born in Nagoya, Japan while his parents were stationed there and his family moved to Hawaii when he was 9 months old. He has eight other siblings. He began his martial arts training in Taekwondo when he was 13 and started competing around the same time. After starting boxing around the age of 15 and accumulating quite a bit of amateur kickboxing fights, he decided to try MMA. Currently, Day is a 4th degree Dan Black Belt in ITF Taekwondo.
He started his career in 2015, and earned an impressive record of 6–1, before he was invited to Dana White’s Contender Series. Day’s lone loss on the road prior to DWTNCS came in March 2017 when he suffered defeat to Bellator MMA and LFA veteran Nohelin Hernandez.
Day’s first shot under the ZUFFA lights came against Jaime Alvarez on Dana White’s Contender Series 6 in August 2017. Day came out early with very solid leg kicks but was unable to get the judges’ decision at the end of the bout.
After the defeat, Day continued to win on the Hawaiian and California regional scenes. Day won all three of his following bouts, two of them by finishes. The final of the three was against the undefeated Brady Huang. Huang was 8-0 going into the matchup with all eight bouts ending by finish and seven of those eight ending in the first round. The two battled URCC 34: Destiny in August 2018 as the co-main event to former UFC veteran Tyson Griffin. Day made quick work of the undefeated star, knocking out Huang in the second round.
Martin Day made his UFC octagon debut on November 24th, 2018, at UFC Fight Night: Blaydes vs. Ngannou 2 against Liu Pingyuan. He lost the fight via split decision.
He went on to face Davey Grant on July 11, 2020, at UFC 251. He lost the fight via knockout in the third round.
Day fought Anderson dos Santos on November 28, 2020, at UFC on ESPN: Smith vs. Clark. He lost the fight via first round guillotine choke.
Day faced Timur Valiev on February 6, 2021, at UFC Fight Night: Overeem vs. Volkov. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
On February 18, 2021, it was announced that Day had been released from the UFC with four consecutive losses.
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