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Jamie Varner (James Christopher Varner, born October 12, 1984) is a MMA fighter who fights for the World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC). He is the former WEC Lightweight champion of the world. Being a world champion at the age of 24 is a feat achieved by very few athletes in any sport, even more difficult in the competitive sport of mixed martial arts. Jamie Varner is no ordinary athlete and he held the WEC championship belt for the 155lb division for almost 2 years. He began his training in high school while a wrestler and boxer and slowly evolved his training to be more mixed martial arts specific by the age of 19 while on a wrestling scholarship to Lock Haven University in Pennsylvania. During his time in college, he would not only earn a degree in accounting but a National Collegiate Boxing Title and an All American status in wrestling. His talent was apparent and it earned him his first fight in the UFC at the young age of 20. After going 1 and 1 in the UFC, he was transferred to WEC where he now calls home. Currently training out of Arizona Combat Sports, Jamie plans to regain the championship belt in the near future. |
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| Result | Opponent | Method | Event Title | Date | Round | Time |
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| Draw | Kamal Shalorus | Draw | WEC 49 - Varner vs. Shalorus | 6/20/2010 | 3 | 5:00 |
| Loss | Benson Henderson | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | WEC 46 - Varner vs. Henderson | 1/10/2010 | 3 | 2:41 |
| Win | Donald Cerrone | Technical Decision (Split) | WEC 38 - Varner vs. Cerrone | 1/25/2009 | 5 | 3:10 |
| Win | Marcus Hicks | TKO (Punches) | WEC 35 - World Extreme Cagefighting 35 | 8/3/2008 | 1 | 2:08 |
| Win | Rob McCullough | TKO (Punches) | WEC 32 - Albuquerque | 2/13/2008 | 3 | 2:54 |
| Win | Sherron Leggett | TKO (Punches and Elbows) | WEC 29 - Las Vegas | 8/5/2007 | 1 | 4:08 |
| Win | Jason Gilliam | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | UFC 68 - Uprising | 3/3/2007 | 1 | 1:34 |
| Loss | Hermes Franca | Submission (Armbar) | UFC 62 - Liddell vs. Sobral | 8/26/2006 | 3 | 3:31 |
| Win | Leonard Wilson | Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) | RITC 78 - Back with a Vengance | 1/14/2006 | 2 | 1:07 |
| NC | Tony Llamas | No Contest | KOTC - Arizona | 7/9/2005 | N/A | N/A |
| Win | Paul Arroyo | Submission (Strikes) | RITC 71 - Rage in the Cage 71 | 6/30/2005 | 1 | 2:03 |
| Win | Adam Roland | TKO | RITC 70 - Rage in the Cage 70 | 6/11/2005 | 1 | 2:46 |