John Palaiologos

MMA RECORD : 17 - 9 - 0         
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HEIGHT : 6'2'' / 188 cm
WEIGHT : 170 LBS / 77 KG
DIVISION : Welterweight
HOMETOWN : Athens, Greece
ASSOCIATION : EFL Academy / Kings MMA

               

BIOGRAPHY
John Palaiologos (born August 19, 1987) is a professional Greek Welterweight Mixed Martial Artist, fighting out of Kings MMA in California.  

He was born in Athens, Greece and he start training at the age of 17 in Kickboxoing at the Monomaxous Chalkida fighting club and then continued with MMA and Muay Thai training at Evoiki Dynami and Sfyridis Gladiators fighting clubs.

John is a professional athlete since 2012 and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Purple Belt. In Athens, he is training in MMA and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu with the EFL Academy. 

In 2012 - 2nd at the Acropolis Open tournament and 3rd at the No Gi Open tournament.
In 2013 - 1st at the Greek Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Championship and 3rd at the Rome European Open.

In January 2015, for his training camp John joined King's MMA in Anaheim, CA to reach a higher level in his career 

In 2018 - 1st at the ADCC Open Championship in his welterweight division & Silver medal in the open division in Budapest, Hungary. 

FINAL FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP
In February 2016, John takes an important fight on short notice at Final Fighting Championship 22 in Athens, Greece and wins the fight by TKO in the first round over Alexandro Dimaras.