Lance Palmer (23-8, 9) was born in Columbia Station, Ohio, U.S. on February 7, 1987. At the age of 24 years on May 11, 2011, he made his professional MMA debut against Emilio Gonzales, winning the fight via 1st-round submission.
Palmer's last fight was a 2nd-round TKO loss to Alexey Polpudnikov at age 37 on May 17, 2024. He is on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Lance Palmer's best fights have been against Chris Horodecki, Steven Siler and Sheymon Moraes.
Palmer has 8 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31 | May 17, 2024 37 years, 3 months 23-8 (9) | Alexey Polpudnikov | LT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
30 | Sep 2, 2023 36 years, 6 months 23-7 (9) | Bibert Tumenov | FT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punches | |
29  | Jun 24, 2022 35 years, 4 months 23-6 (9) | 31 years, 8 months 14-5 (7) | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
28  | Apr 28, 2022 35 years, 2 months 22-6 (9) | 34 years, 6 months 20-7 (5) | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
27  | Jun 25, 2021 34 years, 4 months 22-5 (9) | 30 years, 8 months 16-0-1 (8) | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
26  | Apr 23, 2021 34 years, 2 months 22-4 (9) | 33 years, 2 months 14-4 (9) | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
25 | Dec 31, 2019 32 years, 10 months 22-3 (9) | Alex Gilpin | PFL | FT | 5 | UD | WIN |
24 | Oct 17, 2019 32 years, 8 months 21-3 (9) | Alex Gilpin | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
23 | Oct 17, 2019 32 years, 8 months 20-3 (9) | Alexandre Almeida | PFL | FT | 2 | UD | WIN |
22 | Jul 25, 2019 32 years, 5 months 19-3 (9) | Luis Rafael Laurentino | PFL | FT | 3 | TKO | WIN Punches |
21 | May 23, 2019 32 years, 3 months 18-3 (8) | Alex Gilpin | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
20  | Dec 31, 2018 31 years, 10 months 17-3 (8) | 31 years, 10 months 32-17-1 (22) | PFL | FT | 5 | UD | WIN |
19 | Oct 5, 2018 31 years, 7 months 16-3 (8) | Andre Harrison | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
18 | Oct 5, 2018 31 years, 7 months 15-3 (8) | Max Coga | PFL | FT | 2 | UD | WIN |
17 | Jul 19, 2018 31 years, 5 months 14-3 (8) | Jumabieke Tuerxun | PFL | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
16 | Jun 7, 2018 31 years, 4 months 13-3 (7) | Bekbulat Magomedov | PFL | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
15 | Nov 2, 2017 30 years, 8 months 12-3 (6) | 30 years, 8 months 29-16 (21) | PFL | FT | 3 | UD | WIN |
14 | Mar 18, 2017 30 years, 1 months 11-3 (6) | Andre Harrison | WSOF | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS Lost WSOF featherweight title |
13 | Jul 30, 2016 29 years, 5 months 11-2 (6) | Alexandre Almeida | WSOF | FT | 5 | MD | WIN Won WSOF featherweight title |
12 | Dec 18, 2015 28 years, 10 months 10-2 (6) | Alexandre Almeida | WSOF | FT | 5 | UD | LOSS Lost WSOF featherweight title |
11  | Jun 5, 2015 28 years, 3 months 10-1 (6) | 27 years, 8 months 21-5-1 (11) | WSOF | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Neck crank Defended WSOF featherweight title |
10 | Dec 13, 2014 27 years, 10 months 9-1 (5) | Rick Glenn | WSOF | FT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke Won WSOF featherweight title |
9 | Jun 21, 2014 27 years, 4 months 8-1 (4) | Nick LoBosco | WSOF | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke |
8  | Dec 7, 2013 26 years, 10 months 7-1 (3) | 28 years, 6 months 22-3-1 (16) | WSOF | FT | 3 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke For WSOF featherweight title |
7  | Jun 21, 2013 26 years, 4 months 7-0 (3) | 23 years, 11 months 9-1 (2) | FT | 5 | SD | WIN Won RFA featherweight title | |
6 | May 10, 2013 26 years, 3 months 6-0 (3) | Patrick Reeves | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
5  | Nov 2, 2012 25 years, 8 months 5-0 (2) | 33 years, 5 months 11-4 (7) | FT | 3 | SD | WIN | |
4 | Aug 4, 2012 25 years, 5 months 4-0 (2) | Joe Washington | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Feb 24, 2012 25 years 3-0 (2) | Jordan Chandler | FT | 2 | SUB | WIN Arm triangle choke | |
2 | Oct 1, 2011 24 years, 7 months 2-0 (1) | Chris David | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
1 | May 11, 2011 24 years, 3 months 1-0 (1) | Emilio Gonzales | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke |
