Per Eklund (14-5-1, 10) was born in Stockholm, Sweden on November 12, 1980. At the age of 21 years on February 15, 2002, he made his professional MMA debut against Ilya Kudryashov, winning the fight via 2-round split decision.
On January 19, 2008, 27-year old Per Eklund made his UFC debut on his 17th professional MMA fight at UFC 80 against a 23-year old Sam Stout but lost the fight via unanimous decision.
Eklund's last fight was a 1st-round KO loss to Thomas Hytten at age 30 on March 19, 2011. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
He has fought three times in the UFC, and has a record of 1 win and 2 losses in the promotion.
Some of Per Eklund's best fights have been against Samy Schiavo, Tom Niinimäki and Ilya Kudryashov.
Eklund has 5 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | Mar 19, 2011 30 years, 4 months 14-5-1 (10) | Thomas Hytten | LT | 1 | KO | LOSS Punch | |
19  | Feb 21, 2009 28 years, 3 months 14-4-1 (10) | 27 years, 2 months 7-0 (6) | UFC | LT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
18 | Oct 18, 2008 27 years, 11 months 14-3-1 (10) | Samy Schiavo | UFC | LT | 3 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke |
17  | Jan 19, 2008 27 years, 2 months 13-3-1 (9) | 23 years, 8 months 12-3-1 (9) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS |
16 | Aug 25, 2007 26 years, 9 months 13-2-1 (9) | Rafael Dias | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
15 | May 12, 2007 26 years, 6 months 12-2-1 (9) | Toni Talvitie | LT | 2 | UD | WIN | |
14 | Apr 15, 2007 26 years, 5 months 11-2-1 (9) | David Metcalf | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
13 | Jan 28, 2007 26 years, 2 months 10-2-1 (8) | Aaron Barrow | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Kimura | |
12  | Oct 14, 2006 25 years, 11 months 9-2-1 (7) | 28 years, 5 months 18-3-2 (13) | FT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | |
11  | May 6, 2006 25 years, 5 months 9-1-1 (7) | 33 years, 2 months 10-0 (9) | FT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
10 | Apr 8, 2006 25 years, 4 months 8-1-1 (7) | Yuri Ivlev | M-1 | FT | 2 | UD | LOSS |
9 | Nov 20, 2005 25 years 8-0-1 (7) | Chico Martinez | Rings | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar |
8 | Oct 24, 2004 23 years, 11 months 7-0-1 (6) | Mikhail Rosokhaty | FT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
7 | Sep 18, 2004 23 years, 10 months 6-0-1 (5) | Colin Mannsur | FT | 2 | KO | WIN Knees | |
6 | Feb 22, 2003 22 years, 3 months 5-0-1 (4) | Thomas Hytten | FT | 2 | UD | DRAW | |
5 | Nov 30, 2002 22 years 5-0 (4) | Teemu Nurkkala | FT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
4  | Nov 30, 2002 22 years 4-0 (3) | 20 years, 4 months 2-0 (2) | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
3 | Oct 26, 2002 21 years, 11 months 3-0 (2) | Tchavdar Pavlov | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Triangle choke | |
2 | Oct 26, 2002 21 years, 11 months 2-0 (1) | Karim Sorensen | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | ||
1 | Feb 15, 2002 21 years, 3 months 1-0 (0) | Ilya Kudryashov | M-1 | 2 | SD | WIN |
