Leeroy Barnes

Lee "Leeroy" Barnes (born 8 June 1984 in Blackpool) is an English mixed martial artist. He trains at the Wolfslair MMA Academy based in Widnes, England. His coaches include Dave Jackson for Muay Thai, Mark Kinney and Mark Shrimpton for Boxing, Mario Neto for Jiu Jitsu, and Zach Light for Wrestling. In Jimmy Page's book "Cage Talk: Inside the World's Toughest Sport", Barnes is one of the fighters who is interviewed and discussed. Barnes has also fought in events hosted by the top English MMA promotions such as Cage Gladiators and BAMMA.

Early career
Barnes's professional MMA debut was against Peter McGurk at CWFC - Enter The Rough House 4. Barnes lost a unanimous decision.

Barnes's first career win was in his 5th fight against Paul Thompson, which he won via TKO in the first round.

BAMMA
Barnes fought Jack Marshman at BAMMA 8 for the British Middleweight Championship, but lost via unanimous decision (30-27, 29-28, 29-28).

At BAMMA 9 Barnes defeated Matt Ewin via second round submission.

He next faced Denniston Sutherland at BAMMA 10, losing by unanimous decision. Following this loss Barnes was released from BAMMA.