Bryan Baker (fighter)

Bryan Baker, born 13 October 1985, is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight division. A professional since 2007, starting with the Cage of Fire promotion in Mexico, he fought for promotions including World Extreme Cagefighting, Maximum Fighting Championship and Bellator. Stepping in at short notice for a WEC 33 bout against Chael Sonnen, he suffered his first professional loss by unanimous decision. In 2010 he reached the final of Bellator's second-season middleweight tournament, beating Sean Loeffler by TKO and Eric Schambari by triangle choke before losing to Alexander Shlemenko by first-round TKO on 24 June 2010 at Bellator 23. In September 2010 it was revealed that he was battling chronic myelogenous leukemia and had gone into remission three weeks earlier.