Vernon White

“Tiger”

MMA

26-33-2RECORD

10KO / TKO WINS

8SUBMISSION WINS

8DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Vernon Verdell White
Nickname	Tiger
Date of birth	3 Dec 1970
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Sparks, United States
Lives in	Palo Alto, United States
Division	Light Heavyweight
Team	Lion's Den
Height	183 cm (6′0″)
Reach	Not added yet
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	since 1993
Status	Not added yet
Pro debut	21 Sep 1993
Last fight	Loss vs Jason MacDonald, 20 Mar 2010

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Titles and honours

Former KOTC Light Heavyweight Champion
Former KOTC Light Heavyweight Superfight Champion
WVC 2 tournament runner-up

Background

American light heavyweight from Sparks, Nevada, who began his career with the Lion's Den in Japan's Pancrase in 1993. He later held King of the Cage titles and fought in the UFC, PRIDE, WEC, IFL and Strikeforce.

Fight history

61 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Jason MacDonald	Submission (triangle choke)	3	2:12	W1: Bad Blood	20 Mar 2010	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Loss	Lew Polley	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WarGods 5	30 May 2009	Alpine, California, USA
Win	Jeremiah Constant	DQ	1		XCC 6: Western Threat	5 Apr 2008	Reno, Nevada, USA
Loss	Marcelo Tigre	TKO (hand injury)	1	3:26	X-1: Grand Prix 2007	4 Aug 2007	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Loss	Mike Whitehead	TKO (punches)	2	0:54	IFL: Las Vegas	16 Jun 2007	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Sam Hoger	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	3:25	IFL: Moline	7 Apr 2007	Moline, Illinois, USA
Loss	Bobby Southworth	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	Strikeforce: Triple Threat	8 Dec 2006	San Jose, California, USA	For the vacant Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Championship
Loss	Victor Valimaki	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	EF 2: The Ultimate Decision	29 Sep 2006	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Loss	Lyoto Machida	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	WFA: King of the Streets	29 Sep 2006	Los Angeles, California, USA
Win	Jason Guida	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	5:00	WEC 18	13 Jan 2006	Lemoore, California, USA
Win	Alex Stiebling	KO (punch)	2	0:09	WEC 17	14 Oct 2005	Lemoore, California, USA
Loss	Matt Horwich	Submission (rear-naked choke)	2	2:38	SF 12: Breakout	16 Sep 2005	Portland, Oregon, USA
Win	Justin Burgin	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Valor Fighting: Medford Mayhem	16 Jul 2005	Medford, Oregon, USA
Win	Chris Peak	TKO	1		Valor Fighting: Home of the Brave	2 Jul 2005	Susanville, California, USA
Loss	Chuck Liddell	KO (punch)	1	4:05	UFC 49: Unfinished Business	21 Aug 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Marvin Eastman	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	KOTC 32: Bringing Heat	24 Jan 2004	Miami, Florida, USA
Draw	Ian Freeman	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 43: Meltdown	6 Jun 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Jeremy Horn	Decision (unanimous)	5	5:00	KOTC 23: Sin City	16 May 2003	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Lost the KOTC Light Heavyweight Championship
Win	Mike Rogers	Decision (split)	3	5:00	KOTC 16: Double Cross	2 Aug 2002	San Jacinto, California, USA	Defended the KOTC Light Heavyweight Championship
Win	James Lee	Submission (heel hook)	3	1:00	KOTC 11: Domination	29 Sep 2001	San Jacinto, California, USA	Defended the KOTC Light Heavyweight Championship
Win	Joe Priole	TKO (punches)	2		WMMAA 1: MegaFights	10 Aug 2001	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Win	Marvin Eastman	Decision (split)	3	5:00	KOTC 8: Bombs Away	29 Apr 2001	Williams, California, USA	Won the inaugural KOTC Light Heavyweight Championship
Win	David Dodd	KO (flying knee)	2	3:43	KOTC 6: Road Warriors	29 Nov 2000	Mount Pleasant, Michigan, USA	Defended the KOTC Light Heavyweight Superfight Championship
Win	Marcos da Silva	Submission	1		IFC: Battleground 2	30 Sep 2000	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
Loss	Allan Goes	Decision (unanimous)	2	10:00	PRIDE 9	4 Jun 2000	Nagoya, Japan
Win	Todd Medina	KO (punch)	1	0:09	KOTC 3: Knockout Nightmare	15 Apr 2000	San Jacinto, California, USA	Won the KOTC Light Heavyweight Superfight Championship
Win	Vladimir Matyushenko	Decision (split)	1	25:00	IFC: Montreal Cage Combat	9 Oct 1999	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Win	David Terrell	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	IFC WC 4: Warriors Challenge 4	7 Aug 1999	Jackson, California, USA
Loss	Kazushi Sakuraba	Submission (armbar)	3	6:53	PRIDE 2	15 Mar 1998	Yokohama, Japan
Win	Brian Gassaway	Submission (ankle lock)	1	1:26	WPC: World Pankration Championships 1	26 Oct 1997	Texas, USA
Loss	Vladimir Matyushenko	Submission (neck crank)	1	5:44	IFC 5: Battle in the Bayou	5 Sep 1997	Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Loss	Mario Sperry	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Caged Combat 1: Australian Ultimate Fighting	22 Mar 1997	Sydney, Australia
Loss	Pedro Rizzo	KO (kick)	1	6:30	WVC 2: World Vale Tudo Championship 2	10 Nov 1996	Brazil
Win	Iouri Oulianitski	KO (kick)	1	1:21	WVC 2: World Vale Tudo Championship 2	10 Nov 1996	Brazil
Win	Cees Bezems	Submission (heel hook)	1	2:10	WVC 2: World Vale Tudo Championship 2	10 Nov 1996	Brazil
Loss	Osami Shibuya	Decision (lost points)	1	20:00	Pancrase: Truth 7	8 Oct 1996	Nagoya, Japan
Win	Kazuo Takahashi	KO (head kick)	1	19:43	Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show	7 Sep 1996	Urayasu, Japan
Win	Minoru Suzuki	Decision (majority)	1	15:00	Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2	23 Jul 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Masakatsu Funaki	Submission (ankle lock)	1	2:34	Pancrase: Truth 6	25 Jun 1996	Fukuoka, Japan
Draw	Takaku Fuke	Draw (unanimous)	1	10:00	Pancrase: Truth 5	16 May 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Ryushi Yanagisawa	Submission (ankle lock)	1	12:47	Pancrase: Truth 3	7 Apr 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Kazuo Takahashi	Decision (lost points)	1	10:00	Pancrase: Truth 3	7 Apr 1996	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Frank Shamrock	Submission (achilles lock)	1	5:23	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 7	14 Dec 1995	Hokkaido, Japan
Loss	Katsuomi Inagaki	Decision (majority)	1	10:00	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 6	4 Nov 1995	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Gregory Smit	Decision (1–0)	1	10:00	Pancrase: 1995 Neo-Blood Tournament Opening Round	22 Jul 1995	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Manabu Yamada	Submission (kneebar)	1	10:26	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 5	13 Jun 1995	Sapporo, Japan
Win	Larry Papadopoulos	Submission (heel hook)	1	9:54	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 3	8 Apr 1995	Nagoya, Japan
Loss	Takafumi Ito	Submission (armbar)	1	7:26	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 2	10 Mar 1995	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Masakatsu Funaki	Submission (straight armbar)	1	5:37	King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round	16 Dec 1994	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Leon van Dijk	Submission (heel hook)	1	3:45	King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round	16 Dec 1994	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Todd Bjornethun	Decision (lost points)	1	15:00	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 5	15 Oct 1994	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Richard Saar	KO (palm strikes)	1	3:25	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 4	1 Sep 1994	Osaka, Japan
Win	Katsuomi Inagaki	Submission (inverted heel hook)	1	4:15	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 3	26 Jul 1994	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Remco Pardoel	Technical decision (lost points)	1	14:24	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 2	6 Jul 1994	Amagasaki, Japan
Loss	Bas Rutten	Submission (guillotine choke)	1	1:16	Pancrase: Pancrash! 3	21 Apr 1994	Osaka, Japan
Loss	Masakatsu Funaki	KO (knee to the body)	1	1:13	Pancrase: Pancrash! 2	12 Mar 1994	Nagoya, Japan
Loss	Andre van den Oetelaar	Submission (forearm choke)	1	6:22	Pancrase: Pancrash! 1	19 Jan 1994	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Ryushi Yanagisawa	Technical decision (lost points)	1	8:55	Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 4	8 Dec 1993	Hakata, Japan
Win	Katsuomi Inagaki	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	22:04	Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 3	8 Nov 1993	Kobe, Japan
Loss	Minoru Suzuki	Submission (leg scissor choke)	1	2:36	Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2	14 Oct 1993	Nagoya, Japan
Loss	Takaku Fuke	Submission (armbar)	1	1:19	Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1	21 Sep 1993	Urayasu, Japan	Pro debut