| Uriah Hall Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft |
| Weight | 84 kg |
| Date of Birth | July 31, 1984 |
| Zodiac Sign | Leo |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
Uriah Hall is a Jamaican-American retired mixed martial artist and former kickboxer who began competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), in August 2013. He announced his retirement from competitive mixed martial arts in August 2022, with a 10-8 win-loss record in the UFC. Before joining UFC, he had put together a 7-3 win-loss record competing mainly in promotions such as Ring of Combat and Bellator MMA. He started his professional mixed martial arts career in the light heavyweight division in October 2005, with a win. His next bout was in June 2009, almost 4 years later, by which time, he had switched to the middleweight division. In June 2010, in the 4th professional bout of his MMA career, he won the vacant Ring of Combat Middleweight Championship. He lost the title in his very next bout in September 2010. It was also the first loss of his professional MMA career. He won the vacant Ring of Combat Middleweight Championship for the 2nd and final time in June 2012. He is a second-degree blackbelt in Tiger Schulmann’s Mixed Martial Arts and had also competed as a kickboxer in the World Combat League, a full-contact, team-based kickboxing promotion.
Born Name
Uriah Alexander Hall
Nick Name
Prime Time
Sun Sign
Leo
Born Place
Spanish Town, St. Catherine, Middlesex, Jamaica
Residence
He splits his time between Jamaica, and New York City, New York, United States.
Nationality
He holds dual nationality.
Education
Uriah had attended middle and high school in Queens, New York City.
Occupation
Professional Mixed Martial Artist (Retired), Professional Kickboxer (Retired)
Family
- Siblings – He has a sister.
Weight(s)
- Light Heavyweight (2005)
- Middleweight (2009–2022)
Stance
Orthodox
Reach
6 ft 7 in or 200.5 cm
Build
Athletic
Height
6 ft or 183 cm
Weight
84 kg or 185 lbs
Race / Ethnicity
Black
He is of Afro-Jamaican descent.
Hair Color
Black
Eye Color
Dark Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Toned physique
- Sports the mohawk hairstyle
- Sports a thick beard
Uriah Hall Facts
- Born in Jamaica, Uriah moved to New York City when he was about 13 years old. He was bullied a lot at his school there and took to martial arts training around the age of 16 as a means to tackle the bullying.
- He holds the record of being the first UFC fighter in history to have won a bout without throwing a single strike.
- In his career, he won 2 UFC Bonus Awards, both being ‘Performance of the Night’ – in September 2015 and September 2017. UFC Bonus Awards are separate cash bonuses usually awarded to 4 fighters after each UFC event, based on the internal decisions by the UFC management. These awards include – ‘Fight of the Night’, ‘Knockout of the Night’, ‘Submission of the Night’, and ‘Performance of the Night’.
- He played a cameo role in a 2015 action movie titled Street.
- As of October 2022, he was tied for the most number of knockout victories in the middleweight division (8) in the history of the UFC. He shared this record with Anderson Silva and Thiago Santos.
- Uriah announced his boxing debut in a 4-round cruiserweight fight against former professional American football player Le’Veon Bell, as an undercard of the Jake Paul vs. Anderson Silva event, held on October 29, 2022, at the Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona. He won the bout by unanimous decision.
Featured Image by Uriah Hall / Instagram
