New organizations are either born out of a labor of love or the blood sweat and tears of a passionate visionary in pursuit of a dream. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet the newest freedom falcon ready to see his stock soar skyward as he begins his professional Odessey in Caestus MMA. A professional mixed martial artist since December 2023 and representing Higher Level Mixed Martial Arts under James Doolan, Lorenzo Parente owns a 1-0 record with his only win during his time in the professional ranks coming via TKO. He has a single first-round finish under his belt in his lone appearance as a professional mixed martial artist and has a 100 percent finish rate to show for it. Parente has never gone to the scorecards at any point over the course of his career as a professional MMA fighter. The one and only finish during his professional career has come inside the opening round with a time of one minute and 12 seconds. Parente has spent his whole professional career in his home nation of Scotland and has fought for Caestus MMA. He is 1-0 under the Caestus MMA banner with one finish in his only outing with the promotion.
In his professional MMA debut in the main event of Caestus MMA 1, he faced Mohammed El Mir and went on to defeat him via technical knockout in round one. The win earned Parente the first knockout victory of his professional career along with his first finish under the Caestus MMA banner. He also secured his first win in addition to his only finish as a professional in the process. Parente is one prospect who is showing others the end product with a top team can really look like when you pull yourself up by the boot straps and your focus remains honed even on off days!