Navigating stardom’s path in the UFC often means staying true to who you are while adapting to the landscape of current times regardless of what route you end up taking to reach the goal at the conclusion of your overall athletic arc. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet an anaconda of annihilating suffocation doing a figure eight on Welterweight opposition as one of the ascending serpents on Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender sixth cycle. A professional mixed martial artist since April 2017 and representing Team Crossface under head coach David Lee, Sam Patterson owns a 12-2-1 record in 14 contests consisting of seven submissions, four knockouts one decision and a draw. He secured his contract from the UFC during week 10 on the season finale of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series season six in 2022. Patterson fought for various promotions including Brave Combat Federation prior to debuting with the UFC at UFC 286 in March 2023. He has finished 11 out of his 12 victories overall over the course of his career as a professional MMA fighter.
In his professional MMA debut at Fightstar Championship 9, he faced Sean Flynn and defeated him via TKO in round one. Patterson also defeated Rajbir Mehra via technical knockout in the first round. Then at Killcam Fight Night 15 Survivor, he submitted Jordan Miller in round two. Patterson tapped out Ahmad El Ashaal in the first round at Rise Of Champions 7. He submitted Cian Cowley in round three at Brave CF 33. Patterson knocked out Felipe Silva in the first round at Brave CF 41. He defeated Ylies Djiroun at Brave CF 51 via unanimous decision. Patterson submitted Kamil Magomedov in the second round at Brave CF 55. He defeated Khunkar Pasha Osmaev at Brave CF 57 via TKO in round two. Patterson tapped out Vinicius Sacchelli Cenci in the second round via rear-naked choke on the season finale of Dana White’s Tuesday Night Contender Series to notch a UFC contract.
In his second appearance under the UFC banner on the preliminary card of UFC 297, he submitted Yohan Lainesse in round one via rear-naked choke. Patterson tapped out Keifer Crosbie via arm-triangle choke in the first round at UFC 304 to earn the seventh submission win of his professional career along with back-to back victories and finishes under the UFC banner. He also scored his 12th victory inside the professional ranks in the process. Patterson’s focus on the here and now has earned him high style marks as the promotion’s next European poster boy!
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