The best way for any fighter on the upswing to block out all of the uncommon noise after suffering the sting of defeat is to swing stronger than ever before like a bull in the batter’s box and completely flip the script on past expectations by rebuilding the bar they set for themselves in the beginning. In today’s episode of Across The Pond, you will meet the latest steer of silver starred scariness lassoing in the critics and doubters at lightweight for Fury Fighting Championship. A professional mixed martial artist since November 2024 and representing Main Street Boxing and Muay Thai, Chris Velarde holds a 3-1 record in four bouts consisting of two submissions and one knockout. Velarde has spent his whole arc as a professional MMA fighter with Fury Fighting Championship and is 3-1 under their banner. He has spent his entire career in the United States in his home state of Texas. Velarde has never gone to the scorecards over the course of his journey inside the professional ranks with a 100 percent finishing rate under his belt to show for it. He has finished all three of his professional victories.
In his professional MMA debut and promotional debut under the Fury Fighting Championship banner at Fury FC Challenger Series 12, he faced Jet Hampton and went on to submit him in the second round via rear-naked choke. Velarde also tapped out Christian Galivanez via rear-naked choke in round one at Fury FC Challenger Series 14 to pick up his second submission win as a professional. Then on the preliminary card of Fury FC 118, he defeated Travis Hudson via TKO to earn the first knockout victory of his professional career along with his third win and finish under the Fury Fighting Championship banner. He also notched victory number three overall as a professional mixed martial artist in the process. Velarde is a prospect whose sharpened horns can snare the unprepared like tumbleweeds caught in a dry spell of drought!
