Oliver Enkamp
BornMiko Eric Oliver Enkamp
(1991-08-10) August 10, 1991
Täby kyrkby, Sweden
Other namesThe Future
NationalitySwedish
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
DivisionWelterweight
Reach77.0 in (196 cm)[1]
StyleKickboxing, Muay Thai, Karate
Fighting out ofStockholm, Sweden
TeamPancrase Gym Sweden
RankBlack belt in Karate [2]
Years active2013–present
Kickboxing record
Total1
Wins1
By knockout1
Mixed martial arts record
Total15
Wins11
By knockout2
By submission7
By decision2
Losses4
By knockout1
By decision3
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Miko Eric Oliver Enkamp (born August 10, 1991) is a Swedish mixed martial artist who competes in the Welterweight division of the Bellator MMA.[2]

Background

Karate

Enkamp grew up with martial arts as his family runs Combat Academy - a martial arts center in Täby - where he himself started training already at a couple of years old.  Having a permanent training partner in his brother would pay off and he was, among other things, selected to the Swedish junior national team in karate after traveling around Europe and competing in both Kata (his brother Jesse's specialty) and Kumite. During the years he was active in karate, he visited Okinawa in Japan several times to learn more directly from the birthplace of karate.[3][4][5]

Kickboxing

As a teenager, his interests expanded and he started training kickboxing after watching matches in K-1 on Eurosport. At this time, in addition to karate training, the club also had two kickboxing coaches named Anders Carlsson and Roger Wikström who helped him develop and became something of a mentor to Enkamp.[3][5]

Submission grappling

At the same time as the sport of MMA gained momentum, Enkamp became interested in grappling and began training at the club Pancrase Gym to add submissions to its technical register. Shortly afterwards, he started competing in this, which led him to a gold in the SGL - Swedish Grappling League.  Oliver attributes his creativity and movement patterns on the ground to all the years he practiced breakdance as a teenager.[3]

Muay Thai

As soon as Enkamp graduated from high school, he went to Phuket, Thailand and Tiger Muay Thai to practice Muay Thai. He stayed there for nine weeks and managed to compete in his first professional Muay Thai match. A match that spread widely after he won via main kick and KO in the second round.[3][6]

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Amateur

In 2009, Enkamp received an invitation to the summer camp MMA-Academy and he signed up as the only participant from the club. Once in place, a whole new world opened up for him when he realized how deep one could dive into the technical and tactical aspects of the sport. It was the starting shot for what would be his professional MMA career. In 2010 he started competing in shootfighting (today called MMA class-B) and the following year they introduced Amateur MMA (today called MMA class-A) which he competed successfully in and became the first Swedish champion in 2011 after a six-second KO in the final match.[7] The following year, 2012, he defended his title as Swedish champion in welterweight (-77.1 kg) before he with an amateur result of 14-1 decided to start competing professionally.[3]

Professional

Prior to his professional debut, Enkamp went to the Alliance Training Center in San Diego, CA, USA. There he lived upstairs in the gym for two months and trained with i.a. Ross Pearson, Jeremy Stephens, Brandon Vera, Phil Davis and Dominick Cruz. As prepared as he could be, he went since his debut match on March 9, 2013 at IRFA 4 against the Finn Kari Paivinen and won via reverse triangle throttling in the third round.[3][8]

Before the next match in IRFA, Enkamp played a match at the Scanian organization Trophy MMA's second gala where he 1 June 2013 won his second professional match via rear-naked in the second round against the Swede Erik Greissen.[9]  After that, he spent a summer with his brother in Hawaii and visited BJ Penn's gym in Hilo.[3]

Then back under IRFA's flag, he met Georg the Swede Guram Kutateladze on April 5, 2014 at IRFA 6 and won by unanimous decision.[10]

When he then returned to the USA, he made it to the American Top Team to wrestle with e.g. Thiago Alves and sparred with Gleison Tibau. Six months later at IRFA 7 on 22 November 2014, Enkamp met the Pole Lukasz Bieniek, whom he defeated via submission late in the second round.[11]

In the spring of 2015, Enkamp flew to Las Vegas to participate in the competitions for the TV series The Ultimate Fighter, where he joined the European team coached by Conor McGregor. The following summer, there was a training trip to Lyoto Machida's dojo in Belém, Brazil, where he made good contact with the former UFC champion and advice on what would lead him to a future contract with the UFC. However, a knee injury from training in Brazil put a stop to the TUF opportunity.[3]

On September 17, 2016 at IRFA 10, it was time for the next match. This time against the Dutchman Arne Boekee in the gala's main match which Enkamp defeated via armbar / triangle in the second round.[12]

Superior Challenge

Less than a month after his last match in IRFA, Enkamp went up against the Brazilian Rickson Pontes at SC 14. After a tough match, Enkamp won via unanimous decision and was noticed by Swedish newspapers.[13]

About six months later, April 1, 2017 came the next match in SC 15 where he met the Dane Frodi Vitalis Hansen and won via TKO already in the first round.[14]

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Enkamp, as a replacement for Emil Weber Meek, made his UFC debut on short notice on 28 May 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira.[15] He lost the fight by unanimous decision.[16]

Enkamp faced Danny Roberts on 17 March 2018 at UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov.[17] He lost the fight via knockout in the first round.[18]

After his second straight loss, he was released from the UFC.[19]

Bellator MMA

Enkamp made his Bellator debut against Walter Gahadza on June 22, 2019 at Bellator 223. He won the bout via rear-naked choke at the end of the first round.[20]

Enkamp's next match in Bellator was confirmed on August 8 and it was against the Italian Giorgio Pietrini on October 12, 2019 at Bellator 230 and was the second main match, co-main.[21]  On 17 September, MMAjunkie announced that Giorgio Pietrini had been removed from the card due to illness and that Bellator was looking for a new opponent for Enkamp,[22] and on 26 September, Enkamp himself announced via instagram that the match had been canceled.[23]

In his sophomore performance, Enkamp faced Lewis Long on February 22, 2022 at Bellator 240. He scored a highlight finish, knocking out spinning back fist in the first round.[24][25]

Enkamp faced Emmanuel Dawa on October 10, 2020 at Bellator 248.[26] He scored a japanese necktie to win the bout in the first round.[27]

Enkamp faced Kyle Crutchmer on December 3, 2021 at Bellator 272.[28][29] He lost his first Bellator bout via unanimous decision.[30]

Enkamp faced Mark Lemminger on May 13, 2022 at Bellator 281.[31] He won this fight scoring a buggy choke, the first in Bellator history, in the third round.[32][33]

Enkamp was scheduled to face Luca Poclit on February 25, 2023 at Bellator 291.[34] However, Enkamp had to pull out of the bout due to injury.[35]

Enkamp was rebooked to face Luca Poclit on May 12, 2023 at Bellator 296[36] He lost the fight by unanimous decision.[37]

Personal life

Oliver's brother, Jesse Enkamp, runs a successful Youtube channel, with over 750,000 subscribers, where he discusses karate and other topics related to martial arts. Oliver makes frequent appearances on the channel with his brother covering his training camps and other aspects of his MMA career.[38][39]

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
15 matches 11 wins 4 losses
By knockout 2 1
By submission 7 0
By decision 2 3
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 11–4 Luca Poclit Decision (unanimous) Bellator 296 May 12, 2023 3 5:00 Paris, France
Win 11–3 Mark Lemminger Submission (buggy choke) Bellator 281 May 13, 2022 3 0:25 London, England
Loss 10–3 Kyle Crutchmer Decision (unanimous) Bellator 272 December 3, 2021 3 5:00 Uncasville, Connecticut, United States
Win 10–2 Emmanuel Dawa Submission (japanese necktie) Bellator 248 October 10, 2020 1 4:10 Paris, France
Win 9–2 Lewis Long KO (spinning back fist) Bellator 240 February 22, 2020 1 4:10 Dublin, Ireland
Win 8–2 Walter Gahadza Submission (rear-naked choke) Bellator 223 June 22, 2019 1 4:54 London, England
Loss 7–2 Danny Roberts KO (punch) UFC Fight Night: Werdum vs. Volkov March 17, 2018 1 2:12 London, England
Loss 7–1 Nordine Taleb Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Gustafsson vs. Teixeira May 28, 2017 3 5:00 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 7–0 Frodi Vitalis Hansen TKO (punches) Superior Challenge 15 April 1, 2017 1 4:50 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 6–0 Rickson Pontes Decision (unanimous) Superior Challenge 14 October 8, 2016 3 5:00 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 5–0 Arne Boekee Submission (triangle choke) IRFA 10 September 17, 2016 2 2:25 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 4–0 Łukasz Bieniek Submission (rear-naked choke) IRFA 7 November 22, 2014 2 4:52 Solna, Sweden Catchweight (161 lb) bout.
Win 3–0 Guram Kutateladze Decision (unanimous) IRFA 6 April 5, 2014 3 5:00 Solna, Sweden Catchweight (161 lb) bout.
Win 2–0 Erik Greisson Submission (rear-naked choke) Trophy MMA 2 June 1, 2013 2 3:17 Malmö, Sweden Welterweight debut.
Win 1–0 Kari Paivinen Submission (inverted triangle choke) IRFA 4 March 9, 2013 3 1:50 Solna, Sweden Catchweight (161 lb) bout.

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See also

References

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