Andre Ewell boxer

Andre Eugene Ewell (born January 21, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Featherweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He also competed for Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES MMA) and is a former CES MMA Bantamweight Champion.Ewell, who is a Riverside, California native, excelled in football and track and field at Arlington High School. He was offered a full scholarship to go to University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) after his graduated from high school. However, due to his poor grades, he went to a community college instead. During his college year, inspired by Roy Jones Jr., he picked up boxing and wanted to pursue it as a career but his first few boxing matches results were disappointing.During this time, his son, Eli, was born, and due to the falling out with his child's mother and was denied for custody of his son. Ewell transitioned to mixed martial arts, hoping he could find success in the sport and could prove to the court he has value and he could be the financial provider for his son.It's my son. Anyone who knows anything about me knows that I'm doing this for my son. I literally went bankrupt just trying to fight to be in my son’s life. I had a hard year of not being in the fight and working to be in his life. Everything I had and was making was going straight to my son, but it's my son. It got to that moment that I had to do something that I honestly love, and my son’s going to grow up watching that and seeing that not only am I great at it, but it's all for him.Without any amateur mixed martial arts fights, Ewell fought most of his early professional fights primarily in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. He competed for regional promotions Gladiator Challenge, King of the Cage (KOTC), Legacy Fighting Alliance and Classic Entertainment and Sports (CES MMA) promotions where he was the former CES MMA bantamweight champion. Ewell amassed a record of 13–4 prior signed by UFC.In his promotional debut, Ewell faced Renan Barão on September 22, 2018 at UFC Fight Night 137. At weigh-ins, Barão weighted five pounds over bantamweight non-title fight limit of 136 and he was fined 30 percent of his purse to Ewell. Ewell won the fight via split decision.On December 29, 2018, Ewell faced Nathaniel Wood on December 29, 2018 at UFC 232. He lost the bout via submission in the third round.