Ray Cooper III

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Born
1993 (32 years old)
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Pearl City, Hawaii, United States

Position
Fighter

Status
Retired

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White

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Height
1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)

Weight
85 kg (187 lb)

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Latest Results

					PFL vs Bellator Champs	24 Feb 24
					PFL Championships	31 Dec 19
					PFL 7 Playoffs 1	11 Oct 19
					PFL 7 Playoffs 1	11 Oct 19
					PFL 4	11 Jul 19
					PFL 1	09 May 19
					PFL Championships	31 Dec 18
					PFL 10 Playoffs 3	20 Oct 18
					PFL 10 Playoffs 3	20 Oct 18
					PFL 6	16 Aug 18
					PFL 3	05 Jul 18

Description

Raynald "Ray" Cooper III (born February 7, 1993) is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Middleweight division. A professional competitor since 2012, Cooper is most notable for his time in the Professional Fighters League (PFL), where he is a two-time Welterweight champion.

Born and raised in Pearl City, Hawaii, Cooper got into many fights in the schoolyard, beginning to wrestle at the age of six and trained under the tutelage of his father, Ray Cooper Jr., a professional fighter. In Hawaii, Cooper was a three-time state champion wrestler and two-time Oahu Interscholastic Association champion, winning his last championship at 173 lbs. Upon graduating at the age of 18, he began his career in professional MMA, turning down a college scholarship to continue wrestling. Starting to train with his uncles Ronald Jhun and David “Kawika” Pa’aluhi, also fellow former fighters, and his father, Cooper was the first Cooper sibling, 6 of them in total, to skip college.

Cooper has four younger brothers; Bronson, Blake, Baylen and Makoa. All won wrestling state titles as well, with Blake, now a mixed martial artist, winning three. Both Blake and Baylen wrestled for Warner Pacific University where they were NAIA national champions and All-Americans. He also has a younger sister named Makana who is currently competing in the Hawaii High School Girls Wrestling division. Even Cooper's wife is a former high school state wrestling champion.

Cooper and his wife Kelly have five children, with his last two children being twins.

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