Abner Lloveras

Abner Lloveras Hernández (born September 4, 1982, in Barcelona) is a Spanish professional mixed martial artist in the lightweight division. Abner received a gold medal in the Spanish Olympic boxing tournament in 2010. He also competed on The Ultimate Fighter: Team McGregor vs. Team Faber.

Biography
Lloveras was born on September 4, 1982, in Barcelona, Spain. At the age of 17, Lloveras began practicing martial arts, primarily kickboxing. At the age of 20, Lloveras moved to London, England, where he went on to train boxing at the All Stars. While he was training in boxing, Lloveras accepted the challenge of learning jiu-jitsu and, very soon after, at the age of 21, he made his MMA debut at the UKMMAC 8 event in August 2004.

Boxing career
In his career as a boxer, Lloveras has had about 30 amateur bouts, of which he has only lost one. He participated for 3 years in the Spanish Olympic Boxing Championship, where he won the gold medal 3 times, and also participated in the Pre-Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Turkey for the London Olympics.

In 2014 he won the gold medal at the United Arab Emirates National Championship, during the period he lived in Dubai.

Early career
Lloveras made his professional MMA debut in August 2004 with the UK Mixed Martial Arts Championship promotion in England. Over the next decade, he would compete for a variety of promotions – including Shooto and M-1 Global –  as he amassed a record of 19 wins against 7 losses. One of Lloveras most notable bouts during this period was with UFC fighter Phillipe Nover.

The Ultimate Fighter
On August 31, 2015, it was announced that Lloveras would be a contestant on the 22nd season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show. In the elimination round, he defeated Vlado Sikic by verbal submission due to a shoulder injury. In the preliminary round, he defeated Jason Gonzalez by unanimous decision. In the quarterfinals, Lloveras lost to Julian Erosa on a split decision.

Ultimate Fighting Championship
Lloveras faced fellow cast member Chris Gruetzemacher at the TUF 22 Finale on December 11, 2015. On a fairly competitive three rounds, with Abner almost finishing the fight with a standing rear-naked choke, he lost the bout by unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.

Post-UFC
On June 25, 2016, Lloveras faced UFC veteran Andre Winner on June 25, 2016, for the SHC interim welterweight title, in Geneva. Unfortunately he lost by a split decision. However, he bounced back on September 26, 2016, when he defeated Maxim Maryanchuk with a body kick KO at ADW: Road to Abu Dhabi 4 in Sofia, Bulgaria. He continued this winning streak on September 23, 2017, against Davy Gallon in Barcelona, Spain, during the Arnold Fighters/Titan Channel: War of Titans, taking the victory with a KO punch in the third round. Yet, the tide turned again on March 10, 2018, when Farès Ziam defeated him with a swift KO punch just 24 seconds into the second round at the Hit Fighting Championship 5 in Horgen, Switzerland. He responded to this setback with a strong performance on September 29, 2018, securing a TKO victory over Alessandro Botti at Italian Cage Fighting 4 in Milan, Italy. Unfortunately, a series of losses followed. First was a unanimous decision loss to Jim Wallhead at Bellator: Newcastle on February 9, 2019. Then, on March 12, 2022, he succumbed to Thibault Gouti via first-round TKO in Madrid, Spain, during War of Titans 2. His next bout was on December 17, 2022, where he suffered a unanimous decision defeat against Jason Ponet at MMA GP Bordeaux in Bordeaux, France.

Mixed martial arts

 * Respect Fighting Championship
 * Respect Lightweight Championship (One time; current)

2015 best MMA fight by GNP MAGAZINE in Europe

Kickboxing

 * Kickboxing Spain
 * Amateur champion (2005)

Boxing

 * Boxing Spain
 * Spain champion (2010, 2011 and 2012)

Mixed martial arts exhibition record
''Except where otherwise indicated, details provided in the record box are taken from Sherdog. ''