Bellator MMA Middleweight Ty ’SAVAGE’ Gwerder Keeps It Real On How To Be A Pro Fighter

Kaneohe native Jered “Ty” Gwerder is a "Savage" in the Bellator MMA cage. The 25 year old middleweight (4-0) signed a multi-fight deal with the mixed martial arts organization and made his Bellator debut in Dec 2019. Training out of Xtreme Couture in Las Vegas, Nevada, Gwerder is a longtime training partner of current UFC middleweight Brad Tavares, and has quickly earned a reputation of being a knockout artists after starting his career with four consecutive victories all via TKO/KO. A standout at linebacker in 2011-12 at Damien, Gwerder played under head coach Eddie Klaneski and even wore Klaneski’s jersey number 21 in his playing days in Kalihi.Gwerder made his debut in October of 2018 under the SoCa Fights banner with a first-round knockout of Tyler Smith. Following that fight it was three straight bouts in the LFA between February and September, with his most recent win coming via body kick against Mike Jones. The fight was called 2:22 into the opening round marking as the longest fight of his career. Look for Gwerder's future fights in the upcoming 2020 season.

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