Mark Palmer, College Wrestling Examiner

Lance Palmer, 2010 Big Ten 149-pound wrestling champ for Ohio State, won his second pro MMA match at “Fight For Wrestling IV” in San Luis Obispo, Calif. Saturday night.

At the event — a fundraiser for the Cal Poly wrestling program — Palmer scored a unanimous decision over MMA veteran Chris “Dark Lotus” David of Oroville, Calif. All three judges scored the fight 30-27 for the former Buckeye matman.

After the victory, Palmer Tweeted, “Winning feels great. I won’t have it any other way.”

With the win, Palmer is now 2-0. The Cleveland area native made his mixed martial arts debut at the “Fight For Wrestling” fundraiser for theCalifornia State University, Bakersfield wrestling program in May. Palmer won that match by submission in the first round.

With the loss, Chris David is now 13-10-2 in MMA competition.

Palmer, a four-time NCAA Division I All-American and 2010 NCAA finalist, is now training at Sacramento-based Team Alpha Male, working with Urijah Faber and Chad Mendes, fellow former wrestlers now in MMA.

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