‘It Brought Something Out Of Me’ – Chase Mann On The Powerlifting Base That Forged His Undefeated MMA Run

Chase “Mannimal” Mann has never lost a professional fight, and his powerlifting background is a major reason why. The unbeaten American fighter, who walks around the 185-pound mark, once totaled 1,820 pounds across his squat, bench press, and deadlift in a single competition. Those numbers aren’t just impressive on paper.

They’re felt inside the ring, and it’s the kind of strength that makes opponents think twice. Mann returns to ONE Championship’s global stage against undefeated Turkish phenom Dzhabir Dzhabrailov in a welterweight MMA clash at ONE Fight Night 42 on Prime Video , which goes down live in U. S.

primetime on Friday, April 10, and he’ll look to unleash that massive power once again. Where it all came from is a story that starts not with his mistakes, but with what came after: a chance encounter in a local gym that redirected his entire life. View this post on Instagram Fresh Out of Trouble, Ready To Lift When Mann was 19, he was desperately looking for something positive.

The Arkansas native had fallen on a wayward path and spent the previous several months at a rehabilitation center, so he was looking for a new direction in his life. MMA had always been the dream, but the anxiety of being seen to fail publicly – a fear that had shadowed him since his early teenage years – wasn’t something he’d conquered yet. Mann’s daughter had just been born, so he needed direction and needed it fast.