Lance Palmer (born February 7, 1987) is an American professional mixed martial artist and former collegiate wrestler, who currently competes in the featherweight division.

He graduated with a record of 150-6 and also won a NHSCA Senior National championship while coached by Greg Urbas.

[8] After graduating, he attended Division I powerhouse Ohio State University, where he competed at 149 pounds in all of his 4 seasons.

True Freshman: Earned All-American status after placing fourth at the NCAA tournament, becoming the second Buckeye to do so in their first year of competition.

[9] Senior: Palmer had the most success in his college career as he became the NCAA's tournament runner-up and champion of the Big Ten Conference before graduating.

He began his career at 7-0 and won the Resurrection Fighting Alliance Featherweight Championship a little over two years after his debut.

On June 30, 2016, Palmer fought Andre Harrison in for the first title defense of his second reign as champion at WSOF 35 in the co-main event.

He won the fight via unanimous decision, winning the PFL Featherweight tournament and earning the $1 million cash prize.

[29] Palmer next faced Alexandre de Almeida and Alex Gilpin at PFL 8 on October 17, 2019.

Palmer implemented his grappling-heavy fight style, winning the bout via unanimous decision and claiming his second PFL Featherweight tournament victory.

[36] A day before the event, Palmer was pulled and rescheduled to face Movlid Khaybulaev on June 25, 2021 at PFL 6.

[37] He lost the bout via unanimous decision, eliminating Palmer from the playoffs for the first time in his PFL career.

However, Palmer withdrew from the fight due to injury and the bout was postponed for the following event on September 2, 2023 at ACA 162.

[45] Moving up to Lightweight, Palmer faced Alexey Polpudnikov on May 17, 2024 at ACA 175: Gordeev vs. Damkovskiy, losing by TKO stoppage in the second round.

[47] Palmer competed against Richie Lewis in the main event of Pit Submission Series 11 on January 24, 2025.