Lorenz Larkin (born September 3, 1986) is an American professional mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the Welterweight division of Bellator MMA.

A professional competitor since 2009, Larkin formerly competed for Strikeforce and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

Larkin began training in boxing at a young age and also played football, but soon gave it up because he did not excel at it or other team sports.

Larkin also felt that he was too short to be a professional boxer in the heavyweight division, so he took up kickboxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu which led him to mixed martial arts.

Prior to his career in mixed martial arts, Larkin also trained in Kung Fu.

In an interview, Larkin stated he enjoyed the martial arts movies that were popular around the time he was growing up and wanted to be a Kung Fu fighter.

[8] Larkin won the fight via technical knockout in the second round and earned praise for his impressive performance against a veteran fighter, while being largely unheard of himself.

He faced heavy-handed future UFC welterweight champion Robbie Lawler on July 14, 2012, at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs.

Larkin was to challenge Luke Rockhold for the championship on November 3, 2012, at Strikeforce: Cormier vs. Mir.

[37] He won the bout via TKO in the first round, after hurting his opponent with leg kicks and finishing the fight with elbows.

In his debut, Larkin faced welterweight champion Douglas Lima at Bellator NYC on June 24, 2017.

[39] In his second fight for the promotion, Larkin faced British striker Paul Daley on September 23, 2017, at Bellator 183.

[44] On October 1, 2018, news surfaced that Silva pulled out of the fight due to an injury,[45] and he was replaced by Ion Pascu.

[47] Larkin was expected to headline Bellator 219 against Andrey Koreshkov on March 29, 2019, but withdrew from the fight due to an injury.

[53] Larkin was scheduled to face Costello van Steenis in a middleweight bout at Bellator 258 on May 7, 2021.

[54] On April 27, it was announced that van Steenis suffered an injury during training and pulled out of the bout.

[60] Larkin won the bout within the first round, landing multiple knees to the body and punches on Stewart while he was on the ground.

[62] Half way through the first round, Larkin landed an elbow on the back of Berkhamov's head, resulting in him not being able to continue.