Marcus Clyde Brimage[1] (born April 6, 1985) is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Featherweight division.

Brimage interest in martial arts began after seeing an episode of Dragon Ball Z, and watching a highlight reel of Quinton Jackson during high school.

Brimage began training at a local Muay Thai gym by recommendation from one of his staff sergeants in the military.

Ten months later Brimage returned to competition against future Bellator fighter Bryan Goldsby.

A month after his second professional fight Brimage was selected for BET's reality television show Iron Ring.

Brimage again returned to MMA against former UFC veteran Kyle Bradley, defeating him via first-round TKO.

Before going to appear on The Ultimate Fighter 14 Brimage moved to Coconut Creek, Florida, to train full-time with the American Top Team.

In 2011, Brimage dropped to the featherweight division, and signed with the UFC to compete on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs.

[17] After a year off due to injuries, Brimage returned to face Russell Doane in a bantamweight bout on July 5, 2014, at UFC 175.

[29] Brimage dropped his third loss in a row when he took on bantamweight prospect Soo Chul Kim at Road FC 29 on March 12, 2016.

Over five years removed from his previous bout, Brimage, replacing injured Derek Campos, faced Kyle Bochniak at XMMA 2 on July 30, 2021.