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Vince Murdock is a professional MMA fighter (12-6-0) and moyamoya survivor. He underwent an eight-hour brain bypass at Stanford in November 2019, rode 10,000 miles in rehab, and founded Miles for Moyamoya, a nonprofit that has raised $36,000+ toward a $100,000 research goal.
Vince Murdock is the founder of Miles for Moyamoya, a nonprofit raising awareness and research funding for moyamoya disease. A professional MMA fighter with a 12-6-0 record (9 KO/TKO) out of Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, Vince competed in Bellator, on Dana White's Contender Series, and on The Ultimate Fighter Season 29 (Team Ortega). In September 2019 he was diagnosed with moyamoya. On 13 November 2019, Dr. Gary Steinberg performed an eight-hour brain bypass at Stanford. He returned to pro MMA on 4 November 2020 and is now a Ventum Racing endurance cyclist and Unbound XL finisher.
Vince Murdock is the founder of Miles for Moyamoya, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness and research funding for moyamoya disease. He is the first professional athlete to undergo moyamoya brain bypass surgery. A professional mixed martial artist out of Team Alpha Male in Sacramento, California, Vince trained under UFC Hall of Famer Urijah Faber and built a record of 12-6-0 with 9 wins by knockout or technical knockout. He competed in Bellator MMA, on Dana White's Contender Series, and on The Ultimate Fighter Season 29 (Team Ortega).
In June 2019, while preparing for his UFC debut, a brain scan revealed that his left carotid artery was 100% blocked by moyamoya disease. On 13 November 2019, Dr. Gary Steinberg performed an eight-hour bypass at Stanford. Vince has been sober since the day of surgery. Recovery began on a bicycle, 10,000 miles in eight months, with follow-up imaging showing his bypass vessels had quadrupled. Today, sponsored by Ventum Racing, he races endurance gravel as an Unbound XL 350-mile finisher and has raised $36,000+ toward a $100,000 research goal.
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