The MMA Lab has a long history of turning out top-end talent, including former UFC champs Benson Henderson and Sean O’Malley, title challengers John Moraga and Jared Cannonier, tenured veterans like Alex Caceres and Drakkar Klose, and the ascending bantamweight triumvirate of Mario Bautista, Kyler Phillips, and Marcus McGhee.
Carpenter currently profiles as the next to join that impressive collective of fighters from the Glendale, Arizona outpost to thrive on the UFC stage.
Sporting a 9-0 record to begin his career, the 28-year-old impressed with a gutsy win over Edgar Chairez on Season 6 of Dana White’s Contender Series, battling through a tough first half of the fight to earn a unanimous decision win over the current…