Heath Herring
Encyclopedia
Heath Herring is an inactive American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 Heavyweight professional mixed martial artist
Mixed martial arts
Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

 who attained popularity fighting for PRIDE FC in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and most recently fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
Ultimate Fighting Championship
The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

. He is primarily known for fighting the world's top heavyweight talent, such as Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has won numerous tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, as well as medaling in the Russian national Judo...

, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović
Mirko Filipovic
Mirko Filipović is a former Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, politician, and law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007...

, Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...

, and Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar
Brock Edward Lesnar is an American mixed martial artist, actor and a former professional and amateur wrestler. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked the No.5 Heavyweight in the world by Sherdog...

.

Career

Herring is an MMA fighter who practices sambo
Sambo (martial art)
Sambo is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word "SAMBO" is an acronym for SAMooborona Bez Oruzhiya, which literally translates as "self-defense without weapons". Sambo is relatively modern since its development began in the early 1920s by the Soviet Red Army to improve their hand to hand...

 and Muay Thai
Muay Thai
Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

. He currently lives in Las Vegas.

Herring is known for unique hairstyles and colors as well as wearing a cowboy hat and duster coat to the ring. His appearance is very popular among the Japanese crowd. His entrances are widely regarded by most fight fans.

PRIDE Fighting Championship

Herring is a long time veteran in PRIDE, where he participated in 17 fights. He took part in the first Heavyweight title fight against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...

 where he lost by unanimous decision. Despite his earlier championship loss to Rodrigo Nogueira he was widely considered the number one contender until his first round loss to Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has won numerous tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, as well as medaling in the Russian national Judo...

. His most notable wins are over Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner
Evan Loyd Tanner was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a former UFC Middleweight and USWF Heavyweight champion with a professional record of 32 wins and 8 losses...

, Igor Vovchanchyn
Igor Vovchanchyn
Igor Yaroslavovich "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn is a retired Ukrainian mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He won seven mixed martial arts tournaments, as well as acquiring a 37 fight unbeaten streak, and reaching the final of the Pride Grand Prix 2000....

, Mark Kerr, and Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo , more commonly known as Cheick Kongo, is a professional French heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

.

He parted ways with PRIDE
PRIDE
Pride Fighting Championships was the biggest mixed martial arts organization in the world. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride has held more than sixty mixed martial arts events...

 in late 2004 because of management disputes.

New Year's Eve Kiss

Herring was involved in a memorable MMA moment on December 31, 2005 during K-1
K-1
K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

's Dynamite 2005 show. During the pre-fight staredown, his opponent, Yoshihiro Nakao
Yoshihiro Nakao
Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao is a Japanese heavyweight mixed martial artist and former K-1 kickboxer who has defeated the likes of Don Frye, Jim York, Wesley Correira, and Edson Draggo. He is currently under contract to fight for DREAM and World Victory Road promotions...

, leaned in and kissed him on the lips. Herring reacted, delivering a right hook to the jaw of Nakao, knocking him out cold. Herring was immediately disqualified and Nakao was carried from the ring. Shortly thereafter, Nakao's cornermen attacked Herring and a brief fight ensued. Herring's trainers, Ricardo Pires
Ricardo Pires
Ricardo Pires is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He founded the Las Vegas Combat Club. Pires has coached several fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship such as Heath Herring, Phil Baroni, and Frank Mir...

 and Sergio Penha fought with Nakao's trainers until security stopped the fight. The fight result has since been changed by K-1 from a disqualification loss for Herring to a no contest, as K-1 judges ruled that Nakao's kiss and Herring's subsequent knockout punch were both fouls.

Transition to the UFC

Herring was considered a hired gun to shake up the UFC's heavy weight division. He lost to Jake O'Brien
Jake O'Brien
Jacob Allen O'Brien is an American mixed martial arts fighter from Indianapolis, Indiana. O'Brien attended Franklin Central High School where he wrestled for four years, while earning IHSAA 215 lb. State Champion honors three years in a row from 2000–2003; holding a record of 125-4 over that...

 via unanimous decision at UFC Fight Night 8
UFC Fight Night 8
UFC Fight Night: Rashad Evans vs Sean Salmon referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 8 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Thursday, January 25, 2007 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida...

in his UFC debut.

On Saturday, April 7, 2007, at UFC 69
UFC 69
UFC 69: Shootout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas...

 Heath faced off against The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight...

 heavyweight finalist Brad Imes
Brad Imes
Bradley Imes Smith , is a retired American mixed martial artist. Imes appeared on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV. He has competed as a heavyweight in the UFC, WEC, and most recently King of the Cage...

. Herring won the match by unanimous decision after 3 rounds.

At UFC 73
UFC 73
UFC 73: Stacked was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . It took place on July 7, 2007 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California and featured a total of nine bouts: four on the preliminary card and five on the main card. In the main event, Anderson Silva put...

, Herring lost via unanimous decision to Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...

, but not before he landed a left high kick to Nogueira's head late in the first round. Nogueira was sent to the ground, visibly stunned, but Herring did not engage him and attempt to finish the fight, opting to stand up shortly after the kick and beckoned Nogueira to stand as well. The referee motioned Noguiera to stand up after the brief flurry on the ground, giving Herring the advantage but Herring was not able to finish the fight in the first round.

At UFC 82
UFC 82
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio....

 Heath won a three round split-decision against rising contender Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo , more commonly known as Cheick Kongo, is a professional French heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...

. While both are considered strikers, much of the fight took place on the ground. After the fight Heath said he was not happy with the fight, he wanted to give the fans a stand-up fight and Kongo refused to stand with him. Herring also said after the fight that he did not even train at all for the ground game.

Herring fought Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar
Brock Edward Lesnar is an American mixed martial artist, actor and a former professional and amateur wrestler. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked the No.5 Heavyweight in the world by Sherdog...

 at UFC 87
UFC 87
UFC 87: Seek and Destroy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 9, 2008, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Background:...

 after Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman
Mark Coleman is an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, former NCAA collegiate wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler. In MMA, he was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion, and the Pride Fighting...

 was forced to withdraw due to a knee injury. The fight went the full 3 rounds and Lesnar was declared winner by unanimous decision. Herring was knocked down early in the first round with a straight right. According to Heath Herring's official Facebook profile in a note titled "6 Months To Rest", Herring is said to have suffered a broken orbital bone from the first punch of the fight. Herring was scheduled to fight Cain Velasquez
Cain Velasquez
Cain Ramirez Velasquez is an American mixed martial artist fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. He is a two-time All-American collegiate wrestler from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, and a Junior College National Champ at Iowa...

 at UFC 99
UFC 99
UFC 99: The Comeback was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on June 13, 2009 in Cologne, Germany. It was the first UFC event held in Germany, as well as the first in mainland Europe .-Background:On Monday, June 1, the...

, but was forced to withdraw due to an undisclosed illness.

Herring stated in November 2010 that he wants to fight as soon as possible. He was still under contract with the UFC and was expected to make his return.

In September 2011, responding to a question asked via Twitter, UFC President Dana White commented that Herring "...retired after the Lesnar fight". However as of November 2011, Herring is still listed on the UFC web site.

Film career

Heath Herring starred in Never Surrender
Never Surrender (film)
Never Surrender is a 2009 film about an MMA champion who finds himself fighting in illegal underground cage fights. The film's cast features a number of real MMA fighters. It was filmed in Los Angeles, California and was produced by Destiny Entertainment Productions...

, that was released by Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...

 in 2009 as well as Circle of Pain. According to an October 6 comment on Herring's Facebook
Facebook
Facebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...

 page, he has completed work in several other recent or upcoming films, including Hell's Chain, Devil Dogs, Unrivaled, Breakdown, Henry's Crime and Salt (which stars Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...

). And is slated to star in several upcoming films including "Havanna Heat" with Chuck Norris and Jean-Claude Van Damme. He is also in pre-production on several TV shows and co-hosts a weekly radio show with radio vet Jay Pagliaro.

Championships and Accomplishments

  • World Vale Tudo Championship
    World Vale Tudo Championship
    The World Vale Tudo Championship, or WVC, was a no holds barred-style MMA fighting promotion based in Brazil. The promotion was founded by Brazilian promoter Frederico Lapenda...

    • WVC 9 Heavyweight Tournament Winner
    • WVC 8 Heavyweight Tournament Runner Up

Mixed martial arts record

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|   Brock Lesnar
Brock Lesnar
Brock Edward Lesnar is an American mixed martial artist, actor and a former professional and amateur wrestler. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and is ranked the No.5 Heavyweight in the world by Sherdog...


| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 87
UFC 87
UFC 87: Seek and Destroy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 9, 2008, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.-Background:...


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|align=center| 5:00
|align=center|  Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, USA
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| Win
|align=center| 28–13 (1)
|   Cheick Kongo
Cheick Kongo
Cheick Guillaume Ouedraogo , more commonly known as Cheick Kongo, is a professional French heavyweight mixed martial artist and kickboxer currently fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship...


| Decision (split)
| UFC 82
UFC 82
UFC 82: Pride of a Champion was a mixed martial arts event that took place on 1st March, 2008 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio....


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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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| Loss
|align=center| 27–13 (1)
|   Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...


| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 73
UFC 73
UFC 73: Stacked was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . It took place on July 7, 2007 at the ARCO Arena in Sacramento, California and featured a total of nine bouts: four on the preliminary card and five on the main card. In the main event, Anderson Silva put...


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|align=center| 3
|align=center| 5:00
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| Win
|align=center| 27–12 (1)
|   Brad Imes
Brad Imes
Bradley Imes Smith , is a retired American mixed martial artist. Imes appeared on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV. He has competed as a heavyweight in the UFC, WEC, and most recently King of the Cage...


| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 69
UFC 69
UFC 69: Shootout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, April 7, 2007 at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas...


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| Loss
|align=center| 26–12 (1)
|   Jake O'Brien
Jake O'Brien
Jacob Allen O'Brien is an American mixed martial arts fighter from Indianapolis, Indiana. O'Brien attended Franklin Central High School where he wrestled for four years, while earning IHSAA 215 lb. State Champion honors three years in a row from 2000–2003; holding a record of 125-4 over that...


| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon
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| Win
|align=center| 26–11 (1)
|   Gary Goodridge
Gary Goodridge
Gary Goodridge , nicknamed "Big Daddy", is a Trinidadian and Tobagonian-Canadian former super heavyweight kickboxer and heavyweight mixed martial artist fighting out of Barrie, Ontario. Goodridge is known for his hard-hitting fighting style and showmanship...


| TKO (punches)
| Hero's 4
Hero's 4
Hero's 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 15, 2006 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.Muay Thai kickboxer Ole Laursen made his debut in MMA at the event against Genki Sudo.-Results:...


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|align=center| 1:55
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| NC
|align=center| 25–11 (1)
|   Yoshihiro Nakao
Yoshihiro Nakao
Yoshihiro "Kiss" Nakao is a Japanese heavyweight mixed martial artist and former K-1 kickboxer who has defeated the likes of Don Frye, Jim York, Wesley Correira, and Edson Draggo. He is currently under contract to fight for DREAM and World Victory Road promotions...


| No Contest (both committed fouls)
| K-1 Dynamite!!! 2005
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|align=center|  Osaka, Japan
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...


| Yoshihiro kissed Herring in the pre-match staredown, which Herring responded by knocking him out with a punch rendering him unable to continue.
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| Loss
|align=center| 25–11
|   Sam Greco
Sam Greco
Sam "Slam 'em" Greco is a retired Australian super heavyweight kickboxer, heavyweight mixed martial artist and professional wrestler of Italian descent, who fought in Kyokushin karate, professional kickboxing, and K-1 tournaments....


| TKO (knee injury)
| Hero's 1
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|align=center| 2:24
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| Win
|align=center| 25–10
|   Hirotaka Yokoi
Hirotaka Yokoi
is a Japanese former mixed martial artist who competed in the heavyweight division.- Biography:After competing in judo, he moved on to mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotion ZERO-ONE.-Mixed martial arts record:...


| KO (knees)
| Pride 28
PRIDE 28
Pride 28: High Octane was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on October 31, 2004.- Heath Herring vs. Hirotaka Yokoi:...


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| Loss
|align=center| 24–10
|   Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...


| Submission (anaconda choke)
| Pride Critical Countdown 2004
PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004
Pride Critical Countdown 2004 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place on June 20th, 2004, at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.-Background:...


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| Win
|align=center| 24–9
|   Yoshiki Takahashi
| KO (punches)
| Pride Total Elimination 2004
PRIDE Total Elimination 2004
Pride Total Elimination 2004 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. This event consisted of the first round of the 2004 Heavyweight Grand Prix...


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|align=center| 4:53
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| Win
|align=center| 23–9
|   Gan McGee
Gan McGee
Gan McGee is an American mixed martial artist who is best remembered for his appearances in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He holds notable wins over Pedro Rizzo and Paul Buentello-Career:...


| Decision (split)
| Pride 27
PRIDE 27
PRIDE 27: Inferno was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. The event took place at the Osaka Castle Hall on February 1st, 2004.- Dan Bobish vs. Igor Vovchanchyn:...


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| Win
|align=center| 22–9
|   Giant Silva
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Pride Shockwave 2003
PRIDE Shockwave 2003
Pride Shockwave 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. Gary Goodridge announced he would retire from Pride. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2003.- Quinton Jackson vs. Ikuhisa Minowa:Jackson defeated Minowa by TKO ...


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|align=center| 0:35
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| Win
|align=center| 21–9
|   Yoshihisa Yamamoto
| Submission (choke)
| Pride Final Conflict 2003
PRIDE Final Conflict 2003
Pride Final Conflict 2003 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2003 and had over 67,450 people in the audience. This event was host to the semi-finals and finals of the 2003 Pride Middleweight Grand...


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|align=center| 2:29
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| Loss
|align=center| 20–9
|   Mirko Filipović
Mirko Filipovic
Mirko Filipović is a former Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, politician, and law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007...


| TKO (strikes)
| Pride 26
PRIDE 26
Pride 26: Bad to the Bone was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on June 8, 2003....


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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 3:17
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| Loss
|align=center| 20–8
|   Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Emelianenko
Fedor Vladimirovich Emelianenko) is a Russian heavyweight mixed martial artist. He has won numerous tournaments and accolades in multiple sports, most notably the Pride 2004 Grand Prix and the World Combat Sambo championship on four occasions, as well as medaling in the Russian national Judo...


| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| Pride 23
PRIDE 23
Pride 23: Championship Chaos 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 24, 2002.- Jerrel Venetiaan vs. Hirotaka Yokoi:...


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| Win
|align=center| 20–7
|   Iouri Kotchkine
| TKO (knees)
| Pride 22
PRIDE 22
Pride 22: Beasts From The East 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on September 29, 2002.- Michiyoshi Ohara vs. Kevin Randleman:...


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|align=center| 7:31
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| Win
|align=center| 19–7
|   Igor Vovchanchyn
Igor Vovchanchyn
Igor Yaroslavovich "Ice Cold" Vovchanchyn is a retired Ukrainian mixed martial artist and kickboxer. He won seven mixed martial arts tournaments, as well as acquiring a 37 fight unbeaten streak, and reaching the final of the Pride Grand Prix 2000....


| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride 19
PRIDE 19
Pride 19: Bad Blood was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on February 24, 2002.-Results:...


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| Loss
|align=center| 18–7
|   Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira is a Brazilian mixed martial artist known for his technical mastery of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. He competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he is a former UFCInterim Heavyweight Champion...


| Decision (unanimous)
| Pride 17
PRIDE 17
Pride 17: Championship Chaos was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan on November 3, 2001. This event also saw the crowning of the first Pride FC Heavyweight and Middleweight champions.-Results: Renzo Gracie vs. ...


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|align=center| 5:00
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| For PRIDE Heavyweight Championship
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| Win
|align=center| 18–6
|   Mark Kerr
| TKO (knees)
| Pride 15
PRIDE 15
Pride 15: Raging Rumble was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on July 29, 2001.-Results:...


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|align=center| 4:56
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| Loss
|align=center| 17–6
|   Vitor Belfort
Vitor Belfort
Vítor Vieira Belfort is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. Belfort was born in Rio de Janeiro and studied jiu-jitsu with the Gracie family, namely Carlson Gracie. He received a black belt under Carlson and currently trains with Xtreme Couture, fighting in...


| Decision
| Pride 14
PRIDE 14
PRIDE 14: Clash of the Titans was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on May 27, 2001.-Results:...


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| Win
|align=center| 17–5
|   Denis Sobolev
| Submission (keylock)
| Pride 13
PRIDE 13
Pride 13: Collision Course was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. This was the first Pride event allowing knee strikes to the head of someone in the "four-points" position . It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on March 25, 2001...


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|align=center| 0:22
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| Win
|align=center| 16–5
|   Enson Inoue
Enson Inoue
Enson Inoue is a Japanese American mixed martial artist. He has a professional MMA record of 12-8-0. He is a former Shooto Heavyweight Champion. He had also previously fought in Pride Fighting Championships, the biggest mixed martial arts organization at the time...


| TKO (strikes)
| Pride 12
PRIDE 12
Pride 12: Cold Fury was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on December 9, 2000.-Results:...


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| Win
|align=center| 15–5
|   Tom Erikson
Tom Erikson
Tom Erikson is an American wrestling coach and former mixed martial artist. Erikson is an assistant wrestling coach at Purdue University, where he has been coaching since 1997. He has also had fights in K-1 under K-1 kickboxing rules...


| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Pride 11
PRIDE 11
Pride 11: Battle of the Rising Sun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Osaka Castle Hall in Osaka, Japan on October 31, 2000.-Results:...


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|align=center| 6:17
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| Win
|align=center| 14–5
|   Willie Peeters
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Pride 9
PRIDE 9
Pride 9: New Blood was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall in Nagoya, Japan on June 4, 2000. Matt Serra was to fight on this card, but his opponent, Johil de Oliveira, was injured by a pyrotechnics explosion at the...


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| Loss
|align=center| 13–5
|   Ramazan Mezhidov
| TKO (cut)
| IAFC: Pankration World Championship 2000 Day 2
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 4:55
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| Win
|align=center| 13–4
|   Rene Rooze
Rene Rooze
Rene Rooze is a Dutch former kickboxer and mixed martial artist.-Biography and career:As a member of Team Aerts, he was an active fighter competing in mainly European events and accumulating a kickboxing record of 32-7-1 with 4 KOs...


| DQ (excessive fouling)
| 2 Hot 2 Handle 1
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|align=center| 3:20
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| Win
|align=center| 12–4
|   Bob Schrijber
| TKO (punches)
| World Vale Tudo Championship 9
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:19
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| Win
|align=center| 11–4
|   Sean McCully
| Submission (kimura)
| World Vale Tudo Championship 9
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:43
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| Win
|align=center| 10–4
|   Michael Tielrooy
| Submission (keylock)
| World Vale Tudo Championship 9
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:14
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| Loss
|align=center| 9–4
|   Bobby Hoffman
Bobby Hoffman
Bobby "The Truth" Hoffman is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division. He won his last fight at Mainstream MMA - Inferno against Chuck Grigsby on August 12, 2006...


| Decision (unanimous)
| SuperBrawl 13
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|align=center| 5:00
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| Win
|align=center| 9–3
|   Rocky Batastini
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| SuperBrawl 13
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|align=center| 1:00
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| Loss
|align=center| 8–3
|   Alexandre Ferreira
Alexandre Ferreira (fighter)
Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a professional mixed martial artist.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:Ferreira made his promotional debut against Vladimir Matyushenko on November 13, 2010 at UFC 122, losing via first round TKO....


| Decision
| World Vale Tudo Championship 8
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 30:00
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| Win
|align=center| 8–2
|   Kavkaz Soultanmagomedov
| Submission (punches)
| World Vale Tudo Championship 8
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:18
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| Win
|align=center| 7–2
|   Erwin van den Steen
| Submission (punches)
| World Vale Tudo Championship 8
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 4:33
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| Win
|align=center| 6–2
|   Gabe Beauperthy
| Submission (armlock)
| Bas Rutten Invitational 3
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 4:43
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| Win
|align=center| 5–2
|   Hoss Carter
| Submission (keylock)
| Bas Rutten Invitational 3
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:07
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| Loss
|align=center| 4–2
|   Travis Fulton
Travis Fulton
Travis Fulton is an American mixed martial artist and a professional boxer in the heavyweight division. He has notched up over 300 vale tudo and mixed martial arts fights since 1996 and over 30 boxing matches since 1999....


| Decision
| Extreme Challenge 24
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|align=center| 12:00
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| Win
|align=center| 4–1
|   Phil Deason
| Submission (keylock)
| WVF: Durango
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:13
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| Win
|align=center| 3–1
|   Nik Bickle
| Submission (strikes)
| WVF: Durango
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 0:32
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| Win
|align=center| 2–1
|   Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner
Evan Loyd Tanner was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a former UFC Middleweight and USWF Heavyweight champion with a professional record of 32 wins and 8 losses...


| Submission (rear naked choke)
| PSDA: PSDA
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 8:20
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| Loss
|align=center| 1–1
|   Evan Tanner
Evan Tanner
Evan Loyd Tanner was an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a former UFC Middleweight and USWF Heavyweight champion with a professional record of 32 wins and 8 losses...


| Verbal submission (exhaustion)
| Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 7
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 6:19
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| Win
|align=center| 1–0
|   Chris Guillen
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 6:19
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