Hometown: Denton/Dallas, Texas - USA
(former) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Styles:
MUAY
THAI KICKBOXING
FREESTYLE
WRESTLING
Others:
Karate, Tae Kwan Do, Judo, Jiu-Jitsu
Height: 59"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Weight Range: 185-205 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1969
Training Partners: Guy Mezger and Andy Anderson
Big Wins: Has beaten Bryan Gassaway, Houston Dors, John Dixon, He-Man Gipson, Jason
Nicholson and John Mullen.
Disapointments: Has lost to Oleg Taktarov, Dan Severn, Allan Goes, Kazushi Sakuraba
and twice to Vladimer Martyushenko.
Titles/Accomplishments:
IFC 2 Heavyweight Tournament Champion
WKA Middleweight Muay Thai World Champion
WKC Middleweight Muay Thai World Champion
Oklahoma State Kickboxing Champion
2 x State High School Wrestling Champion
Kickboxing Record: 56-5, w/48 KO
No Holds Barred Record: 11 - 5
Hometown: Brazil
Style: CAPOEIRA
Weight: 220 lbs.
Big Wins: Has beaten Amuray Bitteti and Zane Frazier.
Disapointments: Lost to Jean Riviere.
Titles:
Brazilian Vale Tudo Champion.
Hometown: Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
Styles: LUTA LIVRE
Height: 62"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1968
Titles/Accomplishments:
1995 Brazilian National Champion.
Hometown: Florida - USA
Styles: SHOOTFIGHTING
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 198 lbs.
Date of Birth: January 25, 1970
Family: Dean (Brother)
Trainer: Dieusel Berto
Big Wins: Defeated Egan Inoue.
Dissapointments: Lost to Allan Goes
Hometown: Brazil
School/Team: Budokan Dojo
Styles: LUTA LIVRE, MUAY THAI
Height: 510"
Weight: 199 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1974
Big Wins: Has defeated Pat Assalone, Mark Hall and Vanderlei Silva.
Titles:
Rio de Janeiro State Muay Thai Kickboxing Champion.
Hometown: California - USA
School/Team: Team Neutral Grounds
Style: BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 220 lbs.
Weight: 208-223 lbs.
Date of Birth: September 15, 1970
Big Wins: Defeated Travis Fulton.
Disapointments: Lost to Jeremy Horn.
Titles/Accomplishments:
Neutral Grounds Heavyweight Champion
Hometown: Arlington/Dallas, Texas - USA
Styles:
AMERICAN SHOOTFIGHTING
TAE KWON DO (since '90) - 2nd Degree Black Belt
JUDO - Black Belt
Height: 511"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Weight Range: 184-208 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1973
Profesional Submission Record: 4-1-1
Ameture Submission Record: 14-0.
Hometown: Tuscon, Arizona - USA
Styles:
FREESTYLE WRESTLING
SHORIN-RYU KARATE - 2nd Degree Black Belt
TAE KWAN DO - Black Belt
JUDO - Brown Belt
Height: 510"
Weight: 198-210 lbs
Date of Birth: 1965
Occupation: Former Navy SEAL
Trainer: Don Frye
Titles/Accomplishments:
1980-1981 Arizona State High School Wrestling Champion
Hometown: Osaka - Japan
Styles: KYOKUSHINKAI KARATE, KICKBOXING
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 232 lbs.
Date of Birth: August 17, 1965
Titles:
ISKA World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion
WKF World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion
1997-1998 K-1 Japan Grand Prix Tournament Champion
1994 K-1 Grand Prix Finalist
Hometown: Fon du Lac, Wisconsin -USA
Styles: BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, LUTA LIVRE
Height: 59"
Weight: 164 lbs.
Weight Range: 160-170 lbs.
Big Wins: Has defeated Chad Bartlet and Nick Starks in NHB. Defeated John
Renken twice.
Disapointments: Lost to Jesse Jones. Lost a grappling match to Mario Roberto at HNS.
Titles:
HNS Middleweight NHB Champion
Costa Rican Freefight Champion
3rd place at Japan Combat Wrestling
Hometown: Japan
School/Team: Takada Dojo
Styles: PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 198 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 5, 1972
Training Partner: Kazushi Sakuraba
Hometown: Japan
Styles: SHIDOKAN KARATE (7th Dan), KYUKUSHINKAI KARATE (3rd
Dan)
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 190 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1956
Big Wins: Defeated Mark Hanssen. Fought to a draw with Matt Anderson.
Disapointments: Lost twice to Juan Mott. Lost to Pat Militech.
Titles:
Winner of Battle of the Masters II and the Quad Cities Ultimate
3 x All Japan Bare Knuckle Champion.
Hometown: San Pedro/Garden Grove/Westminister, California - USA
Styles: KUIALUA, Jiu-Jitsu
Height: 62"
Weight: 355
Weight Range: 350-400 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1966
Training Partners: Kimo
Hometown: Northern California - USA
(formerly) Belarus - Belarus
School/Team: rAw (Real American Wrestling)
Style: FREESTYLE WRESTLING
Height: 60"
Weight: 208-225 lbs.
Education: Attends Lassen College in California.
Trainer: Rico Chaippareli
Training Partners: RAW Team (Tom Erikson, Randy Couture, Dan Henderson, Sean Bormet)
Big Wins: Has beaten Vernon White, Rob LaLonde and has twice beaten Anthony Macias.
Defeated Kevin Jackson in a Freestyle Wrestling match.
Disapointments: Lost a decision to Vernon White.
Titles/Accomplishments:
Russian National Freestyle Wrestling Team
1996-1997 U.S. National Junior College Wrestling Champion
IFC V Tournament Champion
Hometown: Corruscant
School: Palpatine's Dark Lord Academy
Styles: WUSHU, SITH WARRIOR ARTS (Black Belt)
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Date of Birth: A long time ago.
Big Wins: Defeated Qui Gon Jin by submission to internal organ cuarterization.
Disapointments: Sliced in half by Obi Wan Kenobi.
Hometown: Huntington Beach, California - USA
Styles: PANCRASE, BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (Purple Belt), KICKBOXING, Tae Kwan Do, Wrestling
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Family: Sean (brother)
Training partners: Allen Goes and Lion's Den fighters.
Big Wins: Defeated Mario Sucata in 2:00 by knee bar at WVC9.
Titles/Accomplishments:
1996 USBJJF Super Heavyweight Blue Belt Champion
1997 USBJJF International Super Heavyweight Blue Belt Champion
Kickboxing Record: 7-0
Hometown: Orange/Mission Viejo/Huntington Beach, California - USA
Styles: MUAY THAI KICKBOXING, DRAKA, SAN SOO KUNG FU, Wrestling, Jiu-Jitsu, Shootfighting
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Weight Range: 160-190 lbs.
Family: Justin (brother)
Training Partners: John Lober and Allen Goes
Big Wins: Defeated Joao Bosco in 3:00 by knee bar at WVC IX.
Disappointments: Has lost to Eric Paulson and Heath Herring.
Kickboxing Record: 18-0, w/8 KOs
Hometown: San Luis Obispo, California - USA
School/Team: SLO Kickboxing
Styles: WRESTLING, Kickboxing
Height: 6'10"
Weight: 285 lbs.
Date of Birth: November 20, 1976
Place of Birth: Bismark, North Dakota
Marital Status: Single
Training Partners: Chuck Lidell, Scott Adams, John Hackleman and Tito Ortiz
Titles:
California State Collegiate Wrestling Champion
IFC Super-Heavyweight World Champion
Hometown: Hesperia, California - USA
School/Team: Ted Williams Combat Grappling
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 165 lbs.
Hometown: Santa Ana, California - USA
Styles: JEET KUNE DO, BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU, Boxing, Muay Thai, Savate
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 229 lbs.
Weight: 200-260 lbs.
Date of Birth: April 30, 1970
Occupation: Assistant blood analyst
Training Partners: Kimo, Rudyard Moncayo, John Lober and Chris Brennan
Big Wins: Has beaten Larry Cureton and Antonio Riberio.
Disappointments: Has lost to Dave Beneteau and Vernon White.
Hometown: Forest Lake/Minneapolis, Minnesota - USA
School: Minnesota Martial Arts Academy
Styles: WRESTLING, SHOOTO, MUAY THAI, JIU-JITSU
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 169 lbs.
Weight Range: 165-190 lbs.
Date of Birth: July 29, 1974
Manager: Monte Cox
Trainer: Greg Nelson
Mug Shot
Big Wins: Has defeated Laverne Clark and Juntaro Nakao.
Disappointments: Has lost to Jesse Jones and Adrian Serrano.
Titles/Accomplishments:
Iowa State Wrestler
Hook n' Shoot Lightweight Champion
2 x Extreme Challenge Lightweight Tournament Champion
Ranked #4 in Shooto
School/Team: The Lion's Den
Hometown: Dallas, Texas - USA
Styles:
AMERICAN KICKBOXING
CHUNG DO KWAN - 3rd Degree Black Belt
WRESTLING
PANCRASE
Others: Judo, Boxing
Height: 61"
Weight: 200 lbs.
Weight Range: 195-205 lbs.
Date of Birth: January 1, 1968
Training Partners: Oleg Taktarov, Ken Shamrock, Tra Telligman, Lion's Den Fighters
Big Wins: Has beaten Jason Fairn, John Dowdy, Christoph Lenninger and Tito Ortiz in the UFC. Defeated Ryushi Yanagisawa in Pancrase.
Dsiapointments: Has lost to Tito Ortiz and Akira Shoji.
Titles/Accomplishments:
WKKC World Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion (Record: 22 - 3 w/19 KOs)
USKA National Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion
Texas Heavyweight State Kickboxing Champion
3 x WFKL Karate Champion
Alternate for Junior National Wrestling Team
5 x State Wrestling Champion
Texas State Judo Champion
WFFF Freestyle Fighting Champion (Record: 13 - 0)
UFC XIII Middleweight Champion (UFC Record: 4 - 1)
3 x King of Pancrase Champion (Pancrase Record: 30 - 6 - 2)
Hometown: Nice - France
Styles: KYOKUSHINKAI KARATE (3rd Degree), Boxing, Judo, Brazilian
Jiu-Jitsu
Height: 61 ½"
Weight: 220-230 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1972
Training Partners: Rickson Gracie, Carlson Gracie and the Lions Den fighters
Titles/Accomplishments:
IFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion
MMA Record: 9-0 w/8 KO.
Hometown: Bettendorf, Iowa - USA
School/Team: Miletich Martial Arts Academy
Styles:
BRAZILIAN
JIU-JITSU
MUAY
THAI KICKBOXING
FREESTYLE
WRESTLING
BOXING
Height: 59"
Weight: 169-178 lbs.
Date of Birth: March 9, 1968
Training Partners: Jeremy Horn, Matt Hughes and Laverne Clark
Mug Shot
Big Wins: Has beaten Mickey Burnette, Townsend Saunders, Chris Brennan, Andre Perdenieras, Jason Nicholson, Chad Cox, Pat Assalone, Chuck Kim, John Alessio, Yasunori Matsumoto and Matt Anderson.
Fought to a draw with Dan Severn. Fought to a draw with Jeremy Horn in a
Submission Wrestling match.
Disapointments: Has lost to Matt Hume, Juntaro Nakao and Pele.
Titles:
UFC Lightweight Champion
Midwest Middleweight Muay Thai Champion
Extreme Challenge Middleweight Champion
2 x Battle of the Masters Champion
Hometown: Nashville, Tennesse - USA
Styles: SHAOLIN KUNG FU, GOJU KARATE, KICKBOXING, BOXING
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 215 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1966
Occupation: Prison Warden
Titles/Accomplishments:
U.S. and Southeast Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion
Has been ranked #1 Heavyweight Kickboxer in ISKA and WKA
Former US and North American Wu Shu Champion
Army Boxing Record: 4-1-1
Hometown: Santa Ana/Huntington Beach, California - USA
(former) Ecuador
Styles: KENPO KARATE, WRESTLING, JUDO, JIU-JITSU (Purple Belt)
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 168 lbs.
Weight Range: 168-205 lbs.
Date of Birth: May 17, 1973
Place of Birth: Ecuador
Training Partners: Todd Medina
Titles/Accomplishments:
California Interscholastic Wrestling Champion
Ecuadorian Vale Tudo Champion
Full Contact Karate Record: 78-0 w/65 K.O.
Bench Press: 435 lbs.
Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma - USA
Styles: FREESTYLE WRESTLING
Weight Class: Middle (180-)
Date of Birth: 1962
Big Wins: Defeated John Lewis in Extreme Fighting.
Disapointments: Lost a submission wrestling match to Matt Hume.
Titles:
3 x Olympian (88-96)
1988 Olympic Gold Medalist
1992 Olympic Silver Medalist
Extreme Fighting Welterweight Champion.
Hometown: Olympia, Washington - USA
School/Team: American Martial Arts Center (AMC)
Styles: PANKRATION, SUBMISSION WRESTLING
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 199 lbs.
Date of Birth: January 18, 1971
Place of Birth: St. Paul, Minnesota
Marital Status: Married
Training Partners: Matt Hume, Josh Barnett, Randy Coture and Dan Henderson
Titles/Accomplishments:
1999 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling World Champion
2000 Abu Dhabi Combat Club Submission Wrestling Tournament Runner-Up
International Pro-Am of Grappling Heavyweight Tournament Champion (2000)
Hometown: Brazil
School: Abu Dhabi Combat Club (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
Style: BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU
Height: 68
Weight: 277 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1964
Sponsor: Arabian Prince
Trainer: Renzo Gracie, (formerly) Nelson Montiero
Big Wins: Has beaten Mikhail Ilhoukine.
Disapointments: Has lost decisions to Mark Coleman and Grom Zaza.
Titles:
Russian AFC Tournament Champion.
Abu Dhabi Combat Club World Heavyweight Submission Wrestling Champion
Hometown: Newport Beach, California - USA
Styles: BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU (6th Degree Black Belt), JUDO (3rd
Degree Black Belt)
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 195 lbs.
Weight Range: 189-205 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1963
Education: Degree in physical education from Castelo Branco University in Brazil
Occupation: Combat Instructor for the LAPD, director and master instructor of the Joe Morriera Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Schools
Training Partners: Gene LeBelle, Rickson Gracie, Allen Goes and Kimo.
Titles/Accomplishments:
Brazilian Federation Teacher of the Year
Head Jiu-Jitsu coach for Team USA
3 x National Brailian Jiu-Jitsu Champion
4 x Brazilian National Judo Champion
3 x World Judo Champion
Hometwon: Biloxi, Mississippi - USA
(former) Highlands/Redbank, New Jersy
Styles: PROFESIONAL WRESTLING (since 87)
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 295 lbs.
Weight Range: 280-300 lbs.
Date of Birth: 1968
Occupation: Constrution Worker and Bar Bouncer
Hometwon: Maryland - USA
(formerly) Atlanta, Georgia
Styles: PITT FIGHTING, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 184 lbs.
Weight Range: 180-190 lbs.
Date of Birth: December 7, 1965
Marital Status: Married
Training Partners: Kevin Jakub and Brian Garland.
Big Wins: Defeated Yasunori Matsumoto twice.
Disapointments: Has lost to Murilo Bustamente and Akira Shoji.
Hometown: Munice/Indianapolis, Indiana - USA
Styles:
FREESTYLE WRESTLING
GRECO-ROMANG WRESTLING
Others: Sambo, Jiu-Jitsu, Shorinji-Ryu Karate, Tae Kwan Do, Boxing, Pancrase,
Streetfighting
Height: 58
Weight: 215 lbs.
Weight Range: 202-232 lbs.
Date of Birth: October 27, 1964
Manager: Phyllis Lee
Training Partners: Indianapolis SWAT Team, Jason Godsey
Mug Shot
Big Wins: Has beaten Nick Starks and Tom Glanville.
Disapointments: Has lost to Conan, Wallid Ismail, and Carlos Barretto.
Titles/Accomplishments:
G.A.M.E. Heavyweight Champion
6 x Iron Man Champion
International Wrestling Record: 152-2
Claims over 1000 bar fights.