He began his career in 1997 with RAW winning a number of titles. Ten years down the line after
joining pride fighting company he became the first fighter to simultaneously hold titles in two
different weight classes in a major MMA organization. On March 1, 2008 he lost his title to
Anderson Silva. Joining strikeforce on December 5, 2009, he went on to claim the strikeforce
light heavyweight championship after winning a fight against Rafael Cavalcante. On November
19, 2011 won a bout against Mauricio Rua, the fight earned the two of them Fight of the Night
Honours.

Height: 5 ft 11

Weight: 203 lb

Reach: 71 in

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: August 24, 1970

Fighting out of: Temecula, California

Town of Birth: Temecula, California, United states

Team/Association: Team Quest

Primary fighting style: Wrestling

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 29

Losses: 8

At the tender age of 21 in 2006 he became professional. Between 2008 and 2010 Dos Santos
went undefeated as he fought in the UFC. On November 12, 2011 he got his title shot at the
UFC heavyweight championship against Cain Velasquez, managing to defeat him via a knock
out. He will soon defend his title against Alistair Overeem.

Height: 6 ft 4

Weight: 240 lb

Reach: 77 inch

Nationality: Brazilian

Date of Birth: September 12, 1984

Fighting out of: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

Town of Birth: Cacador, Santa Cartarina

Team/Association: Team Nogueria

Primary fighting style: Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 14

Losses: 1

He made his debut to WEC on June 1, 2008, after a number of victorious fights he fought Mike
Brown on November 18, 2009 and won the WEC featherweight championship. In the same year
he received fighter of the year accolades from MMA and Sherdog.com. He has defended his
title three times and on the third one he faced Chad Mendes on January 14, 2012 and won by
knockout.

Height: 5 ft 7

Weight: 145 lb

Reach: 70 in

Nationality: Brazilian

Date of Birth: September 9, 1986

Fighting out of: Rio de Janeiro

Town of Birth: Manaus, Brazil

Team/Association: Black house Flamengo

Primary fighting style: Muay Thai

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 21

Losses: 1

He made his debut to MMA Back on August 9, 2008 and had victory over Adre Gusmao. On
February 5, 2011 he went on to defeated Ryan Bader the undefeated ultimate fighter winner
and gave him his first professional loss. That victory would later give him a shot at the light
heavyweight championship; he went on to defeat Mauricio Rua becoming the youngest UFC
champion ever and still is the title holder.

Height: 6 ft 4

Weight: 205 lbs

Reach: 84.5 in

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: July 1, 1987

Fighting out of: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Town of Birth: Rochester, New York, United states

Team/Association: Jackson’s MMA

Primary fighting style: Wrestling

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 15

Losses: 1

He came to the limelight when he earned a shot in the ultimate fighting championship on
October 3, 2005 where he defeated Brock Larson in a middleweight fight. On December 30,
2011 Fitch fought Johny Hendricks and was knocked out after just 12 seconds into the fight.

Height: 6 ft 0

Weight: 170 lb

Reach: 74 in

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: February 24, 1978

Fighting out of: San Jose, California

Town of Birth: Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A

Team/Association: American Kickboxing Academy

Primary fighting style: Wrestling

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 23

Losses: 4

Draws: 1

He won the UFC lightweight championship after winning a bout against BJ Penn. On August 28,
2010 he faced Penn once more to defend his title and won. He was later on defeated by Benson
Henderson on February 26, 2012 and lost his title.

Height: 5 ft 6

Weight: 154.5 lb

Reach: 68 in

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: October 16, 1981

Fighting out of: Toms River, New Jersey USA

Town of Birth: Toms River, New Jersey USA

Team/Association: Renzo Gracie Combat Team

Primary fighting style: Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 14

Losses: 2

Draws: 1

He started off in WEC as a featherweight and later on joined the 135 bantamweight, managing
to dominate and on March 6, 2010 he became the WEC bantamweight champion by giving a
TKO to his opponent Brian Bowles, this title was later on in December 16, 2010 known as the
UFC bantamweight championship and he was still the winner up to now.

Height: 5 ft 8

Weight: 135 lb

Reach: 68.0

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: September 3, 1985

Fighting out of: San Diego, California

Town of Birth: Tucson, Arizona

Team/Association: Alliance MMA, Team Lloyd Irvin

Primary fighting style: Brazilian Jitsu

Mixed martial arts record

Win: 19

Losses: 1

He formerly fought in WEC and was the final WEC welterweight champion; afterwards he made
a move to Ultimate Fighting championship (UFC). He defeated Ellenberger on September 16,
2009 and earned his first win in the UFC. He is ranked second in welterweight in the world by
multiple publications.

Height: 6 ft 2 in

Weight: 169 lb

Reach: 76 inch

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: April 26th 1984

Town of Birth: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Team/Association: UFC organization

Primary fighting style: Muay Thai striker

Mixed Martial art records

Win: 28

Losses: 5

So what do you do? As a backup, it is always a good idea to learn how to fight, because one day it could save your life.

Some passive aggressive behaviors, such as bullying by name-calling or similar, do not warrant physical self defence. The art to dealing with this kind of behavior lies elsewhere. However, if you are confronted with, or likely to be confronted with real physical violence, then if you know how to fight, you will now how to defend yourself.

Learning to recognise potential trouble spots is an important survival skill, particularly if you live in a certain areas. Learning how people behave in their own environment is also important, because certain types of behavior can be misinterpreted. For example, joking and name calling can be taken in the right way, but sometimes, they are a pre cursor to violence. You must learn to understand your adversary, and be prepared.

I am nor suggesting that you look for trouble; far from it. You need to be ready for it, especially if you find yourself in a situation where trouble might be brewing. Parties are certainly one place where trouble can turn up unannounced, especially if there is copious quantities of alcohol available. In fact anywhere where drink can be bought cheaply, especially where young people congregate is a place where you probably want to be on your toes.

The flip side of this of course is that you need to keep a clear head yourself as well. If you are drinking as well, then your thinking could be affected, which means that you could misread signals that you get from other people. To learn how to fight also means to learn how to control!

Sometimes you have to learn how to fight to get yourself out of trouble that you didn’t even see coming. So if you are going to learn how to fight, then take the trouble to do it properly.

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