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Christian Wellisch is a Hungarian-American

Hungarian American

Hungarian Americans Hungarian are American citizens of Hungarian descent. The constant influx of Hungarian immigrants was marked by several waves of sharp increase.-History:...

former mixed martial arts

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...

(MMA) fighter. He most recently competed as a light heavyweight in the UFC.

Mixed martial arts career

Wellisch began his professional career in 2001 as a heavyweight

Heavyweight (MMA)

The heavyweight division in mixed martial arts generally groups fighters between .Although many ambiguities exist within the lower weight classes regarding division naming and weight limits, the Heavyweight division is, for the most part, uniform...

fighting in smaller promotions. In 2006, he scored a stoppage victory over the undefeated Dan Evensen

Dan Evensen

Dan Tore Evensen is a Norwegian mixed martial artist. Most recently on May 1, 2009 Evensen won against Raoul Romero by second round TKO at Bellator V.- Background :...

. With a record of 6–2, Wellisch made his 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...

(UFC) debut against 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...

at UFC 62
UFC 62
UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 26, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.The main event was a Light...

. He lost by knockout due to a knee strike in the first round. Wellisch followed up with two victories against Anthony Perosh

Anthony Perosh

Anthony Perosh is an Australian mixed martial artist competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He competes in the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight divisions...

and Scott Junk

Scott Junk

Scott Junk is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division and he was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights....

at UFC 66
UFC 66
UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 30, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada .-Background:...

and UFC 76
UFC 76
UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California...

respectively. His streak ended at UFC 84
UFC 84
UFC 84: Ill Will was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 24, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Overview:...

, where undefeated rising star Shane Carwin

Shane Carwin

Shane Bannister Carwin is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , where he was previously the UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...

knocked him out with a punch in 44 seconds of the first round, knocking his mouthguard out as well.

In November 2008, the UFC released Wellisch from his contract along with Jon Fitch

Jon Fitch

Jonathan Parker Fitch is an American mixed martial artist. He is currently ranked as the No. 2 welterweight in the world by Sherdog, as well as many other publications.-Background:...

and other American Kickboxing Academy

American Kickboxing Academy

The American Kickboxing Academy is a martial arts gym located in San Jose, California. It is one of the pioneering schools of mixed martial arts...

(AKA) fighters as a result of a dispute over the exclusive license rights for a video game between AKA and UFC President Dana White

Dana White

Dana White is the current President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship , a mixed martial arts organization based in the United States.- Biography :...

. The dispute was resolved a day later and Wellisch, along with the other AKA fighters, were re-signed.

In his next appearance, Wellisch made his light heavyweight debut at UFC 94
UFC 94
UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31, 2009. The card featured five televised MMA bouts, as well as five un-aired preliminary bouts...

, where 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...

by split decision. With his second consecutive loss, and the UFC facing a glut of fighters due to recent acquisitions of World Extreme Cagefighting

World Extreme Cagefighting

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contracts, Wellisch was cut from the UFC roster.

Life after MMA

Having graduated from the McGeorge School of Law

McGeorge School of Law

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law is a private, ABA approved law school in the Oak Park neighborhood of the city of Sacramento, California. It is part of the University of the Pacific....

, Wellisch decided to retire from MMA and now runs his own law practice outside San Jose, California. Speaking on his decision to retire, Wellisch said "I told myself when I got into this sport that I wasn't going to take any steps backwards", he also said "I'm not going to go fight in the small shows, I think I made the right decision".

Mixed martial arts record

Jake O'Brien

| Decision (split)
| UFC 94

UFC 94

UFC 94: St-Pierre vs. Penn 2 was a mixed martial arts pay-per-view event promoted by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 31, 2009. The card featured five televised MMA bouts, as well as five un-aired preliminary bouts...

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Shane Carwin

| KO (punch)
| UFC 84

UFC 84

UFC 84: Ill Will was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 24, 2008, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.-Overview:...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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| Win
| align="center" | 8–3
| Scott Junk

Scott Junk

Scott Junk is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the Heavyweight division and he was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights....

| Submission (heel hook)
| UFC 76

UFC 76

UFC 76: Knockout was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . The event took place on September 22, 2007 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California...

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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| Win
| align="center" | 7–3
| Anthony Perosh

Anthony Perosh

Anthony Perosh is an Australian mixed martial artist competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He competes in the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight divisions...

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 66

UFC 66

UFC 66: Liddell vs. Ortiz was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 30, 2006 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada .-Background:...

Nevada

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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...

| KO (knee)
| UFC 62

UFC 62

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 26, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.The main event was a Light...

Nevada

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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| Win
| align="center" | 6–2
| Dan Evensen

Dan Evensen

Dan Tore Evensen is a Norwegian mixed martial artist. Most recently on May 1, 2009 Evensen won against Raoul Romero by second round TKO at Bellator V.- Background :...

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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| Win
| align="center" | 5–2
| Tom Howard
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| Valor Fighting: Showdown At Cache Creek
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2:11
| California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Soa Palelei

Soa Palelei is an Australian mixed martial artist. He competes in the Heavyweight and Superheavyweight divisions.Born in 1977, Newcastle, New South Wales, Soa “The Hulk” Palelei started his fighting career at an early age. Wrestling was his first choice in the earlier years and nearly saw him...

Australia

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| Win
| align="center" | 4–1
| Vince Lucero
| TKO
| CFM: Octogono Extremo
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" |
| Mexico

Mexico

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Kensuke Sasaki

is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently wrestles for various promotions through his own agency, Kensuke Office. He is the first of two men ever to hold all 3 of puroresu's major heavyweight titles , the other being Yoshihiro Takayama.-Early years :Kensuke Sasaki...

| Submission (guillotine choke)
| X-1
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 2:35
| Yokohama

Yokohama

is the capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture and the second largest city in Japan by population after Tokyo and most populous municipality of Japan. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu...

, Japan

Japan

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| Win
| align="center" | 3–0
| Jay White

Jay White (fighter)

Jay White is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He has fought many notable fighters such as Jeff Monson, Chris Barnett, Eddie Sanchez, Christian Wellisch, and Jake O'Brien. Jay is most well known for his affair with Kim Couture, Randy Couture's ex wife, and the dissolve of that...

| TKO (strikes)
| WEC 4

WEC 4

WEC 4: Rumble Under The Sun was a mixed martial arts event held on August 31, 2002 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Connecticut. WEC 4s main event was a fight between Aaron Brink and Jeremy Horn.- Results :...

Connecticut

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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| Win
| align="center" | 2–0
| Sam Sotello
| Submission (rear naked choke)
| KOTC 16: Double Cross
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 4:20
| California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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| Win
| align="center" | 1–0
| Dennis Taddio
| TKO (punches)
| Shogun 1
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| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | 1:23
| Hawaii

Hawaii

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, United States

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