Richard Erik Owings is an American

United States

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 professional

Professional

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 mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

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 (MMA) fighter. He last fought for the New York Pitbulls

New York Pitbulls

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 of the International Fight League

International Fight League

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Biography

Owings has been living in New York City

New York City

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 for the last three years and training at the Renzo Gracie

Renzo Gracie

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 Academy. He won his debut MMA

Mixed martial arts

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 fight at the IFL

International Fight League

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 Legends Championship in 2006. He currently trains the UFC fighter, Georges St-Pierre.

Erik also has opened up a successful MMA and fitness training facility, MUSHIN MMA, near Union Square in New York City

New York City

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. Mushin is taken from Chinese and Japanese Characters stating a Zen

Zen

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 like, clear state of mind.

Erik is the featured trainer and credited as the program designer for the popular and recent successfully launched workout video, "RUSHFIT".

Mixed martial arts record

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| Loss
| 3-2
|   Wagnney Fabiano

Wagnney Fabiano

|-|Loss|align=center|14-3| Joseph Benavidez|Submission |WEC 52||align=center|2|align=center|2:45|Las Vegas, Nevada, USA||-|Win|align=center|14-2| Frank Gomez|Decision |WEC 49||align=center|3|align=center|5:00...

| Submission (Armbar)
| IFL-Las Vegas
| 6/16/2007
| 1
| 0:58
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| Win
| 3-1
|   Peter Kaljevic
| Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
| IFL-Atlanta
| 2/23/2007
| 2
| 3:03
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| Win
| 2-1
|   Ed West

Ed West (fighter)

Ed West is an American mixed martial artist. He currently fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in the Bantamweight division and was featured in the fourth season tournament and is currently fighting in the fifth season tournament....

| Decision (Unanimous)
| IFL-Championship Final
| 12/29/2006
| 3
| 4:00
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|-
| Loss
| 1-1
|   Chris Horodecki

Chris Horodecki

Christopher Horodecki is a Polish-Canadian mixed martial artist. He is best known for his fights in the WEC and the IFL.-Mixed martial arts career:Horodecki was born in Poland and raised in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada...

| KO (Kick)
| IFL-Championship 2006
| 6/3/2006
| 1
| 4:00
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| Win
| 1-0
|   Justin Jones
| Submission (Guillotine Choke)
| IFL-Legends Championship 2006
| 4/29/2006
| 1
| 2:50
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External links

• Erik Owings MushinMMA
• International Fight League