Jason Chambers
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Jason Chambers is an American
United States
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 actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and mixed martial artist. Chambers is best known for his role as the host of the popular weekly television program Human Weapon
Human Weapon
Human Weapon was a weekly television show on The History Channel that premiered on July 20, 2007. The hosts, Jason Chambers and Bill Duff, travel across the world studying the unique martial arts, or styles of fighting, that have origins in the region....

on The History Channel
The History Channel
History, formerly known as The History Channel, is an American-based international satellite and cable TV channel that broadcasts a variety of reality shows and documentary programs including those of fictional and non-fictional historical content, together with speculation about the future.-...

. He has appeared in multiple television programs and was featured on Extra
Extra (TV series)
Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...

as one of "America' Most Eligible" bachelors .

Hosting

Chambers was the host of the series Human Weapon on The History Channel with co-host Bill Duff
Bill Duff
Bill Duff is a former National Football League, NFL Europe, and Arena Football League defensive tackle, and co-host of Human Weapon on the History Channel...

 from July 20, 2007, to August 28, 2008. He also provided color commentary for Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Fighting Championships is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United States. "Bellator", which is Latin for "Warrior", is organized into seasons with each event hosting the rounds of championship knockout tournaments for three-five weight divisions.-History:In its first season,...

' English broadcast in their inaugural season on ESPN
ESPN
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. Chambers has been a host for NBC
NBC
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's YourLaTv, a show featuring things to do and see in and around Los Angeles.

Acting

Chambers began studying acting in 2002 at Act One Studios in Chicago and later improv at The Second City Training Center.

In 2003, he moved to New York to continue his studies. There he appeared in television series Guiding Light
Guiding Light
Guiding Light is an American daytime television drama that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest running drama in television and radio history, running from 1937 until 2009...

, All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...

, Can You Tell? and As the World Turns
As the World Turns
As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

. In 2006 he moved to Los Angeles where he has been cast as Spencer on Days of Our Lives
Days of our Lives
Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...

and the street racing badboy Mercury on CSI: NY
CSI: NY
CSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that premiered on September 22, 2004, on CBS. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths as well as other crimes...

. In 2008 he was cast in the recurring role of Anvil inThe Middleman
The Middleman (TV series)
The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middleman, created by Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine...

on ABC Family
ABC Family
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, but he appeared in only one episode before the show was canceled after its first season.

Other media

Chambers is a regular co-host/contributor for the "MMA Chokehold" segment of Attack of the Show where he, Blair Butler
Blair Butler
Blair Butler is an American stand-up comic, and a television host, known for her work on the "Fresh Ink" segment on the G4 program, Attack of the Show!.-Career:...

 and host Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira
Kevin Pereira is co-host of G4's Attack of the Show! .-Biography:While in high school, Pereira hosted Pointless Audio under the pseudonym Captain Immy...

 discuss upcoming MMA events. In 2010 he began writing for FIGHT! Magazine. He was also featured as a contestant on the television show "Fear Factor" in 2004.

Martial Arts

Chambers is a Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do
Jeet Kune Do is a hybrid martial arts system and life philosophy founded by martial artist Bruce Lee with direct, non classical and straightforward movements. Due to the way his style works they believe in minimal movement with maximum effect and extreme speed. The system works on the use of...

 concepts instructor and has a brown belt in 10th planet jiu-jitsu
10th planet jiu-jitsu
10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu is a non-traditional style of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu developed by Eddie Bravo. The characteristics that distinguish it from traditional grappling are its strong focus on alternative and unconventional techniques, and its foundations without using a gi...

 under Eddie Bravo
Eddie Bravo
Eddie Bravo is a Mexican-American practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu who holds a second degree black belt under Jean-Jacques Machado...

.

Mixed martial arts record

|-
|Win
|align=center|18-5-2
|  Dan New
|Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
|TFC - Power Fights
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:11
|Hammond, Indiana
Hammond, Indiana
Hammond is a city in Lake County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. The population was 80,830 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Hammond is located at ....


|-
|Win
|align=center|17-5-2
|Rene Gonzalez
|Decision (split)
|Mainstream MMA - Cold War
|
|align=center|N/A
|
|Iowa
Iowa
Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|16-5-2
|  Tristan Yunker
|Submission (armbar)
|TFC 7 - Total Fight Challenge 7
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:29
|Hammond, Indiana
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|16-4-2
|  Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith (fighter)
Jimmy Smith is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He is the co-host of the television show Fight Quest, with Doug Anderson, on the Discovery Channel. He was primarily trained in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu.- Early life :...


|Submission (heel hook
Heel hook
Heel hook may refer to:* Heel hook, in grappling* A climbing technique...

)
|PF 1 - The Beginning
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:55
|Hollywood, California
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|16-3-2
|  Michihiro Omigawa
Michihiro Omigawa
is a Japanese mixed martial artist and Judoka who trains out of Hidehiko Yoshida's dojo. He made it to the finals in the Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix losing to Masanori Kanehara.-Mixed martial arts career:...


|Decision (split)
|Icon Sport
Icon Sport
Icon Sport is a defunct Hawaiian-based mixed martial arts organization. It was one of the earliest competitors to the Ultimate Fighting Championship though the organization did not achieve the same level of success the promotion did hold a number of note worthy cards.-Notable fighters:Icon Sport...

 - Lawler vs. Niko 2
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...


|
|-
| Draw
|align=center|16-2-2
|  Kosuke Umeda
|Draw
|DEEP
DEEP
Deep is a Japan- based mixed martial arts promoting and sanctioning organization. It is promoted by Shigeru Saeki who is also the former Public Relations Director of Pride Fighting Championships. Deep is considered second-tier Japanese promotion, as a feeder to larger shows like Dream. Their...

 - 22 Impact
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Tokyo, Japan
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|16-2-1
|  Billy Stamp
|Submission (twister
Twister
-Entertainment:* Twister , a comedy film starring Suzy Amis and Crispin Glover* Twister , a disaster film starring Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton** Twister...Ride it Out, a ride in Universal Studios Florida based on the film...

)
|TFC 4 - Total Fight Challenge 4
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:18
|Hammond, Indiana
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|15-2-1
|  Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves
Thiago Alves d'Araujo is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He started training in Muay Thai when he was 15 and mixed martial arts at 17. He is a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and has been described as a "Muay Thai wrecking machine". As of July 2011, He is currently ranked the #10 welterweight...


|Submission (verbal)
|IHC 8 - Ethereal
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:57
|Hammond, Indiana
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|-
|Win
|align=center|15-1-1
|Emmett Olvera
|Submission (armbar)
|RM 6 - Lord of the Ring
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:37
|Tijuana, Mexico
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|14-1-1
| Adrian Serrano
|Submission (guillotine choke
Guillotine choke
The guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts and wrestling applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent's neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine. The technique is either a type of tracheal compression restraint that prevents air flow...

)
|TMAC 2 - Total Martial Arts Challenge 2
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:27
|Hammond, Indiana
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|13-1-1
|  Mark Long
|TKO (punches)
|TFC 1 - Total Fight Challenge 1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:52
|Hammond, Indiana
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|12-1-1
|  Josh Kruger
|Submission (armbar)
|TMAC - Total Martial Arts Challenge
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:11
|Cicero, Illinois
Cicero, Illinois
Cicero is an incorporated town in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 83,891 at the 2010 census. Cicero is named for the town of Cicero, New York, which in turn was named for Marcus Tullius Cicero, the Roman statesman and orator....


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|-
|Win
|align=center|11-1-1
|Erick Snyder
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|MFC - Maximum Fighting Challenge
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:53
|Hammond, Indiana
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|10-1-1
|Justin Hynes
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|TCC - Total Combat Challenge
|
|align=center|N/A
|
|Hammond, Indiana
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9-1-1
|Jack Jones
|Submission (strikes)
|TC - Total Combat 2
|
|align=center|1
|
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8-1-1
|Corey Talbert
|Submission (armbar)
|TCC - Total Combat Challenge
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:44
|Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|7-1-1
|Dan Spychalski
|Submission (ankle lock)
|MAC - Midwest Absolute Challenge
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|7:20
|McHenry, Illinois
McHenry, Illinois
McHenry is a city in McHenry County, Illinois, United States. In 2005, its population was estimated to be 24,631. McHenry was at one time the county seat of McHenry County...


|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7-0-1
|Efrain Saladar
|TKO
|IE - Independent Event
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|2:12
|
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|6-0-1
|Mike Court
|Decision
|XC - Xtreme Challenge
|
|align=center|N/A
|
|
|
|-
| Draw
|align=center|5-0-1
|Bill Peach
|Draw
|CC 6 - Chicago Challenge 6
|
|align=center|N/A
|align=center|0:00
|Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5-0
|Ken Davis
|TKO (strikes)
|JKD - Challenge 4
|
|align=center|N/A
|
|
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4-0
|Alex Evan
|Submission (rear naked choke)
|RBP - Fight Night
|
|align=center|1
|
|Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3-0
|Tony Velasquez
|TKO
|RBP - Fight Night
|
|align=center|1
|
|Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2-0
|Nicolas Smith
|Decision (unanimous)
|RBP - Fight Night
|
|align=center|N/A
|
|Chicago, Illinois
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1-0
|Jose Gomez
|TKO (injury)
|RBP - Fight Night
|
|align=center|1
|
|Chicago, Illinois
|

Personal life

Chambers and fiancee Larissa Meek
Larissa Meek
Larissa Meek is a former beauty queen who has competed in the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA pageants and a reality television personality who starred in Average Joe: Hawaii.-Pageants:...

 are the parents of twins Declan and Danica, born December, 21st 2010.

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