John Kolosci
Encyclopedia
John Kolosci is an American
mixed martial artist
. He was a fighter on Season 6 of The Ultimate Fighter
, fighting on Team Serra.
, via Guillotine choke
in the first round. In the second round, he fought Mac Danzig
and was defeated by Rear naked choke
in the first round, eliminating him from contention.
In the semifinal round, fighter Matt Arroyo
suffered a rib injury and elected to pull out of the competition. In a meeting to decide his replacement, Kolosci was the only fighter to express enthusiasm at the prospect of fighting Danzig and was granted the opportunity by UFC
president Dana White
. In the rematch, Danzig was able to secure a victory, once again by Rear naked choke in round 1.
At The Ultimate Fighter Finale Kolosci lost to Matt Arroyo
via armbar at 4:42 of the first round.
|Win
|15-8
|Dan Bolden
|Decision (Split)
|Hoosier FC 9 - Fall Brawl
|11/5/2011
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Loss
|14-8
|Forrest Petz
|TKO (strikes)
|Hoosier FC 7 - Validation
|4/9/2011
|2
|0:57
|
|
|-
|Loss
|14-7
|Kenny Robertson
|Submission (Keylock)
|Bellator 25
|8/19/2010
|2
|2:41
|
|
|-
|Win
|14-6
|Luigi Fioravanti
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Hoosier FC 4 - Showdown at the Steel Yard
|6/11/2010
|1
|0:42
|
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|-
|Win
|13-6
|William Hill
|Decision (Split)
|Hoosier FC 2 - It's On
|1/2/2010
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Loss
|12-6
|Shamar Bailey
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
|11/7/2009
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|12-5
|Scott Sands
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Duneland Classic 6
|9/12/2009
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|11-5
|Jeff Hanks
|Submission (Anaconda Choke)
|LDIL - Lockdown in Lowell
|6/26/2009
|1
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|10-5
|Rocky France
|Decision (Majority)
|GECF 13 - Gladiator Elite Cage Fighting 13
|05/02/2009
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|9-5
|Jay Finnegan
|Submission (Anaconda Choke)
|Cage Rage - Kokomo
|4/10/2009
|1
|2:01
|
|
|-
|Loss
|8-5
|Matt Arroyo
|Submission (Armbar)
|The Ultimate Fighter 6#Finale
|12/08/2007
|1
|4:42
|
|
|-
|Loss
|8-4
|William Hill
|TKO (Punches)
|International Fighting Championships
: Road to Global Domination
|03/04/2007
|1
|1:11
|
|
|-
|Win
|8-3
|Andre Luis Novoes Pimenta
|Decision (Split)
|International MMA Competition 1: Attack
|11/04/2006
|3
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Loss
|7-3
|Bryan Rafiq
|Submission (Guillotine Choke
)
|MARS 4: New Deal
|08/26/2006
|1
|2:46
|
|
|-
|Win
|7-2
|Seth Kleinbeck
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Duneland Classic 4
|06/17/2006
|3
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|6-2
|Eric Tavares
|TKO
|Mix Fighting Championships: Boardwalk Blitz
|03/04/2006
|3
|3:17
|
|
|-
|Win
|5-2
|Mike Todorovic
|TKO
|SuperBrawl 40
|04/30/2005
|2
|2:10
|
|
|-
|Win
|4-2
|John Sivori
|Decision (Majority)
|Euphoria: USA vs. World
|02/26/2005
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|3-2
|Adam Verkilen
|TKO
|Xtreme Kage Kombat
|10/23/2004
|N/A
|N/A
|
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|-
|Loss
|2-2
|Pat O’Malley
|Decision
|Freestyle Combat Challenge 15
|06/12/2004
|2
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Loss
|2-1
|Jason Rigsby
|Submission (Rear Naked Choke
)
|Silverback Classic 18
|12/13/2003
|2
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|2-0
|Brent Calloway
|Submission (Strikes)
|Absolute Fighting Championships 6
|12/06/2003
|1
|3:58
|
|
|-
|Win
|1-0
|Roy Nerzig
|Submission (Strikes)
|Maximum Combat 6
|04/12/2003
|1
|N/A
|
|
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
mixed martial artist
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...
. He was a fighter on Season 6 of The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra
The Ultimate Fighter 6: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra is the sixth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, and premiered on September 19, 2007 on Spike TV, after UFC Fight Night 11. This season features only welterweight fighters...
, fighting on Team Serra.
The Ultimate Fighter
Kolosci was able to defeat his 1st round opponent, Billy MilesBilly Miles
Billy Miles is an American mixed martial artist who appeared on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Hughes.-Ultimate Fighter:...
, via 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...
in the first round. In the second round, he fought Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig
Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...
and was defeated by Rear naked choke
Rear naked choke
The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...
in the first round, eliminating him from contention.
In the semifinal round, fighter Matt Arroyo
Matt Arroyo
Matthew Vincent Arroyo is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was featured on the Ultimate Fighting Championship reality television show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra. He fights out of Tampa, Florida with Gracie Tampa, under Royce Gracie...
suffered a rib injury and elected to pull out of the competition. In a meeting to decide his replacement, Kolosci was the only fighter to express enthusiasm at the prospect of fighting Danzig and was granted the opportunity by UFC
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...
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 :...
. In the rematch, Danzig was able to secure a victory, once again by Rear naked choke in round 1.
At The Ultimate Fighter Finale Kolosci lost to Matt Arroyo
Matt Arroyo
Matthew Vincent Arroyo is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was featured on the Ultimate Fighting Championship reality television show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra. He fights out of Tampa, Florida with Gracie Tampa, under Royce Gracie...
via armbar at 4:42 of the first round.
Personal life
He has a beautiful 16-year-old daughter. John and his longtime girlfriend Cathy were married on November 20, 2009 in the ring during the intermission of the Hoosier Fight Club’s premier night.Mixed martial arts record
|-|Win
|15-8
|Dan Bolden
|Decision (Split)
|Hoosier FC 9 - Fall Brawl
|11/5/2011
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Loss
|14-8
|Forrest Petz
Forrest Petz
Forrest Petz is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Petz is a Ultimate Fighting Championships veteran formerly competing in their welterweight division...
|TKO (strikes)
|Hoosier FC 7 - Validation
|4/9/2011
|2
|0:57
|
|
|-
|Loss
|14-7
|Kenny Robertson
|Submission (Keylock)
|Bellator 25
|8/19/2010
|2
|2:41
|
|
|-
|Win
|14-6
|Luigi Fioravanti
Luigi Fioravanti
Luigi Fioravanti is an American mixed martial artist who fights out of Orlando, Florida with American Top Team. He was released by the UFC shortly after his first round TKO defeat to Anthony Johnson at UFC Fight Night 17...
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Hoosier FC 4 - Showdown at the Steel Yard
|6/11/2010
|1
|0:42
|
|
|-
|Win
|13-6
|William Hill
William Hill
-People:*William Hill *William Hill , British colonial Proprietary Governor of the Province of Avalon, Newfoundland*William Hill...
|Decision (Split)
|Hoosier FC 2 - It's On
|1/2/2010
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Loss
|12-6
|Shamar Bailey
Shamar Bailey
Shamar Bailey is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the lightweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2006, Bailey has made a name for himself fighting in the Midwest, and his 1-1 stint with Strikeforce. He was a competitor on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Lesnar vs...
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Rogers
Strikeforce / M-1 Global: Fedor vs. Rogers was a mixed martial arts event held on November 7, 2009. It was the first MMA event on network television since the now-defunct EliteXC promotion broadcast its final event, EliteXC: Heat, on CBS on October 4, 2008. The event had a four-fight main card...
|11/7/2009
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|12-5
|Scott Sands
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Duneland Classic 6
|9/12/2009
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|11-5
|Jeff Hanks
|Submission (Anaconda Choke)
|LDIL - Lockdown in Lowell
|6/26/2009
|1
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|10-5
|Rocky France
|Decision (Majority)
|GECF 13 - Gladiator Elite Cage Fighting 13
|05/02/2009
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|9-5
|Jay Finnegan
|Submission (Anaconda Choke)
|Cage Rage - Kokomo
|4/10/2009
|1
|2:01
|
|
|-
|Loss
|8-5
|Matt Arroyo
Matt Arroyo
Matthew Vincent Arroyo is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was featured on the Ultimate Fighting Championship reality television show The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra. He fights out of Tampa, Florida with Gracie Tampa, under Royce Gracie...
|Submission (Armbar)
|The Ultimate Fighter 6#Finale
|12/08/2007
|1
|4:42
|
|
|-
|Loss
|8-4
|William Hill
William Hill
-People:*William Hill *William Hill , British colonial Proprietary Governor of the Province of Avalon, Newfoundland*William Hill...
|TKO (Punches)
|International Fighting Championships
International Fighting Championships
International Fighting Championships is an American mixed martial arts organization. Founded in 1996, the IFC was the vision of longtime martial artist and kickboxing promoter, Howard Petschler. Howard recognized that MMA would finally solve a lot of the problemsassociated with martial arts as a...
: Road to Global Domination
|03/04/2007
|1
|1:11
|
|
|-
|Win
|8-3
|Andre Luis Novoes Pimenta
|Decision (Split)
|International MMA Competition 1: Attack
|11/04/2006
|3
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Loss
|7-3
|Bryan Rafiq
|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...
)
|MARS 4: New Deal
|08/26/2006
|1
|2:46
|
|
|-
|Win
|7-2
|Seth Kleinbeck
|Decision (Unanimous)
|Duneland Classic 4
|06/17/2006
|3
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|6-2
|Eric Tavares
|TKO
|Mix Fighting Championships: Boardwalk Blitz
|03/04/2006
|3
|3:17
|
|
|-
|Win
|5-2
|Mike Todorovic
|TKO
|SuperBrawl 40
|04/30/2005
|2
|2:10
|
|
|-
|Win
|4-2
|John Sivori
|Decision (Majority)
|Euphoria: USA vs. World
|02/26/2005
|3
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Win
|3-2
|Adam Verkilen
|TKO
|Xtreme Kage Kombat
|10/23/2004
|N/A
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Loss
|2-2
|Pat O’Malley
|Decision
|Freestyle Combat Challenge 15
|06/12/2004
|2
|5:00
|
|
|-
|Loss
|2-1
|Jason Rigsby
|Submission (Rear Naked Choke
Rear naked choke
The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...
)
|Silverback Classic 18
|12/13/2003
|2
|N/A
|
|
|-
|Win
|2-0
|Brent Calloway
|Submission (Strikes)
|Absolute Fighting Championships 6
|12/06/2003
|1
|3:58
|
|
|-
|Win
|1-0
|Roy Nerzig
|Submission (Strikes)
|Maximum Combat 6
|04/12/2003
|1
|N/A
|
|