Pete Williams (fighter) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Peter Alan Williams is a former American 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...

fighter who fought out of Ken Shamrock

Ken Shamrock

Kenneth Wayne Shamrock is an American mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Hall of Famer and professional wrestler...

's fight team the Lion's Den

Lion's Den (mixed martial arts)

The Lion's Den is a mixed martial arts team and training facility that was based out of Susanville, California and San Diego, California but has recently moved its headquarters to Reno, Nevada. The team was founded in the early 1990s by UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, and was the most dominant...

. Williams was ranked as high as the #6 top Heavyweight

Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

fighter in the world as of May 2000.

He has competed in the KOTC

King of the Cage

King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts promotion based in Southern California, USA.-History:KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters....

, RINGS, Pancrase

Pancrase

Pancrase is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. Pancrase is taken from Pankration, a sport in the ancient Olympic games. Suzuki and Funaki are particularly skilled in the art of catch wrestling and based the...

and the UFC, and was runner up in the 1996 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament.

Biography

Williams and Jerry Bohlander

Jerry Bohlander

Jerry Bohlander is an American former mixed martial artist. He is most notable for his UFC appearances and was a former UFC champion, winning the first lightweight tournament at UFC 12. He was a member of the legendary fight team the Lion's Den alongside other notable fighters such as Ken...

were on the same high school wrestling team. Williams started training at the Lion's Den about a month after Bohlander. Williams' favorite submission hold is the kneebar.

Williams was the winner of the Superbrawl 2

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...

tournament in Honolulu, Hawaii. He beat Donald de la Cruz and Joe Charles by strikes and kneebar respectively.

Fighting in the UFC, Williams defeated former heavyweight champion Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman is an American mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, former NCAA collegiate wrestler and former Olympic amateur wrestler. In MMA, he was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion, and the Pride Fighting...

and met Kevin Randleman

Kevin Randleman

Kevin Christopher Randleman is a retired American mixed martial arts fighter and a former UFC heavyweight champion. Randleman's background is in Collegiate wrestling. Wrestling at 177 pounds, Randleman was a two time Division I NCAA Champion for The Ohio State University...

at UFC 23

UFC 23

UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 1999 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Tokyo, Japan.-History:...

for the UFC heavyweight title after it was vacated by Bas Rutten

Bas Rutten

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak...

. Williams lost the bout by judges' decision. Other notable opponents in the UFC include Frank Mir

Frank Mir

Francisco Santos Miranda is an American mixed martial artist, as well as a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Kenpō Karate, who competes in the heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is a former UFC Heavyweight Champion and a former UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion...

, Ricco Rodriguez

Ricco Rodriguez

Ricco Rodriguez is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight champion. He has also competed in Pride Fighting Championship, EliteXC, International Fight League, BAMMA, World Extreme Cagefighting and King of the Cage.-Early life:Rodriguez grew up in the...

and Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt , also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won,...

.

Williams has competed in the RINGS organization in Japan and was the runner up in the 1996 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament.

Mixed martial arts record

Frank Mir

| Submission (shoulder lock)
| UFC 36

UFC 36

UFC 36: Worlds Collide was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on March 22, 2002...

Ricco Rodriguez

| TKO (punches)
| UFC 34

UFC 34

UFC 34: High Voltage was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the MGM Grand Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada on November 2, 2001...

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| Loss
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| Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt

| TKO (strikes)
| UFC 31

UFC 31

UFC 31: Locked and Loaded was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship at the Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City, New Jersey on May 4, 2001...

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| Win
|align=center| 12–3
| Rick Mathis
| TKO (corner stoppage)
| King of the Cage

King of the Cage

7: Wet and Wild
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| Win
|align=center| 11–3
| Roger Neff
| KO
| King of the Cage

King of the Cage

Kevin Randleman

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 23

UFC 23

UFC 23: Ultimate Japan 2 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 19, 1999 at Tokyo Bay NK Hall in Tokyo, Japan.-History:...

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| For vacant UFC Heavyweight Championship
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| Win
|align=center| 10–2
| Travis Fulton

Travis Fulton

Travis Fulton is an American mixed martial artist and a professional boxer in the heavyweight division. He has notched up over 300 vale tudo and mixed martial arts fights since 1996 and over 30 boxing matches since 1999....

| Submission (armlock)
| UFC 20

UFC 20

UFC 20: Battle for the Gold was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on May 7, 1999 at the Boutwell Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama...

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| Win
|align=center| 9–2
| Jason Godsey
| Submission (kneebar)
| UFC 19

UFC 19

UFC 19: Ultimate Young Guns was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on March 5, 1999 at the Casino Magic in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi...

UFC Brazil

UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship in São Paulo, Brazil on October 16th, 1998...

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|align=center| 15:00
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| Win
|align=center| 8–1
| Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman

| KO (head kick)
| UFC 17

UFC 17

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| Win
|align=center| 7–1
| Scott McMullin
| TKO
| World Pankration Championships 2
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| Win
|align=center| 6–1
| Joop Kasteel

Joop Kasteel

Joop Kasteel is a former Dutch mixed martial artist. Kasteel made his mixed martial arts debut on 15 June 1996. He is a veteran of the RINGS promotion and as he has fought the majority of his fights for them....

| TKO (knee injury)
| Rings: Extension Fighting 7
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| Win
|align=center| 5–1
| John Renfroe
| Submission (armbar)
| SuperBrawl 3
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|align=center| 2:56
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| Win
|align=center| 4–1
| Joe Charles
| Submission (kneebar)
| SuperBrawl 2
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|align=center| 1:39
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| Win
|align=center| 3–1
| Donald de la Cruz
| TKO (strikes)
| SuperBrawl 2
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 6:12
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| Loss
|align=center| 2–1
| Yuki Kondo

Yuki Kondo

is a Japanese mixed martial artist. He has a background in Shorinji Kempo and he is a 2nd dan. He was born in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Kondo is a Pancrase and Pride Fighting Championships veteran, as well as three-time veteran in the UFC. Kondo has fought over 60 times for the Pancrase...

| Decision (unanimous)
| Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2
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|align=center| 20:00
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| Win
|align=center| 2–0
| Osami Shibuya
| Decision (unanimous)
| Pancrase: 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2
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|align=center| 10:00
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| Win
|align=center| 1–0
| Kiuma Kunioku

Kiuma Kunioku

is a Japanese mixed martial artist currently fighting at welterweight.His hometown is Osaka, but he is currently living and training in Tokyo as freelance...

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