Seth Petruzelli
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Seth Petruzelli is an American
mixed martial artist
, former kickboxer
and entrepreneur
. He is infamously known as the first man to defeat Kimbo Slice
in mixed martial arts competition, knocking him out in 14 seconds. Seth went to school at the University of Central Florida
to study Psychology
. He holds notable wins over Dan Severn
, Kimbo Slice
and Ricco Rodriguez
.
and wrestled at Mariner High School. Petruzelli was a three-sport letterman all four years of high school. He was also all state center for football. Petruzelli was offered a scholarship to wrestle and play football in college but ended up turning pro in MMA right out of high school. He holds a 3rd degree black belt
in Shitō-ryū Karate
and a Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
.
Petruzelli was a member of the cast of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
's The Ultimate Fighter 2
as a heavyweight. He was eliminated in the semi-finals by Brad Imes
after having defeated Dan Christison
by unanimous decision in an elimination bout. He later had the opportunity to fight in the UFC in 2006, but was cut after losses to Matt Hamill
and Wilson Gouveia
.
, he defeated Kimbo Slice
in 14 seconds by TKO. He was offered the fight as a stand-in after Ken Shamrock
received a cut over his left eye in pre-fight practice and was forced to back out.
On October 10, 2008, two days after the fight with Slice, he told the radio show The Monsters In The Morning
:
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw immediately denied what could be perceived as them trying to fix the fight, and Petruzelli later clarified his statement telling respectively Yahoo! Sports and FiveOuncesofPain.com:
On October 23, 2008, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
concluded its investigation of the bout and found no wrongdoing.
On August 22, 2009, Petruzelli fought in the Art Of Fighting 4 at the USF Sundome in Florida.
Petruzelli was expected to face MMA pioneer and former King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock
on March 6, 2010 at an event called International Unlimited Fighting: The Return of Buluc but the fight was called off.
to face UFC newcomer Ricardo Romero
. Despite having dominated the initial stages of the fight, Petruzelli lost by armbar submission and was visibly hurt.
Petruzelli stated via Twitter that his arm was not broken and it had just popped. He was given another fight by the UFC, and expressed excitement to face Tito Ortiz
or Matt Hamill
depending on whoever loses the fight. On November 13, he faced Karlos Vemola
at UFC 122
in Oberhausen, Germany. He lost the fight via TKO (strikes) at 3:46 of the first round and was released from the promotion after dropping to 0-4 in the UFC.
at Bellator 48. He won the fight via KO in the first round. After the fight Petruzelli was rewarded with a BJJ black belt under Thiago Domingues (a De La Riva Blackbelt).
|Win
|align=center|14-6
|Ricco Rodriguez
|KO (strikes)
|Bellator 48
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:21
|Uncasville, Connecticut
, United States
|Catchweight (230 lb) bout
|-
|Win
|align=center|13-6
|Dave Mewborn
|TKO (punches)
|World Extreme Fighting 46
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:06
|Orlando, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-6
|Karlos Vemola
|TKO (punches and elbows)
|UFC 122
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:46
|Oberhausen, Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-5
|Ricardo Romero
|Submission (straight armbar)
|UFC 116
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:05
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|12–4
|Ryan White
|Submission (armbar)
|BAMMA 3
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:07
|Birmingham, England
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|11–4
|Chris Baten
|TKO (punches)
|Art of Fighting 4: Damage
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:23
|Tampa, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|10–4
|Kimbo Slice
|TKO (punches)
|EliteXC: Heat
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:14
|Sunrise, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9–4
|Sean Sallee
|TKO
|Knight Fight
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:58
|Orlando, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|8–4
|Wilson Gouveia
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|UFC Fight Night 9
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:39
|Las Vegas, Nevada
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8–3
|Bernard Rutherford
|KO (punches)
|Ultimate Warrior Challenge
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:47
|Jacksonville, Florida
, United States
|Won Ultimate Warrior Challenge Knockout of the Night
|-
|Loss
|align=center|7–3
|Matt Hamill
|Decision (unanimous)
|Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Hollywood, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|7–2
|Dan Severn
|Decision (unanimous)
|King of the Cage 32: Bringing Heat
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Miami, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|6–2
|Brian Hawkins
|TKO (punches)
|King of the Cage 21: Invasion
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:21
|Albuquerque, New Mexico
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|5–2
|Rocky Batastini
|TKO (punches)
|King of the Cage 18: Sudden Impact
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:04
|Reno, Nevada
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4–2
|Mike Ward
|TKO (cut)
|Cage Wars 1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:50
|Portsmouth
, England
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|3–2
|Keith Fielder
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|RSF 6: Mayhem in Myers
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:10
|Fort Myers, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|2–2
|Victor Majuskaus
|TKO (slam and punches)
|WVF: Battlejax
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:29
|Jacksonville, Florida
, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1–2
|Gan McGee
|Submission (heel hook)
|WEC 1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:25
|Lemoore, California
, United States
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|1–1
|Mario Neto
|Submission
|World Vale Tudo Championship
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|17:36
|Recife
, Brazil
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|1–0
|Nate Robinson
|KO
|WVF: Battlejax
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:29
|Jacksonville, Florida
, United States
|
|-
.
He and his wife Leslie have been married since 2006. The couple are currently going through a divorce.
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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...
, former kickboxer
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
and entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
. He is infamously known as the first man to defeat Kimbo Slice
Kimbo Slice
Kevin Ferguson , better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor...
in mixed martial arts competition, knocking him out in 14 seconds. Seth went to school at the University of Central Florida
University of Central Florida
The University of Central Florida, commonly referred to as UCF, is a metropolitan public research university located in Orlando, Florida, United States...
to study Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
. He holds notable wins over Dan Severn
Dan Severn
Daniel DeWayne Severn is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable for his success in the early years of Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments. Severn has fought and wrestled for many mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions, including King of the...
, Kimbo Slice
Kimbo Slice
Kevin Ferguson , better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor...
and 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...
.
Mixed martial arts career
Petruzelli started training martial arts at the age of seven and continued on training through high school, where he also played footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
and wrestled at Mariner High School. Petruzelli was a three-sport letterman all four years of high school. He was also all state center for football. Petruzelli was offered a scholarship to wrestle and play football in college but ended up turning pro in MMA right out of high school. He holds a 3rd degree black belt
Black belt (martial arts)
In martial arts, the black belt is a way to describe a graduate of a field where a practitioner's level is often marked by the color of the belt. The black belt is commonly the highest belt color used and denotes a degree of competence. It is often associated with a teaching grade though...
in Shitō-ryū Karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
and a Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...
.
Petruzelli was a member of the cast of the 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...
's The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2
The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight...
as a heavyweight. He was eliminated in the semi-finals by Brad Imes
Brad Imes
Bradley Imes Smith , is a retired American mixed martial artist. Imes appeared on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter reality show on Spike TV. He has competed as a heavyweight in the UFC, WEC, and most recently King of the Cage...
after having defeated Dan Christison
Dan Christison
Daniel B. Christison is an American mixed martial artist. He fought for the San Jose Razorclaws of the International Fight League....
by unanimous decision in an elimination bout. He later had the opportunity to fight in the UFC in 2006, but was cut after losses to Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill
Matthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...
and Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia is a Brazilian mixed martial artist.At and , Gouveia fights as a light heavyweight in the Maximum Fighting Championships organization after a stint as a middleweight in the UFC. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a member of American Top Team...
.
EliteXC controversy
On October 4, 2008, at EliteXC: HeatEliteXC: Heat
EliteXC: Heat was a mixed martial arts event held by EliteXC on October 4, 2008 in Sunrise, Florida at the Bank Atlantic Center.It would be the last for the promotion....
, he defeated Kimbo Slice
Kimbo Slice
Kevin Ferguson , better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor...
in 14 seconds by TKO. He was offered the fight as a stand-in after Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock
Kenneth Wayne Shamrock is an American mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Hall of Famer and professional wrestler...
received a cut over his left eye in pre-fight practice and was forced to back out.
On October 10, 2008, two days after the fight with Slice, he told the radio show The Monsters In The Morning
The Monsters In The Morning
The Monsters in the Morning is a talk radio show on WTKS-FM Real Radio in Orlando, Florida, USA, XM Radio Channel 152 and via the Iheartradio app for mobile devices. It is a morning show that runs from 6 am-11 am ET. The show is a mix of current events, comedy, and stunts. Discussions involve the...
:
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw immediately denied what could be perceived as them trying to fix the fight, and Petruzelli later clarified his statement telling respectively Yahoo! Sports and FiveOuncesofPain.com:
On October 23, 2008, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation is the agency of the government of Florida responsible for business and professional regulation.-Organization:*Professional Regulation...
concluded its investigation of the bout and found no wrongdoing.
2008-2010
In December 2008, Petruzelli opened his own MMA gym in Orlando, Florida called "The Jungle" on East Colonial Drive.On August 22, 2009, Petruzelli fought in the Art Of Fighting 4 at the USF Sundome in Florida.
Petruzelli was expected to face MMA pioneer and former King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock
Kenneth Wayne Shamrock is an American mixed martial arts fighter, UFC Hall of Famer and professional wrestler...
on March 6, 2010 at an event called International Unlimited Fighting: The Return of Buluc but the fight was called off.
Return to the UFC
Petruzelli returned to the UFC at UFC 116UFC 116
UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 3, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States...
to face UFC newcomer Ricardo Romero
Ricardo Romero (fighter)
Ricardo Romero is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a featured competitor on multiple occasions for the Ring of Combat promotion which featured on HDNet Fights and also competed for their Light Heavyweight title...
. Despite having dominated the initial stages of the fight, Petruzelli lost by armbar submission and was visibly hurt.
Petruzelli stated via Twitter that his arm was not broken and it had just popped. He was given another fight by the UFC, and expressed excitement to face Tito Ortiz
Tito Ortiz
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz is a Mexican-American mixed martial artist and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, having held the title from April 14, 2000 to September 26, 2003. Along with fighters like Randy Couture and Chuck Liddell, he was one of the sport's early stars...
or Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill
Matthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...
depending on whoever loses the fight. On November 13, he faced Karlos Vemola
Karlos Vemola
Karlos Vemola is a Czech mixed martial artist. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in their heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. He is a 6 time Czech Republic National Wrestling Champion. He is known for his great strength...
at UFC 122
UFC 122
UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 13, 2010 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. This event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S....
in Oberhausen, Germany. He lost the fight via TKO (strikes) at 3:46 of the first round and was released from the promotion after dropping to 0-4 in the UFC.
Post-UFC Career
Petruzelli faced Dave Mewborn on April 22nd serving as the Main Event for World Extreme Fighting 46 at the UCF Arena in Orlando Florida. He defeated Mewborn by TKO at 3:06 of the first round.Bellator
Seth made his Bellator debut against Ricco RodriguezRicco 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...
at Bellator 48. He won the fight via KO in the first round. After the fight Petruzelli was rewarded with a BJJ black belt under Thiago Domingues (a De La Riva Blackbelt).
Championships and accomplishments
Mixed martial artsMixed 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...
- Ultimate Fighting ChampionshipUltimate Fighting ChampionshipThe 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...
- Won Fight Of The Night Honors (x1, First)
- Ultimate Warrior Challenge
- Won Ultimate Warrior Challenge
- Knockout of the Night
Mixed martial arts record
|-|Win
|align=center|14-6
|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...
|KO (strikes)
|Bellator 48
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:21
|Uncasville, Connecticut
Uncasville, Connecticut
Uncasville is an area in the town of Montville, Connecticut. The area traditionally known as Uncasville is a village in southeastern Montville, at the mouth of the Oxoboxo River...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|Catchweight (230 lb) bout
|-
|Win
|align=center|13-6
|Dave Mewborn
|TKO (punches)
|World Extreme Fighting 46
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:06
|Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-6
|Karlos Vemola
Karlos Vemola
Karlos Vemola is a Czech mixed martial artist. He is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship and competes in their heavyweight and light heavyweight divisions. He is a 6 time Czech Republic National Wrestling Champion. He is known for his great strength...
|TKO (punches and elbows)
|UFC 122
UFC 122
UFC 122: Marquardt vs. Okami was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on November 13, 2010 at König Pilsener Arena in Oberhausen, Germany. This event aired on the same day, via tape delay, on Spike TV in the U.S....
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:46
|Oberhausen, Germany
|
|-
|Loss
|align=center|12-5
|Ricardo Romero
Ricardo Romero (fighter)
Ricardo Romero is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a featured competitor on multiple occasions for the Ring of Combat promotion which featured on HDNet Fights and also competed for their Light Heavyweight title...
|Submission (straight armbar)
|UFC 116
UFC 116
UFC 116: Lesnar vs. Carwin was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on July 3, 2010 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States...
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|3:05
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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|-
|Win
|align=center|12–4
|Ryan White
|Submission (armbar)
|BAMMA 3
BAMMA 3
BAMMA 3: WATSON vs. HORWICH was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on May 15, 2010 at the LG Arena in Birmingham, England. It featured three title fights, and was headlined by Matt Horwich and Tom Watson...
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:07
|Birmingham, England
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|11–4
|Chris Baten
|TKO (punches)
|Art of Fighting 4: Damage
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:23
|Tampa, Florida
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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|-
|Win
|align=center|10–4
|Kimbo Slice
Kimbo Slice
Kevin Ferguson , better known as Kimbo Slice, is a Bahamian-American boxer, mixed martial artist and occasional actor...
|TKO (punches)
|EliteXC: Heat
EliteXC: Heat
EliteXC: Heat was a mixed martial arts event held by EliteXC on October 4, 2008 in Sunrise, Florida at the Bank Atlantic Center.It would be the last for the promotion....
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:14
|Sunrise, Florida
Sunrise, Florida
-Overview:Sunrise is a city in southwestern Broward County, Florida, United States. It was incorporated in 1961 by Norman Johnson – a developer whose World Famous Upside-Down House attracted buyers to what was then a remote area...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|9–4
|Sean Sallee
|TKO
|Knight Fight
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:58
|Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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|-
|Loss
|align=center|8–4
|Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia
Wilson Gouveia is a Brazilian mixed martial artist.At and , Gouveia fights as a light heavyweight in the Maximum Fighting Championships organization after a stint as a middleweight in the UFC. He holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and is a member of American Top Team...
|Submission (guillotine choke)
|UFC Fight Night 9
UFC Fight Night 9
UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard referred to by the media as UFC Fight Night 9 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 5, 2007 at The Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada...
|
|align=center|2
|align=center|0:39
|Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|8–3
|Bernard Rutherford
|KO (punches)
|Ultimate Warrior Challenge
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:47
|Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|Won Ultimate Warrior Challenge Knockout of the Night
|-
|Loss
|align=center|7–3
|Matt Hamill
Matt Hamill
Matthew S. Hamill is a retired American wrestler and mixed martial artist. He is a three-time NCAA Division III National Champion in wrestling while attending the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York...
|Decision (unanimous)
|Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3: The Final Chapter
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Hollywood, Florida
Hollywood, Florida
-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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|-
|Win
|align=center|7–2
|Dan Severn
Dan Severn
Daniel DeWayne Severn is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable for his success in the early years of Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments. Severn has fought and wrestled for many mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions, including King of the...
|Decision (unanimous)
|King of the Cage 32: Bringing Heat
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Miami, Florida
Miami, Florida
Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...
, United States
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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
|
|-
|Win
|align=center|6–2
|Brian Hawkins
|TKO (punches)
|King of the Cage 21: Invasion
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:21
|Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
, United States
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|-
|Win
|align=center|5–2
|Rocky Batastini
|TKO (punches)
|King of the Cage 18: Sudden Impact
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:04
|Reno, Nevada
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
, United States
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|
|-
|Win
|align=center|4–2
|Mike Ward
|TKO (cut)
|Cage Wars 1
|
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:50
|Portsmouth
Portsmouth
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, England
England
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|Win
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|Keith Fielder
|TKO (corner stoppage)
|RSF 6: Mayhem in Myers
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|Fort Myers, Florida
Fort Myers, Florida
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, United States
United States
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|Win
|align=center|2–2
|Victor Majuskaus
|TKO (slam and punches)
|WVF: Battlejax
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|align=center|1
|align=center|0:29
|Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, United States
United States
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|Loss
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|Gan McGee
Gan McGee
Gan McGee is an American mixed martial artist who is best remembered for his appearances in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He holds notable wins over Pedro Rizzo and Paul Buentello-Career:...
|Submission (heel hook)
|WEC 1
WEC 1
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:25
|Lemoore, California
Lemoore, California
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, United States
United States
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|Loss
|align=center|1–1
|Mario Neto
Mario Neto
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|Submission
|World Vale Tudo Championship
World Vale Tudo Championship
The World Vale Tudo Championship, or WVC, was a no holds barred-style MMA fighting promotion based in Brazil. The promotion was founded by Brazilian promoter Frederico Lapenda...
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|align=center|1
|align=center|17:36
|Recife
Recife
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, Brazil
Brazil
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|Win
|align=center|1–0
|Nate Robinson
|KO
|WVF: Battlejax
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|align=center|1
|align=center|1:29
|Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Florida in terms of both population and land area, and the largest city by area in the contiguous United States. It is the county seat of Duval County, with which the city government consolidated in 1968...
, 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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Personal life
He was born in Cape Coral, FloridaCape Coral, Florida
Cape Coral is a municipality located in Lee County, Florida, United States, on the Gulf of Mexico. Founded in 1957 and developed as a master-planned, pre-platted community, the city grew to a population of 154,305 by the year 2010. With an area of , Cape Coral is the largest city between Tampa and...
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He and his wife Leslie have been married since 2006. The couple are currently going through a divorce.
External links
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1849444048http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silverback-Seth-Petruzelli/146795278672784
http://www.twitter.com/silverbackseth