As a sophomore at Huntington Beach High School, Ortiz began wrestling and as a senior finished fourth in the state high school championships. At Golden West College and later Cal State Bakersfield, he became a wrestler. While at Golden West, he won two California state junior college titles.

At UFC 13, Ortiz made his mixed martial arts debut for no money. He, in an alternate bout via TKO, destroyed Wes Albritton. By first round guillotine choke, he lost to Guy Mezger in his next contest. He avenged his earlier loss to Mezger via first round TKO and went on the win three straight bouts.

In his next fight to Frank Shamrock, he lost the bout. After their fight when Shamrock vacated his belt, Ortiz went on to defeat Wanderlei Silva by decision to become champion. He then defended his belt five times.To Ortiz’s UFC light heavyweight crown, Chuck Liddell eventually became the number one contender. Having trained together formerly, they were friends and Ortiz did not want to fight against him. Interim title fight between Randy Couture and Liddell was declared. Ortiz had already lost his belt to Couture at UFC 44 and at UFC 47; Ortiz fell by way of KO against Liddell. He once again lost to Liddell, this time by TKO, At UFC 66.Fighting to a controversial draw against the speedy handed Rashad Evans, and then losing a decision to newly crowned king Lyoto Machida, Ortiz finished off his UFC contract by going 0-1-1. Ortiz chose not to resign with UFC after the Machida fight.

Ortiz was expected to return in August of 2009 but thing were unclear. He on November 21, 2009, faced Forrest Griffin, and lost the bout in Decision (Split) with the record of 15-7-1.

In 1995, with his huge aggression and one punch knockouts, Tank Abbott took the UFC by storm. Over many undefeated MMA fighters, over the next 8 years Tank Abbott had some impressive wins. Some of his wins against the undefeated fighters include 220 pound Hugh Duarte, 250 pound Steve Nelmark, 300lbs. Paul “Polar Bear” Varlans and 300 pound John Matua. Two Martial Arts World Champions were also defeated by Abbott. In 1995 he won against the undefeated UFC Champion Steve Jennum by TKO and in 1996, he defeated GC Champion Cal Worsham. To capture a world championship, The Tank failed in his three bids, after defeated by Maurice Smith, Oleg Taktarov and Don Frye.

In special wrestling “shoot-matches”, Tank Abbott scored a number of quick knockouts. He launched a highly publicized comeback in MMA arena in 2003 but it was short lived. He was defeated by Wesley “Cabbage” Correira and Frank Mir, Kimo Leopoldo. In a rematch, He later defeated Cabbage by K.O. he had a first round knockout loss to Kimbo Slice at Elite XC’s Street Certified event in February 2008. His next big fight was against Mike Bourke on February 13, 2009, at The Selland Arena in Fresno, California. For the first time in nearly four years, he secured a victory after he knocked Bourke in the first round.

With Sambo and Judo, Emelianenko’s enthusiasm for fighting began. He was initially trained under Vasiliy Ivanovich Gavrilov, and Vladimir Mihailovich Voronov, is the current grappling coach for Emelianenko. In 1997, received the official certification of a “Master of Sports” in sambo and judo. After earning a bronze medal in 1998 in the Russian Judo Championship.

Emelianenko made his MMA debut for the Japanese RINGS organization. At the King of Kings 2000, Emelianenko suffered his only loss in the sport against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka. Emelianenko defeated Chris Haseman and won the RINGS Absolute Class Tournament on February 15, 2002. On March 16, 2003, Emelianenko was then signed to fight heavily favored Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira for Pride’s Heavyweight Championship title and won it by unanimous decision. In PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix 2004, he was upset by Kevin Randleman. At PRIDE Final Conflict 2005, Emelianenko was awarded a unanimous decision victory against Mirko. At Shockwave 2006, Emelianenko’s last defense of his Pride Heavyweight title was against 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix champion Mark Hunt. In October 2007, Emelianenko committed to a non-exclusive, two-year and six-fight deal with M-1 Global.

Manager, Vadim Finkelstein confirmed Emelianenko’s tightly knit alliance with M-1 Global on February 13, 2008. In 2009, Two matches were canceled, one against Josh Branett, former UFC Heavyweight Champion and Vitor Belfort

On June 26, 2010, Fedor Emelianenko is scheduled to face Fabricio Werdum. Concentrating on the further improvement of his striking game, Fedor Emelianenko is training for the fight alongside top Dutch kick boxers.

Get ready to watch Lyoto Machida battle Mauricio Rua for a second time. This promises to be an exciting fight by 2 of the best Light Heavyweights in the sport. Machida offers a fighting style that noone can come close to while Rua hits hard and is ready for anything thrown his way. The first fight was close and went the full 5 rounds. Will it happen again or will w

In the Welterweight division, the guy everyone loves to hate, the bad boy of UFC, Josh Koscheck fights it out against Paul Daly. Koscheck, a fighter with much to prove, is always an entertaining fighter who gives 100% each and every time. That won’t stop Daly, who is an up and comer with something to prove.

The people’s favorite Heavyweight Kimbo Slice returns in UFC 113, this time taking on Matt Mitronie. Both Slice and Mitronie were featured in The Ultimate Fighter on Spike. Can Slice overcome his aches and pains to prove he has what it takes to be a champ? Or will the hard hitting Mitronie show the world he’s an MMA fighter and not a cry baby?
This promises to be one UFC fans will love! Don’t miss it!

The Walker-Nagy fight was part of a Strikeforce event that marked Walker’s first venture into a professional MMA cage. Walker came right out of the gate in the fight and was the more aggressive and had the moves of a seasoned veteran. Walker dominated the fight with Nagy trying to score some jabs but would always be thrown to the ground and Walker dominating. Walker would score the third round TKO.

Now word throughout the MMA and sports celebrity world is that Jose Canseco has issued a challenge to Herschel Walker. As folks might be aware, the controversial Canseco is also now an MMA fighter. Canseco made his debut in Japan last year when he was defeated by Japanese MMA star Hong Man Choi.

The exact statement that Canseco has been quoted as saying is ‘I guess I am going to have to show Herschel Walker who the bad boy of the sports industry is.’ It will be very interesting to see if a Walker-Canseco matchup will mature. All we can do is wait and find out.