Fighter Wiki Pages
For more wiki pages, please visit List of MMA Fighters
Seth Petruzelli
| Seth Petruzelli | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 3, 1979 Cape Coral, Florida, United States |
| Other names | The Silverback, The Kimbo Killer |
| Residence | Winter Springs, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 224 lb (102 kg; 16.0 st) |
| Division | Light Heavyweight (present) Heavyweight |
| Reach | 74.0 in (188 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Fighting out of | Orlando, Florida |
| Team | The Jungle MMA and Fitness |
| Rank | black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu 3rd degree black belt in Shitō-ryū |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 2 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 20 |
| Wins | 14 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Seth Christopher Petruzelli (born December 3, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist, former kickboxer and entrepreneur. He is famously 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.
Contents |
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 football 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.[1]
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.
EliteXC controversy
On October 4, 2008, at EliteXC: Heat, 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.[2]
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,[3] and Petruzelli later clarified his statement telling respectively Yahoo! Sports and FiveOuncesofPain.com:
What that meant was they offer a knockout bonus, submission bonuses, fight of the night bonuses. I think it just got misconstrued. I wanted to have an exciting fight and I wanted the knock out bonus so I wanted to keep it standing. [...] They just said, ‘we want to see an exciting fight no matter what happens.’ I took it as I wanted the knockout bonus.[3]
What was meant to be said was that I wanted to keep the fight standing for myself because I knew that was what the crowd, the promoters, and everyone wanted to see because that’s more exciting than just taking someone to the ground. That was my thing only. I wanted to keep it exciting so I decided to keep it standing. It had nothing to do with anybody else. That was all me.[5]
On October 23, 2008, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation concluded its investigation of the bout and found no wrongdoing.[6]
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 on March 6, 2010 at an event called International Unlimited Fighting: The Return of Buluc but the fight was called off.[7]
Return to the UFC
Petruzelli returned to the UFC at UFC 116 to face UFC newcomer Ricardo Romero. Despite having dominated the initial stages of the fight, Petruzelli lost by armbar submission and was visibly hurt.[8]
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.[9]
Post-UFC Career
Petruzelli faced Dave Mewborn on April 22 serving as the Main Event for World Extreme Fighting 46 at the UCF Arena in Orlando Florida.[10] He defeated Mewborn by TKO at 3:06 of the first round.
Bellator
Seth made his Bellator debut against Ricco Rodriguez 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 arts
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Fight Of The Night (One Time)
- Ultimate Warrior Challenge
- Ultimate Warrior Challenge
- Knockout of the Night
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 20 matches | 14 wins | 6 losses |
| By knockout | 12 | 1 |
| By submission | 1 | 4 |
| By decision | 1 | 1 |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 14–6 | Ricco Rodriguez | KO (punches) | Bellator 48 | August 20, 2011 | 1 | 4:21 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | Catchweight (230 lb) bout |
| Win | 13–6 | Dave Mewborn | TKO (punches) | World Extreme Fighting 46 | April 22, 2011 | 1 | 3:06 | Orlando, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 12–6 | Karlos Vemola | TKO (punches) | UFC 122 | November 13, 2010 | 1 | 3:46 | Oberhausen, Germany | |
| Loss | 12–5 | Ricardo Romero | Submission (straight armbar) | UFC 116 | July 3, 2010 | 2 | 3:05 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 12–4 | Ryan White | Submission (armbar) | BAMMA 3 | May 15, 2010 | 1 | 1:07 | Birmingham, England | |
| Win | 11–4 | Chris Baten | TKO (punches) | Art of Fighting 4: Damage | August 22, 2009 | 1 | 2:23 | Tampa, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 10–4 | Kimbo Slice | KO (punches) | EliteXC: Heat | October 4, 2008 | 1 | 0:14 | Sunrise, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 9–4 | Sean Sallee | TKO | Knight Fight | October 27, 2007 | 1 | 2:58 | Orlando, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 8–4 | Wilson Gouveia | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs Guillard | April 5, 2007 | 2 | 0:39 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 8–3 | Bernard Rutherford | KO (punches) | Ultimate Warrior Challenge | February 2, 2007 | 1 | 1:47 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | Won Ultimate Warrior Challenge Knockout of the Night |
| Loss | 7–3 | Matt Hamill | Decision (unanimous) | Ortiz vs Shamrock 3 – The Final Chapter | October 10, 2006 | 3 | 5:00 | Hollywood, Florida, United States | Fight of the Night |
| Win | 7–2 | Dan Severn | Decision (unanimous) | King of the Cage 32: Bringing Heat | January 24, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | Miami, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 6–2 | Brian Hawkins | TKO (punches) | King of the Cage 21: Invasion | February 21, 2003 | 1 | 2:21 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | |
| Win | 5–2 | Rocky Batastini | TKO (punches) | King of the Cage 18: Sudden Impact | November 1, 2004 | 1 | 4:04 | Reno, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 4–2 | Mike Ward | TKO (cut) | Cage Wars 1 | December 23, 2002 | 1 | 2:50 | Portsmouth, England | |
| Win | 3–2 | Keith Fielder | TKO (corner stoppage) | RSF 6: Mayhem in Myers | December 29, 2001 | 1 | 2:10 | Fort Myers, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 2–2 | Victor Majuskaus | TKO (slam and punches) | WVF: Battlejax | November 10, 2001 | 1 | 0:29 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States | |
| Loss | 1–2 | Gan McGee | Submission (heel hook) | WEC 1 | June 30, 2001 | 1 | 1:25 | Lemoore, California, United States | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Mario Neto | Submission | World Vale Tudo Championship | June 9, 2001 | 1 | 17:36 | Recife, Brazil | |
| Win | 1–0 | Nate Robinson | KO | WVF: Battlejax | August 26, 2000 | 1 | 1:29 | Jacksonville, Florida, United States |
Kickboxing record
| Kickboxing record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
0 wins, 2 losses
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal life
He was born in Cape Coral, Florida.[11] He and his wife Leslie have been married since 2006.[3] The couple are currently going through a divorce.[12] [13]
References
- ^ UFC Profile info
- ^ “Petruzelli Shocks Slice”. Sherdog. http://www.sherdog.com/news/articles/petruzelli-shocks-slice-14655. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ a b c d “Petruzelli in center of Elite XC storm”. Yahoo. http://sports.yahoo.com/mma/news?slug=dw-petruzelli100708&prov=yhoo&type=lgns.
- ^ “Monsters in the Morning interview with Seth Petruzelli”. WTKS-FM. October 6, 2008. http://monsters.fm/pages/monsters_media.html?feed=246187&article=4355604.
- ^ Caplan, Seth (October 6, 2008). “Petruzelli disputes reports he received a bribe to keep Slice fight a standup affair”. FiveOunceOfPain.com. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2008/10/06/petruzelli-disputes-reports-he-insinuated-he-received-a-bonus-for-keeping-slice-fight-a-standup-affair/.
- ^ Franklin McNeil. “ProElite exonerated of wrongdoing in Slice-Petruzelli fight”. ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/extra/mma/news/story?id=3660628.
- ^ “Ken Shamrock vs Seth Petruzelli set for IUF: ‘The Return of Buluc’ on March 6 in Cancun”. mmamania.com. http://www.mmamania.com/2010/1/4/1233361/ken-shamrock-vs-seth-petruzelli. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ “Seth Petruzelli rejoins UFC, meets Ricardo Romero on UFC 116 preliminary card”. MMAjunkie. http://mmajunkie.com/news/19415/seth-petruzelli-rejoins-ufc-meets-ricardo-romero-on-ufc-116-preliminary-card.mma.
- ^ “Seth Petruzelli released by UFC”. fiveouncesofpain.com. November 23, 2010. http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2010/11/23/seth-petruzelli-released-by-ufc/.
- ^ twitter.com/silverbackseth
- ^ “Seth Petruzelli on FightResouce”. FIGHTRESOURCE.com. 2008-10-05. http://www.fightresource.com/viewfighters.php?fid=712=. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ “ThatMMAGuy interviews Seth Petruzelli”. THATGUYMMA.WORDPRESS.com. 2010-04-28. http://thatmmaguy.wordpress.com/2010/04/28/thatmmaguy-interviews-seth-petruzelli/. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ “Seth Petruzelli Knocks outs former UFC Champ”. TOPMMA-FIGHTERS.com. 2011-08-21. http://www.topmma-fighters.com/News/TopMMA-Fighters/bellator-48-seth-petruzelli-knocks-out-the-former-heavyweight-champion-of-the-ufc-ricco-rodriguez-video.aspx. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
External links
- http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1849444048
- http://www.facebook.com/pages/Silverback-Seth-Petruzelli/146795278672784
- http://www.twitter.com/silverbackseth
- Seth Petruzelli Interview
|
||||||||
- 1979 births
- Living people
- American mixed martial artists
- American mixed martial artists of Italian descent
- Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
- Heavyweight mixed martial artists
- Mixed martial artists from Florida
- American karateka
- American kickboxers
- Kickboxers from Florida
- Super heavyweight kickboxers
- American practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
MMA Full Contact is proud to dedicate a portion of our site to Women's MMA. To do this, MMAFC has aligned with the top advocates of Women's MMA, Fightergirls.com.
