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Alexander Aristides Reid (born 21 July 1975) is an English 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...

, 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 actor who used the nickname The Reidernator. Reid has fought for Cage Rage

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...

, BAMMA

BAMMA

The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is considered by many as the biggest MMA promotion in the country. It premièred on June 27, 2009 and was shown on the television channel Bravo...

and Cage Rage UK. Throughout his MMA career he has fought some of the most well known fighters, especially from the earlier days of the UFC, such as former welterweight champion Dave Menne

Dave Menne

David Jeremy Menne is an American mixed martial artist who has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Rumble on the Rock. He was the first ever UFC Middleweight Champion and is known for his fight against Phil Baroni in which he got knocked out and tried to fall to the ground, only to...

and UFC 14

UFC 14

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middleweight finalist Tony Fryklund, he has also faced Murilo 'Ninja' Rua

Murilo Rua

Murilo Rua is a former Brazilian mixed martial artist who fought in Pride Fighting Championships. Nicknamed Ninja, he is the older brother of former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Mauricio "Shogun" Rua. He is known for his well-rounded fighting skills, in particular Muay Thai and Brazilian...

, Tom Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

Tom "Kong" Watson is an English mixed martial artist, currently fighting at middleweight and training at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada and Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is known for his unorthodox entrances, dancing to the ring in a gorilla mask...

, Xavier Foupa-Pokam

Xavier Foupa-Pokam

Xavier Foupa-Pokam is a French mixed martial artist from Paris. Foupa-Pokam is best known for his brief career in the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their middleweight division, and his long career in British MMA with promotions such as BAMMA and Cage Rage...

, Mark Weir

Mark Weir

Mark Anthony Weir is an English mixed martial artist usually fighting in the middleweight division at 185 lbs. He has fought in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, and Pride Fighting Championships, and is the former Cage Rage British middleweight champion- Biography :Mark Weir lives in...

and Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera is a basketball player from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He plays in Puerto Rico on the BSN for the Santurce Crabbers and was a member of the 2004 Puerto Rican National Basketball Team that competed at the 2004 Athens Olympics.-References:...

.

He became a celebrity in Britain when he began to date the glamour model Katie Price. He won Celebrity Big Brother
Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)
Celebrity Big Brother 2010 was the seventh and final series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on Channel 4 and E4. It began on Sunday 3 January 2010 and aired for 27 days until the final on 29 January 2010, the longest ever celebrity series in the UK...

in January 2010. Reid and Price married in February 2010 and separated in January 2011. In 2012 Reid is set to star in a new reality TV programme entitled 'Tribe'. Reid will join the Ekari people prior to the show. It is rumoured that comic Mark Watson

Mark Watson

Mark Stewart Watson is a professional soccer player who has earned the second most caps in the history of the Canadian national team.-Playing career:...

and model Jodie Marsh

Jodie Marsh

Jodie Marsh is an English media personality, former glamour model and bodybuilder. She has appeared topless in many tabloid newspapers and has appeared in her own reality show, Totally Jodie Marsh.-Early life:...

will also be on the show.

Early life

Reid was born in Aldershot

Aldershot

Aldershot is a town in the English county of Hampshire, located on heathland about southwest of London. The town is administered by Rushmoor Borough Council...

, Hampshire. His parents are Bob and Carol; he has five siblings.

He was known as Zander by his family, when he was younger. In 1991, Reid was a member of the Hampshire Scout unit that was visiting Japan & South Korea, taking part in the 17th World Scout Jamboree at Mt Sorak National Park

Seoraksan

Seoraksan is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon province in eastern South Korea. It is located in a national park near the city of Sokcho. After the Hallasan volcano on Jeju Island and Jirisan in the south, Seoraksan is the third highest mountain in South Korea. The...

.

In 1996 Reid enlisted with 10th (Volunteer) Battalion of the Parachute Regiment (10 PARA), a Territorial Army unit based in London and spent 3 years training as a recruit before being discharged.

Acting career

In 1998 Reid studied on the one-year acting course at the Guildford School of Acting

Guildford School of Acting

Guildford School of Acting is a drama school located in Guildford, Surrey, England. It is an affiliate of the University of Surrey and is an accredited member of the National Council for Drama Training and The Conference of Drama Schools.-Overview:...

, in Surrey. In his first TV appearance, Reid was a contestant on the hit ITV Show, Gladiators, and also had a recurring background role in the ITV drama, Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier
Soldier Soldier is a British television drama series. The title comes from a traditional song of the same name.Produced by Central Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of seven series and 82 episodes from 1991 to 1997...

. In 1998, Reid had a small role as an extra in Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors

Sliding Doors is a 1998 British-American romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Howitt and starring Gwyneth Paltrow and John Hannah, and featured John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Virginia McKenna. The music was composed by David Hirschfelder...

, during the launch of Clive's Restaurant. He was also in the film, Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American war film set during the invasion of Normandy in World War II. It was directed by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay by Robert Rodat. The film is notable for the intensity of its opening 27 minutes, which depicts the Omaha Beach assault of June 6, 1944....

as a stand in for Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks

Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" Hanks is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks worked in television and family-friendly comedies, gaining wide notice in 1988's Big, before achieving success as a dramatic actor in several notable roles, including Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia, the title...

. Reid later played Jason Cunliffe

Jason Cunliffe

Jason Cunliffe is a fictional character from the long-running Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Alex Reid. The character first appeared in 2001 and made his final appearance in 2002...

in the Channel 4 soap-opera Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks
Hollyoaks is a long-running British television soap opera, first broadcast on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was originally devised by Phil Redmond, who has also devised shows including Brookside and Grange Hill...

, which he left in 2001. He made an appearance in the comedy My Hero in the following year. At this time he used the stage name "Alex Thorne".

After a period away from acting, he appeared in the movie Killer Bitch
Killer Bitch
Killer Bitch is a 2010 British action-gangster film written and directed by Liam Galvin.The film became notorious in the UK in August 2009, shortly after shooting started, when tabloid newspapers the News of the World and The People carried stories implying that the movie's star, Katie Price's...

which was released in 2010; the film was described as pornographic and received terrible pre-release coverage. The film was made when he was still largely unknown, working as fighter and doorman, but released after he had become a celebrity. Reid failed to show up at the Premiere of the film at the Curzon cinema Mayfair drawing criticism from the cast of the film. He had previously attacked the Producers for 'using him for publicity', though he had walked out of the film without completing the role causing a complete shut down of the production for 6 weeks. He was replaced by ex-World Champion boxer Robin Reid (no relation). In June 2010, Robin challenged Reid to a boxing match.

Mixed martial arts career

Reid first got in to martial arts at 14 and with time turned to mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

: "It was just a natural progression. I started off doing kung fu, 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,...

-style tournaments before moving on to boxing

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

, kickboxing

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....

, a little bit of judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

, 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...

. MMA was a natural progression for a young lad wanting to find the latest and best style. It's just the most efficient and effective blend of martial arts really."

Cage Rage

After making his professional debut in 2000, Reid was a regular fixture for the Cage Rage Championships between 2004 and 2007. During this period, he faced a number of international fighters such as Daijiro Matsui

Daijiro Matsui

Daijiro Matsui is a Japanese mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. He has fought in a number of organizations including the Pride Fighting Championships and the Cage Rage Championships.-Career:...

, Dave Menne

Dave Menne

, Xavier Foupa-Pokam

Xavier Foupa-Pokam

, Tony Fryklund, Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera (fighter)

Jorge Luis Rivera is an American mixed martial artist who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He holds victories over five former or future UFC title contenders; Travis Lutter, David Loiseau, Kendall Grove, Dennis Hallman and Nate Quarry.-Military career:19k Tank with A/1-70 Armor at Fort...

and Murilo "Ninja" Rua

Murilo Rua

. On 22 September 2007, Reid face Matt Ewin for the Cage Rage British Middleweight Championship at Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable
Cage Rage 23
Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 22, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

where he lost via unanimous decision

Unanimous decision

A unanimous decision is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and others sports involving striking in which all three judges agree on which fighter won the match....

. Despite losing six of his nine fights with the promotion, Reid was known for his good chin

Chin (boxing)

In combat sports such as boxing, kickboxing and mixed martial arts, a fighter's chin is a figurative term that refers to a his/her ability to tolerate physical trauma to the head without being knocked unconscious...

and fighting spirit.

Following a two year hiatus from the sport, Reid tried out for the ninth season of The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter
The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship , and soon to be shown on FX. The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as...

in 2009 but lost his tryout match to Dean Amasinger by unanimous decision. Reid attempted many triangle chokes throughout the match and had Amasinger locked in twice, but failed to finish the match and make it in to the house.

vs. Tom 'Kong' Watson

On 15 May 2010, Reid was scheduled to return to the cage professionally for the first time since 2007 to face Tom "Kong" Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

for the vacant BAMMA Middleweight Championship at 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...

. However, Reid injured his knee while filming his documentary TV series Alex Reid: The Fight of His Life and was forced to pull out of the fight. This angered Watson, who claimed Reid was disrespecting him. Watson also called him a "clown" and said that it was likely Reid pulled out to avoid an embarrassing defeat.

Reid was then replaced 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...

and IFL

International Fight League

The International Fight League was an American mixed martial arts promotion billed as the world's first MMA league. It was founded on January 7, 2006 and closed on July 31, 2008...

veteran Matt Horwich

Matt Horwich

Matthew Peter Horwich is a journeyman American mixed martial artist. Previously fighting for the Portland Wolfpack of the International Fight League where he held the middleweight championship in 2007, BAMMA and in the UFC, he holds notable wins over past and present UFC fighters Jake Rosholt,...

, who Watson beat by decision to win the title. The Reid-Watson bout was then rescheduled for BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4: WATSON vs. REID was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on September 25, 2010 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom.-Background:...

on 25 September 2010 and he caused further controversy by showing up for the official weight-ins three hours late.

After a 5 round war, the judges gave the win to Watson, scoring the bout 49–46, 49–46 and 49–47. Reid won the first round with effective striking and aggression, which did have 'Kong' struggling to maintenance his composure, but was then outstruck by Watson for the majority of the next four rounds. The public overall gave Reid respect for showing his fighting heart and good chin he is famous for.

Brief retirement and fight vs. Barrett

On 14 May 2011, Reid announced his retirement from MMA at an Cage Rage UK event in London. However, he did not rule out a return to the sport in future.

For many weeks, Jason Barrett has been calling out Reid, following Reid to his gym and getting aggressive, almost fighting him inside the UCMMA cage during an interview between Reid and Dave o'Donnell, and, in a serious incident, Barrett took a megaphone down to a restaurant on Old Compton Street in Soho to interrupt Reid and his girlfriend Chantelle

Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Vivien Houghton is an English glamour model and television personality. She was the first 'non-celebrity' to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006....

, who were dining there. After being threatening, Reids security went outside to ask him to leave him alone, but refused to move. This then promted Reid to walk outside, and ended up with Barrett attacking Reids security before attempting to go for Alex. After being pulled away from each other, Barrett vowed he would 'following him everywhere until he signed the contract'. Alex verbally agreed.

Confirmed by the Cage Rage UK website, Alex Reid is set to face Jason Barrett in a 'Super Title' fight at UCMMA 22 on the 6 August. This marks the end of his early retirement and his first fight since his 2010 bout with Tom "Kong" Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

.

During the press conference, Barrett apologised for his antics to get the fight with Reid, disencouraged anyone from doing them to get their fights, and vowed to knock Reid out. At the end of the conference, Dave O'Donnell asked them both to square up for the media shot with their hands up, Barrett put his hands up as Dave requested and Alex refuse, instead standing up close to his face, which then Barrett pushed him away for being disrespectful. Alex began walking away, but O'Donnell asked Alex to come back, which he did, and both men squared up again, this time either of them put their hands up. Because of Barrett pushing Reid, Dave O'Donnell vowed to take 10% of Barrett's fight purse for every time he does any bad antic like that or anything he has already done up to that point.

During the weigh-ins the day prior to the fight, both men weighed in at just under the 185 pound mark, being 184 and 183 respectively. For the camera shot of both men squared up to each other, Reid again refused to put his hands up, but instead kissed Barrett on the lips, which infuriated him and he had to be held back by UCMMA officials. Reid was laughing at his reaction, and vowed he would apologise 'after the fight'.

On 6 August, Alex Reid defeated Jason Barrett, via triangle choke in the first round, marking his first win in 6 years in MMA and claimed the 'super title' in the process,

Kickboxing career

Despite struggling to gain a win in MMA for 6 years, Reid has had success in kickboxing during 2009, winning the UK1 Middleweight title in Cage Rage UK, defeating the likes of John Maguire

John Maguire (fighter)

John Maguire is an English mixed martial artist, who competes in the welterweight division. He is the former Cage Rage UK Welterweight Champion and has also competed in BAMMA. Maguire is currently signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship....

, Jake Bostwick and Jack Mason during the course of the year. He dropped the title in early 2010 so he could enter the 7th series of Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 was the seventh and final series of Celebrity Big Brother to air on Channel 4 and E4. It began on Sunday 3 January 2010 and aired for 27 days until the final on 29 January 2010, the longest ever celebrity series in the UK...

and to focus on his MMA return fight against Tom Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

for BAMMA 3

BAMMA 3

. Mark Weir

Mark Weir

would later win that title.

Celebrity Big Brother

On 3 January 2010 he became the third person to enter the Celebrity Big Brother House UK and was one of twelve housemates in the 7th series of Celebrity Big Brother

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 (UK)

. As he entered the Big Brother House he was referred to as "Jordan's current squeeze" and many references were made in the house about their relationship.

Tabloids reported of a brawl on 1 January 2010 between Reid and Price's ex-boyfriend Dane Bowers

Dane Bowers

Dane Bowers is an English R&B singer, songwriter, DJ and record producer. He was a part of R&B boyband Another Level between 1997 and 2000 when he performed on seven Top 10 singles...

– who would also be appearing on Celebrity Big Brother. Reid stated just before going into the Big Brother house that he did not have a brawl with
Bowers. Chants of 'fight, fight, fight' were heard as Bowers arrived on stage just before entering the Big Brother house. Both Reid and Bowers denied that there had been any altercation between them and they became good friends in the house with Bowers branding Reid a "loveable prat".

Reid was heavily booed on his entry, which he acknowledged saying "this is why I'm here, to hopefully change these boos into cheers" during his time in the house. He managed to win over the public and on 29 January he won the show with 65% of the vote, with Bowers finishing as runner-up

Runner-up

Runner-up is a term used to denote a participant which finishes in second place in any of a variety of competitive endeavors, most notably sporting events and beauty pageants; in the latter instance, the term is applied to more than one of the highest-ranked non-winning contestants, the...

. As Reid left the house he was cheered with the crowd chanting "Rocky, Rocky". This was a reference to the nickname given to him by third placed finalist Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...

. During his interview with Davina McCall

Davina McCall

Davina McCall is an English television presenter and actress, most notable as the presenter of the UK version of Big Brother up until its move to Channel 5.- Early life :...

he mentioned Price by announcing that he is a "man in love". This prompted boos from the crowd and chants of "dump her!" with McCall saying that Price's name had been like that of Voldemort in Harry Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...

, in the house. Reid responded by saying a "sorry" to the crowd before quickly saying "no actually I'm not" and shouting "I love Katie Price". Towards the end of series Big Brother arranged a party for all of the housemates, with awards. Reid was awarded 'Greediest Housemate' and 'Least Intelligent Housemate'.

Personal life

Reid began dating English glamour model Katie Price

Jordan (Katie Price)

Katie Price , previously known under the pseudonym Jordan, is an English media personality, author, former glamour model, occasional singer and businesswoman....

on 17 July 2009, thus becoming embroiled in intense publicity in Britain following Price's divorce from Peter Andre

Peter André

Peter James Andrea , better known by the stage name as Peter Andre, is an English-born Australian musician, singer-songwriter, television personality and businessman. As a recording artist, he has achieving four top 10 UK albums and ten top 10 singles.-Early life:Andre was born at Northwick Park...

. It was claimed by Price on I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in November 2009 that the relationship "was over", though not long afterwards it appeared to remain intact.

On 2 February 2010, Reid and Price married in Las Vegas

Las Vegas metropolitan area

The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...

. In July 2010 they had a wedding blessing held at their home for their family and friends to be there. The occasion was held at their Woldingham mansion, the house Katie Price shared with Peter Andre. The actual blessing was held at their local church in Woldingham. On 18 January 2011, Price announced they had separated.

Reid is now currently engaged to glamour model and fellow Celebrity Big Brother winner Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Vivien Houghton is an English glamour model and television personality. She was the first 'non-celebrity' to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006....

. after proposing live on the RTE
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...

programme, The Saturday Night Show.

In 2010, Reid landed his own television series on the Bravo network called "Alex Reid: The Fight Of His Life".

In September 2011, Reid appeared on the cover of Gay Times Magazine which included a photoshoot and interview.

In September 2011, Alex Reid appeared as a guest on ITV2's panel show Celebrity Juice
Celebrity Juice
Celebrity Juice is a British television comedy panel game show on ITV2 that has been airing since 24 September, 2008. The show is presented by Keith Lemon, with regular captains Holly Willoughby and Fearne Cotton, alongside regular panellist Rufus Hound...

.

Reid appeared on 8 Out Of 10 Cats
8 Out of 10 Cats
8 out of 10 Cats is a television comedy panel game made by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by...

in July 2011, as a guest on the Channel 4 Panel Show.

Other appearances in 2011 include Daybreak
Daybreak
-Albums:*Daybreak *Daybreak *Daybreak *Daybreak, an album by Paul Hardcastle*Daybreak, an album by Mezzoforte*Daybreak -Songs:...

,Loose Women
Loose Women
Loose Women is a British lunchtime television programme, first broadcast in 1999 on ITV. It consists of a panel of four women who interview celebrities and discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs, to celebrity gossip...

, and Alan Carr: Chatty Man

When not competing he works as a personal trainer

Personal trainer

A personal trainer is a fitness professional involved in exercise prescription and instruction. They motivate clients by setting goals and providing feedback and accountability to clients. Trainers also measure their client's strengths and weaknesses with fitness assessments...

. Reid has occasionally dressed up as a female alter-ego, 'Roxanne'. This attracted attention from the British tabloids, and Reid subsequently announced that he had ceased cross-dressing

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser...

.

Reid has jokingly identified himself as trisexual. He has no children, but would like to become a father. On 8 October 2011, he proposed to Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Houghton

Chantelle Vivien Houghton is an English glamour model and television personality. She was the first 'non-celebrity' to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother in 2006....

on Brendan O'Connor

Brendan O'Connor (journalist)

Brendan O'Connor is an Irish journalist, comedian, media personality and retired pop star. Since 2010 he has presented The Saturday Night Show on RTÉ One. O'Connor is a columnist for the Sunday Independent, and is editor of the newspaper's Life Magazine.O'Connor's pop career has included a stint...

's The Saturday Night Show
The Saturday Night Show
The Saturday Night Show is an Irish chat show hosted by Brendan O'Connor that has been broadcast on RTÉ One since 2010. The show features guest interviews, audience participation and live music...

while in Ireland. She said yes. On 15th November Chantelle announced that she was pregnant with the couple's first child.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Win
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Tom Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

| Decision (unanimous)
| BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

Matt Ewin
| Decision (unanimous)
| Cage Rage 23

Cage Rage 23

Cage Rage 23: Unbelievable was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 22, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

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| London, England
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–7–1 (1)
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Murilo Rua

| TKO (cut)
| Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21

Cage Rage 21: Judgement Day was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on April 21, 2007 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Ion Television in the United States....

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| style="text-align:center;"| 0:28
| London, England
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–6–1 (1)
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Xavier Foupa-Pokam

| Technical decision (unanimous)
| Cage Rage 19

Cage Rage 19

Cage Rage 19: Fearless was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on 9 December 2006 at Earls Court Exhibition Centre in London, England. The event was Cage Rage's first show at this venue, and it was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom.The heavyweight double main...

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5:00
| London, England
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–5–1 (1)
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Tony Fryklund
| Submission (heel hook)
| Cage Rage 18

Cage Rage 18

Cage Rage 18: Battleground was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 30, 2006 at the Wembley Arena in London, England. The event was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

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| style="text-align:center;"| 1:32
| London, England
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–4–1 (1)
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Dave Menne

| Decision (unanimous)
| Cage Rage 16

Cage Rage 16

Cage Rage 16: Critical Condition was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on April 22, 2006 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England...

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5:00
| London, England
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–3–1 (1)
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Jason Tan

Jason Tan is an English mixed martial artist. He competes in the Welterweight division. He lost his last fight at UFC 84 against Dong Hyun Kim on May 24, 2008.- Biography :...

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

Daijiro Matsui

| Draw (majority)
| Cage Rage 14

Cage Rage 14

Cage Rage 14: Punishment was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on December 3, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England. The event was televised on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom....

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5:00
| London, England
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| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 8–2 (1)
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Kyosuke Sasaki
| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| Cage Rage 12

Cage Rage 12

Cage Rage 12: The Real Deal was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 2, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.-Results:*Welterweight bout: David Lee vs. Jason Barrett...

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| style="text-align:center;"| 5:00
| London, England
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| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–2 (1)
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Jorge Rivera

Jorge Rivera (fighter)

| KO (strikes)
| Cage Rage 10

Cage Rage 10

Cage Rage 10: Deliverance was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on February 26, 2005 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.-Results:*Lightweight bout: Andy Walker vs. Alex de Souza...

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| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 0:41
| London, England
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| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 7–1 (1)
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Tulio Palhares
| Submission (triangle choke)
| Cage Rage 9

Cage Rage 9

Cage Rage 9: No Mercy was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on November 27, 2004 at the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England.-Results:*Featherweight bout: Brad Pickett vs. Stuart Grant...

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| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1:17
| London, England
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|-
| Loss
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–1 (1)
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Mark Weir

Bracknell

Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...

, England
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 6–0 (1)
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Jean-François Lénogue

Jean-François Lenogue

Jean-François Lénogue is a French professional mixed martial artist, actor and stunt performer who has fought for PRIDE, BAMMA, Cage Rage, Shooto, and Pancrase...

Bracknell

Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...

, England
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 5–0 (1)
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Bracknell

Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...

, England
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 4–0 (1)
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Bracknell

Bracknell is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Reading, southwest of Windsor and west of central London...

, England
|
|-
| NC
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0 (1)
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Jean Silva

Jean "White Bear" Silva is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He held the Cage Rage lightweight title until he lost it to Vitor Ribeiro via arm triangle choke at Cage Rage 13...

High Wycombe

High Wycombe , commonly known as Wycombe and formally called Chepping Wycombe or Chipping Wycombe until 1946,is a large town in Buckinghamshire, England. It is west-north-west of Charing Cross in London; this figure is engraved on the Corn Market building in the centre of the town...

, England
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
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Yorkshire

Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...

, England
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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0
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High Wycombe

, England
|
|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
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High Wycombe

, England
|

Kickboxing record

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| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 3–0
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London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 2–0
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London

, England

England

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|-
| Win
| style="text-align:center;"| 1–0
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John Maguire

John Maguire (fighter)

London

, England

England

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