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Carlton Haselrig is a former heavyweight wrestler and NFL

National Football League

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player. Haselrig wrestled for University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown

University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, also known as UPJ or Pitt-Johnstown, is a four-year, degree-granting regional campus of the University of Pittsburgh. The university is located in Richland Township, a suburban area of Johnstown, Pennsylvania and was founded in 1927 as one of the first...

. He holds the distinction of being the only person to win six NCAA titles in wrestling, winning 3 times in Division II and 3 times in Division I, all six for Pitt–Johnstown. Haselrig then moved on to professional football

American football

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, where he play five seasons in the NFL. In 2008, he made his mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

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debut in Atlantic City, New Jersey

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Wrestling

Haselrig won back-to-back PIAA

Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association

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Pennsylvania state high school championships in 1984 and 1985 despite not wrestling during the regular season due to Johnstown High's lack of a wrestling team.

Haselrig won a junior world freestyle title in 1986, and a world junior Greco-Roman title in 1985 while competing for the United States.

While in college Haselrig would defeat future NCAA and Olympic champion Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle

Kurt Steven Angle is an American professional wrestler, amateur wrestler, and 1996 Olympic gold medalist. He is currently under contract with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is recognized as a 15-time World Heavyweight Champion...

. In March 2005, Haselrig was one of five heavyweights named to the NCAA 75th Anniversary Team along with Kurt Angle

Kurt Angle

of Clarion

Clarion University of Pennsylvania

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, Cael Sanderson

Cael Sanderson

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of Iowa State

Iowa State Cyclones wrestling

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, Ed Banach

Ed Banach

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of the Iowa

Iowa Hawkeyes wrestling

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, and Dan Hodge of the Oklahoma

Oklahoma Sooners

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. In 2009, he was inducted into Pitt–Johnstown's Athletics Hall of Fame.

NFL

After a brief run wrestling on the international level, Haselrig turned his attention to pro football. Despite never having played football in college, in his third NFL season, Haselrig became a Pro Bowl offensive guard with the Pittsburgh Steelers

Pittsburgh Steelers

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. After four years with the Steelers, Haselrig spent one season with the New York Jets

New York Jets

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before retiring from the NFL.

Mixed martial arts

Haselrig made his Mixed Martial Arts debut on April 19, 2008 for Battle Cage Xtreme IV in Atlantic City against IFL veteran Shane Ott. He defeated Shane Ott by a technical knockout at 4:09 in the first round. Haselrig defeated Carlos Moreno

Carlos Moreno

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on May 31, 2008 during the undercard of EliteXC's first-ever CBS telecast. He displayed his superior wrestling skills during the first round keeping Carlos on the mat. Carlos did not return to the ring for the second round.

Mixed martial arts record

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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...

, United States

United States

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Joe Abouata

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

, United States

United States

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Carlos Moreno

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EliteXC: Primetime

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Newark, New Jersey

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, United States

United States

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

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United States

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External links

Audio for interview with wrestling411.tv

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