Eddie Arizmendi - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Eduardo Arizmendi Jr. is a Mexican

Mexican American

Mexican Americans are Americans of Mexican descent. As of July 2009, Mexican Americans make up 10.3% of the United States' population with over 31,689,000 Americans listed as of Mexican ancestry. Mexican Americans comprise 66% of all Hispanics and Latinos in the United States...

and Native American

Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

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...

. Arizmendi competes in the middleweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

division, where he held the Rage in the Cage middleweight championship.

Early life

Arizmendi grew up in Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...

, where he attended the local high school. While in high school, Arizmendi was a top-ranked recruit in football. Upon graduating high school, Arizmendi enrolled at Pima Community College

Pima Community College

Pima Community College is an American two-year institution of higher education in Pima County, Arizona serving the Tucson metropolitan area. The community college district consists of six campuses, four education centers, and several adult education learning centers. It provides traditional and...

, also playing on the football team. After not being able to keep up with school work, Arizmendi planned on dropping out of school and enlisting in the United States Marines.

MMA career

Arizmendi began training in mixed martial arts after his father asked him to come watch a fight. He was planning on enlisting in the Marines, but after seeing the fights, he said: "Once I saw a fight, I had to do it."

Arizmendi made his professional MMA debut in 2006 for Rage in the Cage. He lost the fight in the first round via rear naked choke submission. He went on to win his next three fights, all of which, ended in the first round. Arizmendi's win streak was snapped after back to back losses. Again, Arizmendi went on to win three more fights, bringing his overall record to 6-3.

At Rage in the Cage 111, Arizmendi fought future Ultimate Fighter competitor, and UFC veteran, Seth Baczynski

Seth Baczynski

Seth Baczynski is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz. Baczynski formerly trained with Southwest MMA alongside Efrain Escudero and Santino DeFranco. Now he resides in Tempe, Arizona, training at Power MMA with Ryan...

. Arizmendi lost the fight via second round submission. Arizmendi then won five consecutive fights before being rewarded with a title shot. Arizmendi beat veteran Mike Moritz in the first via submission, winning the middleweight title for Rage in the Cage.

In 2010, Arizmendi signed with the upstart promotion Shine Fights, but a fight never materialized and Arizmendi was released.

M-1 Global

In 2011, Arizmendi signed a multiple fight deal with M-1 Global

M-1 Global

M-1 Global is the mixed martial arts promotion based in Russia - The Netherlands which organizes between 40 and 50 competitions per year...

. His debut took place on July 8, 2011 at M-1 Challenge 26: Bennett vs. Garner 2 against Jason Norwood which he won by second round KO.

Mixed martial arts record

Arthur Guseinov

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...

Costa Mesa, California

Costa Mesa is a city in Orange County, California. The population was 109,960 at the 2010 census. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to a primarily suburban and "edge" city with an economy based on retail, commerce, and light...

Chandler, Arizona

-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

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