Jared Hess (fighter) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Jared Hess is an American

United States

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Mixed martial arts

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. He is most known for his stint fighting for Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships

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in their middleweight division. He was runner up in the middleweight tournament after losing to Hector Lombard

Hector Lombard

Hector Lombard is a Cuban-Australian mixed martial artist. Lombard was a Judo Olympian competing at the Sydney 2000 Olympic games, and is a multiple time national champion and world finalist. After 2000, Lombard began pursuing a career in mixed martial arts...

Biography

Hess grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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and attend Western Heights High School. While in high school, Hess was a standout football player and wrestler. His freshman year, his wrestling team went 2-8 but Hess was state champion for his weight. Hess had his first child in 2002 during his senior year.

After high school, Hess attended University of Central Oklahoma

University of Central Oklahoma

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and graduated in 2007 with a degree in Industrial Safety and Criminal Justice

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. He also wrestled and was an All-American his senior year.

Bellator Fighting Championships

Hess entered the Bellator middleweight tournament on April 17, 2009. His first fight was against Daniel Tabera

Daniel Tabera

Daniel Tabera is a Spanish mixed martial artist who competes in the light heavyweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2002, Tabera has competed all over Europe - and sporadically in North America - in the likes of M-1 Global, Bellator Fighting Championships and KSW.-Early...

, Hess won the fight after taking Tabera down and applying a rear naked choke submission early in round one.

Hess then fought in the next round of the middleweight tournament against Yosmany Cabezas. The fight took place at Bellator 9. Hess won the fight via technical knockout in the third round.

In the finals of the middleweight tournament at the main event of Bellator 12, Hess lost to standout Cuban fighter, Hector Lombard. The fight ended in a TKO doctor stoppage due to multiple cuts, which occurred from elbows delivered on the ground by Lombard.

Hess returned for the second season tournament in April 2010, hoping to get a rematch with Lombard and win the middleweight title. His first fight was against former IFL middleweight champion, Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern

Ryan McGivern is an American mixed martial artist. He was formally a fighter for the Quad City Silverbacks of the International Fight League.-Biography:When not in the ring, McGivern works for the U.S...

, whom he defeated via submission.

Hess lost his semi-final bout against Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

on May 27. Despite controlling the first two rounds, Hess was on the receiving end of a flying knee from Shlemenko midway through the third round. As a result of the strike, Hess fell awkwardly on his left leg and severely dislocated his knee, causing the referee to stop the bout. His knee is requiring surgery and will him out of action for six months.

At Bellator 42, Hess returned from his knee injury at Bellator 20 eleven months prior. He fought Chris Bell on the under card. Bell missed weight, and the fight was changed to a catchweight bout of 190 lbs. Hess dictated the pace of the fight, and won via triangle choke submission early in round one. The win earned Hess a spot in the Bellator Season Five Middleweight tournament

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011...

.

Hess' first fight in the Bellator Season Five Middleweight tournament

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five

Bellator Fighting Championships: Season Five was the fifth and latest installment of the Bellator Fighting Championships, and began on September 10, 2011...

took place on September 17, 2011 at Bellator 50 against Bryan Baker

Bryan Baker (fighter)

Bryan Baker is an American professional mixed martial artist who competes in the middleweight division. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Baker fought in various promotions, most notably World Extreme Cagefighting and Bellator Fighting Championships...

. Though controlling round 1 with dominate ground control and effective striking, Hess lost the fight in the third round via TKO.

Hess fought Brett Cooper on the undercard of Bellator 58 on November 19, 2011. Hess lost the fight via unanimous decision; marking the first time Hess has suffered back-to-back losses.

Mixed martial arts record

Hollywood, Florida

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Bryan Baker (fighter)

Hollywood, Florida

Concho, Oklahoma

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Alexander Shlemenko

Alexander Pavlovich Shlemenko is a Russian mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division for Bellator Fighting Championships.-Early career:...

San Antonio, Texas

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Ryan McGivern

Kansas City, Missouri

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Hector Lombard

Hollywood, Florida

Monroe, Louisiana

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Daniel Tabera

Norman, Oklahoma

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Clinton, Oklahoma

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Concho, Oklahoma

Austin, Texas

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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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