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Jason Lee Von Flue is a 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...

most notable for appearing on the second 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...

, a reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

series produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

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 broadcast on Spike TV

Spike TV

Spike is an American cable television channel. It launched on March 7, 1983 as The Nashville Network , a joint venture of WSM, Inc...

.

On episode three of the show, fighter Josh Burkman

Josh Burkman

Joshua R. Burkman is an American mixed martial artist who is best known for his participation in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Before becoming a mixed martial artist, Burkman was an amateur wrestler. During his senior year of high school he finished second in his weight class at the state...

was injured and Jason came to team Hughes

Matt Hughes (fighter)

Matthew Allen Hughes is an American mixed martial artist, UFC Hall of Famer, and former two-time UFC Welterweight Champion. Hughes put together two separate six-fight winning streaks in the UFC, won the welterweight title on two occasions, defended the belt a record seven times, and holds the...

as a replacement fighter. Considered the underdog, he went on to get an upset win in his first fight against Jorge Gurgel

Jorge Gurgel

Jorge Valente Gurgel is a Brazilian-American Mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who currently competes in Strikeforce's lightweight division.- Early life :...

. Despite his performance, he was given to team Franklin

Rich Franklin

Rich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...

when Hughes was forced to give up one of his members to the other team. He faced former teammate Joe Stevenson

Joe Stevenson

Joseph Christopher Stevenson is an American mixed martial artist fighting out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Competing as a welterweight, he won The Ultimate Fighter 2 welterweight tournament. Stevenson fought most of his UFC career as a lightweight, and made his featherweight debut at UFC Live: Kongo vs....

in the semifinals, losing due to an armbar submission. After his performance on the show, he was signed to a 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...

contract.

In his first match since the show, at Ultimate Fight Night 3

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3

Ultimate Fight Night 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on January 16, 2006. The event took place at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada...

he defeated season one The Ultimate Fighter contestant Alex Karalexis

Alex Karalexis

Alex Karalexis is an American mixed martial artist of Greek descent. He has a professional record of 10 wins and 6 losses...

via technical submission, as Karalexis was rendered unconscious by a shoulder choke from side control, a technique now commonly referred to as a "Von Flue choke." In his second UFC match at Ultimate Fight Night 4

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 4

Ultimate Fight Night 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on April 6, 2006. The event took place at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, in Paradise, Nevada and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada...

, he was defeated by fellow TUF 2 contestant Luke Cummo

Luke Cummo

Luke Joseph Cummo is an American mixed martial artist who appeared in the second season of the reality TV series The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. After winning two exhibition fights, he made it to the finals where he was defeated by Joe Stevenson by decision in a close bout...

via decision. More recently, Von Flue lost by submission to Joe Riggs

Joe Riggs

Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed at weights ranging from Heavyweight down to Welterweight. Currently, Riggs fights as a Middleweight.-Background:...

at UFC Fight Night. Following a win over Eric Wray in October, Von Flue lost to Cung Le

Cung Le

Cung Le is a Vietnamese-American Sanshou kickboxer, mixed martial artist, and actor from Saigon, Vietnam currently competing in the UFC. He is the former IKF Light Heavyweight San Shou World Champion and has a professional San Shou record of 16-0 before moving to mixed martial arts...

due to a cut at Strikeforce

Strikeforce

Strikeforce is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts and kickboxing organization based in San Jose, California. It is headed by CEO Scott Coker and owned by Zuffa, LLC...

: Triple Threat on December 8, 2006. Von Flue's last loss was to Kyle Pimentel who he has recently defeated by knockout. After his win against Steve Ramerez at Pure Combat he proposed to his girlfriend.

Mixed martial arts record

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Porterville, California

Porterville is a city in the San Joaquin Valley, in Tulare County, California, United States. Porterville's population was 54,165 at the 2010 census. The city's population grew dramatically as the city annexed many properties and unincorporated areas in and around Porterville. Not included in the...

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|align=center|14–11–1
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Tulare, California

Tulare is a city in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 59,278 at the 2010 census.Just eight miles south of Visalia, it is part of the Census Bureau's designation of the Visalia Metropolitan Area. The city is named for the currently dry Tulare Lake, once the largest...

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|align=center|13–11–1
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Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...

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|align=center|13–10–1
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Visalia, California

Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles...

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|align=center|12–10–1
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Pete Spratt

Aaron Pete Spratt is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He is a welterweight known for his appearances in the UFC and on The Ultimate Fighter 4 reality television show.-MMA Career:...

Fairfax, Virginia

The City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....

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|align=center|12–9–1
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Brett Cooper

Brett Cooper is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League ....

|TKO
|PURECOMBAT – From the Ashes
|2007-12-01
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|Visalia, California

Visalia, California

Visalia is a Central California city situated in the heart of California’s agricultural San Joaquin Valley, approximately southeast of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles...

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|align=center|12–8–1
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Luke Stewart

Luke Stewart is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently competes in Strikeforce, a California based mixed martial arts promotion.-Martial Arts background:...

|TKO (punches)
|Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni

Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni

Strikeforce: Shamrock vs. Baroni was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by Strikeforce and EliteXC. The event took place on Friday, June 22, 2007 at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. The main card aired on pay-per-view, with the undercard streamed live on ProElite.com...

|2007-06-22
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|align=center|2:17
|San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

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|align=center|12–7–1
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Cung Le

|TKO (cut)
|Strikeforce: Triple Threat

Strikeforce: Triple Threat

Strikeforce: Triple Threat was the fourth mixed martial arts event promoted by Strikeforce. The event took place at the HP Pavilion at San Jose in San Jose, California on December 8, 2006. The main card featured the Strikeforce debut of Gina Carano....

|2006-12-08
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|align=center|0:43
|San Jose, California

San Jose, California

San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...

, US
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|Win
|align=center|12–6–1
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Eric Wray
|Submission (side choke)
|Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello

Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello

Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello was a mixed martial arts event held on October 7 2006. The event was held by Strikeforce and took place at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. This event featured the debut of future UFC Heavyweight Champion Cain Velasquez.- Results :*Heavyweight bout: Tank...

|2006-10-04
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|align=center|4:42
|Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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|align=center|11–6–1
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Joe Riggs

Joseph Jonathan Riggs is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He has competed at weights ranging from Heavyweight down to Welterweight. Currently, Riggs fights as a Middleweight.-Background:...

| Submission (Triangle Choke

Triangle choke

A triangle choke, or sankaku-jime in Judo, is a type of figure-four chokehold which strangles the opponent by encircling the opponent's neck and one arm with the legs in a configuration similar to the shape of a triangle...

)
|UFC Fight Night 6

UFC Fight Night 6

UFC Fight Night 6 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 17, 2006. The event took place at the Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and was broadcast live on Spike TV in the United States and Canada. It acted as a lead-in to the season...

|2006-08-17
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|align=center|2:01
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, US
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|align=center|11–5–1
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Luke Cummo

| Decision (Unanimous)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night 4

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 4

|2006-04-06
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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|Win
|align=center|11–4–1
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Alex Karalexis

Alex Karalexis is an American mixed martial artist of Greek descent. He has a professional record of 10 wins and 6 losses...

|Technical Submission ("Von Flue" Choke)
|UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3

UFC Ultimate Fight Night 3

|2006-01-16
|align=center|3
|align=center|1:17
|Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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|Win
|align=center|10–4–1
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San Jacinto, California

San Jacinto is a city in Riverside County, California, U.S.A. It was named after Saint Hyacinth and is located at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south. The mountains associated with the valley are the San Jacinto Mountains. The population was 44,199 at the 2010...

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|Draw
|align=center|9–4–1
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Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig is an American mixed martial artist, who competes as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.-Background:...

|Draw
|GC 25 – Gladiator Challenge 25
|2004-04-20
|2
|5:00
|Porterville, California

Porterville, California

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|Win
|align=center|9–4
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Lemoore, California

Lemoore is a city in Kings County, California, United States. Lemoore is located west-southwest of Hanford, at an elevation of 230 feet . It is part of the Hanford–Corcoran Metropolitan Statistical Area...

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|Win
|align=center|8–4
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Lemoore, California

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|align=center|7–4
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Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

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|align=center|7–3
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Jim Walker
|KO
|IFC WC 12 – Warriors Challenge 12
|2001-04-11
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:34
|Friant, California

Friant, California

Friant is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census, down from 778 at the 2000 census. Friant is located north of Clovis, at an elevation of 344 feet .-Geography:Friant is located at...

, US
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|Loss
|align=center|7–2
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Ronald Jhun
|TKO
|IFC WC 10 – Warriors Challenge 10
|2000-10-11
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Friant, California

Friant, California

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|Win
|align=center|7–1
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Anza, California

Anza is a census-designated place located in southern Riverside County, California, in the Anza Valley, a semi-arid region at a mean elevation of above sea level. It is located south of Idyllwild, and approximately southwest of Palm Springs, southeast of Los Angeles, California and...

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|Win
|align=center|6–1
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Friant, California

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|Win
|align=center|5–1
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Anza, California

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|Win
|align=center|4–1
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Savant Young

Trenell "Savant" Young is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter.-Mixed martial arts:Although his first professional bout was in 1998, in June 2006 Savant decided he wanted to begin training mixed martial arts full-time. In February 2007 Savant won his first fight in the...

|N/A
|IFC WC 5 – Warriors Challenge 5
|1999-09-18
|align=center|N/A
|align=center|N/A
|Fresno, California

Fresno, California

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|Loss
|align=center|3–1
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Toby Imada

Timoteo Tobias "Toby" Imada born July 16, 1978 is an American mixed martial artist of Japanese and Mexican descent. He fights for Bellator Fighting Championships in their lightweight division...

Jackson, California

Jackson is the county seat of Amador County, California. The population was 4,651 at the 2010 census, up from 3,989 at the 2000 census...

, US
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|Win
|align=center|3–0
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Jackson, California

Jackson is the county seat of Amador County, California. The population was 4,651 at the 2010 census, up from 3,989 at the 2000 census...

, US
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|Win
|align=center|2–0
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Jackson, California

Jackson is the county seat of Amador County, California. The population was 4,651 at the 2010 census, up from 3,989 at the 2000 census...

, US
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|Win
|align=center|1–0
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Jackson, California

Jackson is the county seat of Amador County, California. The population was 4,651 at the 2010 census, up from 3,989 at the 2000 census...

, US
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Mixed martial arts exhibition match record

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|1-1
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Joe Stevenson

|Submission (armbar)
| The Ultimate Fighter 2

The Ultimate Fighter 2

The Ultimate Fighter 2 was the second season of the mixed martial arts reality television series The Ultimate Fighter. The season featured a heavyweight and a welterweight division, with 9 fighters initially in each division. The UFC coaches for this season were welterweight and middleweight...

Las Vegas, Nevada

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|Win
|1-0
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Jorge Gurgel

Jorge Valente Gurgel is a Brazilian-American Mixed martial artist and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner who currently competes in Strikeforce's lightweight division.- Early life :...

|Decision (unanimous)
| The Ultimate Fighter 2

The Ultimate Fighter 2

Las Vegas, Nevada

, US
|advanced to TUF 2 semi finals

External links

Von Flue's Sherdog – Updated Professional Fight Record
Von Flue's UFC Profile
Von Flue's IMDB Page
Von Flue's OFFICIAL myNetSpot
Von Flue's OFFICIAL MySpace

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