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Joshua Martin Neer is an American 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...

from Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...

who is currently under contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championships. He trains at The LifeLine Youth Foundation and The Des Moines Mixed Martial Arts Academy in Des Moines, Iowa. Neer is formerly an MFS (Miletich Fighting Systems) Elite fighter. He holds notable wins over Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

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

, Din Thomas

Din Thomas

Din Yero Thomas is an American mixed martial arts fighter and part time break dancer, who was featured on The Ultimate Fighter 4. He currently runs two successful Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and MMA academies in Port St. Lucie, Florida and is a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Liborio...

, 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....

and Melvin Guillard

Melvin Guillard

Melvin Paul Guillard, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting in the lightweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He debuted with the company on The Ultimate Fighter 2 television series, losing in the first welterweight elimination bout to Josh Burkman...

Amateur

Neer began fighting in mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

in 2002 at the Toad Holler Fight Club where he started and finished his amateur career and went 11–0. Neer won 4 of the bouts by KO and 4 by submission. Neer would then enter MMA professionally. Even though that is all his record shows he was actually 87–1 at Toad Holler Fight Club sometimes fighting two to three times a night. His only loss as an amateur was to Kevin Burns of the Des Moines Jiu Jitsu Academy.

Start of professional career

Neer began his professional career on March 15, 2003 by knocking out Josh Kennedy. Neer then won twice and drew once before losing his first fight to Spencer "The King" Fisher by split decision. After losing to Fisher, Neer won his next ten fights, including the XKK (Xtreme Kage Kombat) Welterweight Championship.

Stints in Ultimate Fighting Championship

Neer signed with the UFC and lost his first fight to Drew Fickett

Drew Fickett

Drew Fickett is an American mixed martial artist. He competes in the Lightweight division. He holds notable victories over Josh Koscheck, Dennis Hallman, Kenny Florian, Kurt Pellegrino, Josh Neer, Matt Veach, and Dennis Bermudez....

by submission at the inaugural Ultimate Fight Night.

Neer fought his next three fights outside the UFC and went 2–1 before going back to the UFC.
He submitted Melvin Guillard

Melvin Guillard

at Ultimate Fight Night 2 and beat Joe Stevenson

Joe Stevenson

, who won the Welterweight division of 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...

, at Ultimate Fight Night 3. Neer then lost his next two fights, to 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...

at UFC 61

UFC 61

UFC 61: Bitter Rivals was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Saturday, July 8, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States.-Background:The main event was a...

and by submission to Nick Diaz

Nick Díaz

Nicholas Robert Diaz is an American mixed martial artist. He is the former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, WEC and IFC Welterweight Champion. He has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Pride Fighting Championships and Elite Xtreme Combat. Diaz was promoted to black belt in Brazilian...

at UFC 62

UFC 62

UFC 62: Liddell vs. Sobral was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 26, 2006. The event took place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada and was broadcast live on pay-per-view in the United States and Canada.The main event was a Light...

.

Again out of the UFC, Neer went 6–1 in his next seven fights before returning to defeat Din Thomas

Din Thomas

at UFC Fight Night: Florian vs Lauzon. He lost to Nathan Diaz

Nathan Diaz

Nathan Donald Diaz is an American mixed martial artist, currently competing for the UFC in the welterweight and lightweight divisions. He is well known as the Ultimate Fighter Season 5 champion and has amassed victories in Strikeforce, Pancrase, and the World Extreme Cagefighting promotions...

in the main event at UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs Neer, but followed that defeat with a win at UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs Stephens over The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs Team Serra winner, Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

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

, by triangle choke in the second round.

Neer lost a unanimous decision over Kurt Pellegrino

Kurt Pellegrino

Kurt Joseph Pellegrino is a retired American mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the lightweight division of the UFC. Pellegrino's first fight in the UFC came in 2006...

. Throughout the fight Neer made signals that Pellegrino was not doing anything, and was visibly upset at the end of the 3rd round. Neer fought Gleison Tibau

Gleison Tibau

Janigleison Herculano Alves, better known as Gleison Tibau is a Brazilian mixed martial artist. He currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is one of the largest lightweights in MMA, weighing up to 183 pounds by the time he enters the cage.-Mixed martial arts:He was brought up...

as a late replacement for injured Sean Sherk

Sean Sherk

Sean Keith Sherk is an American mixed martial arts fighter currently fighting for the UFC. He currently holds a professional mixed martial arts record of thirty-six wins, four losses and one draw. Sherk has fought in both the UFC and Pride FC, and is a former UFC Lightweight Champion...

at UFC 104

UFC 104

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.-Background:...

on October 24 and lost the fight due to a unanimous decision. Neer was subsequently released from the UFC with a record of 2–3 since his return to the organization.

Post-UFC

In his first fight following his latest UFC release, Neer defeated Matt Delanoit by TKO at MAX Fights DM Ballroom Brawl IV in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 8. He followed up with another win at Shark Fights 8, winning the interim welterweight title.

Bellator Fighting Championships

At Bellator 17, Neer was defeated by Bellator's lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez

Eddie Alvarez is an American mixed martial artist, and former Bellator Fighting Championships lightweight champion. Alvarez also competes for the Japanese DREAM promotion, and fought once for ProElite's EliteXC promotion...

via rear naked choke

Rear naked choke

The Rear naked choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent's back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases...

at 2:08 in the second round. Alvarez gained control of Neer's back in the standing position. Neer refused to tap, and was rendered unconscious as a result.

UFC return

Neer returned to the UFC to defeat Keith Wisniewski by TKO (cut) at the end of the second round on October 1, 2011 at UFC on Versus 6.

Neer is expected to face Duane Ludwig

Duane Ludwig

Duane Paul Ludwig is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is the former Middleweight Muay Thai world champion, and currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their welterweight and lightweight divisions...

on January 20, 2012 at UFC Fight Night 26.

Personal life

Neer has a daughter.

On New Year's Day January 1, 2009, Neer was arrested by the Des Moines police and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated", hit-and-run, eluding police and other traffic violations.

Mixed martial arts record

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| Win
|align=center| 32-10-1
| Keith Wisniewski
| TKO (doctor stoppage)
| UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson

UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson

UFC Live: Cruz vs. Johnson was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 1, 2011 at the Verizon Center in Washington D.C.-Background:...

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|align=center|2
|align=center|5:00
|Washington D.C., USA
|Return to UFC as a Welterweight
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| Win
|align=center| 31-10-1
| Blas Avena

Blas Avena

Blas Avena is an American professional mixed martial artist and World Extreme Cagefighting veteran.-MMA career:Blas relocated from Southern California to Las Vegas in 2004 where he got a job working as a security guard at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He is known for his superior ground fighting...

Las Vegas, Nevada

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Shark Fights 16

Shark Fights 16: Neer vs. Juarez was a mixed martial arts event held by Shark Fights on June 25, 2011 at the Ector County Coliseum in Odessa, Texas.-Background:...

Odessa, Texas

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Clive, Iowa

Clive is a city in Dallas and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 Census the population is at 15,447. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area. Clive is known for its outstanding Greenbelt Park and trail system running through the entire...

, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 28–10–1
| Jesse Finney

Jesse Finney

Jesse Finney is an American professional mixed martial artist who fights out of St. Louis, Missouri. He competes as a Welterweight. Finney has fought in kickboxing and boxing fights, going 23–0 and 8–2 respectively...

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

Eddie Alvarez

Lubbock, Texas

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Des Moines, Iowa

Gleison Tibau

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 104

UFC 104

UFC 104: Machida vs. Shogun was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on October 24, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.-Background:...

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...

Kurt Pellegrino

Kurt Joseph Pellegrino is a retired American mixed martial artist. He is best known for competing in the lightweight division of the UFC. Pellegrino's first fight in the UFC came in 2006...

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 101

UFC 101

UFC 101: Declaration was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on August 8, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 25–7–1
| Mac Danzig

Mac Danzig

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

| Submission (triangle choke)
| UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens

UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 17 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on February 7 2009. Originally named UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs...

Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

Omaha, Nebraska

Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...

, United States
| Fight of the Night
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| Win
|align=center| 24–6–1
| Din Thomas

Din Thomas

Broomfield, Colorado

The City and County of Broomfield is a prominent suburb and tier of the Denver metropolitan area in the State of Colorado of the United States. Broomfield has a consolidated city and county government which operates under Article XX, Sections 10-13 of the Constitution of the State of Colorado. The...

, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 23–6–1
| Nick Sorg
| Submission (armbar)
| C3: Smokey Mountain Showdown
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:16
| N/A
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| Win
|align=center| 22–6–1
| Paul Rodriguez
| TKO (punches)
| Greensparks: Full Contact Fighting 5
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|align=center| 1
|align=center| 1:39
|Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Mark Miller (fighter)

Marcus Dennis Miller is an American mixed martial artist. He has won MMA welterweight titles with XFO and Total Fight Challenge as well as the USKO international rules kickboxing title. A former IFL fighter, Miller was a competitor on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter: United States vs...

Ames, Iowa

Ames is a city located in the central part of the U.S. state of Iowa in Story County, and approximately north of Des Moines. The U.S. Census Bureau designates that Ames, Iowa metropolitan statistical area as encompassing all of Story County, and which, when combined with the Boone, Iowa...

Iowa

Iowa is a state located in the Midwestern United States, an area often referred to as the "American Heartland". It derives its name from the Ioway people, one of the many American Indian tribes that occupied the state at the time of European exploration. Iowa was a part of the French colony of New...

, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 19–5–1
| TJ Waldburger

TJ Waldburger

Anthony "TJ" Waldburger is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the welterweight divisions. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Waldburger has made a name for himself fighting in the South...

Belton, Texas

Belton is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. The population was 14,623 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Bell County.Belton is part of the Killeen – Temple – Fort Hood metropolitan area.-Geography:...

Des Moines, Iowa

Nick Díaz

| Submission (kimura)
| UFC 62

UFC 62

Las Vegas, Nevada

Josh Burkman

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 61

UFC 61

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 17–3–1
| Joe Stevenson

Joe Stevenson

| Decision (unanimous)
| UFC 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...

Las Vegas, Nevada

, United States
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 16–3–1
| Melvin Guillard

Melvin Guillard

| Submission (triangle choke)
| UFC 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...

Las Vegas, Nevada

Des Moines, Iowa

Nick Thompson

Nicholas Delton Thompson is a retired American mixed martial artist. He retired with a professional mixed martial arts record of 38-14-1. He has fought professionally on both the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Bodog Fight shows...

Osceola, Iowa

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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 14–2–1
| Forrest Petz

Forrest Petz

Forrest Petz is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter. Petz is a Ultimate Fighting Championships veteran formerly competing in their welterweight division...

Las Vegas, Nevada

Drew Fickett

| Technical Submission (rear-naked choke)
| UFC Ultimate Fight Night

UFC Ultimate Fight Night

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Las Vegas, Nevada

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Council Bluffs, known until 1852 as Kanesville, Iowathe historic starting point of the Mormon Trail and eventual northernmost anchor town of the other emigrant trailsis a city in and the county seat of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, United States and is on the east bank of the Missouri River across...

Des Moines, Iowa

Medina, Minnesota

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, United States
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| Win
|align=center| 10–1–1
| Derrick Noble

Derrick Noble

Derrick "The Eraser" Noble is an American professional mixed martial artist from Cuba, Illinois.-Biography and career:Derrick began martial arts training at the age of 13 in Taekwondo, and he eventually earned a Black Belt in Hapkido from Master Bob Long. He attended Eastern Illinois University...

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

, United States
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|-
| Win
|align=center| 6–1–1
| Anthony Macias

Anthony Macias

Anthony "Mad Dog" Macias is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes in the middleweight division. Anthony was introduced to the world of MMA in a fight against the legend Dan Severn at UFC 4. Anthony would go on to lose to Severn by submission. His most recent victory came against...

Biloxi, Mississippi

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Des Moines, Iowa

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Spencer Fisher

Spencer William Fisher is an American mixed martial artist from Brevard, North Carolina. He currently fights in the lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship promotion. He holds notable victories over Thiago Alves, Matt Wiman, Sam Stout, Jeremy Stephens, and Caol Uno...

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Curtiss, Wisconsin

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Joe Jordan (fighter)

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Fort Dodge, Iowa

Fort Dodge is a city and county seat of Webster County, Iowa, United States, along the Des Moines River. The population was 25,206 in the 2010 census, an increase from 25,136 in the 2000 census. Fort Dodge is a major commercial center for North Central and Northwest Iowa. It is located on U.S...

Ada, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,657 people, 749 households, and 432 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,234.4 people per square mile . There were 835 housing units at an average density of 622.1 per square mile...

Des Moines, Iowa

, United States
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Mixed Martial Arts

Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Fight of the Night(Twice)
Shark Fights
- Shark Fights Interim Welterweight Championship
Xtreme Kage Kombat
- XKK Welterweight Champion

External links

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Amateur

Start of professional career

Stints in Ultimate Fighting Championship

Post-UFC

Bellator Fighting Championships

UFC return

Personal life

Mixed martial arts record

Mixed Martial Arts

See also

External links