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Michael Patt is an America

United States

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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...

fighter. He has competed in the UFC, Bodog Fight and FFC

FFC

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promotions.

Biography

Patt was born in Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights is a village in Cook and Lake counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. A suburb of Chicago, it lies about 25 miles northwest of the city's downtown. The population was 75,101 at the 2010 census....

. He graduated from St. Edwards Catholic High School in Elgin, Illinois

Elgin, Illinois

Elgin is a city in northern Illinois located roughly northwest of Chicago on the Fox River. Most of Elgin lies within Kane County, Illinois, with a portion in Cook County, Illinois...

. He has a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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degree in political science

Political science

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from Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University

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and a Master of Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

The Master of Business Administration is a :master's degree in business administration, which attracts people from a wide range of academic disciplines. The MBA designation originated in the United States, emerging from the late 19th century as the country industrialized and companies sought out...

degree from the University of Dayton

University of Dayton

The University of Dayton is a private Roman Catholic university operated by the Society of Mary located in Dayton, Ohio...

Mixed martial arts career

At 26 Patt made his professional MMA debut in 2001, at the Extreme Fights promotion. He went on to achieve a 15-2 record and winning the 8-man tournament in under five minutes at FFC 10 before being called on three-week notice to UFC 88 as a replacement to James Lee

James Lee (fighter)

James Lee is an American mixed martial artst who competes in the Light Heavyweight division. Lee is an All-American wrestler. He was scheduled to fight on the UFC 88 card in Atlanta, Georgia against Tim Boetsch but withdrew due to injury. He is also an alumnus of Orchard Lake St...

, who suffered an injury in training.

Mike Patt is the owner and head instructor of Dayton Mixed Martial Arts Academy. He started his training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial art, combat sport, and a self defense system that focuses on grappling and especially ground fighting...

with 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 :...

and his Kickboxing training under Oscar Kallet and Jose Connors.

Event promoter

In 2005 Patt co-promoting his first MMA event with longtime event promoter Jeff Osborne. Hook N Shoot : Invasion was the first event held in conjunction with the Arnold Classic Fitness & Martial Arts Expo March 4, 2005. The card featured UFC veteran Aaron Riley

Aaron Riley

Aaron Matthew Riley is an American mixed martial arts fighter who currently teaches MMA at Warrior Gym in Alexandria, Virginia. He competes in the Lightweight Division.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:...

as well as the first female MMA fights in Ohio. (Kellyn Heuhn vs Victoria Remington and Jen Case vs Julie Kedzie

Julie Kedzie

Julie Kedzie is an American female mixed martial artist. She is a third degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and specializes in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu....

Showtime EliteXC, BodogFIGHT

BodogFight

bodogFight was a mixed martial arts promotion founded by online gambling magnate Calvin Ayre. It was a part of Ayre's bodog.com Entertainment Group....

, KOTC). That same weekend Patt held the first ever amateur MMA event during the Arnold Fitness and Martial Arts Expo at the main event hall on Sunday. The MMA event drew such a crowd, security had to be placed around the event to keep the six person deep crowd from blocking walk ways to vendor booths.

Initially, the Arnold Classic event organizers were skeptical and hesitant about allowing MMA to be part of their event. However, after the seeing the reception MMA received at the Arnold Fitness and Martial Arts Expo organizers have made MMA a yearly event. The UFC or WEC

World Extreme Cagefighting

World Extreme Cagefighting was an American mixed martial arts promotion. It was purchased by Zuffa, LLC, the parent company of Ultimate Fighting Championship , in 2006. In its final incarnation, it was made up of 3 weight classes: 135, 145 and 155 lbs. To accommodate the smaller...

now comes to Columbus, Ohio

Columbus, Ohio

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every year during the Arnold Fitness and Martial Arts Expo as a result of doors opened by Mike Patt and Jeff Osborne. The MMA rules written by Patt for his amateur MMA event were later used as the foundation for the current set of Ohio amateur MMA rules.

In September 2006 Patt launched his Ohio Xtreme Fighting

Ohio Xtreme Fighting

The Ohio Xtreme Cage Fighting better known as Ohio Xtreme Fighting is a US based mixed martial arts organization founded in 2006 by UFC veteran Michael Patt, and it is one of two mixed martial arts promotions under the Rumble Entertainment Group banner, the other being Indiana Xtreme Cage Fighting...

promotion based out of Dayton, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...

Mixed martial arts record

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Brandon Vera

Brandon Michael Vera is an American mixed martial artist. He competes as a light heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the winner of the WEC 13 Heavyweight Tournament and currently resides in San Diego, California. He holds notable victories over Frank Mir, Assuerio Silva,...

|TKO (leg kicks)
|UFC 96

UFC 96

UFC 96: Jackson vs. Jardine was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship . It was held in Columbus, Ohio on March 7, 2009 at Nationwide Arena.-Preliminary card:...

Columbus, Ohio

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Tim Boetsch

Tim Boetsch is an American mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He was released by the UFC in late June 2009, with a record of 2 wins and 2 losses...

|TKO (punches)
|UFC 88

UFC 88

UFC 88: Breakthrough was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 6, 2008 at Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The event was headlined by a light heavyweight bout between Chuck Liddell and Rashad Evans....

Atlanta, Georgia

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, USA
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Jarred Taylor
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URC

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Pasadena, Texas

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, USA
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Thackerville, Oklahoma

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, USA
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Costa Rica

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Canada

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Costa Rica

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Atlantic City, New Jersey

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, USA
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Tunica, Mississippi

Tunica is a town in Tunica County, Mississippi, United States, located near the Mississippi River. Until the early 1990s the town was one of the most impoverished places in the United States, semi-famous for the particularly deprived neighbourhood known as "Sugar Ditch Alley", named for the open...

, USA
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Tunica, Mississippi

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Tunica, Mississippi

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Jason Brilz

Jason Brilz is an American mixed martial artist. He formerly fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the light heavyweight division.-Wrestling career:...

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...

, USA
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Davion Peterson
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|Battleground 1 - War Cry
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|Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Council Bluffs, Iowa

, USA
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Ron Fields
|Submission (armbar)
|Extreme Challenge Trials - July 2002
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|Mt Healthy, Ohio, USA
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