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Steve Steinbeiss is an American

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...

who recently fought in the middleweight division of 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...

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Steinbess was part of the transfer of light heavyweight and middleweight fighters in the 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...

to the UFC.

He was supposed to make his debut at UFC Fight Night 18 against Ryan Jensen

Ryan Jensen (fighter)

Ryan James Jensen is an American mixed martial artist.-Background:Jensen began training at the age of 15. Following his first fight against Travis Fulton in February 1997, he did not compete again until June 2002...

, but the fight was pulled from the card. It was then rescheduled for UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard, also referred to as UFC Fight Night 19, was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 16, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.-Background :...

. Steinbess lost the fight after Jensen applied a guillotine choke and the referee prematurely stopped the fight thinking Steve was out. Steinbess was instead giving the ref the thumbs up, the referee proclaimed that he thought Steinbess went limp.

Steinbess was expected to face Nick Catone

Nick Catone

Nicholas Catone is an American mixed martial artist. Catone currently fights for Ultimate Fighting Championship in their middleweight division.-Mixed martial arts:...

on January 11, 2010 at UFC Fight Night 20, but was pulled from the card before the event due to injury.

Steinbess then faced Rob Kimmons

Rob Kimmons

Rob Kimmons is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed at middleweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship . He is also known as "The Rosedale Reaper".-Mixed martial arts career:...

on August 1, 2010 at UFC on Versus 2. Steinbess lost by unanimous decision to Kimmons and was released from the UFC.

Mixed martial arts record

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|Yuma, Arizona

Yuma, Arizona

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Chandler, Arizona

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Sullivan, Indiana

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Fargo, North Dakota

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Grand Forks, North Dakota

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Rob Kimmons

|Decision (unanimous)
|UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

UFC Live: Jones vs. Matyushenko

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San Diego, California

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Ryan Jensen (fighter)

|Technical Submission (guillotine choke)
|UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

UFC Fight Night: Diaz vs. Guillard

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Oklahoma City is the capital and the largest city in the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 31st among United States cities in population. The city's population, from the 2010 census, was 579,999, with a metro-area population of 1,252,987 . In 2010, the Oklahoma...

Carmelo Marrero

Carmelo Marrero is an American mixed martial artist with a record of 14 wins and 5 losses. He is best known for handing UFC heavyweight Cheick Kongo his first loss inside the octagon....

|Decision (split)
|WEC 36

WEC 36

WEC 36: Faber vs. Brown was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on November 5, 2008 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida...

Hollywood, Florida

-Demographics:As of 2000, there were 59,673 households out of which 24.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.5% were married couples living together, 11.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.2% were non-families. 34.4% of all households were made up of...

Laughlin, Nevada

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Las Vegas, Nevada

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, United States
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|Antony Rea

Antony Rea

Antony Rea is an French professional mixed martial artist. Antony is a Cage Rage veteran and has fought for Shooto, bodogFIGHT and Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki. He is notable for his fights with Ultimate Fighting Championship contenders Vitor Belfort, Marvin Eastman, Jason MacDonald, Kazuo Takahashi,...

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