Tim Catalfo - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Tim Catalfo is an American

United States

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Amateur wrestling

Amateur wrestling is the most widespread form of sport wrestling. There are two international wrestling styles performed in the Olympic Games under the supervision of FILA : Greco-Roman and freestyle. Freestyle is possibly derived from the English Lancashire style...

and professional wrestler

Professional wrestling

Professional wrestling is a mode of spectacle, combining athletics and theatrical performance.Roland Barthes, "The World of Wrestling", Mythologies, 1957 It takes the form of events, held by touring companies, which mimic a title match combat sport...

, and 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...

. As a martial artist, he competed in the Heavyweight

Heavyweight (MMA)

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division and fought in the Pride Fighting Championships and King of the Cage

King of the Cage

King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts promotion based in Southern California, USA.-History:KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters....

. He was voted as having the sevent-best facial hair in MMA by hunglodojo.com

Career

Catalfo comes from a wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

background; he finished in 4th place at the 1980 All-American Freestyle

Freestyle wrestling

Freestyle wrestling is a style of amateur wrestling that is practised throughout the world. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic games. It is, along with track and field, one of the oldest organized sports in history...

tournament and in 1st place at the Greco-Roman

Greco-Roman wrestling

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Games in 1987. After this, he became a professional wrestler

Professional wrestling

with the World Championship Wrestling

World Championship Wrestling

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(WCW) organization. His nickname, "Obake
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and are a class of yōkai, preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean a thing that changes, referring to a state of transformation or shapeshifting....

", was given to him by Japanese

Japanese people

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pro wrestler Yuji Nagata

Yuji Nagata

is a Japanese professional wrestler. He was known for his perennial tweener status, currently a solid fan favorite, and his stiff, shoot style wrestling technique....

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In September 1997, he debuted as a mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

and defeated his opponent Joe Pardo with a neck crank. He then went to Brazil

Brazil

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to fight in the International Vale Tudo Championship where he won his bout via disqualification as his opponent Alexandre Ferreira

Alexandre Ferreira (fighter)

Alexandre "Cacareco" Ferreira born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a professional mixed martial artist.-Ultimate Fighting Championship:Ferreira made his promotional debut against Vladimir Matyushenko on November 13, 2010 at UFC 122, losing via first round TKO....

eye gouged him. He returned to the cage three years later to face 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...

veteran Dave Beneteau

Dave Beneteau

Dave "Dangerous" Beneteau is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist who is best known for his appearances in the Ultimate Fighting Championship....

at King of the Cage
King of the Cage
King of the Cage, also known as KOTC, is a mixed martial arts promotion based in Southern California, USA.-History:KOTC was founded in 1998 by Terry Trebilcock. KOTC features up and coming MMA stars as well as experienced combat fighters....

9: Showtime. Catalfo defeated Beneteau with a choke after just 25 seconds of the first round.

The Pride Fighting Championships of Japan then gave him the opportunity to fight there. He made his promotional debut in February 2002 against fellow wrestler Tom Erikson

Tom Erikson

Tom Erikson is an American wrestling coach and former mixed martial artist. Erikson is an assistant wrestling coach at Purdue University, where he has been coaching since 1997. He has also had fights in K-1 under K-1 kickboxing rules...

at PRIDE 19: Bad Blood
PRIDE 19
Pride 19: Bad Blood was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on February 24, 2002.-Results:...

. Erikson outweighed Catolfo by around 50 pounds and submitted him with relative ease at 2:25 of round 1. He had one more fight after this, submitting James Daniels at an event in Florida

Florida

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a year later.

Mixed martial arts record

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Jacksonville, Florida

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, United States

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Tom Erikson

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PRIDE 19

Pride 19: Bad Blood was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on February 24, 2002.-Results:...

Saitama, Saitama

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, Japan

Japan

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Bobby Hoffman

Bobby "The Truth" Hoffman is a retired American mixed martial artist who competed in the Heavyweight division. He won his last fight at Mainstream MMA - Inferno against Chuck Grigsby on August 12, 2006...

| Submission (strikes)
| King of the Cage

King of the Cage

San Jacinto, California

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, United States

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Dave Beneteau

Dave "Dangerous" Beneteau is a retired Canadian mixed martial artist who is best known for his appearances in the Ultimate Fighting Championship....

| Submission (choke)
| King of the Cage

King of the Cage

San Jacinto, California

, United States

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Alexandre Ferreira

Alexandre Ferreira (fighter)

Brazil

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Griffin, Georgia

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, United States

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The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

|MMA debut.

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