25 Facts About Brian Ebersole

Brian Ebersole retired after having 71 professional MMA fights between 2000 and 2016.

Brian Ebersole's grandfather started the Bradley-Bourbonnais Youth Wrestling Club in Illinois which served as Ebersole's introduction to amateur wrestling.

Brian Ebersole began wrestling when he was in kindergarten, was a standout wrestler in middle and high school and earned academic and athletic scholarships to Eastern Illinois University.

Brian Ebersole started training with Matt Hughes off and on during his time at EIU, which served as his introduction to mixed martial arts.

In November 2000 Brian Ebersole was arrested following a fight with a Southern Illinois University hockey player.

Brian Ebersole was a great student, but lost motivation to continue with his education as he could no longer wrestle, leaving with a year's worth of classes not finished.

Brian Ebersole is very proud of the fact that he calls the world his home, traveling across the globe for his training camps.

Brian Ebersole is known among MMA fans for his odd manscaping habits, having his chest hair groomed into designs such as arrows, stars, and even the Tapout logo at UFC 140.

Brian Ebersole is currently the head wrestling coach at his alma mater, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School.

In 2006, Brian Ebersole was living in California, he worked in construction and was working part-time as a bartender as well as fighting professionally.

In 2007, Brian Ebersole was on a trip in the United States to say goodbye to friends and family before setting up permanent residence in Australia.

Brian Ebersole claimed he had eaten marijuana brownies before taking the fight, and didn't have time to make sure they cleared his system.

Brian Ebersole made his UFC debut against Chris Lytle at UFC 127, replacing an injured Carlos Condit.

Brian Ebersole won via unanimous decision using unorthodox strikes and ground control in a bout that earned Fight of the Night honors.

Brian Ebersole won the fight via TKO in the first round.

Brian Ebersole was awarded an honorary "getting those horrifying shorts off TV as soon as possible" bonus by Dana White for defeating Hallman, who was wearing Speedos.

Brian Ebersole was expected to face Rory MacDonald on December 10,2011 at UFC 140.

Brian Ebersole instead faced Claude Patrick, where he won a close, back and forth match via split decision.

Brian Ebersole fought TJ Waldburger on June 22,2012 at UFC on FX 4 and won the fight via unanimous decision.

Brian Ebersole received his first UFC loss to Head via split decision snapping his eleven fight winning streak and receiving his first loss since September 2008.

Brian Ebersole made his first appearance in over a year when he fought Rick Story at UFC 167 on November 16,2013.

Brian Ebersole next fought John Howard on September 27,2014 at UFC 178.

Brian Ebersole was expected to face Alan Jouban on June 6,2015 at UFC Fight Night 68.

Brian Ebersole lost the fight via TKO after he was unable to continue after the first round due to a knee injury sustained from a kick by Akhmedov.

Brian Ebersole would fight one more time, June 24,2016, facing Steven Kennedy at Hex Fight Series 6.