Carlos Joseph Condit was born on April 26,1984 and is an American former professional mixed martial artist.
61 Facts About Carlos Condit
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Carlos Condit formerly competed in the Welterweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he was the former Interim UFC Welterweight Champion.
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Carlos Condit has competed for both Shootboxing and Pancrase in Japan.
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Carlos Condit has launched business ventures, including a coffee shop and a line of custom jeans with Los Angeles brand Sene.
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Carlos Condit was born on April 26,1984, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and is of Austrian, German, Native American, and Mexican descent.
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Carlos Condit began wrestling at the age of nine and continued throughout high school, and started training in Gaidojutsu under Greg Jackson at fifteen.
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Carlos Condit turned professional at eighteen years old, taking less than a minute to submit Nick Roscorta with a rear-naked choke in his debut in Juarez, Mexico, on September 6,2002.
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Carlos Condit won his next four fights in the first round, with only one going past the one-minute mark, before tasting defeat for the first time, albeit under the shoot boxing ruleset, in his international debut.
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Carlos Condit faced off with ninety-five fight veteran and Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2002 champion Andy Souwer in Tokyo, Japan on September 23,2003, losing by technical knockout due to leg kicks with seventeen seconds left of the fight after being knocked down three times in the fifth and final round.
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Carlos Condit rebounded from the loss with a four fight win streak and returned to Japan to fight in Pancrase, losing to Satoru Kitaoka via first round heel hook submission at Pancrase: Spiral 8 in Yokohama on October 2,2005.
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The tournament's quarter-finals were held on January 20,2006, at Rumble on the Rock 8 where Carlos Condit recorded a seventeen-second TKO stoppage of Renato Verissimo.
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The semis and the final both took place on the same night, April 21,2006, at Rumble on the Rock 9 and Carlos Condit submitted Frank Trigg with a triangle armbar to book his place in the final against Jake Shields.
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Carlos Condit suffered a second consecutive loss in his next outing, submitting to a Pat Healy rear-naked choke in round three of their contest in Oakland, California, before making a return to Pancrase and defeating Koji Oishi via TKO in his sophomore appearance in the promotion.
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Carlos Condit ended his tenure in Japan with a Kimura submission of Takuya Wada and a particularly violent stomp KO over Tatsunori Tanaka before returning stateside and joining the WEC.
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Carlos Condit made his debut for the WEC on January 20,2007, at WEC 25 where he defeated Kyle Jensen in the first round via submission.
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Carlos Condit's second fight would be for the vacant WEC Welterweight Championship against John Alessio at WEC 26: Carlos Condit vs Alessio.
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Carlos Condit faced Brock Larson on August 5,2007, at WEC 29.
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Carlos Condit faced Hiromitsu Miura on August 3,2008, at WEC 35.
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Carlos Condit won the back and forth fight via TKO in the fourth round, winning Fight of the Night honors.
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Carlos Condit would be the last WEC Welterweight Champion before the UFC dissolved the title and division.
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Carlos Condit would make the move to UFC after the WEC buyout and he made his debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization.
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Carlos Condit made his promotional debut on April 1,2009, at UFC Fight Night 18 facing Martin Kampmann.
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Carlos Condit lost the back and forth fight via split decision.
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Carlos Condit was then scheduled to fight Chris Lytle on September 16,2009, at UFC Fight Night 19, but Lytle had to drop out due to a knee injury.
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Carlos Condit then defeated Ellenberger via split decision to get his first win in the UFC.
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Carlos Condit later had to drop out of a scheduled fight at UFC 108 against Paul Daley due to a hand injury.
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Carlos Condit defeated Rory MacDonald via third-round TKO at UFC 115 in a bout that earned the Fight of the Night award.
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Carlos Condit faced Dan Hardy on October 16,2010, at UFC 120.
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Carlos Condit then landed two punches to Hardy on the ground before the referee stopped the fight at 4:27 of the first round.
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Carlos Condit was expected to face Chris Lytle on February 27,2011, at UFC 127.
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However, Carlos Condit was forced from the bout after suffering a knee injury while training and he was replaced by promotional newcomer Brian Ebersole.
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Carlos Condit faced Dong Hyun Kim on July 2,2011, at UFC 132.
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Carlos Condit won the fight via first round knockout earning Knockout of the Night honors.
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Carlos Condit was expected to face Josh Koscheck on February 4,2012, at UFC 143.
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However, due to a knee injury sustained by St Pierre, Carlos Condit faced Diaz at the event, with the winner being awarded an interim UFC Welterweight Championship.
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Carlos Condit defeated Diaz via unanimous decision to win the UFC Interim Welterweight Championship.
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Carlos Condit faced Georges St-Pierre on November 17,2012, at UFC 154.
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Carlos Condit became only the second man to knock down St Pierre in the UFC when he dropped him with a head kick early in the third round and swarmed him, but was unable to finish.
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Carlos Condit ultimately lost the fight via unanimous decision in a back and forth battle which earned both participants Fight of the Night honors for their performance.
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Carlos Condit was expected to face Rory MacDonald in a rematch on March 16,2013, at UFC 158.
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Carlos Condit faced Martin Kampmann in a rematch on August 28,2013, at UFC Fight Night 27.
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Carlos Condit was expected to face Matt Brown on December 14,2013, at UFC on Fox 9.
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Carlos Condit next fought Tyron Woodley in the co-main event at UFC 171.
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The referee stood the fight up for inactivity, and when Carlos Condit tried to step away after Woodley kicked his left knee, his right buckled, causing him to collapse in agony and the referee to award Woodley a TKO.
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An MRI confirmed that Carlos Condit had suffered a torn ACL and partially torn meniscus which would require surgery.
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Carlos Condit was successful in his return, winning the fight via TKO after the cage-side doctor ended the contest between the second and third round due to the amount of damage Alves had taken.
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Carlos Condit was expected to face current champion Robbie Lawler on November 15,2015, at UFC 193.
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Carlos Condit landed 198 of the 504 strikes he threw to Lawler's respective 78 of 177.
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Each fighter was credited with one knockdown during the fight, as Carlos Condit dropped Lawler in the first round and Lawler floored Carlos Condit in the second.
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Carlos Condit returned to the cage eight months later to face Demian Maia in the main event of UFC on Fox 21 on August 27,2016.
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Carlos Condit lost the fight via submission in the first round.
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Carlos Condit was expected to face Matt Brown on April 14,2018, at UFC on Fox 29.
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Carlos Condit faced Michael Chiesa on December 29,2018, at UFC 232.
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Carlos Condit lost the fight via submission in the second round.
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Carlos Condit was scheduled to face Mickey Gall on December 7,2019, at UFC on ESPN 7.
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However, Carlos Condit was forced to pull from the event due to a detached retina, thus the bout was cancelled.
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Carlos Condit faced Matt Brown on January 16,2021, at UFC on ABC 1.
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Carlos Condit faced Max Griffin on July 10,2021, at UFC 264.
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On September 17,2021, it was announced that Carlos Condit has retired from competing MMA.
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Carlos Condit married his longtime girlfriend, Seager Marie McCullah, in December 2010.
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Carlos Condit partnered with Los Angeles brand Sene to launch a custom denim collaboration in November 2020.