Carlos Newton was born on August 17,1976 and is an Anguillian-born Canadian retired mixed martial artist.
25 Facts About Carlos Newton
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Carlos Newton is a former UFC Welterweight Champion and Pride FC Japan MMA Legend.
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Carlos Newton is a 3rd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt alongside his coach Terry Riggs under Renzo Gracie, at Warrior MMA in Newmarket, Ontario.
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Carlos Newton was born in Anguilla and moved to Canada at a young age.
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Carlos Newton attended Westview Centennial Secondary School in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, Ontario.
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Carlos Newton competed in numerous Jiu-Jitsu and BJJ competitions in Canada and across the world, starting under the legendary Tom Sharkey.
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Carlos Newton started his Jiu-Jitsu competing career out of the Samurai Club in Toronto.
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Shortly after, in 1996, Terry Riggs founded Warrior Mixed Martial Arts in Newmarket, Ontario, which was Canada's first official MMA Academy; Carlos Newton followed his long-time training partner and made it his home.
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Out of Warrior MMA, Carlos Newton's career flourished under the coaching of Terry Riggs and Everton McEwan.
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Carlos Newton competed in the world's top mixed martial arts organizations such as Shooto, K-1 and Pride Fighting Championships in Japan, UFC in America and W-1 in Canada.
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Carlos Newton started his famed Japan fight career with a win over Erik Paulson to become the Vale Tudo Japan World Champion.
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In June 1998, Carlos Newton lost a technical bout in Pride Fighting Championships against Kazushi Sakuraba.
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The Sakuraba vs Carlos Newton fight is remembered today as a classic and one of the best MMA fights ever for submission grappling fans.
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Carlos Newton went on in the PRIDE Japan to rack up wins over Daijiro Matsui, Naoki Sano, Johil de Oliveira, all on his way to a spectacular armbar victory over "Pele" Jose Landi-Jons at Pride 19 in February 2002.
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In October 2003, Carlos Newton further solidified his place in history with a split-decision victory over the estimable Renzo Gracie at Pride Bushido 1.
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Carlos Newton had a triangle choke locked in on Hughes, but Hughes picked up Carlos Newton, walked him to the corner, and attempted to slam him.
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Carlos Newton made a second attempt at a comeback in K-1 HEROs, this time facing Tokimitsu Ishizawa.
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Carlos Newton made short work of the Japanese fighter, needing only four punches to score the TKO victory in just 22 seconds.
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Carlos Newton then faced Shungo Oyama at Hero's Korea 2007 where he lost by submission due to punches.
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Carlos Newton fought in a superfight that year and lost to Renzo Gracie by way of an extremely controversial split decision at the IFL Championship Final.
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Carlos Newton, motivated by a chance to compete in Canada, made a return to MMA again in 2009 at Warrior-1: Inception.
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Carlos Newton scored a first round victory by way of KO against Nabil Khatib, this was Carlos's first fight on Canadian soil in 13 years.
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Carlos Newton again returned to action on October 10,2009, against former UFC veteran "Mr International" Shonie Carter at Warrior-1: High Voltage.
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The bout was to be for the Warrior-1 Welterweight Championship, but because Carlos Newton did not make weight, it was a non-title bout.
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However, after one more fight in Australia, Carlos Newton decided, that after a successful fight career that spanned 14 years, it was finally time to take a break and focus on coaching.