Chris Tuchscherer was born on September 8,1975 and is a retired American mixed martial artist who last competed as a Heavyweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
18 Facts About Chris Tuchscherer
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At MSUM Chris Tuchscherer participated in Heavyweight NCAA Division II competitions and became a two-time All-American as well as an NCAA Division II Championship Runner-Up.
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Chris Tuchscherer tried out for and earned a spot on a local fight card where he won his first amateur match in less than a minute.
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Chris Tuchscherer continued training at MSUM while helping to coach the university's wrestling team.
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Chris Tuchscherer later began training at Minnesota Martial Arts Academy with fellow All-American Brock Lesnar.
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Later in his career, he won the Dakota Fighting Championships Heavyweight Championship, and at Extreme Challenge 85 on October 6,2007, Chris Tuchscherer defeated Jimmy Ambriz for the EC Heavyweight Championship.
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Chris Tuchscherer later participated at YAMMA Pit Fighting's only event in a heavyweight tournament where he defeated both Tony Sylvester and Alexey Oleinik by unanimous decision before losing by unanimous decision in the final to Travis Wiuff.
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Chris Tuchscherer then won the Max Fights Heavyweight Championship on July 19,2008, by defeating Tony Mendoza at Max Fights 4 before defeating Branden Lee Hinkle on March 21,2009, at "Beatdown 4" to win the first SNMAA heavyweight championship.
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Chris Tuchscherer tried out for the tenth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.
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Early in their fight Chris Tuchscherer was hit with a hard kick to his groin by Gonzaga.
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Chris Tuchscherer required several minutes to recover during which he nearly vomited.
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Chris Tuchscherer managed to convince a group of officials that he was willing and able to continue in the fight.
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Chris Tuchscherer's next fight was with Tim Hague who was coming off being the subject of the UFC's fastest knockout.
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Chris Tuchscherer won the fight by majority decision.
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On July 3,2010, at UFC 116, Chris Tuchscherer faced Brendan Schaub.
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Chris Tuchscherer lost the fight by TKO in the first round.
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Chris Tuchscherer suffered his second consecutive loss when Hunt knocked him out at 1:41 into the second round.
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Chris Tuchscherer ran his own promotion, "Crowbar MMA", that held five events in Fargo, North Dakota and Grand Forks, North Dakota.