Daniel Puder was born on October 9,1981 and is an American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist.
36 Facts About Daniel Puder
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Daniel Puder is undefeated in MMA competition, holding a record of eight wins and zero losses.
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Daniel Puder is best known for having won the WWE's $1,000,000 Tough Enough, the fourth Tough Enough competition.
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Daniel Puder has worked for Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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Daniel Puder was born on October 9,1981 in the San Francisco Bay Area suburb of Cupertino, California and was raised by his parents, Brent and Wanda Daniel Puder.
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Daniel Puder started amateur wrestling when he was 12 years old.
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Daniel Puder entered the fourth Tough Enough competition that was conducted as part of WWE SmackDown between October and December 2004.
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Angle and Daniel Puder wrestled for position, with Angle taking Daniel Puder down.
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However, in the process, Daniel Puder locked Angle in a kimura lock.
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The unscripted nature of the contest was the main reason that Angle was made to look so bad since Daniel Puder just reacted to the situation and could have forced Angle to submit had the referees not thought quickly and counted a pin that wasn't there on Daniel Puder.
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On December 12,2004, Daniel Puder competed in his first WWE pay-per-view event, Armageddon, defeating Mike Mizanin in a Dixie Dog Fight.
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Daniel Puder was announced as the winner on December 14,2004.
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On January 30,2005, Daniel Puder competed in his second WWE pay-per-view event, being entered in the Royal Rumble match.
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Daniel Puder was shortly eliminated after being chopped by Chris Benoit, Hardcore Holly, and Eddie Guerrero.
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In January 2005, Daniel Puder participated in the WWE's developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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In September 2005, Daniel Puder was released by WWE as a cost-cutting move.
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Daniel Puder was given the option of signing a development contract with WWE and transferring to its Deep South Wrestling development camp with less pay, but Daniel Puder declined the offer.
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Daniel Puder spent a fortune on this stuff and gave it to the fans, not to mention the 20 in a barn he claims to have seen every week.
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In December 2007, Daniel Puder signed with Ring of Honor.
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On December 29,2007, at the Manhattan Center, in New York City, Daniel Puder made his debut in ROH, at Rising Above, attacking Claudio Castagnoli and aligning himself with Sweet and Sour Inc.
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On December 30,2007, at Final Battle 2007, Daniel Puder helped Sweeney defeat Castagnoli.
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In January 2008, Daniel Puder would appear on two more shows due to budget cuts, Daniel Puder was released.
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On September 6,2003, at the X-1 promotion, Daniel Puder defeated Jay McCown by unanimous decision.
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On March 10,2006, at Strikeforce: Shamrock vs Gracie, at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, in San Jose, California, Daniel Puder made his return to MMA, defeating Jesse Fujarczyk by submission due to a rear naked choke.
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Three months later on June 9,2006, at Strikeforce: Revenge, at the HP Pavilion at San Jose, in San Jose, California, Daniel Puder defeated Tom Tuggle by submission due to an armbar in only twenty-eight seconds.
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On February 18,2007, at BodogFight Series III in Costa Rica, Daniel Puder defeated Michael Alden by knockout in forty-five seconds.
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Several months later on September 29,2007, at Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion, at The Playboy Mansion, in Los Angeles, California, Daniel Puder defeated Richard Dalton by unanimous decision.
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On May 16,2009, at Call to Arms I, at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, in Ontario, California, Daniel Puder defeated Jeff Ford by knockout.
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Daniel Puder was scheduled to compete against Tank Abbott, an American mixed martial arts fighter and former professional wrestler.
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The bout was scheduled on February 26,2011, at Knockout Fights: The Beginning, at the Santa Monica Airport, in Santa Monica, California Daniel Puder withdrew from the bout due to injury, Daniel Puder had suffered a torn meniscus and was unable to compete.
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Daniel Puder retired from MMA competition, holding a record of eight wins and zero losses.
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In 2018, Daniel Puder provided mixed martial arts instruction using the private coaching service, CoachUp.
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Daniel Puder started Daniel Puder Strength Training, a non-profit organization to help local high schools by donating weight training equipment to their strength training programs and to underprivileged teenagers.
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Daniel Puder worked with Toys for Tots, After School All Stars, Stanford Hospital, and San Francisco General Hospital.
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Daniel Puder was the official spokesperson for Cops Care Cancer Foundation.
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Daniel Puder opened his own gym, the Knockouts Hollywood MMA Gym, in Hollywood, California, which specializes in martial arts, self-defense and fitness boot camp.