Dylan Andrews was born on 15 November 1979 and is a mixed martial artist from New Zealand who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Absolute Championship Berkut.
37 Facts About Dylan Andrews
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Dylan Andrews was born on 15 November 1979 in Wellington, New Zealand and is of Maori descent.
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Dylan Andrews grew up around drugs and alcohol abuse and he was bullied at school.
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Dylan Andrews lived in Whakatane, New Zealand and Woburn, New Zealand where he went to Hutt Valley High School between 1996 and 1997.
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Dylan Andrews left school without qualifications and became a laborer; he worked in an office.
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Dylan Andrews started his mixed martial arts training in 2004 in the Lion's Den Academy in Sydney, Australia, having stumbled into the Den while looking for Ultimate Fighting Championship videos.
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Dylan Andrews had his first professional MMA fight some two years later on 7 July 2006 where he beat Adam Narnst by TKO after only 52 seconds of the first round.
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Dylan Andrews had his first loss on 15 February 2008 to Brian Ebersole who at the time had won 37 of his 52 professional fights.
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Dylan Andrews defeated the likes of UFC fighter and The Ultimate Fighter Season 4 contestant, Shonie Carter.
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Dylan Andrews refused to tap in his fight against Jesse Taylor when in a guillotine choke, the referee had to stop the fight as Andrews was unconscious at Australian Fighting Championship 1.
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Dylan Andrews has fought in a number of inaugural fights, such as the first Cage Fighting Championship, Legend Fighting Championship and Australian Fighting Championship.
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Dylan has a reputation as a tough and dedicated fighter: he refused to tap in his November 2010 fight against Jesse Taylor when in a guillotine choke, the referee had to stop the fight as Andrews was unconscious and he had a round three knockout win over Papy Abedi in August 2013, even though he had dislocated his shoulder in the first round.
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Dylan Andrews tried three times to get onto The Ultimate Fighter, an American reality television series and MMA competition produced by the FX Network and the UFC.
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Dylan Andrews failed to make it onto the thirteenth and fifteenth season of the show and the Australian-based series The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes after underperforming at 170 pounds.
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However, he didn't give up and his persistence paid off when in January 2013, Dylan Andrews was announced as a cast member of The Ultimate Fighter: Team Jones vs Team Sonnen.
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Dylan Andrews became the first Maori MMA fighter to compete in The Ultimate Fighter.
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Dylan Andrews won his way into the house by defeating Tim Williams by unanimous decision.
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Dylan Andrews fought Zak Cummings in the preliminary round and was victorious with a majority decision win after two rounds.
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Dylan Andrews next fought overall first pick, Luke Barnatt, in the quarter-finals.
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Dylan Andrews defeated Barnatt in the third round via TKO due to punches.
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Dylan Andrews lost in the semi-finals to Uriah Hall via TKO due to punches in the second round.
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Dylan Andrews next fought Papy Abedi on 28 August 2013 at UFC Fight Night 27.
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Dylan Andrews faced fellow The Ultimate Fighter 17 competitor Clint Hester on 7 December 2013 at UFC Fight Night 33.
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Dylan Andrews lost the fight via TKO due to injury after dislocating his shoulder in the second round.
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Dylan Andrews next faced Sam Alvey on 8 November 2014 at UFC Fight Night 55.
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Dylan Andrews lost the fight via knockout due to hitting his head on the canvas during an attempted takedown and follow up punches from Alvey.
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Dylan Andrews faced Brad Scott on 10 May 2015 at UFC Fight Night 65.
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Dylan Andrews lost the fight via submission in the second round.
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Dylan Andrews rematched with Papy Abedi on 1 April 2017 at Superior Challenge 15 in Stockholm, Sweden.
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Dylan Andrews won the fight via knockout in round two and claimed the Middleweight Superior Challenge title.
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Dylan Andrews faced Azamat Amagov on 9 December 2017 at Absolute Championship Berkut 76 in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Dylan Andrews lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
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Dylan Andrews has sponsorships with Lonsdale London, who included him in their Real Fighters team, as well as with TapouT, ASN, Muscle Lab, Line Break Compression, Cocktail And Dreams and AST Performance.
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Dylan Andrews started his MMA training in the Sydney Lion's Den Academy training under Luke Pezzutti.
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Dylan Andrews moved to the Five Rings Dojo, Gold Coast, Australia in 2008.
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Dylan Andrews is a boxer and a wrestler with an aggressive, dynamic fighting style.
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Dylan Andrews' nickname is the Villain, but he says he is nothing of the sort:.