48 Facts About Guy Mezger

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Guy Mezger was born on January 1,1968 and is an American martial artist, who competed in professional combat sports including full contact karate, kickboxing, and boxing, but is most recognized as a mixed martial arts fighter.

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Guy Mezger is associated with Lion's Den and runs their school in Dallas.

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Guy Mezger holds wins over Tito Ortiz, Masakatsu Funaki, Yuki Kondo, Semmy Schilt, and Minoru Suzuki.

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Guy Mezger has co-written a book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Kickboxing; he had an uncredited speaking role in the first-season episode of Walker, Texas Ranger titled "Night of the Gladiator".

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Guy Mezger began his mixed martial arts career in the Ultimate Fighting Championship at UFC 4 in an alternate match against Jason Fairn.

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Guy Mezger won the bout by TKO after landing a multitude of strikes from full mount.

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Guy Mezger next fought at UFC 5 in an alternate match against John Dowdy, defeating him by TKO in little over two minutes by mounted strikes.

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Guy Mezger began to train with Ken Shamrock and became a member of Ken's submission fighting team, the Lion's Den, and joined the Pancrase organization in Japan.

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On December 1995, Guy Mezger was involved in a controversial match against the other Pancrase co-founder, lauded wrestler Minoru Suzuki.

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Guy Mezger controlled the match, but he landed an accidental kick to the groin at 7:15 in the first round and was disqualified by the referee.

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Guy Mezger's corner protested and defended the accidental nature of the strike, but the result was not changed.

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Leininger was able to score a takedown and gain mount at one point, but he was otherwise soundly beaten as Guy Mezger battled his way to a decision victory.

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Guy Mezger broke his hand during this fight but continued in the tournament.

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The championship round Guy Mezger faced future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz.

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Ortiz shot in for a takedown, but Guy Mezger secured a guillotine choke, forcing Ortiz to submit.

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Guy Mezger then forfeited his King of Pancrase title to fight in the UFC again.

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Guy Mezger's final bout in the UFC was a rematch with Tito Ortiz at UFC 19: Young Guns.

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Guy Mezger was sick before the fight but fought anyway, a decision that he regretted after the fight.

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Ortiz then donned a shirt that was insulting to Guy Mezger which provoked an immediate reaction from Ken Shamrock, Guy Mezger's trainer.

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Unfortunately, the week of the fight, Guy Mezger was taken to the hospital due to stroke like symptoms, and was taken off the fight card.

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At the second, Akira scored a takedown and performed ground and pound, which Mezger retaliated by controlling the striking again when they returned to their feet; however, the Japanese took Mezger's back on the ground towards the end of the round and scored punches while Guy attempted to escape.

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Pride officials then signed Guy Mezger to fight Kazushi Sakuraba, who at the time was considered to be one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world.

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Guy Mezger took the fight on two weeks notice and had a broken foot going into the fight.

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The contract that Guy Mezger signed stipulated that the fight would be one 15-minute round with no overtime, in contrast to the other fights which were to have an extra round in the case of a draw.

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The round ended and Guy Mezger expected the fight to go to the judges, but Pride officials wanted the fight to go to overtime.

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An argument ensued and Guy Mezger was ordered out of the ring and back to the locker room by his corner man, Ken Shamrock, who was livid at the decision to extend the fight because of Guy Mezger's foot injury and the fact that he took the fight on short notice.

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Guy Mezger added, "Royce's father came up to me after my fight and said, "You got screwed.

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Guy Mezger next competed against Masaaki Satake, winning the fight by unanimous decision.

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Guy Mezger made his return to the ring at Pride 10 - Return of the Warriors, facing Brazilian superstar and future middleweight kingpin Wanderlei Silva.

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Guy Mezger gained the upper hand early, cutting Silva with several crisp combinations and outpointing Silva on the feet.

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Guy Mezger found a measure of redemption when he defeated Alexander Otsuka by TKO at Pride 12 - Cold Fury.

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Guy Mezger returned again at Pride 13 - Collision Course to face Egan Inoue.

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Guy Mezger then met UFC Hall of Famer Chuck Liddell at Pride 14 - Clash of the Titans.

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Guy Mezger gained control of the first round, knocking Liddell to the mat with a strike and landing a left kick to Liddell's face a few minutes before the bell sounded ending the first round.

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Guy Mezger faced two time ADCC champion Ricardo Arona at Pride 16.

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Arona and Guy Mezger circled each other for a few moments, before moving in and exchanging strikes.

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Guy Mezger ended the round one with two takedowns and side mount position but couldn't capitalize on it.

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The second round was much of the same until Guy Mezger landed a stunning kick to Arona's face.

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The third round continued like this, with Arona laying on Guy Mezger, using his ground and pound style for the last three minutes of the bout.

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In December 2001, Guy Mezger was proposed the idea of fighting at Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye while wearing Tiger Mask's attire and mask, but he didn't accept.

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Guy Mezger had several good striking exchanges and showcased his submission and takedown defense, but again lost the fight by a controversial split decision.

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On January 25,2005, Guy Mezger retired from professional fighting after experiencing stroke-like symptoms prior to his scheduled bout with Tito Ortiz.

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Guy Mezger has a consulting company, CS Consulting, that works with both Federal and State law enforcement agencies on re-vamping their defensive tactics training.

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Guy Mezger was the President of Mark Cuban's HDNet Fights and was responsible for developing new talent and securing promotion partners for HDnet's Friday Night Fights.

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Guy Mezger has commentated for Chuck Norris' full contact, team-based martial arts competition, the World Combat League, and for Japanese MMA organization DREAM.

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Guy Mezger has a son named Jake from a previous relationship.

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In December 2011, Guy Mezger was involved in an altercation in Dallas in front of a sporting goods store where a man was physically abusing a woman.

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Guy Mezger stepped in to assist the woman by fighting the man, who attacked Mezger with a knife.