1. Joe Duarte was born on August 4,1983 and is a retired professional mixed martial arts champion and investor from Guam, and is of native Chamorro descent.
17 Facts About Joe Duarte
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Joe Duarte began his mixed martial arts training early in high school.
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Joe Duarte began training in submission grappling and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at Purebred Shooto Guam in Hagatna, Guam in 1999.
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Joe Duarte was assigned to the 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment in Fort Benning, Georgia.
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Joe Duarte served multiple deployments of duty in Iraq from 2003 to 2005 where he served as a team leader resulting in the loss of a close friend, Dean Richardson, during a firefight in Iraq's Sunni Triangle.
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Joe Duarte made his professional mixed martial arts debut as a light heavyweight on September 9,2006 at "Total Combat 16: Annihilation" in San Diego.
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Joe Duarte fought a three-round regulation match against Chris Kennedy and secured a split decision victory.
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Joe Duarte is the sole Unleashed Fight Lightweight champion with his first-round rear naked choke submission victory over Ulfrano Rodriguez on March 22,2008.
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Joe Duarte appeared on "The Ultimate Fighter" reality show against Phillipe Nover, who submitted Joe Duarte via rear naked choke in the second round.
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Joe Duarte's next fight was against Kenny Raught at "Colloseo Championship Fighting III: Undisputed" on November 28,2008 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
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Joe Duarte dominated the entire fight from the sound of the bell until out of sheer desperation, Raught winged a right hand that caught Joe Duarte on the chin to give him his first loss of his professional career.
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On May 30,2009, Joe Duarte earned his fifth career victory with a first round TKO stoppage of David Gardner in the WarGods promotion held at the Viejas Casino in Alpine, California.
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Joe Duarte continued control much of the tempo of the fight skillfully controlling Gurgel and with well placed jabs and body shots.
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Well aware of the threat, Joe Duarte kept the action close and controlled Gurgel's posturing from guard.
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Toward the end of the round, Joe Duarte got back to his feet and Gurgel quickly followed.
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On July 14,2012, Joe Duarte made a return to competition after almost a year long hiatus due to injury in the preliminaries of Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Kennedy held at the Rose Garden in Portland, Oregon.
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Joe Duarte tried to be aggressive toward Couture by taking the middle of the cage and exploiting multiple angles of attack but none worked.