Justin Christopher Wren was born on April 27,1987 and is an American humanitarian worker and former professional mixed martial artist, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Bellator MMA.
20 Facts About Justin Wren
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Justin Wren enjoyed a highly successful and decorated wrestling career before venturing into MMA.
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Justin Wren was a standout at Texas wrestling powerhouse Bishop Lynch High School, where he was coached by Olympic Gold Medalists Kenny Monday and Kendall Cross.
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Justin Wren was a two time All-American in that discipline, winning the national championship in Fargo, ND the summer after his senior year in high school.
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Justin Wren won his first three fights by knockout before taking his first loss.
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Justin Wren then won five more fights and was ten and one before appearing on TUF.
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Justin Wren was on the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter fighting for Team Rashad.
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Justin Wren was picked third for his team and fifth overall.
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On episode five, Justin Wren fought UFC veteran Wes Sims, defeating him via first round technical submission from an arm triangle.
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Justin Wren then moved on to the quarter-finals and fought Roy Nelson in a controversial two round majority decision loss that many spectators at ring side, including Dana White, felt should have gone to a third round.
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Justin Wren would go on make his UFC debut at The Ultimate Finale 10, against Ultimate Fighter 10 castmate, Jon Madsen, to whom he lost via split decision.
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On Jan 23,2010 Justin Wren announced he had signed a deal with an unnamed promotion.
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Justin Wren fought and defeated Josh Henry in his debut for Ring of Fire by TKO in the first round.
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In July 2015, Justin Wren signed a five-fight contract with Bellator MMA.
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Justin Wren won his second Bellator bout against Juan Torres on February 19,2016, by unanimous decision.
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Justin Wren faced Roman Pizzolato at Bellator 174 on March 3,2017.
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Justin Wren won via submission due to an arm-triangle choke in the first round.
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Justin Wren has done a number of charity drives and expeditions for his charity Fight for the Forgotten, with his work being featured on The Joe Rogan Experience.
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Justin Wren used a portion of his earnings from MMA to buy land and build fresh water wells for the Mbuti pygmy people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Justin Wren's solution uses local workforce and can be walked into areas otherwise inaccessible to well drilling machinery; initially they find well locations using a vertical electrical sounding machine.