Keith Jardine was born on October 31,1975 and is an American actor and retired mixed martial artist who most notably competed in the UFC and Strikeforce.
40 Facts About Keith Jardine
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Keith Jardine played football and competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in high school under Coach Rudy Lugo, and continued to compete at Los Angeles Pierce College, then for his final two years of college as a defensive lineman at New Mexico Highlands University, which has a Division II program.
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Keith Jardine received a degree in Human Performance and Sport from New Mexico Highlands University.
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Keith Jardine played rugby and competed in high-level wrestling tournaments after college before traveling to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he began training for MMA with Greg Jackson.
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Keith Jardine made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2001, defeating Amir Rahnavardi via armbar submission.
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Keith Jardine defeated his next two opponents, including a submission win over Red Devil Sport Club fighter Arman Gambaryan, before appearing on The Ultimate Fighter 2.
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In 2005, Keith Jardine was cast on The Ultimate Fighter 2, a team-based reality television show created by the UFC, as a Heavyweight competitor.
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Keith Jardine was the first Heavyweight to be chosen by team coach and then UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin.
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Keith Jardine made his first appearance on an official UFC fight card at The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale, defeating fellow TUF 2 Heavyweight Kerry Schall by TKO due to leg kicks.
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Keith Jardine was signed to the UFC and subsequently dropped down a weight class to the Light Heavyweight division.
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Keith Jardine lost the fight in part due to a very controversial unanimous decision, but gained a great deal of fan and media support after the bout.
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Keith Jardine next faced American Top Team's Wilson Gouveia at The Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale.
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Keith Jardine was then scheduled to fight Mike Nickels, a Light Heavyweight competitor from The Ultimate Fighter 3, but Nickels was forced to withdraw due to a back injury.
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At UFC 71, Keith Jardine was scheduled to fight UFC newcomer Houston Alexander.
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Keith Jardine was then matched up against former long-time UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Chuck Liddell at UFC 76.
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Keith Jardine landed numerous unchecked leg kicks and several body kicks to Liddell's side throughout the fight, which was spent almost totally on the feet.
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The bout was ruled a split decision in Keith Jardine's favor, turning him into a top contender for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.
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Keith Jardine had to be helped up after the fight and was sent to the local hospital for observation.
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Keith Jardine was the last man to fight Jackson before his temporary retirement.
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Keith Jardine was knocked out by Thiago Silva at UFC 102 1:35 in the first round.
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Keith Jardine suffered his second consecutive knockout and third straight loss at the hands of Ryan Bader on February 21,2010, at UFC 110.
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Keith Jardine faced Matt Hamill on June 19,2010, at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs Team Ortiz Finale.
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Keith Jardine lost the fight via majority decision, in a bout that earned Fight of the Night honors.
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Keith Jardine's first fight since leaving the UFC was against Shark Fights Light Heavyweight Champion Trevor Prangley in a non-title bout at Shark Fights 13: Keith Jardine vs Prangley on September 11,2010.
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Keith Jardine lost to Prangley via split decision, bringing his losing streak to five-in-a-row.
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Keith Jardine was scheduled to face Francisco France at Nemesis Fighting: MMA Global Invasion on November 13,2010, but the event was postponed to avoid a storm.
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Keith Jardine defeated Francisco via unanimous decision and snapped his five fight losing streak.
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Keith Jardine next took on MFC veteran Aron Lofton in an event near Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Keith Jardine was victorious via TKO at 3:30 of the first round.
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Keith Jardine stated that after his fight with Mousasi, he will drop down to the Middleweight division and that he wants to fight former Strikeforce Middleweight Champion Cung Le.
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Keith Jardine faced Luke Rockhold for the Strikeforce Middleweight Championship at Strikeforce: Rockhold vs Keith Jardine on January 7,2012.
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Keith Jardine lost the fight via TKO in the first round.
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Keith Jardine's last boxing bout was a draw against Jason Cordova that took place on August 20,2004.
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In 2009, Keith Jardine appeared in the movies Crank: High Voltage and Gamer.
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Keith Jardine has appeared in small roles in various other films such as Tactical Force, Beer For My Horses, Unrivaled and Death Warrior.
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Keith Jardine makes a brief appearance in the Bruce Willis film Once Upon a Time in Venice.
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Keith Jardine played Dyer Howe, a member of Frank Griffin's gang, in the Netflix series Godless, released in November 2017, appearing in the film Bird Box, released in December 2018, and appearing in Season 2, episode 5 of the series The Punisher.
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Keith Jardine portrays Pete in Vincent D'Onofrio 2019 film The Kid.
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Keith Jardine is currently engaged to MMA Women's Atomweight fighter Jodie Esquibel, who was a contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Joanna vs Team Claudia.
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In 2014 Keith Jardine featured on a social media video that went viral where he proceeded to track down a thief and make a citizen's arrest.