Richie Vaculik is a mixed martial artist and big wave surfer from Maroubra, Australia.
18 Facts About Richie Vaculik
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Richie Vaculik's sporting accomplishments started as a surfer at Maroubra Beach, Sydney.
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Bra Boys including the Abberton brothers, Mark Mathews and Richie Vaculik grew up surfing the iconic Maroubra Beach breaks and other waves including 'Ours'.
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Richie Vaculik was introduced to Brazilian jiu-jitsu by blackbelt Bruno Panno at the age of 18.
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In November 2006 Richie Vaculik made a successful MMA debut at Warriors Realm 7 against Michael Mortimer, winning via first-round knockout.
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Richie Vaculik remained undefeated before challenging Gustavo Falciroli for the Cage Fighting Championship inaugural bantamweight title at CFC 12, in March 2010, at the Hordern Pavilion.
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At Proud Warriors Productions 3, September 2011, Richie Vaculik defeated Hawaiian Justin Wong via first round submission.
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In February 2012, Richie defeated American Nick Honstein for the inaugural featherweight belt at PWP 4: Vaculik vs Honstein, via first round submission.
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At Australian Fighting Championship 3, April 2012, Richie Vaculik defeated American MMA veteran Matt Jaggers via first-round knockout.
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Richie Vaculik defeated American Charlie Alaniz, via split decision, to capture the Combat8 bantamweight title in mid 2013 in a modified MMA rules event broadcast live via epicentre.
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In June 2012, Richie Vaculik was cast on The Ultimate Fighter: The Smashes.
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Richie Vaculik fought twice at lightweight, he was outsized and defeated by Norman Parke via unanimous decision and Colin Fletcher via second round submission.
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In December 2013, Richie Vaculik made his UFC and flyweight debut on the undercard at UFC Fight Night: Hunt vs Bigfoot against Justin Scoggins and was defeated via first-round TKO.
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Richie Vaculik was set to face Jon delos Reyes on the undercard at UFC Fight Night: Te Huna vs Marquardt on 8 June 2014.
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Richie Vaculik was expected to face Ray Borg on 8 November 2014 at UFC Fight Night 55.
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Richie Vaculik faced Danny Martinez on 15 November 2015 at UFC 193.
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Richie Vaculik lost the fight via unanimous decision and was cut from the UFC in 2016.
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Richie Vaculik has surfed some of the world's most dangerous breaks including The Right and Shipsterns Bluff, Hawaii and Teahupo'o.