32 Facts About Travis Fulton

Travis Jon Fulton was an American mixed martial artist and a professional boxer in the heavyweight division of both sports.

Travis Fulton holds the record for the most sanctioned mixed martial arts bouts, with 320 bouts; in addition to that, he holds the most wins in mixed martial arts history.

Travis Fulton's father worked for the John Deere company and was eventually laid off, sending the family to deep poverty.

In school, Travis Fulton was seriously bullied, up to a point where he contrived a plan to kill his tormentors and subsequently himself.

However, success in multiple sports made him popular: Travis Fulton began wrestling when he was in elementary school, following his older brother's footsteps.

Travis Fulton was a skilled baseball player and later attended Cedar Falls High School, where he was a state competitor in wrestling, but was kicked off the team several times for skipping classes.

Travis Fulton was a Golden Gloves boxer and a second-degree black belt in American Kenpo.

Travis Fulton fell in love with the sport of mixed martial arts after seeing UFC 3 on pay per view.

At the age of 18, Travis Fulton took up submission fighting and later trained with Miletich Fighting Systems led by legendary coach and fellow Iowa native Pat Miletich.

Travis Fulton has fought more documented MMA matches than any other fighter, racking up over 300 fights in just over 15 years.

Travis Fulton debuted on July 26,1996, when he was 19 years old against Dave Strasser in an event entitled "Gladiators".

Travis Fulton lost by submission via a rear naked choke.

Travis Fulton won the World Vale Tudo Heavyweight Championship at a Tournament in Brazil in 1998.

Travis Fulton fought over 40 professional mixed martial Arts bouts in 1998 alone.

Travis Fulton won 10 tournaments including the prestigious WVC in Brazil.

Travis Fulton defeated undefeated Super Brawl champion Kawika Pa'alhui in Hawaii in August 1998.

Travis Fulton fought to a draw against Ikuhisa Minowa in Japan in October 1998.

Travis Fulton returned at UFC 21, defeating David Dodd via a unanimous decision, though it was his last time fighting in the UFC.

Travis Fulton was scheduled to compete in UFC 23 against Scott Adams, but was sidelined with a broken hand just six days prior to the event.

In 2008, Travis Fulton was chosen to appear in The Ultimate Fighter reality series, but was unable to make weight in time for filming.

Travis Fulton won the International Fighting Championships world title 3 times, and has won 3 tournaments in the organization.

Travis Fulton competed in the main event of World Extreme Cagefighting's debut event in June 2001 and lost a decision to UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn.

Travis Fulton returned to compete in IFL Chicago in May 2007 when he took on IFL Heavyweight Champion Ben Rothwell.

Travis Fulton took the fight on a week's notice, but gave Rothwell his greatest challenge to date in the IFL organization before losing via kimura in round 2.

Travis Fulton fought former UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski at ProElite 2 in November 2011 and lost via a head kick KO with only one second remaining in the fight.

Travis Fulton formerly held the Iowa Challenge, Cedar Valley Fighting Championships, and ISKA Mid West Muay Thai Heavyweight Championship titles.

Travis Fulton holds the record for the most mixed martial arts fights in history.

Travis Fulton won the ISCF Pro Super Heavyweight United States Title on August 8,1999, in Tempe, Arizona, when he defeated Dan Chase by knockout at :40 of round 1.

Travis Fulton returned to Iowa Challenge in August 2013, where he faced Blake Breitspreacher, and won by TKO.

Travis Fulton lived alone in rural Iowa and had one daughter and had second, much younger child with a different woman, he was paying child support on.

Travis Fulton wrote his autobiography in 2017 which has not been published.

Travis Fulton was alleged to have possessed and attempted to possess child pornography through a USB drive transported across state lines between November 2018 and November 2020.