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Mark Kerr, also known as "The Titan," "The Specimen," and "The Smashing Machine," is a American mixed martial artist and champion collegiate wrestler.
Biography
Kerr was a State Champion in Ohio, wrestling for Toledo Waite. At Syracuse University, Kerr was the Division I champion at 190 pounds in 1992. Randy Couture, wrestling for Oregon State University, took second place. Kerr was also a Division I All-American in 1992. In 1994, Kerr was the USA Senior Freestyle Champion at 220 pounds. While training as an amateur wrestler, Kerr became interested in mixed martial arts as a way to earn money.
Professional career
Kerrâ??s first professional MMA fight was at the World Vale Tudo Championship III, where he won three fights, including one by TKO by strikes, and one opponent literally crawling out of the ring to avoid Kerr's brutal ground and pound to win the title. Kerr had four wins in the UFC before fighting in Pride Fighting Championships in 1998. Kerr had a ground-and-pound fighting style where he would use takedowns to get his opponent onto the mat and then use strikes and submissions to try and finish the fight. Kerrâ??s final MMA win was at Pride 10 where he defeated Igor Borisov by submission. Four months later, at Pride 12, he lost to Igor Vovchanchyn by decision, in the rematch of a Pride 7 fight where Kerr had been illegally knocked out by knees to the head from Vovchanchyn. Kerr would then lose to Heath Herring at Pride 15 via TKO. This trend continued three years later in 2004 at his next (and final) match at Pride 27, where he knocked himself out while trying to take down his opponent, Yoshihisa Yamamoto. He has not fought in a professional MMA fight since then.
In 2003, HBO aired a documentary titled "The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Mark Kerr." The program chronicles Kerrâ??s addiction to painkillers and the no-holds barred aspect of mixed martial arts. Ken Shamrock, Bas Rutten and Mark Coleman also appear in the film. In his return to mixed martial arts in 2006, Kerr, who has become a father since he last entered the ring, wants to abolish his image as "The Smashing Machine." After his embarrassing loss to Yoshihisa Yamamoto, Kerr was supposed to make his comeback against Wes Sims in the American Championship Fighting (ACF) on May 6, 2006 at the Denver Coliseum, but was not medically cleared to fight due to a hand injury.
Kerr was also active in the ADCC (Abu Dhabi Combat Club) competitions, a submission wrestling organisation where strikes are not allowed. He wrestled there with other well known MMA figters like Mario Sperry, Josh Barnett, and Ricardo Arona. Kerr is a wrestler from origin, but he's also skilled with submissions and submission defense. Most of his MMA opponents were forced to submit via can openers or kimuras.
MMA titles
MMA record
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| Loss ||Mike Whitehead ||TKO (Strikes) ||IFL-Championship Semis ||11/2/2006 ||1 2:40
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| Loss ||Yoshihisa Yamamoto ||TKO (Strikes) ||PRIDE 27-Inferno ||2/1/2004 ||1 0:40
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| Loss ||Heath Herring ||TKO (Knees) ||PRIDE 15-Raging Rumble ||7/29/2001 ||2 4:56
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| Loss ||Igor Vovchanchyn ||Decision ||PRIDE 12-Cold Fury ||12/9/2000 ||3 5:00
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| Win ||Igor Borisov ||Submission (Neck Crank) ||PRIDE 10-Return of the Warriors ||8/27/2000 ||1 2:06
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| Loss ||Kazuyuki Fujita ||Decision ||PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Finals ||5/1/2000 ||1 15:00
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| Win ||Enson Inoue ||Decision ||PRIDE Grand Prix 2000 Opening Round ||1/30/2000 ||1 15:00
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| NC ||Igor Vovchanchyn ||No Contest ||PRIDE 7-PRIDE 7 ||9/12/1999 ||N/A
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| Win ||Nobuhiko Takada ||Submission (Kimura) ||PRIDE 6-PRIDE 6 ||7/4/1999 ||1 3:04
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| Win ||Hugo Duarte ||TKO ||PRIDE 4-PRIDE 4 ||10/11/1998 ||3 2:32
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| Win ||Pedro Otavio ||Submission (Armlock) ||PRIDE 3-PRIDE 3 ||6/24/1998 ||1 2:13
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| Win ||Branco Cikatic ||Disqualification (Grabbing the Ropes) ||PRIDE 2-PRIDE 2 ||3/15/1998 ||1 2:14
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| Win ||Dwayne Cason ||Submission (Rear Naked Choke) ||UFC 15-Collision Course ||10/17/1997 ||1 0:53
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| Win ||Greg Stott ||KO (Knee to the Head) ||UFC 15-Collision Course ||10/17/1997 ||1 0:17
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| Win ||Dan Bobish ||Submission (Chin to the Eye) ||UFC 14-Showdown ||7/27/1997 ||1 1:38
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| Win ||Moti Horenstein ||TKO ||UFC 14-Showdown ||7/27/1997 ||1 2:22
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| Win ||Fabio Gurgel ||Decision (Unanimous) ||WVC 3-World Vale Tudo Championship 3 ||1/19/1997 ||1 30:00
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| Win ||Mestre Hulk ||DQ (Crawling out of the Ring) ||WVC 3-World Vale Tudo Championship 3 ||1/19/1997 ||1 2:21
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| Win ||Paul Varelans ||TKO (Strikes) ||WVC 3-World Vale Tudo Championship 3 ||1/19/1997 ||1 2:06
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See also
- List of male mixed martial artists
External links
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