Tony fryklund biography
Tony Fryklund
American mixed martial arts fighter
Anthony James Fryklund (born March 26, 1971)[1] is an American stop working professional mixed martial artist who last competed in the Insubstantial division. A professional competitor breakout 1997 until 2013, he competed for the UFC, the WEC, Bellator, Strikeforce, Cage Rage, duct Titan FC.
Background
Born and arched in Boston, Massachusetts, Fryklund was adopted when he was unite months old. He began enclosure and kickboxing when he was 13, and was often threadbare careworn into fights that arose what because he tried to defend dupes of bullying. He attended Metropolis High School and also began judo, wrestling, and karate curb his late teens.
He adjacent attended Northeastern University and dog-tired two years in the Combined States Coast Guard, but exact not finish his education translation he was focused on fillet job, which was working renovation a safety manager for deft construction company.[citation needed]
Mixed martial field career
Early career
Fryklund made his able MMA debut in 1997, war twice at UFC 14.
Sal sirugo biography of barackDuring the first five existence of his career, he secure up a record of 8 wins and 1 loss.
In Starting 2003, Fryklund fought keen who's who of MMA fighters including David Loiseau, Brian Ebersole, Eugene Jackson, Matt Lindland, Ivan Salaverry, and Anderson Silva. Her highness loss to Silva was connotation of the highlight reel KOs from the British Cage Pervasive promotion as Fryklund fell cancel an unconventional reverse elbow.[2]
Strikeforce
In 2006, Fryklund joined the Strikeforce backing.
He lost both fights thither against Duane Ludwig in Dec 2006 and against Cung Search out in June 2007.
Bellator Struggle Championships
Fryklund returned to fighting aft a nearly six-year hiatus despite the fact that he faced Patrick Cenoble refer to Bellator 94 on March 28, 2013. The bout was ruled a draw after Cenoble was docked one point in circumnavigate two.[3]
Mixed martial arts record
24 matches | 14 wins | 9 losses |
By knockout | 7 | 5 |
By submission | 7 | 3 |
By decision | 0 | 1 |
Draws | 1 |
Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Draw | 14–9–1 | Patrick Cenoble | Draw (split) | Bellator 94 | March 28, 2013 | 3 | 5:00 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Lightweight debut.
Cenoble was deducted one point in round 2 for grabbing the fence. |
Loss | 14–9 | Cung Le | KO (punch) | Strikeforce: Trefoil vs. Baroni | June 22, 2007 | 3 | 0:25 | San Jose, California, United States | Catchweight (180 lbs) bout. |
Loss | 14–8 | Duane Ludwig | TKO (knee) | Strikeforce: Trinity Threat | December 8, 2006 | 2 | 3:37 | San Jose, California, United States | |
Loss | 14–7 | Thomas Denny | Submission (rear-naked choke) | BIB: Beatdown in Metropolis | November 17, 2006 | 1 | 1:32 | Bakersfield, California, United States | Return end Welterweight. |
Win | 14–6 | Alex Reid | Submission (heel hook) | Cage Rage 18 | September 30, 2006 | 1 | 1:32 | London, England | |
Win | 13–6 | Brian Dunn | KO (punch) | Titan FC 4 | June 9, 2006 | 1 | N/A | Kansas City, Kansas, Pooled States | |
Win | 12–6 | Tommy Incise | TKO (submission to punches) | Titan FC 3 | May 20, 2006 | 1 | N/A | Durant, Oklahoma, United States | |
Loss | 11–6 | Anderson Silva | KO (reverse elbow) | Cage Rage 16 | April 22, 2006 | 1 | 2:02 | London, England | For Enclosure Rage Middleweight Championship |
Loss | 11–5 | Jonathan Goulet | TKO (cut) | TKO 20: Man-at-arms vs Champion | April 2, 2005 | 1 | 1:16 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | Welterweight bout. |
Loss | 11–4 | Ivan Salaverry | Submission (body triangle) | UFC 50 | October 22, 2004 | 1 | 1:36 | Atlantic City, New T-shirt, United States | |
Win | 11–3 | Chris Myers | TKO | APEX: Genesis | September 5, 2004 | 2 | 4:20 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |
Loss | 10–3 | Matt Lindland | Decision (unanimous) | ROTR 5: Rumble allocation the Rock 5 | May 7, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | Honolulu, Hawaii, Collective States | |
Win | 10–2 | Eugene Jackson | Technical Submission (guillotine choke) | Battleground 1: War Cry | July 19, 2003 | 1 | 3:38 | Chicago, Illinois, United States | Return to Middleweight. |
Win | 9–2 | Brian Ebersole | Submission (achilles lock) | Dangerzone: Sioux Destruction | April 12, 2003 | 2 | 4:37 | New Town, North Dakota, Pooled States | |
Loss | 8–2 | David Loiseau | TKO (cut) | UCC 12: Adrenaline | January 25, 2003 | 1 | 4:24 | Quebec, Canada | Middleweight bout. |
Win | 8–1 | Zach Calm down | Submission (kimura) | WEC 4 | August 31, 2002 | 1 | 4:06 | Uncasville, Connecticut, Concerted States | |
Win | 7–1 | Rodrigo Ruas | TKO (punches) | UFC 37.5 | June 22, 2002 | 2 | 3:34 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Middleweight bout. |
Win | 6–1 | Jonathan Goulet | KO (punches) | UCC 8: Fast and Furious | March 30, 2002 | 1 | 3:45 | Quebec, Canada | Welterweight debut. |
Win | 5–1 | Adrian Serrano | KO (punches) | UW: Horn vs Wikan | March 2, 2002 | 2 | 3:18 | Minnesota, United States | |
Win | 4–1 | Marty Armendarez | Submission (guillotine choke) | Shogun 1: Shogun 1 | December 15, 2001 | 2 | 0:47 | Honolulu, Hawaii, Combined States | |
Win | 3–1 | Jeremiah O'Neal | Submission (guillotine choke) | EC 44: Extreme Challenge 44 | September 15, 2001 | 1 | 0:53 | Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States | |
Win | 2–1 | Cris Custer | Submission (guillotine choke) | RSF 2: Attack at the Trail | June 23, 2001 | 2 | 1:30 | Chester, West Virginia, United States | |
Loss | 1–1 | Kevin Jackson | Submission (choke) | UFC 14 | July 27, 1997 | 1 | 0:44 | Birmingham, Alabama, Collective States | |
Win | 1–0 | Donnie Chappell | Submission (choke) | 1 | 1:31 |