Anthony Perosh
| Anthony Perosh | |
|---|---|
| Born |
5 October 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Other names | The Hippo; Don Flamingo |
| Residence | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality |
Australian Croatian |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) |
| Division |
Light heavyweight (205 lb) (2003-2006, 2007-2010, 2011-2016) Heavyweight (265 lb) (2006, 2010) |
| Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Sydney, Australia |
| Team | Sinosic/Perosh Martial Arts |
| Rank | 4th Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsuunder Carlos Machado Black belt in Kempo Karate Black t-shirt in Thai Kickboxing |
| Years active | 2003–2016 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 25 |
| Wins | 15 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 10 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| By decision | 3 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Anthony Perosh (born 5 October 1972) is a retired Australian professional mixed martial artist formerly competing in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Perosh was born and raised in Sydney, Australia and is of Croatian descent, as both of his parents are Croatian immigrants. Perosh began training in martial arts while doing security work to help pay for college tuition. The training would help him in working security and he began his training in 1995 with Paul Zadro, when he was 23 years old. This original training was in Kempo Karate and Muay Thai, before he learned about Brazilian jiu-jitsu. In 1997 Perosh moved to Dallas, Texas to train with Carlos Machado (A World BJJ Champion) for over two years. In 2003, Machado presented Perosh with a black belt in Machado Brazilian jiu-jitsu. Perosh is now a third degree black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, still under Machado. Perosh trained to compete in mixed martial arts after he received his black belt when he was 31 years old.
Perosh made his professional mixed martial arts debut on 29 November 2003 defeating Api Hemara by first round rear-naked choke submission. Perosh went on to fight two more times that night, winning both bouts by submission. He was invited to the UFC after compiling a 5-1 record with his only loss coming to 11-0 Sam Nest, by the way of decision.
His UFC debut came not only against a fellow ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship grappler, but against an ADCC Champion in Jeff Monson at UFC 61. With both Monson and Perosh's Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills being cancelled out, the fight saw Monson instead win by technical knockout that subsequently led to a fight with Tim Sylvia for the UFC Heavyweight Championship.
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