Dave Menne
| Dave Menne | |
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| Born |
July 29, 1974 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Other names | The Warrior |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Division |
Welterweight Middleweight (current) |
| Fighting out of | Forest Lake, Minnesota |
| Team | Menne Combat Academy Minnesota Martial Arts Academy |
| Years active | 1997-present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 64 |
| Wins | 45 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 19 |
| By decision | 20 |
| Unknown | 1 |
| Losses | 17 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| By submission | 1 |
| By decision | 9 |
| Draws | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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David Jeremy Menne (born July 29, 1974) is an American mixed martial artist. He was the first ever UFC Middleweight Champion and has also competed for Cage Rage, Bellator, Shooto, and RINGS.
Menne was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Forest Lake, Minnesota, attending Forest Lake Area High School where he excelled in wrestling. Menne continued wrestling at the collegiate level and found Muay Thai while in Santa Fe, New Mexico before returning to Minnesota to train at the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy in submission grappling.
Menne made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 1997 and compiled a record of 23-5-1 with notable wins over Dennis Hallman, Jutaro Nakao, Chris Lytle, and also fought to a draw against Shonie Carter. After Menne lost to Kiyoshi Tamura at the 1999 Rings: King of Kings tournament, he signed with the UFC.
Menne made his UFC debut at UFC 24 against Fabiano Iha on March 10, 2000 and won via decision. In his next fight, outside of the UFC, he defeated Jose Landi-Jons via majority decision to become the World Extreme Fighting Cruiserweight Superfight Champion. Menne then re-signed with the RINGS organization in Japan.
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