Dean Lister
| Dean Lister | |
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| Born |
February 13, 1976 San Diego, California, United States |
| Other names | The Boogeyman, The Machine, Mr. Fister |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) |
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
| Division |
Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Reach | 75 in (191 cm) |
| Style | Wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu. |
| Team | Fabio Santos Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Victory MMA |
| Rank | 2nd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 20 |
| Wins | 13 |
| By submission | 11 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Representing  United States
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| Men's Grappling | ||
| ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship | ||
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2003 São Paulo | Absolute |
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2011 Nottingham | -99kg |
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2013 Beijing | -99kg |
Dean Richard Lister (February 13, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist and a former King of the Cage Middleweight Champion. He currently fights in the middleweight division after moving down from light heavyweight. Lister's sparring partner and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Tito Ortiz, invited him to be his assistant grappling coach on the third season of the Spike TV reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.
Lister grew up in a military family and lived in several South American countries, including Venezuela and Panama. Lister speaks several languages. He lived in Panama during the U.S. invasion in 1989, and, according to Lister, he was "right in the middle of a serious combat zone". After living in several different cities in the United States, Lister's family settled in San Diego for Lister's high school years.
Lister often fought as a kid, mostly due to a combination of being the "new kid", a foreigner, and being small for his age. The need to protect himself led Lister to wrestling and martial arts. He started wrestling in high school, and became the high school division wrestling champion and a U.S. National Sambo Champion. Shortly after graduating from high school, Lister visited the Fábio Santos Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in San Diego with his wrestling teammates, and became very interested in the sport. He started competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 1996, six months after he started training.
Since 1997, Lister has been working as an instructor for Santos. Lister teaches both beginner and advanced students at Victory MMA in San Diego. The classes typically begin with Dean teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu techniques, followed by Jiu Jitsu sparring.
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