Joe Pearson (fighter)
| Joe Pearson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 28, 1978 Davenport, Iowa, United States |
| Other names | The Triangular Strangler |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg; 9.6 st) |
| Division |
Bantamweight (135 lb) Featherweight (145 lb) Lightweight (155 lb) |
| Fighting out of | Bettendorf, Iowa, United States |
| Team |
Miletich Fighting Systems Team Evolution |
| Years active | 2002–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 77 |
| Wins | 45 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 41 |
| Losses | 31 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| By submission | 19 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Joe Pearson (born March 28, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist who has fought in PRIDE, WEC and Shooto. Except for his first professional bout, no fight in Pearson's career has gone to decision.
Pearson also holds the record for most triangle chokes in mixed martial arts history, successfully utilizing the submission twenty-four times in his career.
Pearson started his MMA career at 2002, fighting for several organizations in the midwest of United States. He made a 7-1-1 record and then came to Japan to fight for Shooto against Hatsu Hioki. Pearson lost the bout via submission. After this, he had an unstable sequence of fights, until the second half of 2006 when he won six straight bouts and was called to fight for Pride.
In Pride Bushido 13 he faced the Pancrase and DEEP veteran Yoshiro Maeda. He won the bout via submission in the very first round. In early 2007 he gained an opportunity to fight against the WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber. However, he lost via submission in the first round.
After his bout in WEC he came back to his home region and became the Mainstream MMA and CFC Champion. In 2008 he lost his Mainstream MMA Championship to Erik Koch.
Pearson was expected to face Jeff Curran on May 13, 2011 at XFO 39, but had to withdraw due to a car accident.
Pearson faced 2009 Sengoku Featherweight Grand Prix Champion Masanori Kanehara on September 29, 2013 at Pancrase 252 in the Pancrase World Grand Slam opening round. He lost via knockout early in the first round.
Pearson faced Brady Harrison at XFS - Unstoppable on February 8, 2014. He lost via first round TKO. Pearson then snapped his three fight losing streak on May 19, 2014, defeating Nic Cox via triangle choke at Extreme Challenge 231.
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