Matthew Riddle

Matt Riddle
Riddle in December 2015
Birth name	Matthew Fredrick Riddle
Born	(1986-01-14) January 14, 1986 (age 31) Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States
Alma mater	East Stroudsburg University
Spouse(s)	Lisa Riddle
Children	3
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Matt Riddle Matthew Riddle
Billed height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Billed weight	209 lb (95 kg; 14.9 st)
Billed from	Las Vegas, Nevada
Trained by	Monster Factory
Debut	February 7, 2015

Matthew Fredrick "Matt" Riddle (born January 14, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. A professional MMA competitor since 2008, Riddle made a name for himself by appearing on SpikeTV's The Ultimate Fighter 7, and went on to go on a four-fight win streak in the UFC before he was fired after testing positive for marijuana in February 2013. In 2014, Riddle began training for a career in professional wrestling, and made his debut in February 2015. In 2016, Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer called him the "most improved" wrestler of 2016.

Riddle was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania and later moved to Saratoga Springs, New York, where he attended Saratoga Springs High School. He graduated from high school in 2004 and then attended East Stroudsburg University, where he was a member of the wrestling team for two years. After his head coach was fired, Riddle lost his wrestling scholarship and moved to MMA.

Riddle's main experience comes from high school wrestling. He wrestled at Saratoga High School in upstate New York. There Riddle was a National wrestling Champion and in his Senior year was a New York state wrestling champion. He is 1-0 in amateur MMA.

Riddle worked as a roofer and trained in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the evenings. Since Riddle had little to no money, he did not train at a gym but in his apartment. Riddle used BJ Penn's book, Mixed Martial Arts: The Book of Knowledge to help him learn.

Riddle fought Dan Simmler, an understudy of Matt Serra, to get into the TUF house. Riddle knocked out Simmler in the opening seconds of the second round and struck him three times in the jaw after he had lost consciousness, breaking Simmler's jaw in two places. It was called the biggest knockout in The Ultimate Fighter history by Dana White and the knock out of the century by Quinton Jackson. Riddle was picked second for team Rampage. During the show's taping, Riddle was given the nickname Chipper after Rampage noticed him always smiling.