Mike Bronzoulis | |
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Born | Mikel Bronzoulis 5 January 1979 Houston, Texas, United States |
Other names | The Greek |
Residence | Houston, Texas, United States |
Nationality | American |
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
Division |
Welterweight Lightweight (current) |
Fighting out of | Houston, Texas, United States |
Team | Revolution Dojo / Paradigm / Main Street Boxing Gym |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 28 |
Wins | 18 |
By knockout | 11 |
By submission | 3 |
By decision | 3 |
By disqualification | 1 |
Losses | 9 |
By knockout | 1 |
By submission | 3 |
By decision | 5 |
Draws | 1 |
Other information | |
Website | http://www.thegreek.pro/ |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Mikel "Mike" Bronzoulis (born January 5, 1979) is an American mixed martial artist who is currently signed to Bellator MMA fighting in the Welterweight division, Bronzoulis has competed for Strikeforce and Shark Fights. Bronzoulis was a finalist on Spike TV's Bellator: Fight Master reality show.
Bronzolis began practicing martial arts when he was around seven years old, when his father, a martial artist himself, brought the young Bronzoulis to a karate school. From the beginning, Bronzoulis had found his passion, eventually learning Tae Kwon Do, Tang Shu Do, Shotokan, Shotoru, American Freestyle, and kickboxing. When he turned 16, Bronzoulis spent most of his time at the Fairtex Thai kickboxing camp and also watched Jean-Claude Van Damme movies.
Bronzoulis made his professional debut in 2007. On April 25, 2009 he fought UFC veteran Kamal Shalorus to a majority draw.
Bronzoulis made his Shark Fights debut in 2010 at Shark Fights 12 where he defeated Anselmo Martinez via disqualification. His next fight under the organization was at Shark Fights 14: Horwich vs. Villefort against Lucas Lopes where he won via unanimous decision.
On March 20, 2010, Bronzoulis was defeated by Levi Forrest via unanimous decision at Legacy FC 2 for the Legacy Welterweight Title.
On November 5, 2010, Bronzoulis defeated Jonathan Harris at Legacy FC 4 via TKO due to punches in round one to win the Legacy FC Welterweight Championship.