Nick Catone
| Nick Catone | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 1, 1981 Brick Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Other names | The Jersey Devil |
| Residence | Brick Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Weight | 185.5 lb (84.1 kg; 13.25 st) |
| Division |
Middleweight Welterweight |
| Reach | 72.5 in (184 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Brick Township, New Jersey, United States |
| Team | Nick Catone MMA Academy |
| Rank | Black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Ricardo Almeida |
| Wrestling | NCAA Division I Wrestler |
| Years active | 2007–2015 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 14 |
| Wins | 10 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 2 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Website | http://www.nickcatone.com |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Nicholas "Nick" Catone (born September 1, 1981) is a retired American mixed martial artist. Catone competed most recently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship in their Middleweight division.
Catone began wrestling in middle school. Catone stayed with the sport all through his middle and high school years. While at Brick Memorial High School in Brick Township, New Jersey, Catone won numerous awards and titles in wrestling. He was a New Jersey State place winner, Three-time Division I national qualifier, 2x Division I conference champion and 100 Division I career wins. He was rewarded with a scholarship to wrestle for Rutgers University but did not like the lifestyle of a large college. After spending a year at Rutgers, Catone transferred to Rider University where he won Male Athlete of the Year in 2004. Catone graduated from Rider with a bachelor's degree in psychology.
After college, Catone realized that he did not want to give up the sport of wrestling. So he found a mixed martial arts training facility in 2005 and started working very hard on his boxing and Brazilian jiu-jitsu skills to become a successful professional mixed martial artist.
Catone's first UFC fight was scheduled to be against TUF 7 winner Amir Sadollah at UFC 91. However, due to a leg infection, Sadollah withdrew from the match. A replacement for Sadollah could not be found so the match was scrapped from the card. The match against Sadollah was rescheduled for February 7, 2009 at UFC Fight Night 17. On January 23, Sadollah was, again, forced to withdraw from the fight due, this time to a fractured clavicle.
Catone finally made his UFC debut, defeating Derek Downey via keylock in the second round at UFC Fight Night: Lauzon vs. Stephens.
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