Pete Sell | |
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Born |
West Islip, New York, United States |
August 5, 1982
Other names | Drago |
Nationality | American |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
Division |
Welterweight Middleweight |
Reach | 75 in (190 cm) |
Fighting out of | Westbury, New York |
Team | Serra-Longo Fight Team, |
Rank | black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Matt Serra |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 16 |
Wins | 10 |
By submission | 4 |
By decision | 6 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 5 |
By decision | 1 |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Peter 'Drago' Sell, (born August 5, 1982) is an American mixed martial artist specializing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He is a black belt under teacher and fellow mixed martial artist Matt Serra in East Meadow, New York, and has trained extensively under striking coach Ray Bronx Longo in Garden City, New York. A member of the Serra-Longo Fight Team, Sell formerly fought at both Middleweight & Welterweight in the UFC.
Sell made his debut with the UFC at UFC 51, defeating Top contender Phil Baroni by guillotine choke submission in what was considered a major upset, considering he was a 5–1 underdog.
After a controversial Technical knockout stoppage in his first fight against The Ultimate Fighter veteran Nate Quarry, Sell was then seen as a middleweight contestant on The Ultimate Fighter: The Comeback, which premiered on August 17, 2006. He entered the competition alongside Matt Serra, who competed one weight class below Sell in the welterweight division. Sell defeated "Chainsaw" Charles McCarthy to move on the semi-finals of the competition, where he lost to the ultimate winner of the tournament Travis Lutter. Although Sell did not proceed the finals, he was featured on the undercard of the season finale where he lost to Scott Smith in a back and forth war that ended via sudden highlight reel knockout.
He then fought and lost to Thales Leites at UFC 69. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.
His next fight was a rematch against Nathan Quarry, at UFC Fight Night 11. Sell lost to Quarry once again via KO in the third round.