Dan Christison

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Dan Christison
Statistics
Nickname The Sandman
Height 6 ft 8 in
Weight 270 lb (102.5 kg)
Born
Fighting out of Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Fighting style submission fighting
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 8
  By knockout 0
  By submission 6
Losses 5
Draws 0
No contests 0

Dan Christison is an American mixed martial artist.

At 6'8" and 270 lbs, Christison is a heavyweight who fights chiefly with a submission wrestling style, rare for someone of his size. Christison fights out of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Christison was a contestant on the second season of The Ultimate Fighter on the second episode. Nicknamed "Big" Dan Christison and Dan "The Sandman" Christison, he made his way to the finals of the second season, losing there to Seth Petruzelli.

Christison has an MMA record of 8 wins, 5 losses, and 0 draws, with some of his losses coming to the biggest names in MMA such as Dan Severn and Frank Mir. Christison has thus far proven difficult to submit or knock out. With the exception of his loss to Eric Pele, all of Christison's losses have been by decision.

Christison was member of Team Hughes on TUF 2. Along with fellow former Ultimate Fighter competitors Diego Sanchez and Rashad Evans, he now trains in Albuquerque under the instruction of submission fighter Greg Jackson.

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The Ultimate Fighter - Season 2
Josh Burkman | Dan Christison | Luke Cummo | Marcus Davis | Rashad Evans | Melvin Guillard | Jorge Gurgel | Brad Imes | Keith Jardine | Eli Joslin | Rob MacDonald | Sammy Morgan | Tom Murphy | Seth Petruzelli | Kerry Schall | Kenny Stevens | Joe Stevenson | Anthony Torres | Jason Von Flue | Mike Whitehead

Coaches: Rich Franklin | Matt Hughes