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. Nicknamed "Big" Dan Christison and Dan "The Sandman" Christison, he lost his first fight on the show, a quarterfinals match with 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.

[edit] MMA record

8 Wins (2 KO, 6 submissions, 0 decision, 0 other), 4 Losses (1 TKO, 3 Decisions), 0 Draws.
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time Notes
7/8/2006 Loss Frank Mir UFC 61-Bitter Rivals Decision (Unanimous) Round 3 5:00
4/6/2006 Win Brad Imes UFC-Ultimate Fight Night 4 Submission (Armbar) Round 3 3:37
3/26/2005 Win Jimmy Ambriz IFC WC 19-Warriors Challenge 19 Submission (Verbal) Round 2 0:55
2/26/2005 Win Ben Rothwell Euphoria-USA vs World Submission (Kimura) Round 3 0:57
1/22/2005 Win Andre Roberts WEC 13-Heavyweight Explosion Submission (Armbar) Round 1 3:26
8/28/2004 Win Lemuel Vincent KOTC-New Mexico TKO Round N/A N/A
4/10/2004 Win Jimmy Westfall POA-Pride of Albuquerque TKO Round 1 1:18
6/14/2003 Loss Dan Severn KOTC 24-Mayhem Decision (Split) Round 3 5:00
5/16/2003 Loss Eric Pele KOTC 23-Sin City TKO Round 1 4:50
4/6/2003 Win Albert Lopez Triple Threat-Fight Night 1 Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Round 1 N/A
9/6/2006 Loss Dan Severn AC 1-Aztec Challenge 1 Decision Round 3 5:00
8/19/2001 Win Gabe Beauperthy GC 5-Rumble in the Rockies Submission Round N/A N/A

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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