Daniel Puder
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| Daniel Puder | |
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| Statistics | |
| Ring name(s) | Daniel Puder |
| Billed height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
| Billed weight | 235 lb (107 kg) |
| Born | October 9, 1981 Cupertino, California |
| Trained by | Al Snow Bill DeMott |
| Debut | 2004 |
Daniel Puder (born October 9, 1981 in Cupertino, California) is an American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, best known for his stint in World Wrestling Entertainment and its developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling.
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[edit] Career
Puder is a mixed martial arts fighter who participated in MMA shows before and after becoming a professional wrestler. Daniel grew up in Cupertino, California where he started his own companies including: painting, silk screening, and Puder Strength Training. PST is a non-profit strength-training program for high school athletes. His high-school wrestling coach was Matt Erdmann, now a middle school church pastor at the First Baptist Church of Eugene, Oregon. Daniel wrestled for Monta Vista High School, where he took first place in his weight division in the Central Coast Section (the governing body for high school sports in the area) with a broken hand. After high school, Daniel attended Menlo Business College where he achieved high marks. He started training with Frank Shamrock and Crazy Bob Cook at The American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose during his junior year of high school. After training in submission fighting he learned other types of fighting such as kickboxing during college.
Puder entered the fourth Tough Enough competition that was conducted as part of WWE's SmackDown! show between October and December 2004. The prize was announced as a $1,000,000 professional wrestling contract, however, it was in reality a four-year contract at $250,000 a year, with the option to terminate the contract after the first year. Puder was announced as the winner on December 14, 2004 (televised on December 16, 2004). As a result, Puder competed in his first WWE pay-per-view event, being entered in the 2005 Royal Rumble Match. Puder however was shortly eliminated after being "tortured" with chops courtesy of Chris Benoit, Hardcore Holly, and Eddie Guerrero.
On November 4, 2004, SmackDown!, in St. Louis, Missouri, the Savvis Center, during a Tough Enough segment, Kurt Angle puts the finalists through a Squat thrust competition for a prize. The winner was Chris Nawrocki. As part of the Kurt Angle Invitational, the prize Nawrocki won was a match against Angle. Angle defeats Nawrocki and then asked if anyone else wanted to try. Puder raised his hand and jumped in the ring to tie it up with Angle. During the tie up, Angle managed a takedown on Puder, forcing him to the mat, back first. Angle eventually scored a pinfall on Puder. However, Angle's pinfall on Puder sparked some controversy, as professional wrestling and MMA fans observed during the pinfall, Puder's shoulders were not grounded or on the mat. During the pinfall however, Puder shocked professional wrestling and MMA by breaking kayfabe, as Puder locked Angle in a real submission hold, a kimura [1]. It is speculated though, if the referees had not counted Angle's pinfall on Puder, Angle would have eventually tapped out on national television.
Although on television the WWE advertized the victory as a four-year million-dollar contract, in September 2005, Puder was released by WWE as a cost-cutting move. Puder was given the option of signing a development contract with WWE and transferring to its Deep South Wrestling development camp with less pay ($750 a week), but has so far declined.
Daniel Puder finally made his return to MMA fighting on March 10th 2006 for StrikeForce. The event was the largest in the history of MMA in the United States and took place in San Jose, California (The show has since been eclipsed by UFC 68 in Ohio). This was the first legal fight in California not on an Indian reservation. Puder dominated his opponent, Jesse Fujarcyk, to win two minutes into the first round by tapout due to a rear naked choke. Puder's second fight for StrikeForce was another dominant victory. On June 9, 2006, He defeated Tom Tuggle by armbar in only 28 seconds.
Daniel recently dominated an undefeated fighter Mark Cook, December 8th, 2006 at the San Jose Event Center. Daniel ended the match in two minutes and thirty one seconds with a rear-naked choke.
Daniel Puder also has recently started a magazine called Puder Magazine- tough enough for men, intelligent enough for women.
[edit] MMA Record
| 4 wins (3 submissions,1 Decision's) 0 loss. | ||||||
| Date | Outcome | Opponent | Event | Details | Time | Notes |
| 12/8/2006 | Win | Mike Cook | Strike Force-Triple Threat | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Round 2, 2:31 | |
| 6/9/2006 | Win | Tom Tuggle | Strike Force-Revenge | Submission (Armbar) | Round 1, 0:28 | |
| 3/10/2006 | Win | Jesse Fujarczyk | Strike Force-Shamrock vs. Gracie | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Round 1, 1:54 | |
| 9/6/2003 | Win | Jay McCown | X-1 | Decision (Unanimous) | Round 3, 3:00 | First professional win |
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[edit] Quotes
- "Bones break, snap, crackle and pop!"
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- $1,000,000 Tough Enough winner
