Danny Abbadi

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Danny Abbadi
Statistics
Nickname The Assassin
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 185 lb. (84 kg)
Born July 3, 1983 (1983-07-03) (age 24)
Fighting out of Orlando, Florida
Town of birth Amman, Jordan
Fighting style Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[1]
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 1
  By knockout 1
  By submission 0
Losses 4
Draws 0
No contests 0

Danny "The Assassin" Abbadi (born July 3, 1983) is an American Taekwondo practitioner and professional mixed martial arts fighter. He was a contestant on the third season of The Ultimate Fighter reality television show, training under Tito Ortiz.[1]

Abbadi was born in Amman, Jordan and moved to Brooklyn, New York at age two.[2] He started training in taekwondo at age three, and began teaching it at twelve.[2]

On The Ultimate Fighter, his elimination occurred when he lost a preliminary fight against Ed Herman by armbar in the first round; after this loss, he started training at Victory Martial Arts in Orlando.[2] After that, he lost his professional debut by submission to Kalib Starnes,[3] and a midcard pay-per-view match via unanimous decision against Jorge Gurgel.[4] On January 20, 2007, he fought in the kickboxing league World Combat League as an alternate with the Los Angeles Stars.[5]

[edit] Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location
Loss 1-4 JP Cristini Decision (Unanimous) EFI - Battle in the Field 02007-10-27 27 October 2007 N/A Flag of the United States Massachusetts, United States
Loss 1-3 James Orso Decision (Unanimous) FFI - Fight Force International 02007-04-14 14 April 2007 N/A Flag of the United States Mississippi, United States
Win 1-2 Flag of the United States Harris Norwood TKO WEF - World Extreme Fighting 02006-11-18 18 November 2006 3
Loss 0-2 Flag of the United States Jorge Gurgel Decision (Unanimous) UFC 63 - Hughes vs Penn 02006-09-23 23 September 2006 3 5:00 Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, CA.
Loss 0-1 Flag of Canada Kalib Starnes Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UFC - Ultimate Fighter 3 Finale 02006-06-24 24 June 2006 1 2:56 Flag of the United States Nevada, United States

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Alban, Dan (December 10, 2005). Latest on Open Casting Call for TUF. MMA Weekly. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  2. ^ a b c Boedeker, Hal. "Orlando fighter finds contest is the ultimate", Orlando Sentinel, April 6, 2006. 
  3. ^ Rodriguez, Jose (June 25, 2006). Starnes gets back up. Calgary Sun. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  4. ^ Arritt, Dan. "Hughes Claims Victory After a Slow Start", Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2006, p. D17. 
  5. ^ Robeson, Jessica (January 17, 2007). Houston and LA Winners at WCL Finals. SportMartialArts.com. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.

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