| Seth Baczynski | |
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| Born | Seth Baczynski November 26, 1981 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Other names | The Polish Pistola |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 171 lb (78 kg; 12.2 st) |
| Division | Middleweight, Welterweight |
| Reach | 73.0 in (185 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Apache Junction, Arizona |
| Team | Power MMA and Fitness |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 21 |
| Wins | 15 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| By submission | 10 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Seth Baczynski (born October 26, 1981) is an American mixed martial artist. He was a cast member of Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz. Baczynski formerly trained with Southwest MMA alongside Efrain Escudero and Santino DeFranco. Now he resides in Tempe, Arizona, training at Power MMA with Ryan Bader, C.B. Dollaway, Aaron Simpson, and Robbie Lawler.
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Baczynski began fighting in 2006, making his debut at a Rage in the Cage event. Baczynski lost the fight to Shane Johnson via kneebar submission in round one. Baczynski bounced back from the loss and won three straight fights, all for Rage in the Cage.
He then signed a contract with the International Fight League. He debuted for the promotion against Brent Beauparlant, losing via decision. He was given a second chance, and fought Dan Molina. The fight ended with Baczynski, again, on the losing end. Baczynski was released from the IFL after the loss.
Baczynski obtained a 7–1 record after being released from the IFL. He then fought up and comer Roger Bowling, losing by vicious knockout only nine seconds into round one. Baczynski won a fight against Tom Nguyen at a Wild Bill's Fight Night event. He was then selected to be a part of The Ultimate Fighter.
Baczynski was selected as one of the 28 competitors for the eleventh season of the Ultimate Fighter. To get onto the show and become one of the 14 fighters, Baczynski had to fight Court McGee. After three rounds, the judges awarded the win to McGee, sending Baczynski home.
After a fighter was injured and forced out of the competition, Baczynski was given the injured fighter's spot. In his first fight back he fought Team Liddell's last pick, Joseph Henle. Baczynski won the fight via three round unanimous decision and moved onto the quarter-final round.
In the quarter-final round, Baczynski faced rival team member and friend Brad Tavares. As the first round ended, Baczynski threw an illegal soccer kick to the head of Tavares. Baczynski immediately apologised, knowing he could have seriously hurt Tavares, who went to his corner and slumped. After discussing the matter with the doctors, Herb Dean stopped the fight and Tavares was declared the winner by disqualification, advancing him to the semi-finals.
Baczynski made his UFC debut in a rematch against Brad Tavares at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Liddell vs. Team Ortiz Finale. After a close three rounds, Tavares was awarded the decision. Many different MMA websites had the fight scored many ways, such as Sherdog.com for Baczynski winning, while MMAJunkie and MMAWeekly for Tavares winning.
Though the fight was close, the loss resulted in a termination of Bacznyski's contract and his profile was removed from the UFC webpage.
Soon after being cut by the UFC, Baczynski was reportedly signed by Strikeforce and was scheduled to make his promotional debut at ShoMMA 10: Riggs vs. Taylor against Erik Apple. However, Apple was forced to pull out of the fight and a replacement was not named.
He then fought UFC and WEC veteran, Tim McKenzie, at Tachi Palace Fights 7. The fight was ended after Baczynski escaped from a near fight ending armbar submission hold, which ended up breaking his arm, and knocked McKenzie out with elbows. McKenzie is appealing the result to the CSAC. Video footage that Baczynski "may have" tapped out and once he was released proceeded to strike McKenzie until the stoppage for the win. The Referee did not stop the fight based on Baczynski's hand movement.
On April 9, 2011, Baczynski became the interim Ringside MMA welterweight champion when he defeated Alex Garcia by TKO at Ringside MMA 10.[1]
Baczynski faced Clay Harvison on September 17, 2011 at UFC Fight Night 25, replacing an injured DaMarques Johnson.[2] He won the fight via submission in the second round.
Baczynski faced Matt Brown on November 19, 2011 at UFC 139.[3] He won the fight via submission in the second round.
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 21 matches | 15 wins | 6 losses |
| By knockout | 5 | 1 |
| By submission | 10 | 3 |
| By decision | 0 | 2 |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
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| Win | 15–6 | Matt Brown | Submission (guillotine choke) | UFC 139 | November 19, 2011 | 2 | 0:42 | San Jose, California United States | |
| Win | 14–6 | Clay Harvison | Submission (rear naked choke) | UFC Fight Night: Shields vs. Ellenberger | September 17, 2011 | 2 | 1:12 | New Orleans, Louisiana United States | |
| Win | 13–6 | Alex Garcia | TKO (punches) | Ringside 10: Cote vs. Starnes | April 9, 2011 | 2 | 2:44 | Montreal, Quebec | Won Interim Ringside Welterweight title |
| Win | 12–6 | Tim McKenzie | KO (punches and elbows) | Tachi Palace Fights 7 | December 2, 2010 | 1 | 2:15 | Lemoore, California, United States | |
| Loss | 11–6 | Brad Tavares | Decision (unanimous) | The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale | June 19, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | UFC Debut. |
| Win | 11–5 | Tom Nguyen | Submission (guillotine choke) | Wild Bill's Fight Night 23 | October 30, 2009 | 2 | 1:32 | Duluth, Georgia, United States | |
| Loss | 10–5 | Roger Bowling | KO (punches) | MMA Big Show: Retribution | March 7, 2009 | 1 | 0:09 | Vevay, Indiana, United States | |
| Win | 10–4 | James Warfield | KO (flying knee and punches) | Evolution MMA | October 4, 2008 | 1 | 1:21 | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | |
| Win | 9–4 | Oscar Montano | Submission (triangle choke) | Mexican Fighting Championship | September 20, 2008 | 1 | 1:30 | Puerto Penasco, Mexico | |
| Win | 8–4 | Antonio Grant | KO (punch) | Silver Crown Fights | August 8, 2008 | 1 | 0:11 | Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States | |
| Loss | 7–4 | Donnie Liles | Submission (anaconda choke) | Warriors Collide 4 | July 19, 2008 | 1 | 2:01 | Colorado, United States | |
| Win | 7–3 | Eddie Arizmendi | Submission (triangle choke) | Rage in the Cage 111 | June 7, 2008 | 2 | 2:03 | Arizona, United States | |
| Win | 6–3 | Jordan Pergola | Submission (triangle choke) | XFC 3: Rage in the Cage | March 2, 2008 | 1 | N/A | Tampa, Florida, United States | |
| Win | 5–3 | Kito Andrews | Submission (triangle choke) | Full Moon Fighting | February 23, 2008 | 3 | 3:50 | Sonora, Mexico | |
| Win | 4–3 | Chris Kennedy | TKO (punches) | Tuff-N-Uff: Thompson vs. Troyer | February 1, 2008 | 1 | 2:50 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Dan Molina | Submission (heel hook) | IFL: Las Vegas | June 16, 2007 | 1 | 1:32 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 3–2 | Brent Beauparlant | Decision (unanimous) | IFL: Connecticut | April 13, 2007 | 3 | 4:00 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | |
| Win | 3–1 | Seth Ballantine | Submission (armbar) | RITC 89: Triple Main Event | December 2, 2006 | 2 | 1:18 | Scottsdale, Arizona, United States | |
| Win | 2–1 | Travos Degrout | Submission (choke) | RITC 84: Celebrity Theatre | July 1, 2006 | 1 | N/A | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | |
| Win | 1–1 | Johnathan Tsosie | Submission (choke) | RITC 80: Fight Night at The Fort | March 18, 2006 | 1 | 1:32 | Fountain Hills, Arizona, United States | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Shane Johnson | Submission (kneebar) | RITC 79: The Rage Returns | February 2, 2006 | 1 | 2:29 | Tucson, Arizona, United States |
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