Colleen Schneider

Colleen Schneider
Born March 12, 1982
Syracuse, New York, USA
Other names Thoroughbred, Biscuit, The Beautiful Disaster, Thumper
Residence Hollywood, California, United States
Nationality United States
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 135 lb (61 kg; 9 st 9 lb)
Division Bantamweight (135 lb)
Style Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Catch Wrestling
Fighting out of Fullerton, CA, USA
Team CSW
Trainer Erik Paulson
Rank      Black belt in Taekwondo
Years active 2010–present (MMA)
Mixed martial arts record
Total 12
Wins 6
By knockout 3
By submission 2
By decision 1
Losses 6
By submission 4
By decision 2
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Colleen Schneider is an American professional mixed martial artist. She was born March 12, 1982 in Syracuse, New York. Colleen was a contestant in season 18 of The Ultimate Fighter reality competition television show.[1]

Early life

She attended Cicero-North Syracuse High School in New York, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a bachelors degree in physics. While at Berkeley, Schneider competed in and taught taekwondo, which led her to discover mixed martial arts.[2]

Mixed martial arts career

Strikeforce

On August 13, 2010, she made her debut for the Strikeforce promotion at Strikeforce Challengers 10 in a reserve bout for their one-night Women's Welterweight tournament.[3] She lost to future UFC bantamweight Liz Carmouche via unanimous decision after two rounds.[4]

Super Fight League

After going 1-4 in her first five fights, she signed with the upstart Indian promotion, the Super Fight League at SFL 2 against Cherie Buck in the flyweight division. She won the fight via TKO in the second round.

She then fought Aya Saeid Saber at SFL 6, in which she won after stopping Saber from elbow strikes in the first round.

She then competed against Sanja Sucevic at SFL 14 to crown the first SFL World Women's Flyweight Champion. After using her wrestling to control Sucevic in the first two rounds, Schneider submitted Sanja with a keylock to win her first title.[5]

She later relenquished the title in order to compete to get onto The Ultimate Fighter season 18 reality television show.

Joining CSW

In July 2013, John Wood, the head trainer of the Syndicate MMA team headquartered in Las Vegas, and assistant coach to Jon Jones during the 17th season of The Ultimate Fighter, removed Schneider from the team that she had been a member of for over 2 years, citing personal reasons.

Schneider then moved to Hollywood, California to join the Combat Submission Wrestling (CSW) fight team under Erik Paulson and Josh Barnett.

The Ultimate Fighter

In May 2013, Dave Meltzer released a list of rumored participants on the upcoming The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate and Schneider was on the list.[6] In August 2013, it was confirmed that Schneider was one of the fighters selected to be on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rousey vs. Team Tate.[7] In the elimination fight to get into the TUF house, Schneider faced Shayna Baszler and lost via an armbar submission in the first round.

Invicta FC Career

Schneider made her Invicta Fighting Championships debut on February 27, 2015 against Irene Aldana. She lost the fight via submission in the first round.

Titles

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 6–6 Irene Aldana Submission (rear-naked choke) Invicta FC 11: Cyborg vs. Tweet February 27, 2015 1 1:05 Los Angeles, California, USA
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 6–5 Brenda Gonzales Decision (unanimous) SFL 35 October 4, 2014 5 5:00 Tacoma, Washington, USA Won inaugural SFL America Women's bantamweight championship
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 5–5 DeAnna Bennett Submission (rear-naked choke) Showdown Fights 14- Heavyweight Collision June 28, 2014 1 3:02 Orem, Utah, USA
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 5–4 Christina Marks Submission (armbar) SCMMA3 - Fight to the End September 7, 2013 2 3:15 Ontario, California, USA Move to bantamweight
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 4–4 Sanja Sucevic Submission (americana) SFL 14 March 29, 2013 3 2:54 Mumbai, India Won inaugural SFL flyweight championship
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 3–4 Aya Saeid Saber TKO (elbows) SFL 6 October 26, 2012 1 3:55 Mumbai, India
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 2–4 Cherie Buck TKO (punches and elbows) SFL 2 April 7, 2012 2 2:29 Chandigarh, India
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 1–4 Vanessa Mariscal Submission (rear-naked choke) BEP 4 June 17, 2011 3 1:40 Fletcher, North Carolina, USA
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" |Win 1–3 Amber Mann TKO (punches) Gladiator Challenge - Warpath May 21, 2011 1 0:17 Placerville, California, USA
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 0–3 Casey Noland Decision (unanimous) UWC - Ultimate Women Challenge September 24, 2010 3 3:00 St. George, Utah, United States
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 0–2 Liz Carmouche Decision (unanimous) Strikeforce Challengers 10 August 13, 2010 2 3:00 Phoenix, Arizona, USA
style="background: #ffdddd; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="table-no2" |Loss 0–1 Sarah D'Alelio Submission (rear-naked choke) FE - Arctic Combat 2 March 19, 2010 2 N/A Fairbanks, Alaska, USA

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