Jon Koppenhaver

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War Machine
Statistics
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg)
Nationality American
Born November 30, 1981 (1981-11-30) (age 27)
Fighting out of San Diego, California
Town of birth Simi Valley, California
Team/Association Undisputed Team
Primary fighting style Freestyle
Mixed martial arts record
Wins 8
  By knockout 4
  By submission 2
Losses 2
Draws 0

War Machine[1] (born Jonathan Koppenhaver :November 30, 1981) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He was formerly a fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra.

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[edit] Personal life

On The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, War Machine discussed how, as a fourteen year old boy, he unsuccessfully performed CPR on his father, only to witness him demise during the process. [2]

War Machine has also had several scrapes with legal authorities. On September 2, 2007, he was found guilty of striking a Las Vegas man in the face and choking him unconscious during a parking lot scuffle.[3] In February 2008, he was sentenced to three years of probation and 30 days of community service, avoiding the possible felony charge and accompanying prison time.[3]

Koppenhaver legally changed his name to "War Machine." [4]

[edit] Mixed Martial Arts

[edit] The Ultimate Fighter

War Machine was a fighter on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra, fighting on Team Serra. War Machine was not part of the original sixteen fighters initially picked for the show;[5] instead, he was brought in as a replacement when Roman Mitichyan broke his elbow during evaluations and was sent home.[6] War Machine was eliminated in the first round of the show by Tommy Speer. War Machine used a Rear Naked Choke, but with the massive amount of blood dripping, he couldn't tighten the hold enough to make Speer tap; Speer went on to win the decision. The choke was controversial because it appeared that Speer had tapped, although the referee did not stop the fight.

[edit] Ultimate Fighting Championship

In War Machine's official UFC debut, he defeated Jared Rollins in The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra finale show via TKO at 2:01 of the third round. War Machine and Rollins both received 25k due to winning fight of the night honors. His last UFC fight was at UFC 84 against Yoshiyuki Yoshida in which he lost via submission in the first round.[7]

He was released from the UFC after comments made about the death of Evan Tanner and for rejecting a fight offered by UFC matchmaker Joe Silva.[8]

[edit] Bellator Fighting Championship

War Machine has most recently been signed, and then released by the new MMA company Bellator Fighting Championship. His MySpace blog cited disparaging comments about President Barack Obama as the cause for his non-participation in their upcoming tournament.[9]

[edit] Currently in Mixed Martial Arts

Phil Baroni was set to fight undefeated fighter Guillaume de Lorenzi in the main event, held by XMMA. Baroni was forced to withdraw from the bout, due to Baroni being signed by Strikeforce. War Machine was asked to step in and fight Lorenzi, War Machine took the fight on short notice and won via submission in the first round. The XMMA event was held on February 27th of 2009.

War Machine fought Reshad Woods (4-1) April 25th at UWC 6: Capital Punishment in Fairfax, Virginia. War Machine won the fight by Submission (Rear Naked Choke) at 4:16 of Round 2.

[edit] Mixed Martial Arts Record

Result Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win Flag of the United States Rashad Woods Submission (Rear Naked Choke) UWC 6: Capital Punishment 02009-04-25 April 25, 2009 2 4:16 Flag of the United States Fairfax, Virginia
Win Flag of Canada Guillaume de Lorenzi Submission (Rear Naked Choke) XMMA 7: Inferno 02009-02-27 February 27, 2009 1 4:13 Flag of Canada Montreal, Quebec
Win Flag of the United States David Anderson KO (Punches) Desert Rage 4 02008-11-08 November 8, 2008 1 2:26 Flag of the United States Yuma, Arizona
Loss Flag of Japan Yoshiyuki Yoshida Submission (Anaconda Choke) UFC 84: Ill Will 02008-05-24 May 24, 2008 1 0:56 Flag of the United States Las Vegas, Nevada
Win Flag of the United States Jared Rollins TKO (Punches) The Ultimate Finale 6 02007-12-08 December 8, 2007 3 2:01 Flag of the United States Las Vegas, Nevada Fight of the Night
Win Flag of the United States RJ Gamez TKO (Strikes) Total Combat 16: Annihilation 02006-09-09 September 9, 2006 1 2:09 Flag of the United States San Diego, California
Loss Flag of the United States Mike O'Donnell Submission (Armbar) GFC: Team Gracie vs Team Hammer House 02006-03-03 March 3, 2006 2 4:02 Flag of the United States Columbus, Ohio
Win Flag of the United States Andrew Ramirez TKO (Corner Stoppage) Total Combat 9 02005-07-30 July 30, 2005 1 N/A Flag of Mexico Tijuana, Baja California
Win Flag of the United States Frank Duffy Submission (Rear Naked Choke) Total Combat 4 02004-07-25 July 25, 2004 N/A N/A Flag of Mexico Tijuana, Baja California
Win Flag of Mexico Angel Santibanez TKO Total Combat 2 02004-02-29 February 29, 2004 1 1:00 Flag of Mexico Tijuana, Baja California

[edit] References

  1. ^ "UFC News: UFC/WEC Merger, TNA Wrestling Causes UFC Name Change, More". http://www.411mania.com/MMA/news/83908/UFC-News:-UFC-WEC-Merger,-TNA-Wrestling-Causes-UFC-Name-Change,-More.htm. 
  2. ^ http://mmafrenzy.com/1532/the-ultimate-fighter-season-6-episode-8-recap/
  3. ^ a b Stupp, Dann (February 21, 2008). "Judge Shows Leniency with John Koppenhaver Sentencing". MMA Junkie. http://mmajunkie.com/news/3799/judge-shows-leniency-with-john-koppenhaver-sentencing.mma. Retrieved on 2008-03-18. 
  4. ^ http://www.cagetoday.com/ufc-news-jon-koppenhaver-legally-changes-his-name-to-war-machine/
  5. ^ Meltzer, Dave (2007-08-27). "Participants in Ultimate Fighter season six are announced". Los Angeles Times.com. http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-mmacol27aug27,1,7872443.story?page=1&ctrack=3&cset=true. Retrieved on 2007-08-27. 
  6. ^ http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/30/simi-man-gets-real-on-ultimate-fighter/
  7. ^ http://www.mma-zone.com/2008/ufc-84-results-penn-defeats-sherk/
  8. ^ Gerbasi, Thomas (March 18, 2008). "Koppenhaver Returns as Two Welterweight Bouts are added to UFC 84". UFC.com. http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=10856. Retrieved on 2008-03-18. 
  9. ^ http://www.fightlinker.com/thank-god-for-consistency.mma

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