Carlos Newton
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| Carlos Newton | |
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| Born | August 17, 1976 Anguilla |
| Other names | The Ronin |
| Residence | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st) |
| Division | Welterweight Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Style | Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Boxing, Wrestling, Judo |
| Fighting out of | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
| Team | Warrior MMA |
| Rank | Warrior MMA black belt 3rd degree IBJJF black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu[1] |
| Years active | 1996–2010 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 30 |
| Wins | 16 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 10 |
| By decision | 4 |
| Losses | 14 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 7 |
| Website | http://www.warriormma.ca |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Carlos Newton (born August 17, 1976) is a Canadian retired mixed martial artist and one of the original MMA pioneers. He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion and Pride FC Japan MMA Legend. Known as "The Ronin", he competed worldwide in the biggest MMA organizations including UFC, Pride FC, IFL, K-1, Shooto and most recently W-1. He is a 3rd Degree Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt alongside his coach Terry Riggs, at Warrior MMA in Newmarket, Ontario. Newton has always been considered a fan favourite and a "Submission Master" and has dubbed his personal fighting style—an amalgam of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, judo, wrestling and boxing as "Dragon Ball Jiu-Jitsu" in tribute to Dragon Ball, a Japanese anime series. As a testament to his worldwide popularity, Newton is one of only a few MMA athletes to ever be allowed to compete in the UFC and Pride FC at the same time.
Early life
Carlos Newton was born in Anguilla and moved to Canada at a young age. He attended Westview Centennial Secondary School in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto, Ontario. Newton competed in numerous Jiu-Jitsu and BJJ competitions in Canada and across the world, notably the prestigious Abu Dhabi Combat Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates against Rodrigo Gracie of the legendary Gracie family. Newton started his Jiu-Jitsu competing career out of the Samurai Club in Toronto. Shortly after, in 1996 Terry Riggs founded Warrior Mixed Martial Arts in Newmarket, Ontario, which was Canada's first official MMA Academy; Newton followed his long time training partner and made it his home. Out of Warrior MMA, Newton's legendary career flourished under the coaching of Terry Riggs and Everton McEwan. Newton, a Toronto's York University student, did his study on geriatric medicine, having done research at Baycrest Hospital, one of the world leaders in geriatric care. However, he now has a full-time job in the field of architecture.
Mixed martial arts career
Newton's professional mixed martial arts career began at the early age of 19, as the youngest no holds barred extreme fighter ever. His first match was one of the most memorable "David vs Goliath" NHB fights in history, with Newton giving up over 100 lbs to a much larger Jean Riviere on the Extreme Fighting 2 card in April 1996. After dominating much of the fight, it ended with a submission loss due to sheer exhaustion for Newton, however, the spectacle of the brave smaller fighter launched his career. Newton competed in the world's top mixed martial arts organizations such as Shooto, K-1 and Pride Fighting Championships in Japan, UFC in America and W-1 in Canada.
Pride FC and Shooto Japan
Newton started his famed Japan fight career with a win over Erik Paulson to become the Vale Tudo Japan World Champion. After a few dominating fights in the Shooto organization he then moved on to PRIDE FC considered to be the top MMA show in the world along with the UFC. In June 1998, Newton lost a technical bout in Pride Fighting Championships against Kazushi Sakuraba. The Sakuraba vs. Newton fight is remembered today as a classic and one of the best MMA fights ever for Jiu-jitsu fans. This legendary fight propelled both fighters to MMA superstardom. Newton went on in the PRIDE Japan to rack up wins over Daijiro Matsui, Naoki Sano, Johil de Oliveira, all on his way to a spectacular armbar victory over "Pelé" José Landi-Jons at Pride 19 in February, 2002. After this win Pride President Naoto Morishita declared, "Newton is considered the unofficial PRIDE middle weight Champion". In October, 2003 Newton further solidified his place in history with a split-decision victory over the estimable Renzo Gracie at Pride Bushido 1.
Ultimate Fighting Championships
Newton's fourth and fifth fights marked his UFC debut at UFC 17, defeating Bob Gilstrap and losing a controversial decision to Dan Henderson on the same night for the middle weight tournament title. Newton's greatest professional accomplishment in his career was capturing the UFC Welterweight Championship from Pat Miletich in May 2001. The reign was short lived however, as Newton lost his first title defense in November of that same year at UFC 34 against accomplished wrestler Matt Hughes. Newton had a triangle choke locked in on Hughes, but Hughes picked up Newton, walked him to the corner and slammed Newton to the mat, causing Newton to hit his head. John McCarthy saw the unconscious Newton and stopped the fight. It also became apparent that Hughes himself was unconscious and many wonder if Hughes intentionally slammed Newton or if he simply passed out while holding his opponent.
K-1 HEROs
Newton was set for a comeback fight at K-1's HEROs MMA promotion against Melvin Manhoef at the Ariake Coliseum on August 5, but had to pull out of the fight at the last minute due to a torn ligament in his knee. He made a second attempt at a comeback in K-1 HEROs, this time facing Tokimitsu Ishizawa. Newton made short work of the Japanese fighter, needing only four punches to score the TKO victory in just 22 seconds. He then faced Shungo Oyama at Hero's Korea 2007 where he lost by submission due to punches.
International Fight League
Newton and Riggs were the coaches of the Toronto Dragons in the IFL in the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Based out of Warrior MMA in Newmarket, the Dragons were made up of international notable fighters such as Claude Patrick, Wagnney Fabiano, Brent Beauparlant, Rafael Cavalcante, Leo Santos and Dennis Hallman. The Dragons made the play offs in 2006 season and went on as far as the semi finals round. Wagnney Fabiano from the team qualified and won the IFL Lightweight Championship. Newton fought in a superfight that year and lost to Renzo Gracie by way of an extremely controversial split decision at the IFL Championship Final. Even the honourable Gracie questioned the call after the fight in the ring.
W-1
Carlos, motivated by a chance to compete in Canada, made a return to MMA again 2009 at Warrior-1: Inception. He scored a first round victory by way of KO against Nabil Khatib, this was Carlos's first fight on Canadian soil in 13 years. He again returned to action on October 10, 2009 against former UFC veteran "Mr. International" Shonie Carter at Warrior-1: High Voltage. The bout was to be for the Warrior-1 Welterweight Championship, but because Newton did not make weight, it was a non-title bout. Newton beat Carter by unanimous decision after three rounds.
In 2009 after his win over Shonie Carter, he stated in an interview to Sherdog that he was anticipating his return to fighting abroad with particular interest in Japan. However, after one more fight in Australia Newton decided, that after a successful fight career that spanned 14 years, it was finally time to take a break and focus on coaching.
Newton now coaches at his home gym Warrior Mixed Martial Arts in Newmarket, Ontario.
Accomplishments
- Jiu-Jitsu
- Canadian Jiu-Jitsu Champion (5 times) (including Open Weight Champion)
- Pankration
- Canadian Pankration Champion (2 times)
- Ultimate Fighting Championship
Mixed martial arts record
| 30 matches | 16 wins | 14 losses |
| By knockout | 2 | 3 |
| By submission | 10 | 4 |
| By decision | 4 | 7 |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 16–14 | Brian Ebersole | Decision (unanimous) | Impact FC 1 | July 10, 2010 | 3 | 5:00 | Brisbane, Australia | |
| Win | 16–13 | Shonie Carter | Decision (unanimous) | Warrior-1: High Voltage | October 10, 2009 | 3 | 5:00 | Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | Originally for W-1 Welterweight title; Newton failed to make weight and the match was ruled as a non-title bout. |
| Win | 15–13 | Nabil Khatib | KO (punches) | Warrior-1: Inception | March 28, 2009 | 1 | 3:12 | Gatineau, Quebec, Canada | |
| Loss | 14–13 | Shungo Oyama | Submission (punches) | Hero's 2007 in Korea | October 27, 2007 | 3 | 2:42 | Seoul, South Korea | |
| Loss | 14–12 | Matt Lindland | Submission (guillotine choke) | IFL – Houston | February 2, 2007 | 2 | 1:43 | Houston, Texas, United States | |
| Loss | 14–11 | Renzo Gracie | Decision (split) | IFL Championship Final | December 29, 2006 | 3 | 4:00 | Uncasville, Connecticut, United States | |
| Win | 14–10 | Tokimitsu Ishizawa | TKO (punches) | Hero's 7 | October 9, 2006 | 1 | 0:22 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Loss | 13–10 | Ryo Chonan | Decision (unanimous) | Pride Bushido 5 | October 14, 2004 | 2 | 5:00 | Osaka, Japan | |
| Loss | 13–9 | Daiju Takase | Decision (split) | Pride Bushido 3 | May 23, 2004 | 2 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Loss | 13–8 | Renato Verissimo | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 46 | January 31, 2004 | 3 | 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Win | 13–7 | Renzo Gracie | Decision (split) | Pride Bushido 1 | October 5, 2003 | 2 | 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 12–7 | Anderson Silva | KO (flying knee and punches) | Pride 25 | March 16, 2003 | 1 | 6:27 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 12–6 | Pete Spratt | Submission (kimura) | UFC 40 | November 22, 2002 | 1 | 1:45 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |
| Loss | 11–6 | Matt Hughes | TKO (punches) | UFC 38 | July 13, 2002 | 4 | 3:35 | London, England | For the UFC Welterweight Championship. |
| Win | 11–5 | Jose Landi-Jons | Submission (armbar) | Pride 19 | February 24, 2002 | 1 | 7:16 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Loss | 10–5 | Matt Hughes | KO (slam) | UFC 34 | November 2, 2001 | 2 | 1:27 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Lost the UFC Welterweight Championship. |
| Win | 10–4 | Pat Miletich | Submission (bulldog choke) | UFC 31 | May 4, 2001 | 3 | 2:50 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States | Won the UFC Welterweight Championship; Voted to the Top 20 of the greatest submissions in UFC history. |
| Loss | 9–4 | Dave Menne | Decision (unanimous) | Shidokan Jitsu – Warriors War 1 | February 8, 2001 | 1 | 10:00 | Kuwait | |
| Win | 9–3 | Johil de Oliveira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 12 - Cold Fury | December 9, 2000 | 2 | 10:00 | Saitama, Japan | |
| Win | 8–3 | Yuhi Sano | Submission (armbar) | Pride 9 | June 4, 2000 | 1 | 0:40 | Nagoya, Japan | |
| Win | 7–3 | Karl Schmidt | Submission (armbar) | WEF 9 – World Class | May 13, 2000 | 1 | 1:12 | Evansville, Indiana, United States | |
| Win | 6–3 | Daijiro Matsui | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 6 | July 4, 1999 | 3 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Win | 5–3 | Kenji Kawaguchi | Submission (armbar) | Shooto - 10th Anniversary Event | May 29, 1999 | 1 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |
| Loss | 4–3 | Kazushi Sakuraba | Submission (kneebar) | Pride 3 | June 24, 1998 | 2 | 5:19 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 4–2 | Dan Henderson | Decision (split) | UFC 17 | May 15, 1998 | 1 | 15:00 | Mobile, Alabama, US | UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament Final. |
| Win | 4–1 | Bob Gilstrap | Submission (triangle choke) | UFC 17 | May 15, 1998 | 1 | 0:52 | Mobile, Alabama, US | UFC 17 Middleweight Tournament Semifinal. |
| Win | 3–1 | Kazuhiro Kusayanagi | Submission (armbar) | Shooto - Las Grandes Viajes 2 | March 1, 1998 | 1 | 2:17 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Win | 2–1 | Haim Gozali | Submission (armbar) | Israel Fighting Championship - Israel vs. Canada | January 1, 1998 | 1 | N/A | Israel | |
| Win | 1–1 | Erik Paulson | Submission (armbar) | Vale Tudo Japan 1997 | November 29, 1997 | 1 | 0:41 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jean Riviere | Submission (exhaustion) | Extreme Fighting 2 | April 26, 1996 | 1 | 7:22 | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
References
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- Pankration practitioners
- Mixed martial artists utilizing jujutsu
- Canadian submission wrestlers
- Ultimate Fighting Championship champions
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- Anguillan emigrants to Canada
- Sportspeople from Toronto