Other names The Nsane1 Years active 1997-present Weight 108 kg Nationality American Name Justin McCully Team Team Punishment | Division Heavyweight Role Mixed martial artist Wins by knockout 1 Reach 74.0 in (188 cm) Height 1.85 m | |
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Born February 18, 1976 (age 48)
Washington DC, United States ( 1976-02-18 ) Fighting out of Maui, Hawaii, United States Similar People Antoni Hardonk, Stephan Bonnar, Tito Ortiz | ||
Mma fighter and trainer justin mccully on mma ddp yoga
Justin McCully (born February 18, 1976) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who most recently competed in the Heavyweight division of the RFA. A professional competitor since 1997, McCully has also formerly competed for the UFC, RINGS, Pancrase, It's Showtime and Jungle Fight.
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- Mma fighter and trainer justin mccully on mma ddp yoga
- Justin mccully
- Mixed martial arts career
- Personal life
- Championships and accomplishments in professional wrestling
- References
Justin mccully
Mixed martial arts career
McCully trains with Team Punishment, including Tito Ortiz, Kendall Grove, and professional wrestler Samoa Joe. McCully also trained with BJ Penn in Hilo for Penn's bout with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 94. He has three previous fights inside the UFC, a unanimous decision victory over Antoni Hardonk at UFC Fight Night 9, a submission loss to Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 86, and a unanimous decision win over Eddie Sanchez at UFC: Fight For The Troops. McCully was also scheduled to fight Christian Wellisch at UFC 76, but McCully was ultimately replaced by Scott Junk. He has also fought a former UFC champion, losing to Evan Tanner by technical submission at a 1998 Pancrase event.
McCully competed against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 86. He lost by submission to Gonzaga applying an Americana keylock from the mounted position in the first round.
He then fought Eddie Sanchez at UFC: Fight for the Troops and won the fight by unanimous decision. Most recently, McCully lost to Mike Russow at UFC 102 via unanimous decision.
After his defeat at the hands of Mike Russow at UFC 102, McCully was released by the organization, along with other UFC veterans, Hermes Franca, Chris Wilson, and Marcus Aurélio.
Personal life
Justin has two children, and is also good friends with professional wrestler Rob Van Dam. In 2014 he had a falling out with Tito Ortiz over what McCully claimed was Ortiz owing him money and refusing to pay him back. This fallout culminated with McCully openly supporting and training with Stephan Bonnar who was Ortiz' opponent at Bellator 131.