Nationality American Style Wrestling | Role Mixed martial artist Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Name Mike Arsdale Wins by knockout 1 | |
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Weight 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) | ||
Mma training workout rashad evans and coach mike van arsdale
Mike van Arsdale (born June 20, 1965, Waterloo, Iowa, United States) is an American former professional mixed martial artist who competed as Light Heavyweight. Van Arsdale competed in the UFC, World Fighting Alliance, and the IVC.
Contents
- Mma training workout rashad evans and coach mike van arsdale
- Mike van arsdale interview by dr rhadi ferguson
- Background
- Early career
- UFC
- Coaching
- Championships and accomplishments
- References
Mike van arsdale interview by dr rhadi ferguson
Background
Born and raised in Waterloo, Iowa, van Arsdale has a very decorated background in wrestling. He attended Waterloo West High School, and compiled a record of 20-6 as a sophomore, went 28-2 while also winning a state championship as a junior, and then went 27-3 while being a state-runner up in his senior year. Van Arsdale then won a Junior National title and was a Junior World runner-up title before continuing his career in college at Iowa State University. A first-team freshman All-American, van Arsdale placed sixth in the NCAA tournament as a sophomore (1985) and placed third in his junior season (1986). As a senior, he was the 1988 NCAA Division 1 collegiate wrestling champion at 167 lb (76 kg). After college, van Arsdale won a World Cup Championship in 1991, a CISM (military) World Championship, was a two-time Olympic alternate, and a six-time member of the National Freestyle Wrestling team. van Arsdale was inducted into the Iowa Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2011.
Early career
van Arsdale's professional mixed martial arts debut came in 1998 when he traveled to Brazil to compete in the no-rules International Vale Tudo Championship, a tournament in which van Arsdale won three consecutive fights in one evening to claim the title.
His first career loss was in his fifth professional fight, when he was knocked out by Wanderlei Silva.
UFC
With a record of 7-1, van Arsdale signed with the UFC and made his debut for the organization on May 15, 1998 against Gracie Jiu-jitsu representative Joe Pardo. He would compete for the UFC next on April 16, 2005 against John Marsh at UFC 52. Van Arsedale won via unanimous decision.
His next appearance was at UFC 54 on August 20, 2005 against UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture. He was defeated via submission in the third round.
van Arsdale fought again on February 4, 2006 at UFC 57 against Renato "Babalu" Sobral and lost via rear-naked choke submission at 2:21 in the first round.
Coaching
van Arsdale was the head coach for the Blackzillians when the team was initially formed in 2011. He has since moved on from the team and is currently opening a new gym in Arizona.
Melvin Guillard, former UFC Lightweight and former student of van Arsdale, stirred controversy by saying that he was "glad" that van Arsdale left the Blackzilians camp.