Daniel Emerson Bobish ( ; born January 26, 1970) is a retired

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and

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. He was competing in the Super Heavyweight (no limit) division. He is a former King of the Cage Super Heavyweight Champion. Bobish has fought in many MMA organizations including

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, the

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, Gladiator Challenge and

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. His fights typically did not go past the first round with the average length of his fights being 2:43.

Background

Born in

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but raised in

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, Bobish was an all-state wrestler and played football at

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before competing at

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where he was a NCJAA All-American. Bobish later transferred to the

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, where in two seasons he went 58-2 and was the 1992 NCAA Division III Super Heavyweight National Champion during his senior season, after having finished third as a junior. He was also a three-time All-American. Bobish also played football as a defensive tackle for one season at Mount Union, and later had a tryout with the

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. After failing, he started to work as a

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at the Beach club, where he gained a reputation of being a strong fighter. He claimed, "I never got beat one-on-one in a fight. Even two-on-one."Soul of the Brute
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Mixed martial arts career

Bobish became interested in

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by suggestions of friends in the bar where he bounced, The Flats, in which

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events were commonly ordered. He contacted UFC mainstay

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, who came from a similar wrestling background, and was recruited to fight in Brazil.

Universal Vale Tudo Fighting

Bobish made his professional debut on October 22, 1996 in

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at the Universal Vale Tudo Fighting 4 Heavyweight tournament. He first faced

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fighter Mauro Bernardo, whom Bobish defeated in a first-round submission by taking him down and choking him with his forearm. The American would find another wrestler and UFC veteran in the second round,

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, but Bobish controlled the bout with a guillotine choke with several strikes, eventually getting the win by a cut. He then fought yet another wrestler and UFC veteran, fellow NCAA collegiate champion

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from

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, for the final. Bobish controlled the first minutes from the

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, attempting

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s and landing several punches, but Randleman escaped. The two then exchanged hard strikes, with Bobish getting the better of it, but Randleman scored a takedown and mounted him, from where he landed several strikes. Two of the hits dislocated Bobish's jaw, forcing him to give up. After the defeat, he returned to United States and joined Severn's team full-time, training with him,

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and

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teacher

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. Bobish returned at Vale Tudo Fighting 6 tournament, knocking out Ucimar Hypolito in six seconds in order to meet regarded

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's trainee Carlos Barreto in the semifinals. Again, the American wrestler controlled most of the bout, taking down and hitting

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on Barreto via his superiority at the clinch. Controversy arose at one point, as Barreto's teammates

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and

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claimed Bobish had tapped out in an armbar attempt by Barreto, while Hammer House stablemaster

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pointed out Carlos was grabbing the ropes to avoid being taken down. In any case, minutes later Bobish started to show fatigue, and when he dove again in Barreto's guard to continue his ground and pound assault, he fell to a triangle choke submission.PRIDE 27 Inferno Preview - Igor Vovchanchyn vs Dan Bobish
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Ultimate Fighting Championship

After his vale tudo tenure, Bobish debuted in

in 1997, following the tenures of Severn and his other teammate Don Frye. He entered the UFC 14 heavyweight tournament, where he was placed against

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and UFC veteran

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. Although his opponent proved his field of expertise by momentarily stunning Bobish, the wrestler took him down, folded him against the fence and submitted him to a forearm choke. Bobish advanced round and met another Hammer House fighter, fellow former NCAA Division I champion Mark Kerr, who opened their match with effective

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s and a takedown scored. Bobish tried to escape, but Kerr held him down while hitting

, and ultimately jammed his chin into Bobish's eye to force him to give up.

King of the Cage

After moving to 6–3, Bobish fought

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at KOTC 12: Cold Blood for the vacant KOTC Super Heavyweight Championship. Bobish won after Pele's corner threw in the towel at 1:10 into the second round. Bobish then defended his title against

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, before losing it to Jimmy Ambriz at KOTC 16: Double Cross.

PRIDE Fighting Championships

Following his professional wrestling work in Japan in 2003, Bobish had his first MMA bout in Japan for event X-1, easily defeating Basil Castro. He was then brought to

in November, pitted in

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against renowned UFC and PRIDE veteran

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. However, the bout was short and controversial: having received an

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in the first striking exchange, Bobish stopped fighting and told the referee on the belief the match would be stopped for the ring doctor, but it wasn't, and Goodridge capitalized on the distraction to knock Bobish out. Bobish returned at

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against feared

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striker

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. The American scored an early takedown and mounted Vovchanchyn, initially looking for a neck crank and later seeking a keylock, while applying ground and pound during the process. Eventually Vovchanchyn regained guard, and action was restarted on the feet with a yellow card for Bobish due to a lapse of inactivity. Vovchanchyn then landed multiple strikes while on the feet, but Bobish managed to take him down again and achieve north/south position, ending the round with another submission attempt. At th second, however, Vovchanchyn controlled an already visibly tired Bobish with punches and

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s, and ultimately dropped him and mounted him for his own ground and pound. Devoid of energy, Bobish then submitted verbally. Bobish then faced another renowned

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on October 31, 2004. Bobish scored a takedown and forced Hunt to turtle up, landing

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s and knee strikes and at one point even attempting a

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hold on the kickboxer. However, the tough Hunt absorbed the damage and managed to escape to his feet. With Bobish showing signs of fatigue, Hunt forced him to surrender with an uppercut and a body kick.

Independent promotions

After his PRIDE run, Bobish returned to

, and regional U.S. promotions. He went 8–2 in his final ten fights. He lost his last fight at Hardcore Championship Fighting: Title Wave against

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on October 19, 2007. During the fight Bobish blew out his L3 and L4 discs in his back, and made the decision to end his career rather than receive surgery.

Professional wrestling

Bobish made his

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debut in March 2003 for Japanese promotion Fighting World of Japan, where he teamed up with his MMA training partner

to unsuccessfully face

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and

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in their first match. Bobish then became a regular player, teaming up with Hase himself and other native wrestlers. A year later, he debuted for the HUSTLE promotion in

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, appearing as part of Generalissimo Takada's Takada Monster Army, and occasionally wrestling as a representative in

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. He had 22 total matches, nine of which were tag team. He also competed for three more years while simultaneously fighting in MMA.

Personal life

Bobish now lives in his hometown of

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and began promoting local fights in 2010 when he founded "Ultimate Cage Battles." Bobish was once a sparring partner and bodyguard for

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. Bobish is married and has four children.

Championships and accomplishments

** KOTC Super Heavyweight Championship (One time) **One successful title defense *

** UFC 14 Heavyweight Tournament Runner Up *Universal Vale Tudo Fighting **UVTF 4 Tournament Runner Up **UVTF 6 Tournament Semifinalist

Mixed martial arts record

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References

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