John Charles "Johnny" Bedford (born January 6, 1983) is an American retired

mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

and bare knuckle boxer. A professional since 2003, he has fought in the

UFC The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is owned and operated by Zuffa, a wholly owned subsidiary of Endeavor Group Holdings. It is the largest MMA ...

, Bellator, the

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, and was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller

Background

Bedford was born and raised in

Woodville, Ohio Woodville is a village in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,135 at the 2010 census. The National Arbor Day Foundation has designated Woodville as a Tree City USA. History Woodville was laid out and platted in 1836. I ...

. At the age of five, Bedford began wrestling year round. He and his family would travel all over the Midwest so Bedford could compete in various wrestling tournaments. He went on to wrestle for

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, where his father was the head wrestling coach. Bedford was a three-time state qualifier, placed in the state tournament twice, and during his senior year finished third in the state tournament with a record of 51-1. After graduating from Woodmore he enrolled at Cleveland State University. At Cleveland State, Bedford was on the wrestling team for a year and a half before he was removed from the school (as well as the wrestling squad) before later making the transition to a career in

mixed martial arts Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, inc ...

.Official Johnny Bedford Website, BRUTAL Johnny Bedford
Brutaljohnnybedford.com (2011-09-21). Retrieved on 2011-12-08.

Mixed martial arts career

Amateur career

Bedford began fighting in 2003 because he was a self-proclaimed "tough guy" that just wanted to prove how tough he was. Bedford proclaims his first six amateur fights took place in a barn where the promoter just asked the audience who wanted to fight and then would match them up by who was closest to one another's weight. With no commission in Ohio at the time, the fights were not sanctioned.

Early professional career

After a successful amateur career, Bedford took a year and half off from fighting before being offered his first professional fight in 2006 for $200. With no income, Bedford took the fight on short notice and lost via submission in the first round. Bedford began fighting more frequently and by the end of 2009 Bedford held a 13–8–1 record.

Bellator

Bedford was invited to fight for Bellator in 2010. The fight took place at

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on May 20, 2010. Bedford fought and defeated Jared Lopez via third-round TKO.

Post-Bellator

At King of Kombat 9: Resurrection, Bedford fought future UFC fighter,

Edwin Figueroa Edwin Richard Figueroa (born July 31, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the bantamweight division of the UFC. A professional MMA competitor since 2007, Figueroa fought in regional promotions in his home stat ...

. Bedford lost the fight via TKO in the opening of the second round, handing Bedford his only knockout loss in his career. Four months later he bounced back with a first round submission over WEC veteran

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The Ultimate Fighter

In 2011, Bedford had signed with the UFC to compete on The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bisping vs. Team Miller in Las Vegas. In the first episode, Bedford fought Carson Beebe to gain entry into the ''Ultimate Fighter'' house. Bedford defeated Beebe in the first round via submission (neck crank). He was selected as a part of Team Mayhem. Bedford then fought Josh Ferguson in the third episode and won by unanimous decision after using his superior size to take down and control Ferguson. In the semi-finals Bedford pleaded for the fight against Team Mayhem teammate, John Dodson. The coaches and

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agreed with the fight, and matched the two up. After a closely contested first round, Bedford lost after being knocked unconscious one minute into round two. When asked if he knew where he was immediately after the fight, Bedford replied, "I'm in Ohio"; his home state.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Though he did not win the show, Bedford signed an exclusive contract with the UFC. He officially made his UFC debut on December 3, 2011 at

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against ''Ultimate Fighter'' castmate

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. Bedford dominated the entirety of the fight and won in the third round via TKO after hitting several knees to Gaudinot's body. Bedford was expected to face

Eddie Wineland Edward Alan Wineland Jr. (born June 26, 1984) is an American retired mixed martial artist, who competed in the Bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional competitor since 2003 until 2022, Wineland was the in ...

on January 28, 2012 at UFC on Fox 2, replacing

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who had been pulled from the bout to be a participant in the UFC's inaugural

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tournament. However, Wineland himself was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by promotional newcomer

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. On January 25, 2012, the UFC announced the bout was cancelled due to Gagnon's alleged visa issues. Bedford received his show-money of $8,000 dollars, despite the cancellation. Bedford was expected to face

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on May 5, 2012. However, Bedford was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by

Roland Delorme Roland Camille Roger Delorme (born December 18, 1983) is a Canadian mixed martial artist who formerly competed in the bantamweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He was a competitor on Spike TV's The Ultimate Fighter: Team Bispi ...

. After nearly a year off due to various injuries, Bedford returned on December 15, 2012 to face Marcos Vinicius at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs. Team Nelson Finale. He won the fight via KO in the second round. Bedford was expected to face Erik Perez on April 27, 2013 at

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. However, Perez pulled out of the bout just days before the event citing an injury and was replaced by

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. He lost the back-and-forth fight via submission in the third round. Bedford was expected to face

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on September 4, 2013 at UFC Fight Night 28. However, Bedford pulled out of the bout citing an injury and was replaced by

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. Bedford faced

Rani Yahya Rani Ahmad Yahya (born September 12, 1984) is a Brazilian mixed martial artist and BJJ practitioner. He won the 66 kg division of the prestigious ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship in April 2007. He currently fights in t ...

on April 11, 2014 at

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. The bout ended in a No Contest as an accidental clash of heads rendered Yahya unable to protect himself, forcing a referee stoppage at 0:39 of round 1. Bedford argued vociferously that the accidental clash of heads should have been ruled a TKO victory in his favor. A rematch with Yahya was expected to take place on June 28, 2014 at

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. However, Yahya was forced out of the bout and replaced by Cody Gibson. For the second time in a row, his fight ended under somewhat controversial circumstances as Bedford was dropped by punches from Gibson and the fight was stopped by the referee just as Bedford appeared to be regaining consciousness, resulting in a first-round TKO loss. The rescheduled rematch with

eventually took place on September 13, 2014 at

UFC Fight Night 51 ''UFC Fight Night: Bigfoot vs. Arlovski'' (also known as ''UFC Fight Night 51'') was a mixed martial arts event held on September 13, 2014, at Ginásio Nilson Nelson in Brasília, Brazil. Background The event in Brasília was the first that the ...

. Yahya won via submission in the second round, and Bedford was subsequently released from the promotion shortly after.

Grappling

On September 30, 2012, Johnny Bedford competed in a no gi super fight against Jimmy Flick (Flick Brother's MMA) at the American Grappling Federation's Dallas Fall Classic. Johnny won the match by points.

Bare knuckle boxing

Bedford faced

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at the inaugural Bare Knuckle FC event held on June 2, 2018. He won the fight via TKO in the second round. He made his sophomore appearance in the sport against Matt Murphy at BKFC 3 on October 20, 2018. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

BKFC Lightweight Tournament and championship

Bedford entered the BKFC Lightweight tournament and faced Abdiel Velazquez at BKFC 5 on April 6, 2019. He won the fight via fourth-round knockout, advancing to the tournament finals. In the tournament final on June 22, 2019, Bedford defeated Reggie Barnett, Jr. via unanimous decision to win BKFC and Police Gazette lightweight titles. Bedford next faced Charles Bennett at BKFC 9 on November 16, 2019 in a non-title bout. He won the fight via second-round technical knockout. Bedford was expected to make his first title defense against

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at BKFC 14 on November 14, 2020. The fight however was canceled due to a Bedford injury. Bedford eventually lost his title belt to undefeated Dat Nguyen on February 5th, 2021 in Lakeland, Florida. Bedford faced Reggie Barnett, Jr. in a rematch for the vacant BKFC Bantamweight Championship at BKFC 20 on August 20, 2021. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

Championships and accomplishments

*Warrior Xtreme Cagefighting **WXC Bantamweight Championship (One time) *

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC) is an American bare-knuckle boxing promotion based in Philadelphia. BKFC is the first promotion to hold an official state-sanctioned and commissioned bare-knuckle boxing event in the United States since 1 ...

** BKFC Lightweight World Champion **Police Gazette Lightweight Bare Knuckle title

Mixed martial arts record

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Mixed martial arts exhibition record

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Bare knuckle record

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References

External links

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