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Chris Barnett 
Born Christopher Barnett
June 14, 1986
Zaragoza, SpainOther names Beast Boy Nationality Spanish
AmericanHeight 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Weight 265 lb (120 kg; 18.9 st) Division Heavyweight Style Wrestling, Judo, Taekwondo Fighting out of Tampa, Florida, United States Team Gracie Tampa, XFC, HardCore Gym, WCC Rank Black belt in Taekwondo Years active 2009-present Mixed martial arts record Total 8 Wins 7 By knockout 5 By decision 2 Losses 1 By decision 1 Other information University University of South Florida Website http://www.thebeastboy.com/ Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog Chris Barnett is a Spanish American professional mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights for Xtreme Fighting Championships.
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Personal life
Barnett was born in Spain before he moved to Germany and Colorado before his MMA career.[1] Barnett's brother, Curtis, won USA Taekwondo's Middleweight Championship and earned a chance to try out for the U.S. Olympic Taekwondo Team.
Boxing Career
On August 12, 2011 Barnett made his professional boxing debut at One Punch Productions: Ballroom Brawl in Tampa, Florida against Mike Greeson and won by knockout in the 2nd round.[2]
MMA Career
He made his professional MMA debut in April 2009. He is currently 7-1 as a professional. Chris' lone loss came against Brock Lesnar's training partner, Eric Prindle, in Singapore. He fought on a weeks notice and came in around 50 lbs more than what he usually fights at.[3]
Xtreme Fighting Championship
He was the XFC Florida Open Fighter Tryout Winner.[4] In his first professional fight, Barnett fought Johnathan Ivey at XFC 8 - Regional Conflict on April 25, 2009. Barnett was making his professional debut, while Ivey had 66 fights and he still won the fight via unanimous decision.
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown 8 matches 7 wins 1 loss By knockout 5 0 By submission 0 0 By decision 2 1 Draws 0 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Win 7-1 
Walt HarrisDecision (unanimous) World Extreme Fighting 46 April 22, 2011 3 5:00 Sarasota, Florida, United States Win 6-1 
Mario RinaldiTKO (punches) XFC 13: Unstoppable December 3, 2010 2 1:44 Tampa, Florida, United States Loss 5-1 Eric PrindleDecision (majority) Martial Combat 12 October 16, 2010 3 5:00 Sentosa, Singapore Win 5-0 Jay WhiteKO (punches) XFC 11: The Next Generation July 9, 2010 1 4:39 Tampa, Florida, United States Win 4-0 Joel WyattTKO (punches) WCC - Memorial Day Combat May 28, 2010 2 0:43 Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States Win 3-0 Kenny GarnerTKO (punches) XFC 10: Night of Champion March 19, 2010 3 1:36 Tampa, Florida, United States Win 2-0 
Daniel PerezTKO (punches) XFC 9: Evolution September 5, 2009 2 0:47 Tampa, Florida, United States Win 1-0 Johnathan IveyDecision (unanimous) XFC 8: Regional Conflict April 25, 2009 3 5:00 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States References
- ^ Nagel, Kyle (2009-07-30). "Fight Path: For XFC's big man Chris Barnett, martial arts was a family affair". MMAjunkie.com. http://mmajunkie.com/news/15674/fight-path-for-xfcs-big-man-chris-barnett-martial-arts-was-a-family-affair.mma. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
- ^ http://www.thebeastboy.com/chris-beast-boy-barnett-to-make-pro-boxing-debut-aug-12th-in-tampa/
- ^ http://www.sbnation.com/mma/2010/11/29/1841598/chris-beast-boy-barnett-xfc
- ^ http://www.ultmma.com/news/index.php?itemid=1040
External links
- Chris Barnett's official website: http://www.thebeastboy.com
Categories:- Living people
- American mixed martial artists
- Mixed martial artists from Florida
- Heavyweight mixed martial artists
- 1986 births
- African-American mixed martial artists
- People from Zaragoza
- People from Tampa, Florida
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