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Dean Lister 
Born February 13, 1976
San Diego, California, United StatesOther names The Boogeyman, The Machine, Mr. Fister Nationality American Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) Division Middleweight
Light HeavyweightStyle Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sambo, Wrestling Team Fabio Santos Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Throwdown Elite Training Center[1]Rank 2nd Degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Mixed martial arts record Total 18 Wins 11 By submission 9 By decision 2 Losses 7 By decision 7 Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog Medal record Competitor for 
United StatesGrappling ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship Gold 2003 Sao Paulo, Brazil Absolute Gold 2005 Long Beach, USA Superfight Gold 2011 Nottingham, United Kingdom -99kg Dean Richard Lister (February 13, 1976) is an American mixed martial artist and a former King of the Cage champion. He currently fights at the Middleweight division after moving down from the Light Heavyweight class. Lister's sparring partner and the former UFC light heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz invited Lister to be his assistant grappling coach on the third season of the Spike TV reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.
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Biography
Lister grew up in a military family and lived in several South American countries, including Venezuela and Panama. Lister speaks several languages. He lived in Panama during the U.S. invasion in 1989, and, according to Lister, he was "right in the middle of a serious combat zone".[2] After living in several different cities in the United States, Lister's family settled in San Diego for Lister's high school years.
Career
Lister often fought as a kid, mostly due to a combination of being the "new kid", a foreigner, and being small for his age. The need to protect himself led Lister to wrestling and martial arts.
He started wrestling in high school, and became the high school division wrestling champion and a U.S. National Sambo Champion. Shortly after graduating from high school, Lister visited the Fábio Santos Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Academy in San Diego with his wrestling teammates, and became very interested in the sport. He started competing in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in 1996, six months after he started training.
Since 1997, Lister has been working as an instructor for Santos. Lister teaches both beginner and advanced students at Throwdown Elite Training Center in San Diego. The classes typically begin with Dean teaching Brazilian Jiu Jitsu techniques, followed by Jiu Jitsu sparring.[3]
In 2000, Lister traveled to Brazil to train at the Top Team Academy for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in Rio de Janeiro.
Lister currently holds the rank of black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, given to him by Jeffrey Higgs, who holds a black belt under Fábio Santos. He maintains that it is "the biggest and most challenging sport that exists".[2] Lister does not favor any particular technique, although he is mostly known for his leg attacks (foot locks and knee locks). Lister is a two-time U.S. National Sambo champion, a four-time U.S. Machado National Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Champion (weight class and open classes), and a National Gracie Jiu Jitsu champion.
Lister was invited three times (2000, 2003, and 2005) to the Abu Dhabi Combat Club (ADCC) championship, a prestigious grappling tournament consisting only of the top 16 grapplers in the world of each weight class. Lister won the Abu Dhabi Absolute Division championship in 2003, as well as two Superfights in 2003 and 2005; in addition, he set a tournament record by defeating 4 of his opponents consecutively (3 by submission) in 2003.
It is worth noting that one of Lister's MMA losses is against Nathan Marquardt, despite previously submitting him in the 2003 ADCC tournament.[4]
Lister was a King of the Cage middleweight champion, and defended his title several times before losing to Jeremy Horn in a Light Heavyweight fight. KOTC stripped Dean of his title after the loss, even though it was at a higher weight class. Years later, Lister avenged this loss by submitting Jeremy Horn with a guillotine choke in the TUF 7 finale.
Lister lost a three-round unanimous decision to Yushin Okami at UFC 92 on December 27, 2008, dropping his UFC record to 4–2. He subsequently requested to be released from his UFC contract, and has since signed with the Maximum Fighting Championship.
ADCC
Although six-time UFC veteran Dean Lister won the 2003 ADCC Absolute championship and was the 2005 Superfight champion, no one expected him to threatened for the title in 2011, particularly in the under 99 kg division, with established immovable object Xande Ribeiro, and surging unstoppable force Rodolfo Vieira.[5]
Personal life
Lister was formerly married to model Flavia Mazoni.[6]
Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown 18 matches 11 wins 7 losses By knockout 0 0 By submission 9 0 By decision 2 7 Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes Loss 11–7 
Thales LeitesDecision (unanimous) MFC 23 December 4, 2009 3 5:00 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Loss 11–6 
Yushin OkamiDecision (unanimous) UFC 92 December 27, 2008 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 11–5 Jeremy HornSubmission (guillotine choke) The Ultimate Fighter: Team Rampage vs. Team Forrest Finale June 21, 2008 1 3:53 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 10–5 
Jordan RadevDecision (unanimous) UFC 79 December 29, 2007 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Loss 9–5 Nathan MarquardtDecision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night 8 January 25, 2007 3 5:00 Hollywood, Florida, United States Win 9–4 Yuki SasakiDecision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night 6 August 17, 2006 3 5:00 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win 8–4 
Alessio SakaraSubmission (triangle choke) UFC 60 May 27, 2006 1 2:20 Los Angeles, California, United States Loss 7–4 Ricardo AronaDecision (unanimous) Pride Total Elimination 2005 April 23, 2005 3 5:00 Osaka, Japan Win 7–3 Akira ShojiSubmission (triangle choke) Pride Bushido 6 April 3, 2005 1 3:13 Yokohama, Japan Loss 6–3 
Amar SuloevDecision (split) Pride Bushido 4 July 19, 2004 2 5:00 Nagoya, Japan Loss 6–2 Jeremy HornDecision (majority) King of the Cage 31 December 6, 2003 4 5:00 San Jacincto, California, United States Win 6–1 James LeeSubmission (armbar) KOTC 29: Renegades September 5, 2003 1 San Jacincto, California, United States Win 5–1 Brian SleemanSubmission (omoplata) KOTC 25: Flaming Fury June 29, 2003 1 1:14 San Jacincto, California, United States Win 4–1 Brendan SeguinSubmission (armbar) KOTC 16: Double Cross August 2, 2002 3 4:37 San Jacincto, California, United States Win 3–1 Jacen FlynnSubmission (kimura) KOTC 12: Cold Blood February 9, 2002 2 4:28 San Jacincto, California, United States Win 2–1 Jerry JenkinsSubmission (heel hook) KOTC 11: Domination September 29, 2001 1 4:24 San Jacincto, California, United States Loss 1–1 Jacen FlynnDecision KOTC 7: Wet and Wild February 24, 2001 3 5:00 San Jacincto, California, United States Win 1–0 John Jensen Submission (kneebar) KOTC 5: Cage Wars September 16, 2000 1 1:50 San Jacincto, California, United States Grappling credentials
ADCC World Submission Wrestling Championships
ADCC 2011 -99kg: 1st Place
ADCC 2005 Superfight championship: Defeated Jean Jacques Machado.
ADCC 2003 88–98 kg: Quarter finals Openweight: 1st Place
ADCC 2002 North American Trials -99kg: 1st Place
Record of opponents:
- Won: Jean Jacques Machado (pts), Iiir Latifi (pts), Nathan Marquardt (sub), Saulo Ribeiro (sub), Marcio 'Pe De Pano' Cruz (pts), Alexandre Ferreira 'Cacareco' (sub), Masutatsu Yano (sub), Augusto Vieira, Radek Turek (sub), Rodolfo Vieira (sub), Joao Assis (sub)
- Lost: Xande Ribeiro (pts), Ricardo Almeida (pts)
Misc.
Two-time national (US) sambo champion.
Four-time Machado National (US) BJJ champion
National (US) Gracie BJJ champion.
References
- ^ "Fight Finder: Dean Lister". Sherdog. 2007. http://www.sherdog.com/fightfinder/fightfinder.asp?fighterID=338. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ^ a b UFC. "Dean Lister profile". http://web.archive.org/web/19960101-re_/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&pid=437. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
- ^ DeanLister.com (2006). "Official Homepage of Dean Lister". Official Homepage of Dean Lister, World Champion Grappler. http://www.deanlister.com/. Retrieved 2006-06-12.
- ^ ADCC 2003 - Dean Lister vs. Nathan Marquardt at youtube
- ^ http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/news/354380/Dean-Lister-celebrating-ADCC-title-at-Oktoberfest/
- ^ Dean Lister Comes Home for UFC Debut Saturday "I had a lot of personal issues with my ex-wife and family stuff and I lost a lot of my motivation," Lister admitted.
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Categories:- 1976 births
- Living people
- American mixed martial artists
- Mixed martial artists from California
- Middleweight mixed martial artists
- Light heavyweight mixed martial artists
- American practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- American sambo practitioners
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