Rich Clementi

Richard Thomas "No Love" Clementi (born March 31, 1976) is an American mixed martial arts fighter. He currently fights as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Mixed martial arts career

Clementi was featured as a welterweight on The Ultimate Fighter 4, losing his preliminary bout against Shonie Carter by unanimous decision. Clementi had only made one previous appearance in the UFC, losing by submission to Yves Edwards at "UFC 41".

Although Clementi did not secure a slot in the finals of The Ultimate Fighter 4, he appeared on the undercard of the season finale as a lightweight, losing by rear naked choke submission to Din Thomas.

Clementi secured his first victory in the UFC via rear naked choke submission against Ross Pointon at UFC Fight Night 8, although the fight was not aired during the broadcast.

More recently, Clementi defeated Anthony Johnson at UFC 76 via rear naked choke submission. Clementi took the fight on only a few weeks notice. With the win, Clementi improved his UFC record to 2-3. He won his next fight by a submission at UFC 79 against Melvin Guillard at 4:40 in the first round. The Guillard fight was controversial when Clementi made an obscene gesture by standing up and thrusting his pelvis after Guillard tapped. [ [http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/12/29/ufc-79-undercard-live-blog-machida-sokoudjou-clementi-guillar/ UFC 79 Undercard Live Blog: Machida- Sokoudjou, Clementi-Guillard, Sanchez-Palalei - FanHouse - AOL Sports Blog ] ] . After the obscene gesture, Guillard was restrained as he attempted to fight Clementi again [ [http://www.mmarising.com/news/12290702.html MMARising.com - UFC 79: Nemesis Results ] ] .

Rich Clementi racked up another victory in an under card event at UFC 83. He defeated Sam Stout by split decision. The official judges scored the bout 29-27, 29-28 for Clementi and 29-28 for Stout.

Clementi's next fight was a unanimous decision over Terry Etim on the Preliminary Card of UFC 84. Clementi has won four straight UFC Pay Per View fights, and six consecutive.

Clementi is scheduled to fight The Ultimate Fighter Season 5 alum Gray Maynard next at UFC 90

Personal life

Rich spent eight years in the military with the Navy Seabees and was mobilized as a reservist after 9/11. He also runs "Rich Clementi's Gladiator Gym" in his hometown of Slidell, Louisiana. [ [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=5000 Article about talking about his upcoming fight against Roan Carneiro at UFC Fight Night 8] ]

Mixed martial arts record

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wins=40
losses=12
draws=1
ko-wins=15
ko-losses=1
sub-wins=17
sub-losses=5
dec-wins=8
dec-losses=6

References

External links

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* [http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=fighter.detail&PID=288 UFC profile]
* [http://www.criticalbench.com/Rich-Clementi.htm Inteview by CriticalBench.com]