- Pete Williams (fighter)
died=
fightingfrom=Dallas, Texas
hometown=San Lorenzo, California
fightteam=Lion's Den
fightstyle=Wrestling ,Submission Wrestling
wins=11
losses=6
draws=0
nocontest=
ko=5
submissions=4
decision=0|Peter Alan Williams (born
July 10 ,1975 ) is a former Americanmixed martial arts fighter who fought out ofKen Shamrock 's "Lion's Den team.He has competed in the KOTC,
RINGS ,Pancrase and theUFC , and was the runner up in the 1996 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament.His victory overMark Coleman by kick to the head is one of the most frequently played highlights of knockout footage in the UFC.Biography
Williams and
Jerry Bohlander were on the same high school wrestling team. Williams started training at the Lion's Den about a month after Bolander and there is a strong bond between the two.Williams was the winner of the Superbrawl 2 tournament in
Honolulu ,Hawaii . He beatDonald de la Cruz andJoe Charles to achieve this by strikes and kneebar respectively.Fighting in the UFC, Williams defeated former heavyweight champion
Mark Coleman and metKevin Randleman atUFC 23 for UFC heavyweight title after it was vacated byBas Rutten . Williams lost the bout by judges decision. Other notable opponents in the UFC includeFrank Mir ,Ricco Rodriguez andSemmy Schilt .After Williams's MMA career, Ken Shamrock has stated that Pete has moved on to a career as a chef.
Trivia
Williams has competed in the RINGS organization in Japan and was the runner up in the 1996 Pancrase Neo Blood Tournament.
His favorite submission hold is the
kneebar .MMA Record
External links
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* [http://www.fcfighter.com/ufc20bio.htm FCFighter profile]
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