411 Fighter Profile 8.14.08: Carlos Condit
Posted by Ryan Seymour on 08.14.2008
After getting an impressive victory at WEC 35, Join 411's Ryan Seymour as he profiles the upcoming star named Carlos Condit. Condit is one of the standout fighters who is involved in World Extreme Cagefighting. Condit posses great height, stand up skills and submission ability. A fighter who is on the rise at only 24 years of age, the sky is the limit for this young fighter.
Carlos Condit
Nickname: "Natural Born Killer" Record: 23-4 Weight: 170lbs Height: 6'2 (188 cm) Hometown:Albuquerque, New Mexico Ranking #6 Welterweight Association: Fit NHB Organizations: WEC, Rumble at the Rock, Pancrase, Ring of Fire Accomplishments: Current WEC Welterweight Champion
Introduction
Carlos Condit is a fighter that is overlooked. Condit has been making massive strides in the MMA world but isn't getting as recognized as UFC welterweights. With a good height of 6'2 and then including a well versatile attack of both submissions and knockout power, Condit is becoming a real threat to other welterweights. Condit looks like a skinny young many that posses little power but that could be far from the case. Fighters have came into the ring/octagon and believed Condit has no power and then have found them self lying on the floor. Condit is a fighter that never had much hype about him but continued to succeed due to hard work and consistency. People forget that Carlos Condit is only 24 years of age and there is no guessing how far this fighter will shine in the future.
Early Life
Carlos Condit was born on April 26, 1984 and enjoyed fighting in his younger years. He was able to achieve some wrestling skills in his early years of high school. At the tender age of 15, Condit joined the MMA camp entitled FIT NHB (Fighters in Training – No Holds Barred). As soon as Condit turned 18, he stepped into the ring and had his first MMA fight. Condit has tried to discover all the skills of MMA, this is evident by his trip to Thailand which was taken to better understand Thai boxing.
MMA Career
Win, Nick Roscorla, Submission, Round 1, Aztec Challenge 1, Juarez, Mexico, 09.06.02 Win, Tommy Gouge, Submission, Round 1, 0:45 Reality Fighting Championships 1, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 01.25.03 Win, Anthony Zamora, TKO, Round 1, 0:29 Independent Event, Acoma, New Mexico, 03.15.03 Win, Tyrell McElroy, TKO, Round 1 Triple Threat - Fight Night 1, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 04.06.03 Win, David Lindemeyer, Submission, Round 1, 0:46 KOTC 26, Acoma, New Mexico, 08.03.03 Win, Brad Gumm, TKO, Round 1, 1:11 ROF 11 - Bring it On, Castle Rock, Colorado, 1.10.04 Win, Jarvis Brennaman , Submission Independent Event, New Mexico, 2.28.04 Win, Brandon Melendez, Submission, Round 1, 0:50 ROF 12 – Nemesis, Castle Rock, Colorado, 05.22.04 Loss, Carlo Prater, Submission, Round 1, 2:51 Fight World 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 09.11.04 Win, Will Bradford, TKO, Round 1 Independent Event, New Mexico, 11.13.04 Win, Randy Hauer, Submission Fight World 3, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 11.27.04 Win, Masaki Tuchhi, KO, Round 1, 4:35 PNRF – Demolition, New Mexico, 06.18.05 Win, Chilo Gonzalez, Submission, Round 1 ROF 19 – Showdown, Castle Rock, Colorado, 09.10.05 Loss, Satoru Kitaoka, Submission, Round 1, 3:57 Pancrase Spiral 8, Kanagawa, Japan, 10.02.05 Win, Ross Ebanez, TKO, Round 1, 1:27 ROTR - Just Scrap, Hilo, Hawaii, 11.05.05 Win, Renato Verissimo, TKO, Round 1, 0:17 ROTR 8, Honolulu, Hawaii, 01.20.06
- Carlos Condit shocked the world when he defeated former UFC fighter Renato Verissimo.
Win, Frank Trigg, Submission, Round 1, 1:22 ROTR 9, Honolulu, Hawaii, 04.21.06
-In the semifinal of the ROTR Welterweight tournament, Carlos Condit gained another huge victory. This time he shocked the world by beating former UFC title contender Frank Trigg.
Loss, Jake Shields, Decision – Round 3 ROTR 9, Honolulu, Hawaii, 04.21.06
-This would mark the first time recorded that Carlos Condit would go out of the first round. Unfortunately he wasn't able to win the ROTR tournament final. Loss, Pat Healy, Submission, Round 3, 2:53 Extreme Wars 3, Oakland, California, 06.03.06
-This is Carlos Condit's last loss, Condit goes on a nice winning streak after this fight. Win, Koji Oishi, TKO, Round 3, 1:01 Pancrase: 2006 Neo-Blood Tournament Finals, Tokyo, Japan, 07.28.06 Win, Takuya Wada, Submission, Round 3, 4:22 Pancrase: Blow 7, Tokyo, Japan, 09.16.06 Win, Tatsunori Tanaka, KO, Round 1, 2:13 Pancrase: Blow 9, Tokyo, Japan, 10.25.06 Win, Kyle Jensen, Submission, Round 1, 2:10 WEC 25, Las Vegas, Nevada, 01.20.07
-Carlos Condit makes his successful WEC debut on coincidently the very first WEC PPV under Zuffa management. Win, John Alessio, Submission, Round 2, 4:59 – For WEC Welterweight Title WEC 26, Las Vegas, Nevada, 03.24.07
- Carlos Condi wins the WEC Welterweight Title. To do this, Condit had to defeat John Alessio who had fought in the KOTC, UFC and PRIDE FC. Win, Brock Larson, Submission, Round 1, 2:29 – Retains WEC Welterweight Title WEC 29, Las Vegas, Nevada, 08.05.07 - Retains WEC Welterweight Title
Carlos Condit vs. Brock Larson - Watch more free videos Win, Carlo Prater, Submission, Round 1, 3:48 - Retains WEC Welterweight Title WEC 32, Rio Rancho, New Mexico, 02.13.08
-Carlos Condit gets retribution on Carlo Prater by submitting him in the first round. Prater was the fighter who gave Condit his first professional MMA loss. Win, Hiromitsu Miura, TKO, Round 4, 4:43 - Retains WEC Welterweight Title WEC 35, Las Vegas, Nevada, 08.03.08
The Future
Carlos Condit has the made the rise to success very quickly, and in six years of fighting is well on top of his game. it is unbelievable that Condit is such a good fighter at the tender age of 24, this guy is going to be around for the next ten years. The one question which is talked about Condit, is when will he make the move to the big boys - THE UFC. Currently ranked the sixth best welterweight in the world, Condit should face of against the UFC top welterweights to see how good he can be. In my eyes, I can see Condit not going to badly inside the UFC. I think Condit could be very competitive against the likes of Thiago Alves, Jon Fitch, Josh Koscheck and Diego Sanchez, maybe even picking up a win against them. If Condit does decide to stay in the World Extreme Cagefighting organization then his ranking will begin to drop and drop because there are no real welterweights there who are ranked in the top ten in the world.
