Chris Tuchscherer
{{short description|American mixed martial arts fighter}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|09|08}}
| birth_place = Rugby, North Dakota, United States
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| weight_lb = 260.9
| weight_class = Heavyweight
| reach_in = 76.0
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| stance = Orthodox
| fighting_out_of = Oak Grove, Minnesota, United States
| team = Team DeathClutch / Minnesota Martial Arts Academy
| wrestling = NCAA Division II Wrestling
| years_active = 2004–2011 (MMA)
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Chris Tuchscherer (born September 8, 1975) is a retired American mixed martial artist who last competed as a Heavyweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Background
Born in Rugby, North Dakota, Tuchscherer competed in wrestling for Bowman County High School, continuing with the sport at North Dakota State before eventually transferring to NCAA Division II Minnesota State University, Moorhead. At MSUM Tuchscherer participated in Heavyweight NCAA Division II competitions{{cite web |url=http://www.msumdragons.com/sports/2008/10/9/WREST_1009081605.aspx?path=wrestling |title=Wrestling Awards and Honors |publisher=Minnesota State University, Moorhead |accessdate=April 21, 2009 }} and became a two-time All-American as well as an NCAA Division II Championship Runner-Up.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ufcespanol.com/athlete/chris-tuchscherer|title=Chris Tuchscherer | UFC|date=14 September 2018}}
Mixed martial arts career
=Early career=
After using up all of his college eligibility, Tuchscherer - who was already a fan of MMA - was urged by his friends to try competing himself. He tried out for and earned a spot on a local fight card where he won his first amateur match in less than a minute. Tuchscherer continued training at MSUM while helping to coach the university's wrestling team. He later began training at Minnesota Martial Arts Academy with fellow All-American Brock Lesnar.{{cite web |url=http://dakotagrappler.com/simplemessageboard/index.php?topic=2621.0%3Bwap2 |title=Tuchscherer ready for next big test |publisher=Dakota Grappler |first=Lou |last=Babiarz |date=October 6, 2007 |accessdate=April 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530144605/http://dakotagrappler.com/simplemessageboard/index.php?topic=2621.0%3Bwap2 |archivedate=May 30, 2009 }}
In his first professional MMA bout Tuchscherer defeated Krzysztof Soszynski by decision. Later in his career, he won the Dakota Fighting Championships Heavyweight Championship,{{cite web |url=http://www.dakotastudent.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=c654b08e-60bc-4567-bcb0-0efac7235908 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070630094724/http://www.dakotastudent.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=c654b08e-60bc-4567-bcb0-0efac7235908 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 30, 2007 |title=Dakota Fighting Championshiups comes to Grand Forks |first=Kevan |last=Greene |publisher=Dakota Student |date=March 23, 2007 |accessdate=April 21, 2009 }} and at Extreme Challenge 85 on October 6, 2007, Tuchscherer defeated Jimmy Ambriz for the EC Heavyweight Championship.{{cite web |url=http://fiveouncesofpain.com/2007/10/08/extreme-challenge-85-tuchscherer-new-ec-heavyweight-champ/ |title=Extreme Challenge 85: Tuchscherer new EC Heavyweight Champ |first=Matt |last=Cava |publisher=FiveOuncesOfPain.com |date=October 6, 2007 |accessdate=April 21, 2009 }} He later participated at YAMMA Pit Fighting's only event in a heavyweight tournament where he defeated both Tony Sylvester and Alexey Oleinik by unanimous decision before losing by unanimous decision in the final to Travis Wiuff. Tuchscherer then won the Max Fights Heavyweight Championship on July 19, 2008, by defeating Tony Mendoza at Max Fights 4{{cite web |url=http://www.maxfights.net/maxfights3fightcard.htm |title=Max Fights 4 Fight Card |publisher=MaxFights.net |accessdate=April 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090328224609/http://www.maxfights.net/maxfights3fightcard.htm |archivedate=March 28, 2009 }} before defeating Branden Lee Hinkle on March 21, 2009, at "Beatdown 4" to win the first SNMAA heavyweight championship.{{cite web |url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8432&zoneid=13 |title=Chris Tuchscherer First SNMAA Champ |first=Bob |last=Trieger |publisher=MMAWeekly.com |date=March 24, 2009 |accessdate=April 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428042601/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8432&zoneid=13 |archivedate=April 28, 2009 }}
=Ultimate Fighting Championship=
Chris Tuchscherer tried out for the tenth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's (UFC) reality show, The Ultimate Fighter. The UFC scouts at the tryouts noticed Tuchscherer's professional record and decided to give him a fight at a UFC event rather than go through the show's tournament. As a result, Tuchscherer debuted with the UFC at UFC 102 against Gabriel Gonzaga.{{cite web |url=http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8723&zoneid=13 |title=Gonzaga vs. Chris Tuchscherer at UFC 102 |first=Steven |last=Marrocco |date=May 6, 2009 |publisher=MMAWeekly.com |accessdate=May 27, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090526071456/http://www.mmaweekly.com/absolutenm/templates/dailynews.asp?articleid=8723&zoneid=13 |archivedate=May 26, 2009 }} Early in their fight Tuchscherer was hit with a hard kick to his groin by Gonzaga. Tuchscherer required several minutes to recover during which he nearly vomited. He managed to convince a group of officials that he was willing and able to continue in the fight.{{cite web |url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/16017/ufc-102-prelimary-recap-hometown-hero-herman-injured-duffee-records-record-ko.mma |title=UFC 102 preliminary recap: Hometown hero Herman injured, Duffee records record KO |first1=John |last1=Morgan |first2=Dann |last2=Stupp |publisher=MMAJunkie.com |date=August 30, 2009 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412083831/http://mmajunkie.com/news/16017/ufc-102-prelimary-recap-hometown-hero-herman-injured-duffee-records-record-ko.mma |archive-date=April 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all }} Following the restart of the match, Tuchscherer lost to Gonzaga by technical knockout at 2:27 of the first round.{{Cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ben_fowlkes/08/30/ufc.102.recap/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831231327/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ben_fowlkes/08/30/ufc.102.recap/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 31, 2009 |title=Nogueira beats Couture at UFC 102 |first=Ben |last=Fowlkes |date=August 30, 2009 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |work=CNN}}
His next fight was with Tim Hague who was coming off being the subject of the UFC's fastest knockout.{{cite web |url=http://www.mmatorch.com/artman2/publish/penickstake/article_4245.shtml |title=PENICK: Previews and Predictions for UFC 109: Relentless |first=Jamie |last=Penick |publisher=MMATorch.com |date=February 5, 2010 |accessdate=March 19, 2012}} Occurring on February 6, 2010, at UFC 109, Tuchscherer was once again faced with being on the receiving end of a low blow early in the first round. He managed to continue this time. However, conditioning for both fighters seemed to be poor as the action throughout the match was sporadic and they were visibly exhausted in the third round. Tuchscherer won the fight by majority decision (29–28, 29–28, and 28–28).
On July 3, 2010, at UFC 116, Tuchscherer faced Brendan Schaub. Tuchscherer lost the fight by TKO in the first round.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/2010-07-04-ufc-116_N.htm |title=Brock Lesnar triumphs over Shane Carwin at UFC 116 |first=Beau |last=Dure |publisher=USA Today |date=July 4, 2010 |accessdate=March 19, 2012}}
Tuchscherer's next bout was against Mark Hunt on February 27, 2011, at UFC 127.{{cite web|url=http://mmajunkie.com/news/21932/mark-hunt-vs-chris-tuchscherer-added-to-ufc-127-fight-card-complete-with-11-bouts.mma |title=Mark Hunt vs. Chris Tuchscherer set for UFC 127; fight card complete with 11 bouts |publisher=MMAJunkie.com |date=January 1, 2011 |accessdate=March 19, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710050724/http://mmajunkie.com/news/21932/mark-hunt-vs-chris-tuchscherer-added-to-ufc-127-fight-card-complete-with-11-bouts.mma |archivedate=July 10, 2012 }} Tuchscherer suffered his second consecutive loss when Hunt knocked him out at 1:41 into the second round.
Following his loss to Hunt, Tuchscherer was released from the UFC.
=Crowbar MMA=
Chris Tuchscherer ran his own promotion, "Crowbar MMA", that held five events in Fargo, North Dakota and Grand Forks, North Dakota.{{cite web |url=http://www.sherdog.com/organizations/Crowbar-MMA-2804 |title=Crowbar MMA |publisher=Sherdog.com |accessdate=March 19, 2012}}
Personal life
Tuchscherer and his wife have a daughter and a son. Before becoming a professional fighter, Tuchscherer worked as a plumber.{{cite web |url=http://www.cagepotato.com/exclusive-chris-tuchscherer-discusses-his-road-ufc-throwing-down-brock-lesnar-and-curse-yamma |title=Exclusive: Chris Tuchscherer Discusses His Road to the UFC, Throwing Down With Brock Lesnar, and the Curse of the YAMMA |accessdate=2010-06-28 |date=2009-08-25}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=83089 |title=The Crowbar—A Grinding, Tough Son-of-a-Gun |access-date=2010-06-28 |publisher=UFC |date=2010-06-19 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626033152/http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.detail&gid=83089 |archive-date=2010-06-26 }}
Mixed martial arts record
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|{{no2}}Loss
|align=center|{{nowrap|21–4 (1)}}
|KO (punch)
|{{dts|2011|February|27}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|1:41
|Sydney, Australia
|
|-
|{{no2}}Loss
|align=center|21–3 (1)
|TKO (punches)
|{{dts|2010|July|3}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:07
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
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|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|21–2 (1)
|Decision (majority)
|{{dts|2010|February|6}}
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
|
|-
| {{no2}}Loss
|align=center|20–2 (1)
|TKO (punches)
|{{dts|2009|August|29}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:27
|Portland, Oregon, United States
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|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|20–1 (1)
| Jamie Klair
|TKO (punches)
|SNMMA: Extreme Beatdown
|{{dts|2009|April|11}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:19
|Phoenix, Arizona, United States
|Defended SNMAA Heavyweight Championship.
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|19–1 (1)
|TKO (punches)
|SNMMA: Beatdown at 4 Bears
|{{dts|2009|March|21}}
|align=center|4
|align=center|4:43
|New Town, North Dakota, United States
|Won SNMAA Heavyweight Championship.
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|18–1 (1)
| Tony Mendoza
|Submission (armbar)
|Max Fights 4
|{{dts|2008|July|19}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:43
|North Dakota, United States
|Won Max Fights Heavyweight Championship.
|-
| {{no2}}Loss
|align=center|17–1 (1)
|Decision (unanimous)
|YAMMA Pit Fighting
|{{dts|2008|April|11}}
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|Finals of YAMMA Heavyweight Tournament.
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|17–0 (1)
|Decision (unanimous)
|YAMMA Pit Fighting
|{{dts|2008|April|11}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|16–0 (1)
| Tony Sylvester
|Decision (unanimous)
|YAMMA Pit Fighting
|{{dts|2008|April|11}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|5:00
|Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|15–0 (1)
|Decision (unanimous)
|Max Fights 2
|{{dts|2008|January|26}}
|align=center|3
|align=center|5:00
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|14–0 (1)
| Jimmy Ambriz
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Extreme Challenge 85
|{{dts|2007|October|6}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:43
|Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
|Won EC Heavyweight Championship.
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|13–0 (1)
| Matt Eckerle
|TKO (punches)
|DFC 9: Dakota vs. the World
|{{dts|2007|March|24}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:17
|Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|12–0 (1)
| Chuck Grigsby
|TKO (punches)
|DFC 8: Proving Grounds
|{{dts|2006|December|2}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|3:49
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|11–0 (1)
| Demian Decorah
|TKO (punches)
|DFC 7: Revolution
|{{dts|2006|October|7}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|4:24
|Bismarck, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{nocontest}}NC
|align=center|10–0 (1)
| Josh Hendricks
|NC (overturned)
|Fightfest 2
|{{dts|2006|April|14}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|N/A
|Canton, Ohio, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|10–0
| Ed Myers
|TKO (punches)
|Royce Gracie Fightfest 1
|{{dts|2005|December|9}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:05
|Evansville, Indiana, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|9–0
| Jim Dobson
|TKO (punches)
|DFC 5: Legends of the Falls
|{{dts|2005|August|13}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:55
|Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|8–0
| Matt Lafromboise
|TKO (submission to punches)
|NFA: Last Dam Fights
|{{dts|2005|June|30}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:44
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|7–0
| Chris Clark
|TKO (submission to punches)
|DFC 4: Nowhere to Run
|{{dts|2005|June|4}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|1:06
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|6–0
| Jason Miller
|TKO (submission to punches)
|NFA: Throwdown in Jamestown 2
|{{dts|2005|May|20}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:18
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|5–0
| Karl Knothe
|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Cage Fighting Xtreme 3
|{{dts|2005|April|23}}
|align=center|2
|align=center|N/A
|Brainerd, Minnesota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|4–0
| Marc Zee
|TKO (punches)
|DFC 3: Submission Impossible
|{{dts|2005|April|9}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:25
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|3–0
| Noah Inhofer
|TKO (punches)
|DFC 2: Reloaded
|{{dts|2004|September|25}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|2:02
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|2–0
|Decision (unanimous)
|NFA: Title Trials
|{{dts|2004|June|12}}
|align=center|3
|align=center|3:00
|Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
|
|-
| {{yes2}}Win
|align=center|1–0
| Sean Cooke
|Submission (choke)
|Dakota Fighting Championships 1
|{{dts|2004|April|17}}
|align=center|1
|align=center|0:28
|Fargo, North Dakota, United States
|
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Sherdog}}
- {{UFC|chris-tuchscherer}}
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