Nate Marquardt

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nate Marquardt
Occupation	Mma Fighter
Date Of Birth	Apr 20, 1979(1979-04-20)
Age	45
Birthplace	Lander
Country	United States
Birth City	Wyoming
Horoscope	Aries

Nate Marquardt Biography

Nate Marquardt is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on April 20, 1979 in Lander, Wyoming, United States. Strikeforce Welterweight Champion, former Pancrase Hyrbid Wrestling Champion.

He was defeated by Chael Sonne in a unanimous decision at UFC 109, February 6, 2010.

Marquardt began his professional mixed martial arts career in 1999, and amassing victories in various promotions before entering the Bas Rutten Invitational 4 tournament, which was organized in such a manner that the tournament winner was to be offered a contract with the Ultimate Fighting Championship. Despite winning the tournament, Marquardt was offered no such contract. Instead, he signed with Japan’s Pancrase organization, which had fostered such fighters as Ken Shamrock and Bas Rutten. In his first Pancrase fight, Marquardt lost via submission to Genki Sudo.

Marquardt was born in Lander, Wyoming and raised along with his four other siblings in Denver, Colorado. Marquardt’s late father was a Lutheran pastor, worked in construction, and was also a former Marine who fought in the Vietnam War. Marquardt’s mother was a nurse and a manager at an attorney’s office. Because of his father’s work he and his family moved around frequently to places including Chicago, Illinois, and Indiana. Marquardt’s parents divorced when he was eight years old, and the young Marquardt moved to Colorado. When he was 15 years old, he began studying the disciplines of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, jujutsu, kickboxing, and kenpo. Present Marquardt’s fighting style derived from his fights in Pancrase under the leadership of Sheldon Marr from Colorado. Sheldon Marr is the co-founder of the World Combat JuJitsu Association and he was a Junior National Judo Champion, and a California State Wrestling Champion and has been recognized as the “Instructor of the Year” by Jujitsu America, the U.S. Martial Arts Hall of Famer, the World Martial Arts Hall of Famer, and the International Black Belt Hall of Fame; and was a Coach for the 2000 U.S. World Pankration Team, and the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 & 2013 U.S. World Grappling Teams. Marquardt also trained with Shane Pitts in Colorado before he went to Jackson’s MMA. Shane Pitts trained Marquardt in Japanese jujutsu for three years and gave him a black belt. Pitts is the founder of Law Enforcement Ground Tactics System, holder of five black belts in martial arts, a former World Masters Judo Champion, World Combat Jujitsu Association National Champion and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Pan American Masters Division Champion. Marquardt also trained with Mike Van Arsdale and also trained Pancrase with Sanae Kikuta in the GRABAKA Dojo in Tokyo, Japan. Marquardt was active in other sports as well, including basketball and soccer, at Wheat Ridge High School and also began taking freestyle wrestling and Brazilian jiu-jitsu lessons when he was 18 years old under the instruction of Ricardo Murgel.

With Tessa, he had a daughter called Macaiah.

Nate Marquardt Net Worth

Nate Marquardt is one of the richest Mma Fighter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nate Marquardt 's net worth $3 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At age 15, he began training in kickboxing, jiu-jitsu and judo.

To bring his record to 32-12-2, he lost his first two fights of 2013

Nathan Joel Marquardt (born April 20, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist who competed in the middleweight and welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 1999, he is a former Strikeforce Welterweight Champion and a three-time Pancrase Middleweight Champion.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Nate Marquardt Dating?

According to our records, Nate Marquardt married to Tessa Marquardt. As of December 1, 2023, Nate Marquardt’s is not dating anyone.

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Marquardt finally fought Thales Leites at UFC 85, a fight that had been postponed on two separate occasions since 2006. Marquardt and Leites had a close fight but Marquardt landed an illegal knee strike to the head of Leites in the second round. In the third round Marquardt landed an elbow to the side of the head of Leites. The deducted points proved to be crucial as Leites was deemed victorious in a very close split decision, giving Leites a title shot against Anderson Silva. Marquardt was next scheduled to face Martin Kampmann at UFC 88. Nate defeated Kampmann in 82 seconds by throwing a head kick and landing a barrage of strikes to take the win by TKO in the first round.

Facts & Trivia

Nate Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Nate Marquardt celebrates birthday on April 20 of every year.

Following that victory and a 4-0 debut in the UFC, Marquardt was scheduled to compete for the UFC Middleweight Championship held by Anderson Silva on July 7, 2007 at UFC 73. Marquardt lost the championship bout by TKO due to strikes at 4:50 in the first round of the fight.