Dan Hornbuckle

"The Handler"

AGE	45 / Dec 26, 1980
HEIGHT	6'2" / 187.96 cm
WEIGHT	170 lbs / 77.11 kg

ASSOCIATION
American Top Team

CLASS
Welterweight

Wins 26

KO / TKO

42%

SUBMISSIONS

42%

DECISIONS

15%

Losses 9

KO / TKO

SUBMISSIONS

33%

DECISIONS

67%

FIGHT HISTORY - PRO

Result	Fighter	Event	Method/Referee	R	Time
win	Daniel Stittgen	Caged Aggression 35 - The Trilogy: Night 2 Mar / 24 / 2023	TKO (Retirement) Josh Stewart	1	5:00
win	Jason Louck	Caged Aggression 24 - Champions: Night 2 Mar / 23 / 2019	KO (Punch)	2	3:37
loss	Roger Carroll	Fight Time Promotions - Fight Time in the Valley Aug / 09 / 2014	Submission (Choke) Donnie Jessup	1	4:37
loss	Dominique Steele	NAAFS - Driven MMA 1 Mar / 01 / 2014	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
loss	Ryo Chonan	Deep - Tribe Tokyo Fight Oct / 20 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Yoshinori Umeki	3	5:00
loss	Dennis Hallman	Titan FC 26 - Titan Fighting Championship 26 Aug / 30 / 2013	Decision (Majority) Mike England	3	5:00
win	Yuya Shirai	Deep - 62 Impact Apr / 26 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Kenichi Serizawa	3	5:00
win	Pete Spratt	LFC 17 - Legacy Fighting Championship 17 Feb / 01 / 2013	Decision (Unanimous) Kerry Hatley	3	5:00
loss	Luis Santos	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 49 Sep / 10 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Gasper Oliver VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Brent Weedman	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 35 Mar / 05 / 2011	Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Brad Blackburn	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 25 Aug / 19 / 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Don Clift VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
loss	Ben Askren	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 22 Jun / 17 / 2010	Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	5:00
win	Steve Carl	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 19 May / 20 / 2010	Submission (Kimura) Jon Schorle VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:31
win	Tyler Stinson	BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 15 Apr / 22 / 2010	Submission (Triangle Choke) Kevin Mulhall VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	1	2:03
win	Nick Thompson	Sengoku - Tenth Battle Sep / 23 / 2009	TKO (Punches) Tomoki Matsumiya VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	2	1:30
win	Akihiro Gono	Sengoku - Ninth Battle Aug / 02 / 2009	KO (Head Kick) Tomoki Matsumiya VIEW PLAY-BY-PLAY	3	2:50
win	Joe Alexander	TFC 14 - Hornbuckle vs. Alexander Feb / 21 / 2009	KO (Punches)	1	0:46
win	Nabil Khatib	Raw Combat - Resurrection Jun / 20 / 2008	Submission (Rear-Naked Choke)	1	3:58
loss	Mike Pyle	Sengoku - Second Battle May / 18 / 2008	Submission (Triangle Choke) Samio Kimura	1	4:52
win	Andrew Buckland	HCF - Crow's Nest Mar / 29 / 2008	Submission (Armbar)	1	3:34
win	Courtney Ray	HOOKnSHOOT - Bodog Fight Women's Tournament Nov / 24 / 2007	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:25
win	Piotr Jakaczynski	Bodog Fight - Vancouver Aug / 25 / 2007	KO (Head Kick)	1	1:53
win	Matt Shaw	TFC 8 - Total Fight Challenge 8 Apr / 28 / 2007	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	2	2:53
win	Courtney Ray	HOOKnSHOOT - Live Mar / 24 / 2007	TKO (Punches)	1	2:49
win	Jamie Toney	HOOKnSHOOT - Live Mar / 24 / 2007	Decision (Unanimous)	3	5:00
win	Wayne Bogard	HOOKnSHOOT - Live Mar / 24 / 2007	Submission (Armbar)	1	2:34
win	Alex Carter	TFC 7 - Total Fight Challenge 7 Feb / 10 / 2007	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	0:35
win	Brent Weedman	LOF 12 - Black Tie Battles Dec / 31 / 2006	Submission (Triangle Choke)	2	3:31
win	Max Fowler	CFC 1 - Explosion Dec / 16 / 2006	Submission (Verbal)	1	0:30
win	Wayne Bogard	IHC 11 - Apocalypse Nov / 18 / 2006	Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke)	1	0:36
win	Justin Wilcox	TFC 6 - Total Fight Challenge 6 Sep / 09 / 2006	TKO (Punches)	1	1:20
win	Andy Normington	MT 8 - Madtown Throwdown 8 Jul / 15 / 2006	KO (Punches)	0	N/A
loss	Nate Homme	MT 8 - Madtown Throwdown 8 Jul / 15 / 2006	Submission (Triangle Choke)	0	N/A
win	Steve Conley	DC 4 - Duneland Classic 4 Jun / 17 / 2006	TKO (Punches)	1	N/A
win	Mike Bodziak	TFC 5 - Total Fight Challenge 5 Feb / 18 / 2006	TKO (Punches)	1	N/A

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