Minneapolis, Minnesota| Result | Fighter | Event | Method/Referee | R | Time |
| loss | Ben Askren | BFC - Bellator Fighting Championships 40 Apr / 9 / 2011 |
Decision (Unanimous) Jason Herzog |
3 | 5:00 |
| loss | Taisuke Okuno | SRC - Sengoku Raiden Championship 14 Aug / 22 / 2010 |
KO (Punch) Samio Kimura |
3 | 0:27 |
| loss | Dan Hornbuckle | Sengoku - Tenth Battle Sep / 23 / 2009 |
TKO (Punches) Tomoki Matsumiya |
2 | 1:30 |
| loss | Tim Kennedy | Strikeforce - Challengers 2 Jun / 19 / 2009 |
Submission (Punches) Joe de Robbio |
2 | 2:37 |
| win | Paul Daley | MFC 20 - Destined for Greatness Feb / 20 / 2009 |
Decision (Unanimous) John Braak |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Travis McCullough | MT 18 - Madtown Throwdown 18 Jan / 17 / 2009 |
Submission (Punches) N/A |
1 | 2:38 |
| loss | Jake Shields | EliteXC - Unfinished Business Jul / 26 / 2008 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) N/A |
1 | 1:03 |
| win | Michael Costa | Sengoku - Third Battle Jun / 8 / 2008 |
Submission (Kimura) Tomoki Matsumiya |
2 | 4:13 |
| win | Fabricio Monteiro | Sengoku - First Battle Mar / 5 / 2008 |
Decision (Unanimous) Samio Kimura |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | John Troyer | Tuff-N-Uff - Thompson vs. Troyer Feb / 1 / 2008 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
1 | 3:46 |
| win | Mark Weir | Bodog Fight - Vancouver Aug / 24 / 2007 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | 4:01 |
| win | Eddie Alvarez | Bodog Fight - Clash of the Nations Apr / 14 / 2007 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
2 | 4:32 |
| win | Dustin Denes | Bodog Fight - Costa Rica Combat Feb / 18 / 2007 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | 1:27 |
| win | Ansar Chalangov | Bodog Fight - USA vs. Russia Dec / 2 / 2006 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
1 | 4:59 |
| win | Joe Winterfeldt | TCT 3 - Twin Cities Throwdown 3 Oct / 21 / 2006 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Davion Peterson | Bodog Fight - To the Brink of War Aug / 22 / 2006 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
3 | N/A |
| win | Steven Bratland | XKK - St. Joseph Jul / 15 / 2006 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Yancy Cuellar | XKK - St. Joseph Jul / 15 / 2006 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Chris Wilson | AFC - Absolute Fighting Championships 17 Jun / 24 / 2006 |
Submission (Kimura) James Warring |
2 | 2:08 |
| loss | Karo Parisyan | UFC 59 - Reality Check Apr / 15 / 2006 |
Submission (Punches) N/A |
1 | 4:44 |
| win | Alex Carter | EFX - Fury Feb / 1 / 2006 |
Submission (Triangle Choke) N/A |
2 | N/A |
| win | Anthony White | MT 6 - Madtown Throwdown 6 Jan / 13 / 2006 |
Submission (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Keith Wisniewski | UFC 56 - Full Force Nov / 19 / 2005 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | Josh Neer | EC 64 - Extreme Challenge 64 Oct / 15 / 2005 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
2 | 2:19 |
| win | Dereck Keasley | FFC 16 - Freestyle Fighting Championship 16 Sep / 24 / 2005 |
Submission (Arm-Triangle Choke) N/A |
1 | 3:48 |
| win | Victor Moreno | FFC 16 - Freestyle Fighting Championship 16 Sep / 24 / 2005 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) N/A |
2 | 0:52 |
| win | Chris Connelly | FFC 16 - Freestyle Fighting Championship 16 Sep / 24 / 2005 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
| win | Brian Fitzsimmons | MT 4 - Madtown Throwdown 4 Jul / 9 / 2005 |
KO (Punches) N/A |
1 | M/A |
| loss | Ed Herman | H2H - Hand 2 Hand Combat Jun / 17 / 2005 |
TKO (Injury) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| loss | Yushin Okami | GCM - D.O.G. 2 Jun / 11 / 2005 |
Submission (Elbow Injury) N/A |
1 | 0:29 |
| win | Marcel Ferreira | AFC - Absolute Fighting Championships 12 Apr / 30 / 2005 |
TKO (Punches) Marco Lopez |
3 | 2:48 |
| win | Joey Clark | XKK - St. Paul Apr / 23 / 2005 |
Submission (Armbar) N/A |
1 | 3:01 |
| win | Nuri Shakir | CZ 10 - Ground War Apr / 2 / 2005 |
Submission (Triangle Choke) N/A |
2 | 3:07 |
| loss | Paul Purcell | FCC 18 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 18 Mar / 5 / 2005 |
KO (Punches) N/A |
2 | N/A |
| win | Brian Green | MT 2 - Madtown Throwdown 2 Feb / 19 / 2005 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Brian Gassaway | Combat - Do Fighting Challenge 2 Feb / 5 / 2005 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
3 | 3:00 |
| win | Jesse Chilton | FCC 17 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 17 Jan / 8 / 2005 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
3 | N/A |
| win | Darren Hines | XFO 4 - International Dec / 3 / 2004 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) N/A |
1 | 0:19 |
| draw | Daryl Guthmiller | XKK - Fridley Nov / 5 / 2004 |
Draw N/A |
3 | 5:00 |
| win | John Renken | FFC 12 - Freestyle Fighting Championships 12 Sep / 24 / 2004 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Sean Huffman | FFC 12 - Freestyle Fighting Championships 12 Sep / 24 / 2004 |
Submission (Choke) N/A |
2 | N/A |
| loss | Brian Ebersole | FFC 12 - Freestyle Fighting Championships 12 Sep / 24 / 2004 |
TKO (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Ricky Seleuce | MT 1 - Madtown Throwdown 1 Aug / 21 / 2004 |
Submission (Twister) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| win | Thiago Goncalves | FCC 15 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 15 Jun / 12 / 2004 |
Submission (Punches) N/A |
2 | 2:39 |
| win | Brian Moore | UB - Ultimate Battleground Jun / 4 / 2004 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) N/A |
1 | 0:28 |
| win | Jeff Doyle | XKK - Mayhem in Marshfield May / 15 / 2004 |
TKO (Corner Stoppage) N/A |
2 | N/A |
| loss | Mike Quinlan | AFC 8 - Absolute Fighting Championships 8 May / 1 / 2004 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) Troy Waugh |
2 | 0:16 |
| win | Emyr Bussade | FCC 14 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 14 Mar / 6 / 2004 |
Decision (Unanimous) N/A |
2 | 5:00 |
| win | Kyle Helsper | FCC 13 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 13 Jan / 10 / 2004 |
Submission (Rear-Naked Choke) N/A |
2 | 2:16 |
| loss | Dan Hart | FCC 12 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 12 Oct / 18 / 2003 |
Submission (Guillotine Choke) N/A |
1 | 0:17 |
| loss | Dustin Denes | AFC 5 - Absolute Fighting Championships 5 Sep / 5 / 2003 |
Submission (Triangle Choke) N/A |
1 | 1:45 |
| win | Kyle Helsper | FCC 11 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 11 Jun / 28 / 2003 |
Submission (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
| loss | Dan Hart | FCC 10 - Freestyle Combat Challenge 10 Mar / 22 / 2003 |
KO (Punches) N/A |
1 | N/A |
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