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Chris Kelades
American mixed martial arts fighter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Chris Kelades (born February 21, 1981), is a Canadian mixed martial artist and former interim M-1 Challenge Flyweight champion.[3] He previously competed in the Flyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional MMA competitor since 2009, Kelades made a name for himself fighting mostly in his native country. In 2014, he also fought for Bellator MMA, M-1 Global.[4]
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Mixed martial arts career
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Early career
Chris Kelades began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu which led into training wrestling and striking. He currently holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.[5] Chris would amass a 6–0 record before signing with Bellator, but would drop a decision for the promotion at Bellator 119.[6] He would bounce back with a win in July 2014.[7]
Ultimate Fighting Championship
After his win at Extreme Cage Combat 21 in July, Kelades signed with the UFC.[8]
Kelades did his promotional debut on one week short notice replacing an injured Louis Gaudinot against Paddy Holohan on October 4, 2014, at UFC Fight Night: MacDonald vs. Saffiedine.[9] Despite being a heavy underdog, Kelades won via unanimous decision.[10] The fight earned the Fight of the Night bonus.[11]
Kelades faced Ray Borg on February 14, 2015, at UFC Fight Night: Henderson vs. Thatch.[12] Borg won the one sided fight via submission in the third round.[13]
Kelades next faced Chris Beal on August 23, 2015, at UFC Fight Night 74.[14] He won the fight via split decision.[15]
Kelades faced Sergio Pettis on April 23, 2016, at UFC 197.[16] He lost the fight by unanimous decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.[17]
Post UFC Career
Kelades would head to Legacy Fighting Alliance to pick up a decision win against Tyler Shinn on August 4, 2017, before heading to compete in Russia for M-1 Global making his debut at M-1 Challenge 86 - Buchinger vs. Dalgiev against Oleg Lichkovakha, he won the fight due to submission via kimura in round 3.
On June 1, 2018, Kaledes fought Alexander Pletenko at M-1 Challenge 93 - Shlemenko vs. Silva, he would lose the fight via unanimous decision.
Kelades next faced Sergey Klyuev on September 28, 2018, in a Bantamweight contest at M-1 Challenge 97 - Bogatov vs. Pereira. He would win the fight via unanimous decision.
On August 3, 2019, Kelades rematched Alexander Pletenko for the interim M-1 Challenge Flyweight Championship at M-1 Challenge 103 - Pletenko vs. Kelades. Kelades would go on to win the fight via unanimous decision earning the M-1 Challenge Flyweight title.
Kelades would next face Asu Almabayev at M-1 Challenge 105 - Morozov vs. Rettinghouse on October 19, 2019. he would lose the bout via unanimous decision relinquishing the M-1 Challenge Flyweight title.[18]
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Mixed martial arts record
| 20 matches | 15 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 2 | 0 |
| By submission | 4 | 1 |
| By decision | 9 | 4 |
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