Charles Daniel Bennett (born November 23, 1979) is a mixed American martial artist currently competing in the Featherweight division. As a professional competitor since 1999, he has competed in PRIDE Fighting Championships, Rizin FF, EliteXC, King of Cage, World Extreme Fighting, and ShoXC.
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Bennett was born in Gainesville, Florida and is the second oldest of 11 children. Bennett lived in Gainesville for the first eight years of his life before moving to Ocala, Florida to live with his father after his mother was arrested on drug charges. Bennett had a difficult time when he came from a broken house, often got into a fight, and both parents abused cocaine. Growing up, Bennett is a "scapegoat" family, but very athletic and talented football player in high school, where he plays back racing, midfielders, and even the defensive midfielder despite his small body. However, Bennett was expelled from the team during his second year. During his freshman year, his father drove him out of the house and Bennett eventually dropped out of school before turning his attention to selling narcotics. On the sidelines of a prison assignment, he found a newspaper ad for a mixed martial sports center in Ocala and decided to sign up and join the gym. His coach was impressed with his speed and strength, but Bennett is still dealing with drugs. Finally, he gave up drug dealing and focused on mixed martial arts, with the birth of his first child as his primary motivation to change his lifestyle even though he continued to be arrested on drug charges until 2011. He also praised the king of Cage owners Terry Trebilcock Jr. to help Bennett change his life.
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Mixed martial art
Initial career
Bennett made his professional debut when he was only 19 years old in Georgia in 1999 and lost the battle through filing. In the next bout a year later, he received his first professional victory after he defeated his opponent with a first-half slam. Bennett then made his debut for the promotion of World Extreme Fighting and faced the veteran UFC and Bellator of the future, Rich Clementi. Bennett lost the battle after he knocked for an attack in the first half. Bennett won the next two bouts through a strike before making his King of the Cage debut against the veteran UFC candidate and K-1 kickboxer Duane Ludwig. Bennett lost after he filed for exhaustion in the second half. Bennett then won 9 out of 10 subsequent battles, including victories over former UFC US and UFC fighters of the future, Gerald Strebendt through filings due to strikes. His four-game winning streak was taken by prospective Pancrase Featherweight champion Takumi Nakayama through delivery.
PRIDE Fighting Championships
With a 12-5 record, Bennett made his PRIDE debut against former Shooto Lightweight Champion and Future PRIDE Lightweight, Takanori Gomi in PRIDE Bushido 5 in what was also Bennett's overseas debut. Bennett lost through the kimura in the first round. After returning to King of the Cage where he achieved mixed results, Bennett returned to PRIDE on PRIDE Bushido 7 against former Bantamweight Champion DEEP Yoshiro Maeda. Bennett won through the knockout system in under two minutes in one of the greatest wins of his career.
Bennett made his next appearance for promotion in PRIDE Bushido 9 against former DEEP Featherweight Champion and former DEEP Lightweight Champion, Dokonjonosuke Mishima. Bennett lost the battle through shipping. After losing the King of the Cage Bantamweight Championship championship against WEC Featherweight Urijah Faber, Bennett made PRIDE's performance at PRIDE Shockwave 2005 against Japanese war fighter Ken Kaneko, and won through the armbar submission. After winning the fight, Bennett overcame the referee in response to a yellow card.
After his fight with Kaneko, Bennett was involved in a backstage fight with Cristiano Marcello, a member of the Chute Boxe Academy and current UFC fighters. In a video posted on Chute Boxe's official website, Bennett was seen attacking the Chute Boxe fighter, Cristiano Marcello. Bennett supposedly insulted the Chute Boxe Academy and Wanderlei Silva, which sparked a fight between Marcello and Bennett. Bennett was charged at Marcello while throwing a punch, and the two men went to the ground where Marcello put Bennett to sleep with a triangle choke before the fight broke up. Bennett claimed that he beat Wanderlei Silva during close range.
Bennett made his final appearance for the organization in 2006 on PRIDE Bushido 11 against former Shooto Lightweight Champion Tatsuya Kawajiri. Bennett lost the battle through the kneebar in the first round. Bennett holds a 2-3 record with promotions.
EliteXC
Bennett fights at EliteXC: Fate against current UFC fighters and former Strikeforce veteran KJ Noons, who will become EliteXC Lightweight Champion two fights later. After a war of words in a press conference before the fight, Bennett defeated Hawaii through the knockout system in great annoyance.
ShoXC and other businesses
In 2004, Bennett, along with fighters Din Thomas and Aaron Riley, appeared in Chris Fuller's film Loren Cass.
In 2007, Bennett missed a fight in San Jose, California, because he missed his flight from Florida - just released from prison. Recently, Bennett lost to old rivals Victor Valenzuela in a rematch at ShoXC on 25 August. Before the battle with Valenzuela, both of them had fought with controversial lotteries, which sparked feuds. On January 24, 2008, Bennett was supposed to fight Victor Valenzuela in the King of the Cage event. However, Bennett was arrested for domestic dispute and faced several charges including strikes. His bout with Valenzuela will be postponed.
Bennett is known by his fans for his entertaining behavior. Bennett did not actually start training every day for his fight until he received his 22nd career loss.
In the video game UFC Undisputed 2010 , the nickname "Krazy Horse" is available for use on specially crafted fighter, after being bought in the in-game store.
Bennett appeared on trial for The Ultimate Fighter: Team GSP vs. Team Koscheck , but did not make it to the last player.
On January 16, 2011 Bennett trained at a gym in Bernalillo County, New Mexico and engaged in a physical quarrel with his teammate. According to police reports, anger struck between the two and other fighter knocked down Bennett, who then dressed and left the building but returned 15 minutes later with a heavy iron piece and attacked the fighter from behind. He was charged with an aggravated battery.
Return to MMA
After being away from the sport for almost three years, Bennett returned to the active MMA competition in October 2015 for his former organization, King of the Cage. Bennett fought six times in the next eleven months and recorded a record of four wins and two defeats.
In September 2016 Bennett competed in the 2016 World Grand Prix of the Rizin Federation of Struggle in Japan. He defeated Minoru Kimura by TKO at 0:07 seconds in the first round.
Legal issues
Bennett was first arrested when he was 17 years old due to a compounded battery but the case was dropped. In 1998, he was arrested twice for possession of cocaine. His first arrests were dismissed and his second arrest included distribution, large thefts, and holding under an ounce of marijuana. He received an adjudication on four crimes and one alleged offense.
Between 1999 and 2009, he was arrested 14 times on the charge including selling cocaine, robbery, batteries worsened in pregnant women, and possession of MDMA. The allegations on pregnant women in 2002 were dropped and he was found guilty of two drug charges in 2000 and 2001 and also found guilty of other batteries exacerbated in 2008, stemming from a domestic dispute.
Bennett was charged for batteries compounded by the Sheral Bernalillo Department after the incident on January 16, 2011. In 2013, he was again arrested for batteries.
Personal life
Bennett is divorced and has one child.
Mixed mixed martial art
See also
- List of mixed male martial artists
References
External links
- Professional MMA record for Charles Bennett of Sherdog
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