Carlos
Condit was for years one of the most violent men in mixed
martial arts and more than lived up to “The Natural Born Killer”
moniker he bore. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, native celebrates his
40th birthday on April 26.
Condit rose to prominence in the
World Extreme Cagefighting promotion, where he captured the
vacant welterweight crown with a second-round rear-naked choke
submission of
John Alessio
in the WEC 26 main event on March 24, 2007. He successfully
retained the title on three occasions—he beat
Brock
Larson,
Carlo Prater
and
Hiromitsu
Miura in succession—before crossing over to the
Ultimate Fighting Championship as part of the UFC-WEC merger.
Condit tested himself against some of the sport’s premier
welterweights inside the Octagon, from
Rory
MacDonald and
Georges St.
Pierre to
Johny
Hendricks and
Tyron
Woodley, laying claim to the interim welterweight crown with a
five-round unanimous decision over former
Strikeforce
champion
Nick Diaz in
February 2012. However, he may be best remembered for his
unforgettable 25-minute war with
Robbie
Lawler in a failed bid to land undisputed gold at UFC 195.
Lawler escaped with a contentious split decision, as the two men
combined to land 268 significant strikes against one another in a
“Fight of the Year” contender. Condit retired from MMA competition
with a 32-14 career record—28 of his wins resulted in finishes—in
2021 following a unanimous decision defeat to
Max Griffin
at UFC 264.
Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of April:
APRIL 1
Vitor
Belfort, 47
Justin
Davis, 41
Jeremy
Spoon, 39
Jerod
Spoon, 39
Aaron
Johnson, 38
Hiromasa
Ougikubo, 37
Derek
Campos, 36
Ramsey
Nijem, 36
Mohammed
Usman, 35
Denis
Smoldarev, 35
Jin Soo
Son, 31
Marcos
Brigagao, 28
APRIL 2
Sylvain
Potard, 44
Luiz
Cane, 43
Adrian
Cruz, 42
Claudio
Ledesma, 41
Cole
Konrad, 40
Yi Sak Kim,
38
Ilima-Lei
Macfarlane, 34
Stefan
Vojcak, 34
Tetsuya
Yamada, 34
Sharaf
Davlatmurodov, 32
Kevin
Natividad, 31
Benedict
Ang, 28
APRIL 3
Rhadi
Ferguson, 51
Chael
Sonnen, 47
Kazunori
Yokota, 46
Estevan
Payan, 42
Travis
Reddinger, 42
Sunoto
Peringkat, 39
Gabriel
Checco, 38
Perry
Filkins, 36
William
Knight, 36
Michael
Lombardo, 34
Magomed
Umalatov, 32
Islam
Visaitov, 23
APRIL 4
Stephan
Bonnar, 1977-2022
Ray
Mercer, 63
Carlos
Alexandre Pereira, 45
Rafael
Cavalcante, 44
Ran
Weathers, 42
Nate
Andrews, 40
Brian
Foster, 40
Isaac
Villanueva, 40
Riku
Shibuya, 39
Ruben
Esparza, 36
Dustin
Jacoby, 36
Erikas
Golubovskis, 23
APRIL 5
James
Wilks, 46
Benji
Radach, 45
Bobbi Jo
Dalziel, 38
Nicholas
Musoke, 38
Claudia
Zamora, 38
Darren Smith
Jr., 37
Cole
Smith, 35
Simon
Biyong, 33
Said
Nurmagomedov, 32
Alton
Meeks, 30
Jianbing
Yang, 30
Gilbert
Urbina, 28
APRIL 6
Charlie
Rader, 42
Nate
Moore, 41
Marcus
Brimage, 39
Alen
Amedovski, 36
Geje
Eustaquio, 35
Doo Ho
Choi, 33
Radu
Maxim, 33
Alexander
Poppeck, 32
Benito
Lopez, 30
John
Sweeney, 29
Darragh
Kelly, 26
Mario
Piazzon, 26
APRIL 7
Paul
Creighton, 54
Ryan
Schultz, 47
David
Baggett, 44
Russ
Miura, 43
Batsumberel
Dagvadorj, 37
Michael
Page, 37
Azamat
Gashimov, 34
Andre
Fialho, 30
Yaozong
Hu, 29
A.J.
McKee, 29
Raz
Bring, 28
Mariya
Agapova, 27
APRIL 8
Bobby
Ologun, 51
Kestutis
Smirnovas, 48
Isaac
Vallie-Flagg, 46
Ovince St.
Preux, 41
Daniel
Downes, 38
Rocky
Lee, 37
Andrew
Sanchez, 36
Milana
Dudieva, 35
Manny
Lozoya, 35
Vitor
Resende, 34
Taylor
Lapilus, 32
Julija
Stoliarenko, 31
APRIL 9
Bernard
Ackah, 52
Roman
Mitichyan, 46
Kevin
Engel, 44
Phil
Harris, 41
Kelly
Faszholz, 40
Andrew
McInnes, 39
Yushi
Sakura, 36
Katharina
Lehner, 34
Frantz
Slioa, 33
Itso
Babulaidze, 31
Nate
Smith, 29
Mitchell
Sipe, 28
APRIL 10
Rony
Sefo, 52
Magnus
Cedenblad, 42
Luis
Alberto Nogueira, 42
Sakae
Kasuya, 41
Michal
Materla, 40
Shinji
Maeguchi, 39
Javier
Torres, 39
James
Moontasri, 36
Lewis
Long, 35
Royce
White, 33
Abdul-Kareem
Al-Selwady, 29
Daiqwon
Buckley, 28
APRIL 11
Gary
Quan, 53
Shungo
Oyama, 50
Jan
Nortje, 49
Eddie
Sanchez, 42
Czar
Sklavos, 42
Arlene
Blencowe, 41
Krasimir
Mladenov, 38
Kailin
Curran, 33
Sidney
Outlaw, 32
Tom
Aspinall, 31
Evan
Elder, 27
Sanzhar
Zakirov, 21
APRIL 12
Nobuhiko
Takada, 62
Mikey
Burnett, 50
Alida
Gray, 47
Roman
Savochka, 46
Gilbert
Melendez, 42
Joe
Wilk, 42
Robert
Whiteford, 41
Brent
Primus, 39
Tiago
dos Santos e Silva, 37
Ricky
Glenn, 35
Michal
Andryszak, 32
Fernie
Garcia, 32
APRIL 13
Emi
Tomimatsu, 42
Ben
Saunders, 41
Bilal
Williams, 41
Mehdi
Baghdad, 39
Yuko
Oya, 37
Luke
Barnatt, 36
Justine
Kish, 36
Miranda
Granger, 32
Kamuela
Kirk, 30
Rafael
Costa, 27
Long
Xiao, 26
Kanata
Nagai, 19
APRIL 14
Amaury
Bitetti, 55
Ebenezer
Fontes Braga, 55
Anderson
Silva, 49
Jessica
Rakoczy, 47
Anthony
Hamilton, 44
Jack
May, 43
Bobby
Brents, 42
Jussier
Formiga, 39
Sarah
Frota, 37
Nad
Narimani, 37
Marina
Shafir, 36
Vladimir
Tokov, 28
APRIL 15
Keith
Hackney, 66
Enson
Inoue, 57
Crafton
Wallace, 52
Mike
Dolce, 48
Kenichi
Hattori, 46
Ricardo
Romero, 46
Leonardo
Guimaraes, 42
Tae
Hyun Bang, 41
Magomed
Saadulaev, 40
Gabrielle
Holloway, 34
Carlos
Mota, 29
Bibert
Tumenov, 27
APRIL 16
Eldari
Kurtanidze, 52
Phil
Baroni, 48
Ralph
Acosta, 43
Gina
Carano, 42
Adam
Khaliev, 40
Jason
Norwood, 40
Nate
Diaz, 39
Pat
Audinwood, 38
Alexandre
Pantoja, 34
April
Osenio, 30
Islam
Konchiev, 24
Luana
Santos, 24
APRIL 17
Cheri
Muraski, 45
Ron
Keslar, 44
Benjamin
Smith, 44
Kana
Hyatt, 43
Martin
Kampmann, 42
Tyron
Woodley, 42
Siyar
Bahadurzada, 40
Jumabieke
Tuerxun, 38
Nick
Pace, 37
Zayundin
Suleymanov, 28
Usman
Nurmagomedov, 26
Rashi
Shinde, 24
APRIL 18
Jan
Finney, 44
Ion
Pascu, 42
Garrett
Scott, 41
Grigory
Popov, 40
Rameau
Thierry Sokoudjou, 40
Corey
Jackson, 36
Alexandr
Shabliy, 31
Chibwikem
Onyenegecha, 30
Artur
Soloviev, 30
Yanan
Wu, 28
Ivan
Podrugin, 23
Eduard
Bagratunyan, 21
APRIL 19
Thomas
Denny, 53
Dokonjonosuke
Mishima, 52
Antonio
Mendes, 43
Zach
Makovsky, 41
Farkhad
Sharipov, 40
Bryson
Hansen, 38
Kelli
Gottardo, 37
Pascal
Krauss, 37
Dan
Ring, 36
Michal
Martinek, 34
Kaleio
Romero, 28
Yuki
Ito, 27
APRIL 20
Dean
Storey, 56
Allan
Goes, 53
Sheila
Bird, 48
Moise
Rimbon, 47
Daiju
Takase, 47
Nate
Marquardt, 45
Tyson
Griffin, 40
Errol
Zimmerman, 38
Kyle
Nelson, 33
Cory
Sandhagen, 32
Jonathan
Martinez, 30
Muslim
Khazhmuratov, 21
APRIL 21
Kajan
Johnson, 40
Eryk
Anders, 37
Ronny
Markes, 36
Alex
Oliveira, 36
Adriano
Moraes, 35
Paulo
Costa, 33
Saimon
Oliveira, 33
Brett
Martin, 30
Meng
Bo, 28
Justin
Montalvo, 28
Claudio
Puelles, 28
Igor
da Silva, 21
APRIL 22
Mont
McMullens, 51
Frank
Tate, 48
Eric
Schambari, 46
Travis
Clark, 45
Ben
Moa, 43
Andy
Nguyen, 42
Alonzo
Martinez, 40
Parker
Porter, 39
Lena
Ovchynnikova, 37
Chris
Gutierrez, 33
Logan
Urban, 30
Jerome
Rivera, 29
APRIL 23
Josh
Bryant, 44
Brandon
Sayles, 43
Diego
Saraiva, 42
Shanon
Slack, 41
Chris
Herrera, 40
Sam
Stout, 40
Cass
Bell, 37
Juan Manuel
Puig, 35
Lisa
Mauldin, 34
Ibo
Aslan, 28
Khonry
Gracie, 27
Dmytrii
Hrytsenko, 27
APRIL 24
Marcio
Cruz, 46
Achmed
Labasanov, 46
Cosmo
Alexandre, 42
Shoji
Maruyama, 41
Alan
Belcher, 40
Daniel
Madrid, 40
Germaine
de Randamie, 40
Nick
Hein, 40
Michael
Chandler, 38
Montel
Jackson, 32
Jhonata
Silva, 27
Gabriel
Braga, 26
APRIL 25
Kazuo
Misaki, 48
Alexandre
Ferreira, 45
Clifford
Starks, 43
LaRue
Burley, 40
Paul
Felder, 39
T.J.
Waldburger, 36
Enrique
Barzola, 35
Rakim
Cleveland, 35
Leonardo
Mafra Texeira, 35
Rogerio
Bontorin, 32
Uros
Medic, 31
Julio
Cesar Neves Jr., 30
APRIL 26
David
“Tank” Abbott, 59
Megumi
Fujii, 50
Bobby
Voelker, 45
Carlos
Condit, 40
Cole
Miller, 40
Bartosz
Fabinski, 38
Brian
Houston, 37
Marlon
Moraes, 36
Carlton
Minus, 31
Mason
Jones, 29
Cristian
Quinonez, 28
Isai
Ramos, 23
APRIL 27
Paul
Cressaty, 53
Luke
Cummo, 44
Derek
Downey, 44
Steve
Swanson, 44
Ricardo
Abreu, 40
Sijara
Eubanks, 39
Justin
Wren, 37
Cameron
Else, 33
Jesse
Stirn, 32
Joaquin
Buckley, 30
Noelle
Grandjean, 28
Esteban
Ribovics, 28
APRIL 28
Joe
Johnson, 59
Billy
Miles, 46
Brandon
Foxworth, 45
Leopoldo
Serao, 45
Takasuke
Kume, 39
Davy
Gallon, 35
Jonavin
Webb, 35
Darrick
Minner, 34
Justin
Gonzales, 33
Kathryn
Paprocki, 31
Kevem
Felipe, 30
Bartosz
Lesko, 28
APRIL 29
Raymond
Daniels, 44
Tim
Gorman, 41
Valerie
Letourneau, 41
John
Cofer, 40
Kyle
Dietz, 38
Dustin
Hazelett, 38
Marina
Rodriguez, 37
Gaetano
Pirrello, 32
Andrew
Lazo, 30
Aiden
Lee, 29
Kantemir
Shibzukhov, 24
Nikita
Dobryakov, 20
APRIL 30
Todd
Medina, 54
Jeff
Joslin, 49
Yoel
Romero, 47
Charmaine
Tweet, 47
Jimmy
Yabo, 43
Al
Iaquinta, 37
Sarah
Moras, 36
Kinberly
Tanaka Novaes, 33
Smealinho
Rama, 32
J.P.
Buys, 28
Dayane
de Souza Cardoso, 28
Brady
Hiestand, 25