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Revision as of 21:16, 19 November 2008
Seth "The Silverback" Petruzelli is an American professional mixed martial artist and former K-1 kickboxer. He last fought for the now-defunct EliteXC.
Mixed martial arts career
Petruzelli started training martial arts at the age of 7 and continued on training through high school, where he also played football and wrestled.[1]
Petruzelli was a member of the cast of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's The Ultimate Fighter 2 as a heavyweight. He was eliminated in the semi-finals by Brad Imes after having defeated Dan Christison by unanimous decision in an elimination bout. He later had the opportunity to fight in the UFC in 2006, but was cut after losses to Matt Hamill and Wilson Gouveia.
On October 4, 2008, at EliteXC: Heat, he defeated Kimbo Slice in 14 seconds by TKO. He was offered the fight as a stand-in after Ken Shamrock received a cut over his left eye in pre-fight practice and was forced to back out.[2]
Controversy
On October 6, 2008, two days after the fight with Slice, he told the The Monsters In The Morning radio show:
The promoters kinda hinted to me and they gave me the money to stand and throw with him, they didn't want me to take him down. Let's just put it that way. It was worth my while to try and stand up punch him.[3][4]
EliteXC Vice President Jared Shaw immediately denied what could be perceived as them trying to fix the fight,[3] and Petruzelli later clarified his statement telling respectively Yahoo! Sports and FiveOuncesofPain.com:
What that meant was they offer a knockout bonus, submission bonuses, fight of the night bonuses. I think it just got misconstrued. I wanted to have an exciting fight and I wanted the knock out bonus so I wanted to keep it standing. [...] They just said, ‘we want to see an exciting fight no matter what happens.’ I took it as I wanted the knockout bonus.[3]
What was meant to be said was that I wanted to keep the fight standing for myself because I knew that was what the crowd, the promoters, and everyone wanted to see because that’s more exciting than just taking someone to the ground. That was my thing only. I wanted to keep it exciting so I decided to keep it standing. It had nothing to do with anybody else. That was all me.[5]
On October 23, 2008, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation concluded its investigation of the bout and found no wrongdoing.[6]
Personal life
He was born in Cape Coral, Florida.[1] He has been married for two years to his wife.[3] After his fight with Sean Sallee he took a year off from fighting and opened a Smoothie King franchise with his wife, Leslie, in Winter Springs, Florida. He also plans to open another smoothie bar in San Diego, California within 2008.[7]
MMA record
| 10 Wins - 4 Losses - 0 Draw | ||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round, Time | |
| 10/4/2008 | Win |  Kimbo Slice |
EliteXC: Heat | TKO (Strikes) | Round 1, 0:14 | |
| 10/27/2007 | Win | Sean Sallee |
KF - Knight Fight | TKO | Round 1, 2:58 | |
| 4/5/2007 | Loss |  Wilson Gouveia |
UFC Fight Night 9 | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Round 2, 0:39 | |
| 2/2/2007 | Win | Bernard Rutherford |
UWC - Ultimate Warrior Challenge | KO | Round 1, 1:47 | |
| 10/10/2006 | Loss | Matt Hamill |
UFC: Ortiz vs. Shamrock 3 | Decision (Unanimous) | Round 3, 5:00 | |
| 1/24/2004 | Win | Dan Severn |
KOTC 32 - Bringing Heat | Decision (Unanimous) | Round 3, 5:00 | |
| 2/21/2003 | Win | Brian Hawkins |
KOTC 21 - Invasion | TKO | Round 1, 2:21 | |
| 11/1/2002 | Win | Rocky Batastini |
KOTC 18 - Sudden Impact | TKO (Strikes) | Round 1, 4:04 | |
| 2/23/2002 | Win |  Mike Ward |
CW 1 - Cage Wars 1 | TKO (Cut) | Round 1, N/A | |
| 12/29/2001 | Win | Keith Fielder |
RSF 6 - Mayhem in Myers | TKO (Towel) | Round 1, 2:10 | |
| 11/10/2001 | Win | Victor Majuskaus |
WVF - Battlejax | TKO | Round 1, 0:29 | |
| 6/30/2001 | Loss | Gan McGee |
WEC 1: Princes of Pain | Submission (Heel Hook) | Round 1, 1:25 | |
| 6/9/2001 | Loss | Mario Neto |
WVC 13 | Submission | Round 1, 17:36 | |
| 8/26/2000 | Win | Nate Robinson |
WVF - Battlejax | KO | Round 1, 1:29 | |
K-1 Kickboxing Record
| 0 Wins - 2 Losses - 0 Draw | ||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round, Time | |
| 5/30/2004 | Loss |  Alexander Pitchkounov |
Ichigeki Kyokushin vs K-1 All Out Battle | TKO | Round 2, 2:18 | |
| 3/27/2004 | Loss | Bob Sapp |
K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 | KO (elbow injury) | Round 1, 0:57 | |
References
- ^ a b "Seth Petruzelli on FightResouce". FightResource. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ "Petruzelli Shocks Slice". Sherdog. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ a b c d "Petruzelli in center of Elite XC storm". Yahoo.
- ^ "Monsters in the Morning interview with Seth Petruzelli". WTKS-FM. October 6, 2008.
- ^ Caplan, Seth (October 6, 2008). "Petruzelli disputes reports he received a bribe to keep Slice fight a standup affair". FiveOunceOfPain.com.
- ^ ProElite exonerated of wrongdoing in Slice-Petruzelli fight
- ^ Seth Petruzelli interview with FiveOuncesOfPain.com