Paul Buentello

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Paul Anthony "The Headhunter" Buentello is an American mixed martial artist who has competed in major mixed martial organizations such as KOTC, the UFC, Strikeforce, and Affliction. He competes as a Heavyweight.


Image:buentello.jpg NamePaul Buentella
NicknameThe Headhunter
AssociationAmerican Kickboxing Academy
Weight ClassHeavyweight
StyleKickboxing
Birth DateJanuary 16, 1974
Fighting Out OfAmarillo, Texas
CountryUSA


Professional Record

Record26 - 10 - 0 (Win – Loss – Draw)
Wins16 (T)KOs
9 Submissions
1 Decisions
Losses2 (T)KOs
7 Submissions
1 Decisions


Result Opponent Method Event Title Date Round Time Notes
Win Gary Goodridge Decision (Unanimous) Affliction: Banned 7/19/2008 3 5:00
Loss Alistair Overeem Submission (Knees to the Body) Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives 11/16/2007 2 3:42 For Strikeforce World Heavyweight title
Win Carter Williams KO (Punch) Strikeforce-EliteXC: Shamrock vs. Baroni 6/22/2007 2 0:10
Win Ruben Villareal TKO (Corner Stoppage) Strikeforce: Triple Threat 12/08/2006 2 3:57
Win David Abbott KO (Punch) Strikeforce: Tank vs. Buentello 10/07/2006 1 0:43
Win Gilbert Aldana TKO (Strikes) UFC 57: Liddell vs. Couture 3 2/04/2006 2 2:27
Loss Andrei Arlovski KO (Punch) UFC 55: Fury 10/07/2005 1 0:15
Win Kevin Jordan Submission (Guillotine Choke) UFC 53: Heavy Hitters 6/04/2005 1 4:00
Win Justin Eilers KO (Punch) UFC 51: Super Saturday 2/05/2005 1 3:34
Win Bo Cantrell KO (Punches) KOTC: Revenge 11/14/2004 1 0:45
Win Lloyd Marshbanks TKO EP: XXXtreme Impact 12/28/2003 1 2:57
Win Bobby Hoffman Submission (Verbal) KOTC 30: The Pinnacle 11/02/2003 2 N/A
Win Andy Montana KO (Head Kick) ROTR 4: Rumble on the Rock 4 10/10/2003 1 2:09
Loss Bobby Hoffman Decision (Unanimous) KOTC 27: Aftermath 8/10/2003 3 5:00
Win Mike Kyle KO KOTC 18: Sudden Impact 11/01/2002 2 1:24
Win Roger Neff KO KOTC 14: New Mexico 6/19/2002 1 3:04
Win Jimmy Westfall TKO USWF 19: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 19 9/25/2001 N/A N/A
Win Gary Marshall TKO (Punches) IFC WC 15: Warriors Challenge 15 8/31/2001 1 4:53
Loss Nate Schroeder Submission IFC WC 13: Warriors Challenge 13 6/15/2001 1 4:10
Loss Sam Sotello Submission (Strikes) IFC WC 12: Warriors Challenge 12 4/11/2001 3 3:22
Loss Ricco Rodriguez Submission (Kneebar) KOTC 7: Wet and Wild 2/24/2001 2 4:21
Win Larry Parker TKO IFC WC 8: Warriors Challenge 8 6/14/2000 1 5:06
Loss Gan McGee Submission (Strikes) IFC WC 7: Warriors Challenge 7 5/03/2000 1 2:44
Win Rocky Batastini Submission (Armbar) IFC WC 7: Warriors Challenge 7 5/03/2000 1 3:47
Win Jason Godsey Submission (Strikes) IFC WC 7: Warriors Challenge 7 5/03/2000 1 6:06
Win Jimmy Westfall TKO (Corner Stoppage) AF: Amarillo Fights 12/04/1999 1 0:59
Win Denny Mathias Submission (Strikes) WCS: World Class Shootfighting 11/20/1999 N/A N/A
Win Gilbert Duran Submission (Strikes) WCS: World Class Shootfighting 11/20/1999 N/A N/A
Loss Todd Broadaway TKO (Doctor Stoppage) EC 24: Extreme Challenge 24 5/15/1999 1 6:00
Win Larry Parker KO USWF 9: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 9 6/20/1998 1 0:30
Win Shane Saavedra TKO USWF 9: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 9 6/20/1998 1 2:15
Win Dustin Heronemus Submission (Rear Naked Choke) USWF 9: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 9 6/20/1998 1 0:20
Loss Dan Severn Submission USWF 6: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 6 8/16/1997 1 2:55
Loss Evan Tanner Submission (Rear Naked Choke) USWF 4: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4 4/12/1997 1 2:20
Win David Davis Submission (Choke) USWF 4: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4 4/12/1997 1 7:35
Win Derek McGill Submission (Choke) USWF 4: Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4 4/12/1997 1 6:00


Biography

Paul grew up in Amarillo, Texas and went to school with former UFC Middleweight Champion Evan Tanner. Paul received the nickname "The Headhunter" due to his propensity, in his early years of martial arts training, to kick for the head of his opponent.


Career

In his debut in the UFC, he had an impressive win over Justin Eilers with a KO in 3:34 of the first round for his debut fight in UFC 51: Super Saturday on February 2, 2005. His next fight was against UFC veteran Kevin Jordan on UFC 53: Heavy Hitters on June 4, 2005 where Buentello won with a guillotine choke submission at 4:00 of the first round. He lost a title shot against UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei Arlovski at UFC 55: Fury on October 7, 2005. Following his loss to Arlovski, he faced off against Gilbert Aldana at UFC 57 where he won via TKO (strikes).

Buentello won his first two fights for the Strikeforce promotion. He defeated David "Tank" Abbott via KO in only 43 seconds. Most recently, he scored a Round 2 victory by stoppage over Ruben Villareal.

On the website mma.tv Buentello has stated that he is interested in fighting the famous and notorious bare knuckler boxer Kimbo Slice. Buentello has said that he has talked to Kimbo's management and a possible matchup between the two according to Buentello is "60% likely to occur, 40% unlikely to occur".

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