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'''Patrick Jay "The Croatian Sensation" Miletich''' known as '''Pat Miletich''' (Miletić in ]n) (born ], ] in ]) from ] is a ] well known for his fights within the ]. He is the founder of ], which trained some of the most talented and popular fighters in MMA, such as former ] ], former ] ], former ] ], and ] ] champion ].

== Biography ==
===Early life===
Miletich was born in ], the youngest of 5 children (2 of his brothers are deceased). One brother committed suicide, the other one died in a roadside accident. Miletich ] and played ] at Bettendorf High School. He is believed to have begun wrestling at age six. Miletich said he wanted to be a world champion in something and wrestling was something he was good at. Although Pat originally planned to pursue football after graduating high school, he eventually chose to wrestle in junior college. Shortly thereafter, his mother became ill with heart problems, and he left school to care for her. Miletich has stated in past interviews that he actually began fighting to help pay her bills.<ref></ref>

===MMA career===
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Miletich started his MMA training at age 26. Prior to this age, Miletich trained at Nick Tarpein's School of Martial Arts in Davenport, IA where he learned much of what he knows about ], ], and juijitsu. Miletich was largely influenced in his ] aspirations by his uncle, Johnny "Miller" Miletich. Johnny Miletich was a member of the U.S. boxing squad at the ] in ] and also fought professionally.<ref>[http://www.nbcsports.com/portal/site/nbcsports/menuitem.6f806e473b4cb158fb00ec22493c2d04/?vgnextoid=0d31a6e52bd14110VgnVCM10000075c1d240RCRD&cpsextcurrchannel=1 He was that hard-nosed kid who started wrestling at six, became a high school football star as well and loved hearing stories about uncle Johnny Miletich, who was on the 1932 U.S. Olympic boxing team and later fought light heavyweight champ Maxie Rosenbloom twice, a draw and a split-decision loss.
]</ref> Pat Miletich trained with coach ] at the Davenport Boxing Club. A friend from ] who refereed his kickboxing matches got him into a ] seminar. After training in ] for a year, the same friend then got him into the ''Battle of the Masters'', a MMA tournament held in Chicago in 1995.{{fact|date=August 2007}}

He continued fighting at smaller events and enjoyed success. He was undefeated through 15 fights before losing to ]. Three fights later Miletich fought in '']'' and won the first UFC ] tournament. At '']'', Miletich defeated ] to become the first UFC lightweight (under 200 lbs) champion. The UFC changed the weight class limits again in 2001, and Miletich became the champion of the new ] division.

In his fifth title defense (and first as a welterweight) at '']'' he lost to ] by submission. This was his first defeat in the UFC. His next fight was a KO win over ] at '']''. After this fight, Miletich moved up to the ] division. This was partly due to encouragement by UFC management and because his teammate, Matt Hughes, defeated Carlos Newton to win the UFC welterweight championship. Miletich returned to fight at his new weight at '']'', but quickly lost to ]. Miletich decided to take some time away from professional fighting and recover from numerous chronic injuries. Miletich was scheduled to fight ] at ''] 3'' but pulled out due to injury. He returned in September 2006 to fight ] in an ] superfight, and was submitted with a ] in the first round. Afterwards, he retired again.

Currently, Pat Miletich is the coach of the two-time IFL champions, the ]. In the first national broadcast on ], ], his team beat ] ] 4-1.

Miletich holds a third degree ] in ]. He has also trained with Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Sergio Monteiro and was awarded his BJJ black belt by Oswaldo Alves. He is the cousin to Danny Farmer, a former wide receiver for the ] football team who enjoyed a brief career in the ].{{fact|date=August 2007}}

==Personal life==
Miletich and his wife Lynn have a daughter.<ref></ref>

==MMA record==
{{start box}}
|-
|style="text-align: center" colspan=8|'''28 Wins''' (4 (T)KO's, 18 submissions, 6 decisions), '''7 Losses''' (4 (T)KO's, 2 submissions, 1 decision), '''2 Draws'''
|-
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Result'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Opponent'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Method'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Event'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Date'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Round'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Time'''
|style = "background: #f0f0f0"| '''Notes'''
|-
|Loss
|]
|Submission (])
|]: Gracie vs. Miletich
|9/23/2006
|1
|3:37
|-
|Loss
|]
|TKO (Strikes)
|]
|3/22/2002
|1
|3:09
|-
|Win
|]
|KO (Kick)
|]
|6/29/2001
|2
|2:42
|-
| Loss
|]
|Submission (Bulldog Choke)
|]
|5/4/2001
|3
|2:50
|]
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (])
|]
|12/16/2000
|2
|1:58
|-
|Loss
|]
|Decision (Majority)
|]: Millennium Combine 3
|8/23/2000
|2
|5:00
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (])
|]
|6/9/2000
|2
|1:43
|-
|Loss
|]
|TKO (Corner Stoppage)
|WEF 8: Goin' Platinum
|1/15/2000
|1
|8:00
|-
|Win
|]
|Decision
|Extreme Challenge 27
|8/21/1999
|1
|20:00
|-
|Win
|]
|TKO (Cut)
|]
|7/16/1999
|2
|2:20
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (])
|Cage Combat 2
|5/30/1999
|1
|0:40
|-
|Loss
|]
|Technical Submission (])
|SuperBrawl 11
|2/2/1999
|1
|9:22
|-
|Win
|]
|Decision
|]
|1/8/1999
|1
|21:00
|-
|Win
|]
|Decision
|]
|10/16/1998
|1
|21:00
|] title]]
|-
|Draw
|]
|Draw
|Extreme Challenge 20
|8/22/1998
|1
|20:00
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (Choke)
|Midwest Shootfighting 1
|6/27/1998
|2
|2:49
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (Choke)
|]
|3/13/1998
|1
|9:02
|]
|-
|Win
|]
|Decision
|]
|3/13/1998
|1
|15:00
|-
|Win
|]
|Decision
|Extreme Challenge Trials
|11/15/1997
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|Draw
|]
|Draw
|Extreme Challenge 9
|8/30/1997
|1
|20:00
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (])
|Extreme Challenge 7
|6/25/1997
|1
|10:46
|-
|Loss
|]
|TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
|Extreme Fighting 4
|3/28/1997
|1
|5:00
|-
|Win
|Chad Cox
|Submission
|Extreme Challenge 3
|2/15/1997
|1
|1:84
|-
|Win
|Paul Kimbro
|Submission (])
|Extreme Challenge 2
|2/1/1997
|1
|5:13
|-
|Win
|Jason Nicholsen
|Decision (Unanimous)
|SuperBrawl 3
|1/17/1997
|1
|15:00
|-
|Win
|Earl Loucks
|Submission (])
|Extreme Challenge 1
|11/23/1996
|1
|7:00
|-
|Win
|Pat Assalone
|Submission (])
|Brawl at the Ballpark 1
|9/1/1996
|1
|4:01
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (Strikes)
|Gladiators 1
|7/26/1996
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|Win
|]
|TKO (Doctor Stoppage)
|Quad City Ultimate 2
|5/11/1996
|1
|15:53
|-
|Win
|Andrey Dudko
|Submission (])
|Battle of the Masters 2
|2/10/1996
|1
|2:49
|-
|Win
|Bob Gholson
|KO
|Battle of the Masters 2
|2/10/1996
|1
|2:20
|-
|Win
|Rick Graveson
|Submission (])
|Battle of the Masters 2
|2/10/1996
|1
|0:46
|-
|Win
|Rick Graveson
|Submission (])
|Quad City Ultimate 1
|1/20/1996
|1
|1:53
|-
|Win
|Ed McLennan
|Submission (])
|Quad City Ultimate 1
|1/20/1996
|1
|1:28
|-
|Win
|Kevin Marino
|Submission (])
|Battle of the Masters 1
|10/28/1995
|1
|3:49
|-
|Win
|Angelo Rivera
|Submission (])
|Battle of the Masters 1
|10/28/1995
|1
|1:40
|-
|Win
|]
|Submission (])
|Battle of the Masters 1
|10/28/1995
|1
|7:40
{{end box}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{Sherdog|id=188|name=Pat Miletich}}

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