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| Pat was born in Davenport,Iowa and was the youngest of 5 children (2 of his brothers are deceased). Miletich wrestled and played football at Bettendorf High School. He is believed to have begun wrestling as early as the age of 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 would eventually choose to wrestle in junior college. Shortly thereafter, his mother became ill with heart problems. As a result, Pat left school to care for her. Pat has stated in past interviews that he actually began fighting to assist with paying her bills | Pat was born in Davenport, Iowa and was the youngest of 5 children (2 of his brothers are deceased). Miletich wrestled and played football at Bettendorf High School. He is believed to have begun wrestling as early as the age of 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 would eventually choose to wrestle in junior college. Shortly thereafter, his mother became ill with heart problems. As a result, Pat left school to care for her. Pat has stated in past interviews that he actually began fighting to assist with paying her bills | ||
| Pat started his MMA training at an age of 26. He had previously trained in Karate, kickboxing and boxing. Miletich was largely influenced in his boxing aspirations by his uncle, Johnny "Miller" Miletich. Johnny Miletich was a member of the U.S. boxing squad at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and also fought professionally. Pat Miletich trained with Coach Alvino Peña at the Davenport Boxing Club. A friend from Chicago who refereed his kickboxing matches got him into a Renzo Gracie seminar. After training in BJJ for a year, the same friend then got him into the "Battle of the Masters", a MMA tournament held in Chicago 1n 1995. He continued fighting at smaller events and enjoyed success. He was undefeated through 15 fights before losing to Matt Hume. 3 fights later Pat fought in UFC 16 and won the first UFC Lightweight Tournament. At UFC Brazil:Ultimate Brazil, Pat defeated Mikey Burnett 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 Welterweight division. Pat defended his title for the fifth time overall (first as welterweight) against Carlos Newton at UFC 31 and lost by submission. This was his first defeat in the UFC. His next fight was a KO win over Shonie Carter at UFC 32. After this fight, Pat moved up to the middleweight 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. Pat returned to fight at his new weight at UFC 36 but lost quickly to Matt Lindland. Miletich decided to take some time away from professional fighting and recover from numerous chronic injuries. Miletich was scheduled to fight Frank Trigg at WFA 3 but pulled out due to injury. Pat has not fought since but has never formally retired. | Pat started his MMA training at an age of 26. He had previously trained in Karate, kickboxing and boxing. Miletich was largely influenced in his boxing aspirations by his uncle, Johnny "Miller" Miletich. Johnny Miletich was a member of the U.S. boxing squad at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and also fought professionally. Pat Miletich trained with Coach Alvino Peña at the Davenport Boxing Club. A friend from Chicago who refereed his kickboxing matches got him into a Renzo Gracie seminar. After training in BJJ for a year, the same friend then got him into the "Battle of the Masters", a MMA tournament held in Chicago 1n 1995. He continued fighting at smaller events and enjoyed success. He was undefeated through 15 fights before losing to Matt Hume. 3 fights later Pat fought in UFC 16 and won the first UFC Lightweight Tournament. At UFC Brazil:Ultimate Brazil, Pat defeated Mikey Burnett 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 Welterweight division. Pat defended his title for the fifth time overall (first as welterweight) against Carlos Newton at UFC 31 and lost by submission. This was his first defeat in the UFC. His next fight was a KO win over Shonie Carter at UFC 32. After this fight, Pat moved up to the middleweight 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. Pat returned to fight at his new weight at UFC 36 but lost quickly to Matt Lindland. Miletich decided to take some time away from professional fighting and recover from numerous chronic injuries. Miletich was scheduled to fight Frank Trigg at WFA 3 but pulled out due to injury. Pat has not fought since but has never formally retired. | ||
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Pat "The Croatian Sensation" Miletich (Miletić in Croatian) from Bettendorf, Iowa is a mixed martial artist well known for his fights within the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is the founder of Miletich Fighting Systems, which has some of the most talented and popular fighters within MMA, such as the current UFC Welterweight champion Matt Hughes, former and current UFC heavyweight champion "The Maine-iac" Tim Sylvia and rising star "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler.
Biography
Pat was born in Davenport, Iowa and was the youngest of 5 children (2 of his brothers are deceased). Miletich wrestled and played football at Bettendorf High School. He is believed to have begun wrestling as early as the age of 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 would eventually choose to wrestle in junior college. Shortly thereafter, his mother became ill with heart problems. As a result, Pat left school to care for her. Pat has stated in past interviews that he actually began fighting to assist with paying her bills
Pat started his MMA training at an age of 26. He had previously trained in Karate, kickboxing and boxing. Miletich was largely influenced in his boxing aspirations by his uncle, Johnny "Miller" Miletich. Johnny Miletich was a member of the U.S. boxing squad at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles and also fought professionally. Pat Miletich trained with Coach Alvino Peña at the Davenport Boxing Club. A friend from Chicago who refereed his kickboxing matches got him into a Renzo Gracie seminar. After training in BJJ for a year, the same friend then got him into the "Battle of the Masters", a MMA tournament held in Chicago 1n 1995. He continued fighting at smaller events and enjoyed success. He was undefeated through 15 fights before losing to Matt Hume. 3 fights later Pat fought in UFC 16 and won the first UFC Lightweight Tournament. At UFC Brazil:Ultimate Brazil, Pat defeated Mikey Burnett 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 Welterweight division. Pat defended his title for the fifth time overall (first as welterweight) against Carlos Newton at UFC 31 and lost by submission. This was his first defeat in the UFC. His next fight was a KO win over Shonie Carter at UFC 32. After this fight, Pat moved up to the middleweight 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. Pat returned to fight at his new weight at UFC 36 but lost quickly to Matt Lindland. Miletich decided to take some time away from professional fighting and recover from numerous chronic injuries. Miletich was scheduled to fight Frank Trigg at WFA 3 but pulled out due to injury. Pat has not fought since but has never formally retired.
Miletich holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Shorei ryu Karate. Pat has also trained with BJJ Black Belt Segio Monteiro and was awarded his BJJ Blackbelt by Oswaldo Alves
MMA Record
28 wins (4 (T)KO's, 18 submissions, 6 decisions), 6 losses (4 (T)KO's, 1 submission, 1 decision), 2 draw.
| 3/22/2002 | Loss | Matt Lindland | UFC 36 | TKO (Strikes) | Round 1, 3:09 |
| 6/29/2001 | Win | Shonie Carter | UFC 32 | KO (Kick) | Round 2, 2:42 |
| 5/4/2001 | Loss | Carlos Newton | UFC 31 | Submission (Bulldog Choke) | Round 3, 2:50 |
| 12/16/2000 | Win | Kenichi Yamamoto | UFC 29 | Submission (Guillotine Choke) | Round 2, 1:58 |
| 8/23/2000 | Loss | Kiyoshi Tamura | Rings-Millennium Combine 3 | Decision (Majority) | Round 2, 5:00 |