Carlos Newton

“The Ronin”

MMA · Retired

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2KO / TKO WINS

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4DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Carlos Newton
Nickname	The Ronin
Date of birth	17 Aug 1976
Nationality	Canadian
Birthplace	The Valley, Anguilla
Lives in	Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Division	Welterweight
Team	Newton MMA
Height	175 cm (5′9″)
Reach	Not added yet
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	1996–2010
Status	Retired
Pro debut	26 Apr 1996
Last fight	Loss vs Brian Ebersole, 10 Jul 2010

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Titles and honours

UFC welterweight champion (2001)
UFC 17 middleweight tournament runner-up (1998)

Background

Anguilla-born Canadian jiu-jitsu specialist who fought across the UFC, Pride and Hero's. He won the UFC welterweight title with a bulldog choke over Pat Miletich in 2001 and later became a coach in Ontario.

Fight history

30 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Brian Ebersole	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Impact FC 1	10 Jul 2010	Brisbane, Australia
Win	Shonie Carter	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Warrior-1: High Voltage	10 Oct 2009	Gatineau, Quebec, Canada	Non-title bout; Newton missed weight
Win	Nabil Khatib	KO (punches)	1	3:12	Warrior-1: Inception	28 Mar 2009	Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Loss	Shungo Oyama	Submission (punches)	3	2:42	Hero's 2007 in Korea	27 Oct 2007	Seoul, South Korea
Loss	Matt Lindland	Submission (guillotine choke)	2	1:43	IFL: Houston	2 Feb 2007	Houston, Texas, USA
Loss	Renzo Gracie	Decision (split)	3	4:00	IFL Championship Final	29 Dec 2006	Uncasville, Connecticut, USA
Win	Tokimitsu Ishizawa	TKO (punches)	1	0:22	Hero's 7	9 Oct 2006	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Ryo Chonan	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	Pride Bushido 5	14 Oct 2004	Osaka, Japan
Loss	Daiju Takase	Decision (split)	2	5:00	Pride Bushido 3	23 May 2004	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Renato Verissimo	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 46	31 Jan 2004	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Win	Renzo Gracie	Decision (split)	2	5:00	Pride Bushido 1	5 Oct 2003	Saitama, Japan
Loss	Anderson Silva	KO (flying knee and punches)	1	6:27	Pride 25	16 Mar 2003	Yokohama, Japan
Win	Pete Spratt	Submission (kimura)	1	1:45	UFC 40	22 Nov 2002	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Loss	Matt Hughes	TKO (punches)	4		UFC 38	13 Jul 2002	London, England	For UFC welterweight title
Win	José Landi-Jons	Submission (armbar)	1	7:16	Pride 19	24 Feb 2002	Saitama, Japan
Loss	Matt Hughes	KO (slam)	2	1:27	UFC 34	2 Nov 2001	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA	Lost UFC welterweight title
Win	Pat Miletich	Submission (bulldog choke)	3	2:50	UFC 31	4 May 2001	Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA	Won UFC welterweight title
Loss	Dave Menne	Decision (unanimous)	1	10:00	Shidokan Jitsu: Warriors War 1	8 Feb 2001	Kuwait City, Kuwait
Win	Johil de Oliveira	Decision (unanimous)	2	10:00	Pride 12: Cold Fury	9 Dec 2000	Saitama, Japan
Win	Yuhi Sano	Submission (armbar)	1	0:40	Pride 9	4 Jun 2000	Nagoya, Japan
Win	Karl Schmidt	Submission (armbar)	1	1:12	WEF 9: World Class	13 May 2000	Evansville, Indiana, USA
Win	Daijiro Matsui	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	Pride 6	4 Jul 1999	Yokohama, Japan
Win	Kenji Kawaguchi	Submission (armbar)	1	5:00	Shooto: 10th Anniversary Event	29 May 1999	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Kazushi Sakuraba	Submission (kneebar)	2	5:19	Pride 3	24 Jun 1998	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Bob Gilstrap	Submission (triangle choke)	1	0:52	UFC 17	15 May 1998	Mobile, Alabama, USA	Middleweight tournament semifinal
Loss	Dan Henderson	Decision (split)			UFC 17	15 May 1998	Mobile, Alabama, USA	Middleweight tournament final
Win	Kazuhiro Kusayanagi	Submission (armbar)	1	2:17	Shooto: Las Grandes Viajes 2	1 Mar 1998	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Haim Gozali	Submission (armbar)	1		Israel Fighting Championship: Israel vs. Canada	1 Jan 1998	Israel
Win	Erik Paulson	Submission (armbar)	1	0:41	Vale Tudo Japan 1997	29 Nov 1997	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Jean Rivière	Submission (exhaustion)	1	7:22	Extreme Fighting 2	26 Apr 1996	Montreal, Quebec, Canada