Heath Herring

“The Texas Crazy Horse”

MMA · Retired

28-16 (1 NC)RECORD

10KO / TKO WINS

13SUBMISSION WINS

5DECISION WINS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	The Texas Crazy Horse
Date of birth	2 Mar 1978
Nationality	American
Birthplace	Waco, United States
Lives in	Not added yet
Division	Heavyweight
Team	Golden Glory
Height	193 cm (6′4″)
Reach	198 cm (78″)
Stance	Not added yet
Years active	1997–2017
Status	Retired
Pro debut	12 Apr 1997
Last fight	Loss vs Satoshi Ishii, 16 Apr 2017

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Titles and honours

World Vale Tudo Championship 9 tournament winner
Bas Rutten Invitational 3 heavyweight tournament winner

Background

American heavyweight from Waco, Texas, who made his name in PRIDE in Japan, where he challenged for the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship in 2001. He later fought in the UFC from 2007 to 2008 and returned for two bouts with Rizin in 2016 and 2017.

Fight history

45 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Event	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Satoshi Ishii	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	Rizin 2017 in Yokohama: Sakura	16 Apr 2017	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Amir Aliakbari	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	Rizin World Grand Prix 2016: 2nd Round	29 Dec 2016	Saitama, Japan	Rizin Openweight Grand Prix quarter-final
Loss	Brock Lesnar	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 87: Seek And Destroy	9 Aug 2008	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Win	Cheick Kongo	Decision (split)	3	5:00	UFC 82: Pride of a Champion	1 Mar 2008	Columbus, Ohio, USA
Loss	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 73: Stacked	7 Jul 2007	Sacramento, California, USA
Win	Brad Imes	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC 69: Shootout	7 Apr 2007	Houston, Texas, USA
Loss	Jake O'Brien	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	UFC Fight Night: Evans vs Salmon	25 Jan 2007	Hollywood, Florida, USA
Win	Gary Goodridge	TKO (punches)	2	1:55	Hero's 4	15 Mar 2006	Tokyo, Japan
No contest	Yoshihiro Nakao	No contest	1	0:00	K-1 Premium 2005 Dynamite!!	31 Dec 2005	Osaka, Japan	Originally a DQ loss; changed to no contest
Loss	Sam Greco	TKO (knee injury)	1	2:24	Hero's 1	26 Mar 2005	Saitama, Japan
Win	Hirotaka Yokoi	TKO (knees)	1	1:55	PRIDE 28	31 Oct 2004	Saitama, Japan
Loss	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Submission (anaconda choke)	2	0:30	PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004	20 Jun 2004	Saitama, Japan	PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix quarter-final
Win	Kazuo Takahashi	TKO (punches)	1	4:53	PRIDE Total Elimination 2004	25 Apr 2004	Saitama, Japan	PRIDE Heavyweight Grand Prix first round
Win	Gan McGee	Decision (split)	3	5:00	PRIDE 27	1 Feb 2004	Osaka, Japan
Win	Paulo Cesar Silva	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	0:35	PRIDE Shockwave 2003	31 Dec 2003	Saitama, Japan
Win	Yoshihisa Yamamoto	Submission (rear-naked choke)	3	2:29	PRIDE Final Conflict 2003	9 Nov 2003	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	Mirko Cro Cop	TKO (body kick and punches)	1	3:17	PRIDE 26	8 Jun 2003	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	Fedor Emelianenko	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	10:00	PRIDE 23	24 Nov 2002	Tokyo, Japan
Win	Yuriy Kochkine	TKO (knees)	1	7:31	PRIDE 22	29 Sep 2002	Nagoya, Japan
Win	Igor Vovchanchyn	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PRIDE 19	24 Feb 2002	Saitama, Japan
Loss	Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PRIDE 17	3 Nov 2001	Tokyo, Japan	For the PRIDE Heavyweight Championship
Win	Mark Kerr	TKO (knees)	2	4:56	PRIDE 15	29 Jul 2001	Saitama, Japan
Loss	Vitor Belfort	Decision (unanimous)	3	5:00	PRIDE 14	27 May 2001	Yokohama, Japan
Win	Denis Sobolev	Submission (americana)	1	0:22	PRIDE 13	25 Mar 2001	Saitama, Japan
Win	Enson Inoue	TKO (knees)	1	4:52	PRIDE 12	9 Dec 2000	Saitama, Japan
Win	Tom Erikson	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	6:17	PRIDE 11	31 Oct 2000	Osaka, Japan
Win	Willie Peeters	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	0:48	PRIDE 9	4 Jun 2000	Nagoya, Japan
Loss	Ramazan Mezhidov	TKO (doctor stoppage)	1	4:55	IAFC: Pankration World Championship 2000 Day 2	29 Apr 2000	Moscow, Russia
Win	Rene Rooze	DQ (excessive fouling)	1	3:20	2 Hot 2 Handle 1	5 Mar 2000	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	Bob Schrijber	TKO (punches)	1	2:19	World Vale Tudo Championship 9	27 Sep 1999	Aruba	Won the WVC 9 tournament
Win	Sean McCully	Submission (kimura)	1	0:43	World Vale Tudo Championship 9	27 Sep 1999	Aruba	WVC 9 tournament semi-final
Win	Michael Tielrooy	Submission (americana)	1	1:14	World Vale Tudo Championship 9	27 Sep 1999	Aruba	WVC 9 tournament quarter-final
Loss	Bobby Hoffman	Decision (unanimous)	2	5:00	SuperBrawl 13	7 Sep 1999	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	SuperBrawl 13 heavyweight tournament semi-final
Win	Rocky Batastini	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	1:00	SuperBrawl 13	7 Sep 1999	Honolulu, Hawaii, USA	SuperBrawl 13 tournament quarter-final
Loss	Alexandre Ferreira	Decision (split)	1	30:00	World Vale Tudo Championship 8	1 Jul 1999	Aruba	WVC 8 tournament final
Win	Kavkaz Soultanmagomedov	TKO (submission to punches)	1	1:18	World Vale Tudo Championship 8	1 Jul 1999	Aruba	WVC 8 tournament semi-final
Win	Erwin van den Steen	TKO (submission to punches)	1	4:33	World Vale Tudo Championship 8	1 Jul 1999	Aruba	WVC 8 tournament quarter-final
Win	Gabe Beauperthy	Submission (armlock)	1	4:43	Bas Rutten Invitational 3	1 Jun 1999	Colorado, USA	Won the BRI 3 heavyweight tournament
Win	Hoss Carter	Submission (americana)	1	1:07	Bas Rutten Invitational 3	1 Jun 1999	Colorado, USA	BRI 3 tournament quarter-final
Loss	Travis Fulton	Decision (unanimous)	1	12:00	Extreme Challenge 24	15 May 1999	Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Win	Phil Deason	Submission (americana)	1	0:13	WVF: Durango	17 Apr 1999	Durango, Colorado, USA
Win	Nik Bickle	TKO (submission to punches)	1	0:32	WVF: Durango	17 Apr 1999	Durango, Colorado, USA
Win	Evan Tanner	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	8:20	PSDA	22 Nov 1997	Texas, USA
Loss	Evan Tanner	TKO (exhaustion)	1	6:19	Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 7	18 Oct 1997	Amarillo, Texas, USA
Win	Chris Guillen	Submission (rear-naked choke)	1	2:10	Unified Shoot Wrestling Federation 4	12 Apr 1997	Amarillo, Texas, USA	Pro debut