Logan Clark Explained

Logan Clark
Other Names:The Pink Pounder
Birth Date:16 February 1985
Birth Place:Rochester, Minnesota, United States
Weight:185lb
Weight Class:Middleweight
Heavyweight (2009)
Reach:75inches
Fighting Out Of:Eyota, Minnesota, United States
Team:Minnesota Martial Arts Academy
Compound MMA
Years Active:2005–present
Mma Kowin:4
Mma Subwin:10
Mma Decwin:3
Mma Otherwin:1
Mma Koloss:2
Mma Subloss:2
Mma Decloss:2
Sherdog:19478

Logan Thomas Clark (born February 16, 1985, in Rochester, Minnesota) is an American professional mixed martial artist who has fought in the UFC and has also competed for the World Extreme Cagefighting and World Victory Road.

Biography and fighting career

Born in Southeastern Minnesota, Clark was raised on a farm north of Dover, MN. In 1987, at the age of 1, Clark's father died leaving his mother to raise the family. Clark has 3 siblings: Tyrel Clark, Doron Clark, and Amanda Clark. In 1993, his family moved to Eyota, MN.

After graduating from Dover-Eyota High School, where he was coached by Minnesota Wrestling Hall of Fame coach Mike Mazzitelli, Clark attended Hamline University in Saint Paul, MN for one year and was a member of the football and track teams. He then transferred to Saint Cloud State University where he was a part of the wrestling team. After one semester, he left to attend Rochester Community and Technical College for one semester before transferring to Winona State University in the fall of 2005. He graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Communication Arts & Literature and is an English teacher at Dover-Eyota High School.

Clark is a mixed martial artist and a coach with Compound MMA, a team of fighters that compete in mixed martial arts (MMA). His training time is split between Compound MMA and the Minnesota Martial Arts Academy in Brooklyn Center, MN. Clark's MMA style is freestyle wrestling and ground and pound and as of August 2012 he had an MMA record of 17–5, he has only been knocked unconscious once in his career, against journeyman and current Bellator MMA fighter Jason Guida brother of current UFC veteran and former Strikeforce champion Clay Guida.[1] [2]

Mixed martial arts record

|-| Loss| align=center| 18–6| Lucio Linhares| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Fight Festival 33| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:30| Helsinki, Finland| |-| Win| align=center| 18–5| Ryan Scheeper| Submission (punches)| |Brutaal - Fight Night| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:39| Rochester, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 17–5| Jake Doerr| Submission (triangle choke)| 3 River Throwdown - Onalaska| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:08| Onalaska, Wisconsin, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 16–5| Marcus Sursa| Submission (armbar)| Brutaal - Rochester| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:03| Rochester, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 15–5| B.J. Lacy| Submission (rear-naked choke)| CFX - Hostile| | align=center| 3| align=center| 1:33| Morton, Minnesota, United States| |-| Loss| align=center| 14–5| Anthony Smith| TKO (doctor stoppage)| Seconds Out / Vivid MMA - Havoc at the Hyatt 2| | align=center| 2| align=center| 2:22| Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 14–4| Shane DeZee| Submission (hammerlock)| Seconds Out / Vivid MMA - Havoc at the Hyatt: Clark vs. DeZee| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:10| Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 13–4| Chris Barden| TKO (punches)| Gladiators MMA| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:20| Rochester, Minnesota, United States| |-| Loss| align=center| 12–4| Jason Guida| KO (punches)| Fight Nation: Guida vs. Clark| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:07| Rochester, Minnesota, United States| Fought at Heavyweight|-| Loss| align=center| 12–3| Jorge Santiago| Submission (arm triangle choke)| | | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:35| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 12–2| Kazuo Misaki| Decision (unanimous)| World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 3| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Saitama, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 12–1| Scott Harper| TKO (punches) | WEC 33: Marshall vs. Stann| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:37| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States| |-| Loss| align=center| 11–1| Eric Schambari| Decision (unanimous) | WEC 29| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 11–0| Blas Avena| TKO (elbows)| WEC 25| | align=center| 3| align=center| 4:23| Las Vegas, Nevada, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 10–0| Steve Byrnes| Decision (unanimous)| | | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| San Diego, California, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 9–0| Ryan Willete| Decision (unanimous)| Extreme Challenge 72| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Medina, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 8–0| Chuck Parmelee| TKO (punches)| The Cage Inc.| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:51| South Dakota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 7–0| B.J. Lacy| Decision (unanimous)| UCS 15 - Battle at the Barn| | align=center| 3| align=center| 3:00| Rochester, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 6–0| Dave Morin| N/A| EFX - Fury| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Maplewood, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 5–0| Brandon Nelson| TKO (punches)| UCS 13 - Battle at the Barn| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 4–0| Fidel Zapata| TKO (punches)| UCS 12 - Battle at the Barn| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 3–0| Noah Liebenauer| TKO (punches)| Coliseum | | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:58| Rochester, Minnesota, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 2–0| Paul Hersch| TKO (punches)| UCS - Ultimate Lacrosse 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 1–0| Caleb Steiger| Submission (armbar)| Ring Warriors - Xtreme Fight Night | | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:30| La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States|

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: YouTube - Logan Clark @ WEC. YouTube. 2010-01-27.
  2. Web site: Logan "The Pink Pounder" Clark.... Sherdog. 2010-01-27.