Eric Esch (17-10-1, 17) was born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on August 3, 1966. At the age of 37 years on December 31, 2003, he made his professional MMA debut against Genki Sudo, losing the fight via 2nd-round submission.
Esch's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Sandy Bowman at age 45 on October 21, 2011. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Eric Esch's best fights were against Sean O'Haire, Zuluzinho and Wesley Correira. For details about these fights refer to "Best fights of Eric Esch".
Esch has 10 losses on his MMA record. For details about these losses refer to "Eric Esch Losses".
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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28 | Oct 21, 2011 45 years, 2 months 17-10-1 (17) | Sandy Bowman | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Submission to punches | |
27 | Oct 7, 2011 45 years, 2 months 17-9-1 (17) | Eric Barrak | HW | 3 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
26 | May 7, 2011 44 years, 9 months 17-8-1 (17) | Dean Storey | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
25 | Dec 10, 2010 44 years, 4 months 16-8-1 (16) | Deon West | HW | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
Sep 18, 2010 44 years, 1 months 15-8-1 (15) | 33 years, 7 months 2-1 (1) | KSW | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Submission to punches | |
23 | Mar 6, 2010 43 years, 7 months 15-7-1 (15) | Jeff Kugel | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Submission to punches | |
22 | Dec 11, 2009 43 years, 4 months 15-6-1 (15) | Chris Cruit | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
21 | Sep 9, 2009 43 years, 1 months 14-6-1 (14) | Tom Howard | 1 | SUB | WIN Neck crank | ||
20 | Jun 26, 2009 42 years, 10 months 13-6-1 (13) | Jefferson Hook | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches | ||
19 | Apr 11, 2008 41 years, 8 months 12-6-1 (12) | Pat Smith | 1 | TKO | LOSS Submission to punches | ||
18 | Dec 28, 2007 41 years, 4 months 12-5-1 (12) | Nick Penner | 1 | SUB | LOSS Kimura | ||
17 | Dec 1, 2007 41 years, 3 months 12-4-1 (12) | Tom Howard | 1 | SUB | WIN Armlock | ||
16 | Oct 13, 2007 41 years, 2 months 11-4-1 (11) | Pete Sischo | 3 | SUB | WIN Americana | ||
15 | Jul 14, 2007 40 years, 11 months 10-4-1 (10) | Tengiz Tedoradze | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
14 | Apr 8, 2007 40 years, 8 months 10-3-1 (10) | Zuluzinho | Pride | 1 | SUB | WIN Americana | |
13 | Feb 10, 2007 40 years, 6 months 9-3-1 (9) | James Thompson | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | ||
12 | Jan 18, 2007 40 years, 5 months 8-3-1 (8) | Charles Hodges | 1 | KO | WIN Punch | ||
11 | Dec 9, 2006 40 years, 4 months 7-3-1 (7) | Rob Broughton | 2 | TKO | LOSS Submission to punches | ||
10 | Oct 21, 2006 40 years, 2 months 7-2-1 (7) | Sean O'Haire | Pride | 1 | KO | WIN Punches | |
9 | Aug 26, 2006 40 years 6-2-1 (6) | Ikuhisa Minowa | Pride | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | |
8 | Jul 15, 2006 39 years, 11 months 6-1-1 (6) | Rich Weeks | 1 | SUB | WIN Choke | ||
7 | May 20, 2006 39 years, 9 months 5-1-1 (5) | Matt Eckerle | 1 | TKO | WIN Submission to punches | ||
6 | Apr 21, 2006 39 years, 8 months 4-1-1 (4) | Aaron Aguilera | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
5 | Apr 14, 2006 39 years, 8 months 3-1-1 (3) | Leo Sylvest | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | ||
4 | Jan 20, 2006 39 years, 5 months 2-1-1 (2) | Wesley Correira | 2 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | ||
3 | Dec 9, 2005 39 years, 4 months 1-1-1 (1) | Walley Keenboom | 1 | SUB | WIN | ||
2 | Feb 25, 2005 38 years, 6 months 0-1-1 (0) | Michael Buchkovich | KOTC | 2 | UD | DRAW | |
1 | Dec 31, 2003 37 years, 4 months 0-1 (0) | Genki Sudo | K-1 | 2 | SUB | LOSS Heel hook |