Kurt Pellegrino (16-7, 12) was born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, U.S. on May 7, 1979. At the age of 23 years on August 31, 2002, he made his professional MMA debut against Mac Danzig, winning the fight via 3-round unanimous decision.
On July 8, 2006, 27-year old Kurt Pellegrino made his UFC debut on his 10th professional MMA fight at UFC 61: Bitter Rivals against a 26-year old Drew Fickett but lost the fight via submission in the 3rd round.
Pellegrino's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Patricky Freire at Bellator 59 at age 32 on November 26, 2011. He retired on a 3-fight losing streak.
He has fought 12 times in the UFC, and has a record of 7 wins and 5 losses in the promotion.
Some of Kurt Pellegrino's best fights have been against Nate Mohr, Junior Assunção, Alberto Crane, Fabrício Camões, Rob Emerson, Thiago Tavares and Josh Neer.
Pellegrino has 7 losses on his MMA record.
# | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
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23 | Nov 26, 2011 32 years, 6 months 16-7 (12) | Patricky Freire | Bellator | LT | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
Mar 19, 2011 31 years, 10 months 16-6 (12) | 27 years, 8 months 24-7 (15) | UFC | LT | 3 | SD | LOSS | |
Jul 3, 2010 31 years, 1 months 16-5 (12) | 32 years, 11 months 12-2 (8) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
Mar 27, 2010 30 years, 10 months 16-4 (12) | 31 years, 3 months 11-5-1 (9) | UFC | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
Aug 8, 2009 30 years, 3 months 15-4 (11) | 26 years, 4 months 25-7-1 (21) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Feb 7, 2009 29 years, 9 months 14-4 (11) | 27 years, 6 months 9-6 (5) | UFC | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
Sep 6, 2008 29 years, 3 months 13-4 (10) | 23 years, 9 months 13-2 (11) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
Apr 2, 2008 28 years, 10 months 12-4 (10) | 22 years, 11 months 8-2 (8) | UFC | LT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Triangle choke | |
Jan 23, 2008 28 years, 8 months 12-3 (10) | 31 years, 6 months 8-1 (7) | UFC | LT | 2 | TKO | WIN Punches | |
Aug 25, 2007 28 years, 3 months 11-3 (9) | 25 years, 2 months 27-7 (19) | UFC | LT | 3 | UD | LOSS | |
Apr 5, 2007 27 years, 10 months 11-2 (9) | 24 years, 1 months 7-3 (7) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Achilles lock | |
Oct 14, 2006 27 years, 5 months 10-2 (8) | 25 years, 3 months 4-1 (4) | UFC | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
11 | Aug 26, 2006 27 years, 3 months 9-2 (7) | Jesse Chilton | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
Jul 8, 2006 27 years, 2 months 8-2 (6) | 26 years, 6 months 28-4 (21) | UFC | LT | 3 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
9 | Feb 11, 2006 26 years, 9 months 8-1 (6) | Vadim Kulchitskiy | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Guillotine choke | |
8 | Nov 5, 2005 26 years, 5 months 7-1 (5) | Kazuki Okubo | LT | 1 | TKO | WIN Doctor stoppage | |
7 | Sep 24, 2005 26 years, 4 months 6-1 (4) | Steve Kinnison | LT | 2 | SUB | WIN Rear naked choke | |
May 14, 2005 26 years 5-1 (3) | 23 years, 6 months 8-5 (7) | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Arm-triangle choke | ||
5 | Nov 20, 2004 25 years, 6 months 4-1 (2) | Jay R. Palmer | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Rear-naked choke | |
Jul 25, 2004 25 years, 2 months 3-1 (1) | 24 years, 5 months 9-5-7 (2) | Pancrase | LT | 2 | SUB | LOSS Guillotine choke | |
3 | Apr 3, 2004 24 years, 10 months 3-0 (1) | Muhsin Corbbrey | LT | 3 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Nov 1, 2003 24 years, 5 months 2-0 (1) | Jay Isip | LT | 1 | SUB | WIN Armbar | |
Aug 31, 2002 23 years, 3 months 1-0 (0) | 22 years, 7 months 3-0 (2) | WEC | LT | 3 | UD | WIN Won WEC lightweight title |