Paul Buentello

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Paul Buentello
Statistics
Nickname	The Headhunter
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	245 lb (111 kg)
Born	January 16, 1974 (1974-01-16) (age 34)
Town of birth	Amarillo, Texas
Team/Association	American Kickboxing Academy
Fighting style	Kickboxing
Mixed martial arts record
Wins	23
By knockout	16
By submission	7
Losses	10
Draws	0

Paul Anthony "The Headhunter" Buentello (born January 16, 1974 in Amarillo, Texas) is an American professional mixed martial arts fighter who trains with the (AKA) American Kickboxing Academy under trainer, "Crazy" Bob Cook.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 MMA Record 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Biography

Paul grew up in Amarillo, Texas and graduated from Caprock High School, the same Alma Matar as another well known UFC fighter named Evan Tanner. Paul received the nickname "The Headhunter" due to his propensity, in his early years of martial arts training, to kick for the head of his opponent.

[edit] Career

In his debut in the UFC, he had an impressive win over Justin Eilers with a KO in 3:34 of the first round for his debut fight in UFC 51: Super Saturday on February 2, 2005. His next fight was against UFC newcomer Kevin "The Shaman" Jordan on UFC 53: Heavy Hitters on June 4, 2005 where Buentello won with a guillotine choke submission at 4:00 of the first round. He lost a title shot against UFC Heavyweight Champion Andrei "The Pitbull" Arlovski at UFC 55: Fury on October 7, 2005. Buentello was knocked out on the first punch landed by Arlovski, and fell directly on top of his opponent, which made it difficult for the audience on hand, and even the announcers to realize what had happened. Following his loss to Arlovski, he faced off against Gilbert Aldana at UFC 57 where he won via TKO (strikes). It was after this fight that Buentello infamously addressed the crowd in his post-fight interview, expecting them to finish his catchphrase "Don't fear me, fear the consequences!" After uttering the first half of the phrase, Buentello was met with utter silence from the audience.

Buentello won his first two fights for the Strikeforce promotion. He defeated David "Tank" Abbott via KO in only 43 seconds. He then scored a Round 2 victory by (TKO) stoppage over veteran heavyweight Ruben Villareal. Buentello's most recent fight was against former K-1 Grand Prix Champion, Carter Williams at Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni. Paul won by TKO (Corner Stoppage) in the second round.

On the website mma.tv Buentello has stated that he is interested in fighting the infamous bare-knuckler brawler and YouTube mainstay, Kimbo Slice. Buentello has said that he has talked to Kimbo's management and a possible matchup between the two according to Buentello is "60% likely to occur, 40% unlikely to occur".

Buentello was defeated via submission by knee strikes by Alistair Overeem for the vacant Strikeforce heavyweight title on November 16th in San Jose, California. ^[1]

Most recently, Buentello has been signed to fight perennial Top 10 Heavyweight Aleksander Emelianenko on July, 19, 2008 at Affliction's first event entitled "Banned". This event will be taking place at the Honda Center in Anaheim CA.

[edit] Personal life

- Buentello is married and has two daughters.^[2]
- Appeared on an episode of the TV show "Miami Ink", in which he gets a tattoo incorporating his 'Headhunter' logo on his upper thigh.

[edit] MMA Record

23 Wins (16 TKO's, 7 Submissions), 10 Losses (2 TKO's, 7 Submissions, 1 Decision), 0 Draw.

11/16/2007	Loss	Alistair Overeem	Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives	Submission (Knees to the body)	Round 2
06/22/2007	Win	Carter Williams	Strikeforce Shamrock vs. Baroni	TKO	Round 2
12/8/2006	Win	Ruben Villareal	Strikeforce: Triple Threat	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	Round 2
10/7/2006	Win	David "Tank" Abbott	Strikeforce: Tank vs Buentello	KO (punch)	Round 1
2/4/2006	Win	Gilbert Aldana	UFC 57-Liddell vs Couture 3	TKO (strikes)	Round 2
10/7/2005	Loss	Andrei Arlovski	UFC 55-Fury	KO (punch)	Round 1	For UFC Heavyweight title
6/4/2005	Win	Kevin Jordan	UFC 53-Heavy Hitters	Submission (guillotine choke)	Round 1
2/5/2005	Win	Justin Eilers	UFC 51-Super Saturday	KO (punch)	Round 1
11/14/2004	Win	Bo Cantrell	KOTC-Revenge	KO (punch)	Round 1
12/28/2003	Win	Lloyd Marshbanks	EP-XXXtreme Impact	TKO	Round 1
11/2/2003	Win	Bobby Hoffman	KOTC 30-The Pinnacle	Submission (verbal)	Round 2
10/10/2003	Win	Andy Montana	ROTR 4	KO (kick)	Round 1
8/10/2003	Loss	Bobby Hoffman	KOTC 27-Aftermath	Decision (unanimous)	Round 3
11/1/2002	Win	Mike Kyle	KOTC 18-Sudden Impact	KO	Round 2
6/19/2002	Win	Roger Neff	KOTC 14-New Mexico	KO	Round 1
9/25/2001	Win	Jimmy Westfall	USWF 19	TKO
8-31-2001	Win	Gary Marshall	IFC Warriors Challenge 15	TKO (strikes)	Round 1
6/15/2001	Loss	Nate Schroeder	IFC Warriors Challenge 13	Submission	Round 1
4/11/2001	Loss	Sam Sotello	IFC Warriors Challenge 12	Submission (strikes)	Round 3
2/24/2001	Loss	Ricco Rodriguez	KOTC 7-Wet and Wild	Submission (kneebar)	Round 2
6/14/2000	Win	Larry Parker	IFC Warriors Challenge 8	TKO	Round 1
5/3/2000	Loss	Gan McGee	IFC Warriors Challenge 7	Submission (strikes)	Round 1
5/3/2000	Win	Rocky Batastini	IFC Warriors Challenge 7	Submission (armbar)	Round 1
5/3/2000	Win	Jason Godsey	IFC Warriors Challenge 7	Submission (strikes)	Round 1
12/4/1999	Win	Jimmy Westfall	Amarillo Fights	TKO (corner stoppage)	Round 1
5/15/1999	Loss	Todd Broadaway	Extreme Challenge 24	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Round 1
6/20/1998	Win	Larry Parker	USWF 9	KO	Round 1
6/20/1998	Win	Shane Saavedra	USWF 9	TKO	Round 1
6/20/1998	Win	Dustin Heronemus	USWF 9	Submission (rear naked choke)	Round 1
4/12/1997	Loss	Evan Tanner	USWF 4	Submission (rear naked choke)	Round 1
4/12/1997	Win	David Davis	USWF 4	Submission (choke)	Round 1
4/12/1997	Win	Derek McGill	USWF 4	Submission (choke)	Round 1

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Paul "The Headhunter" Buntello - Official Headhunter Site
• Paul's MySpace - Official Headhunter MySpace Profile