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Entering into mixed martial arts fighting pro#
Entering into mixed martial arts fighting professional#

So in the end it didn't.' ДЇollowing his loss to Jennum, he succumbed to two more losses against After the fight, an unusually upbeat Howard said during an interview, 'Well, I told you, if it worked it worked. Howard would lose to Jennum due to strikes at 1:27. Jennum was an alternate on the card, replacing Ken Shamrock, which meant that Jennum was placed in the finals of the tournament without having to win a single match. Howard then advanced to the finals of the tournament, since there were no other opponents for Howard to face (the two alternate competitors for the card were already being utilized to replace the injured Ken Shamrock and Keith Hackney). He scored a KO in 46 seconds and went on to face the feared Brazilian, Royce Gracie, who threw in the towel before the contest due to exhaustion from his previous bout.

Entering into mixed martial arts fighting professional#

Howard's first professional bout was in UFC 3: The American Dream, where his first opponent was Roland Payne. He was undefeated entering the finals but had to bow out of the final 2 matches to due to injury. During that time he was the top rated sport karate fighter in Canada.ДЄfter career ending back surgery in 1988, Howard made his return to compition in 1992 (at 34) and won a silver medal at the NBL (National Blackbelt League) World Championships in Sport Karate. Howard captured the Canadian Heavy Weight Karate Championship three times in 1982, 19 and was a member of the Canadian National Karate team in 19. In 1984, Harold was the first Canadian Heavyweight Sport Jiu-Jitsu Champion and represented Canada in the first world jiu-jitsu championships sanctioned by the World Council of Jiu-Jitsu Organizations (WCJO).ДЄt the 1984 World Championships, he was a member of the gold medal winning Canadian team (heavyweight) and also won the individual World Heavyweight Jiu-Jitsu Championship as the gold medal winner of the mens heavyweight fighting division. He is the founder of the Katsudo-te-Jitsu style and is a 6th Degree - 2 grades above his highest ranking students. Howard has earned a 4th degree in Iki Shin Do (Sensei John Anderson), 3rd degree in Jui Jitsu Kai (O-Sensei Steve Reynolds), 3rd degree in Goju Kai (Sensei Yogi Israel) and a 2nd degree in Chito-Ryu (Sensei Monty Guest). Harold opened his Action Karate and Jui Jitsu Centre (as the Niagara Fighting Griffin Fitness and Martial Arts) in 1984 and has excelled both as a competitor and as a trainer/coach having various students among the top Sport Karate and Sport Jiu-Jitsu competitors in the world. Harold moved to Niagara Falls in 1983 and taught Karate and Jiu Jitsu at James Morden School and the YMCA. He began training at age 17 with O-Sensei Steve Reynolds in Jiu-Jitsu Kai. Howard grew up in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Entering into mixed martial arts fighting pro#

Howard is also well known for once executing a scissor-flip kick similar to that of Japanese pro wrestler Jyushin Lyger during his battle with Steve Jennum in the UFC 3 finals. Howard is more widely known for competing in the Ultimate Fighting Championship where he made it to the final of the Ultimate Fighting Championship's third tournament. Howard is considered by many to be the greatest MMA fighter in recent history. Harold Howard (born 1958) is a Canadian martial artist who earned a blackbelt in Jiu-Jitsu under O-Sensei Steve Reynolds and in Goju-ryu karate under Yogi Israel and was the first World Sport Jiu-Jitsu Heavyweight Champion in 1984.

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