Scott Ferrozzo (born April 26, 1965) is an American retired

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, who is perhaps best known for his fights in the early days of the

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. During his fighting career he participated in UFC 8,

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, and

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. Ferrozzo also happened to be managed by current

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announcer

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Career

Ferrozzo first participated in the

at its UFC 8 event in 1996. He was offered that fight after video tapes of his participation in the Atlanta Pit Fights. He was defeated by

Jerry Bohlander Jerry Bohlander (born February 12, 1974) is an American former mixed martial artist. He is most notable for his UFC appearances and was a former UFC champion, winning the first lightweight (under 200 lb) tournament at '' UFC 12''. He was a memb ...

via submission in the first round of the UFC 8 tournament. Ferrozo returned to the UFC seven months later at

, defeating Sam Fulton in an alternate bout prior to the start of the

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broadcast. By doing so, Ferrozzo secured a spot as an alternate on the card, which meant that if a fighter on the main card was unable to continue to the next round, Ferrozzo would be used as a substitute. He ended up replacing the man who defeated him at UFC 8, Jerry Bohlander, who was removed from the tournament due to injury. Ferrozzo stepped in and replaced him against

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in the semi-finals. Ferrozzo was able to score a unanimous decision victory over Abbott to advance to the final round against the reigning UFC Champion

Mark Coleman Mark Coleman (born December 20, 1964) is an American retired mixed martial artist, professional wrestler and Amateur wrestling, amateur wrestler. Coleman was the UFC 10 and UFC 11 tournament champion, the first List of UFC champions#Tournament ...

. However, Ferrozzo was unable to continue after defeating Abbott due to fatigue as well as a cut sustained in his previous bout. Coleman was declared the UFC 11 champion by way of forfeit. Ferrozzo's last UFC appearance came at

in 1997, participating in the heavyweight tournament. He defeated Jim Mullen in his first match of the night before losing to

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in the heavyweight finals. Following the loss to Belfort, Ferrozzo retired from MMA competition. Scott came out of retirement and lost a backyard match to Tank Abbott that went eighteen minutes. Much of the match was contested with Tank mounting and back mounting Ferrozzo, but unable to do major damage.

Career accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

** UFC Encyclopedia Awards *** Fight of the Night (One time) vs.

Mixed martial arts record

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