Josh Stansbury
(The Sandman)
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1984 (40 years old)
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East Liverpool, OhioPosition
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6'2"
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205 lbs
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UFC Light Heavyweight
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Josh Stansbury (born November 19, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist. He was the light heavyweight North American Allied Fight Series (NAAFS) champions in 2013 and formally fought for Bellator. Stansbury competes in Light Heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).
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Stansbury was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. His mother's family owned a business that travels to put on carnivals in the summer where Stansbury spent most of his summers at the carnival selling soft drinks and helping work the rides and games.
Stansbury started wrestling when he was six years old and he placed 4th Division 1 in the Ohio State Wrestling Tournament in 2002. His hopes of wrestling in college were not able to be realized and he went to work full-time when his girlfriend was pregnant and had a child not long after his high school graduation. However, he still went to do some open mat wrestling session during his spare time. One of the guys at the wrestling gym who was also a MMA fighter, Nick Spencer, invited him to do some MMA session with him and he was instantly hooked. He started his first fight two months later at the age of 21 in 2005 and won his first fight, feeling a surge of emotion from cheering crowd, and never looked back.
(the cheer from the crowd) It filled that void of not going to college and not having wrestling.
As an amateur, he won and successfully defended the heavyweight title of Next Level Fighting four times. As a professional, he won NAAFS and Fight to Win light heavyweight titles. Stansbury was a Bellator veteran and held notable victories over Dane Bonnigson, John Hawk, and Dan Spohn.
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