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Rick Hawn (born September, 1976) is an American former Olympic judoka and current professional mixed martial artist. He is currently competing in Bellator's Welterweight division.

Contents [hide]
1 Background
1.1 Olympic career
2 Mixed martial arts career
2.1 Early career
2.2 Bellator Fighting Championships
3 Championships and accomplishments
3.1 Mixed martial arts
4 Mixed martial arts record
5 References
6 External links
Background[edit]

Hawn was born in Chicago, but when he was young, his family moved to Eugene, Oregon.[1] At age 12, Hawn began training judo when his father got back into the sport.[1] Hawn continued to compete in judo through high school.[1]

Olympic career[edit]
In 1996, after high school, Hawn qualified to live at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[1] There he trained judo for eight years and ultimately qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games.[1] At the Games in 2004, Hawn went 2-2 and finished in 9th place. Hawn also won numerous medals at U.S. national championships and two medals at the Pan American Games.[1][2]

After the 2004 games, Hawn moved to Boston to train with bronze medalist Jimmy Pedro.[1] However, Hawn failed to make the 2008 Olympic judo team.[1] Soon after, Hawn began training for a career in mixed martial arts.

Mixed martial arts career[edit]

Early career[edit]
Hawn's professional mixed martial arts debut came in January 2009 in Worcester, Massachusetts. Hawn won by technical knockout in the first round. Over the next two years, Hawn won his next eight fights, six by TKO.

Bellator Fighting Championships[edit]
In March 2011, Hawn began competing in the Bellator Fighting Championships Season 4 welterweight tournament. He defeated Jim Wallhead by unanimous decision in the quarterfinals and Lyman Good by split decision in the semifinals.

Hawn was defeated by Jay Hieron at Bellator 43 in a fight which some believe was a controversial split decision.

After a strong showing in the Season 4 tournament, Hawn was planning to return to the cage as part of Bellator's Season 5 Welterweight tournament, but an injury during training forced him out of the tournament.[3]

Hawn returned to the promotion in the spring of 2012 as a participant in the Season Six Lightweight Tournament; dropping down to 155 for the first time in his MMA career. He faced Ricardo Tirloni in the opening round at Bellator 62. Tirloni was able to land with a few leg kicks, but Hawn was able to continue pressing forward. Hawn then landed a right hand which dropped Tirloni. Hawn hit Tirloni with punches and hammerfists on the ground and the fight was stopped at 2:36 of the opening round.[4]

He next faced Lloyd Woodard in the semifinals at Bellator 66 on April 20, 2012. Hawn won the fight via KO in the second round. Hawn next took on Brent Weedman in the tournament finals on May 25, 2012 at Bellator 70 in New Orleans, LA. He won the fight via unanimous decision.

At Bellator 95, Hawn faced Karo Parisyan whom Hawn had twice defeated in Judo competition.[5] During the bout, Hawn was able to land a right cross knocking Parisyan to his knees and landed repeated hammerfists on Parisyan prompting the fight to be stopped 1:55 into the second round.[6]

In the fall of 2013, Hawn entered his second Bellator Welterweight tournament. He defeated both Herman Terrado and Brent Weedman by unanimous decision in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively.

In the finals Hawn faced Ron Keslar at Bellator 109 and won via knockout in the third round.

Hawn will now face Douglas Lima for the vacant Bellator Welterweight title at a yet-to-be-determined event in 2014.

Championships and accomplishments[edit]

Mixed martial arts[edit]
Bellator Fighting Championships
Bellator Season 4 Welterweight Tournament Runner-Up
Bellator Season 6 Lightweight Tournament Winner
Bellator Season 9 Welterweight Tournament Winner

Recent Career Highlights

2008

Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships
2007

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Silver - New York Open
Bronze - Pan American Games
Bronze - U.S. Open
2006

Silver - National Championships (81kg)
Silver - Tre-Torri International (81kg)
2005

Gold - Fall Classic Nationals (81kg)
Gold - Northglenn Judo Championships (81kg)
Silver - National Championships (81kg)
2004

Bronze - U.S. Open (81kg)
Fifth - Pan American Championships (81kg)
Ninth - Olympic Games (81kg)
2003

Gold - Continental Crown (81kg)
Gold - Fall Classic Nationals (81kg)
Gold - National Championships (81k)
Gold - Benito Juarez Championships (81kg)
Bronze - Korean Open (81kg)
Bronze - U.S. Open (81kg)
Fifth - Rendez-Vous Canada (81kg)
2002

Gold - National Championships (81kg)
Bronze - Pan American Championships (81kg)
2001

Bronze - National Championships (81kg)
2000

Gold - National Championships (81kg)
1999

Bronze - National Championships (81kg)

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