Christopher Allen "Chris" Camozzi or popularly known as Chris Camozzi is an American professional kickboxer and Mixed Martial Artist fighter who formerly competed at the American MMA promotion, Ultimate Fighting Championship in the Middleweight category.
Besides fighting for UFC, he also has competed for MFC as well as Shark Fights, television reality shows like HDNet Fights and was a participant in the Ultimate Fighter, a TV show produced by UFC.
Chris Camozzi is of American nationality. He was born on November 20, 1986, in Alameda, California, United States of America.
He trained wrestling and rugby in his high school and later moved to Fort Lewis College to pursue his rugby career but dropped to train in combat sports techniques like Muay Thai and Brazilian jiu-jitsu.
His net worth is still under review, however, he received $ 15,000 as outfitting pay for his match that ended in a loss to Trevor Smith.
It is estimated that he earned over $ 580,000 over the course of his career with UFC, hence, his net worth combined with his assets as well as endorsing sports like Reebok is estimated to be over $ 7,50,000.
Initially, he fought against Jesse Taylor for King of the Champions Middleweight Championship Taylor was victorious in the third round.
After competing at the MMA promotion such as The Ultimate Fighter and Ultimate Fighting Championship, he joined Shark Fights and faced Joey Villasenor at Shark Fights 15 event and was counted as a split decision after overturning a draw.
After returning UFC on September 12, 2011, and later took on Francis Carmont at UFC 137 on October 29, 2011, and lost through a unanimous decision.
Camozzi later was a replacement for Yoel Romero and instead faced Ronaldo Souza at UFC on Fox 15 on April 18, 2015, and lost via submission in the first round. He faced Joe Riggs at UFC Fight Night 83 on February 21, 2016, and won via TKO in the first round.
The match was awarded the bonus for Performance of the Night.
He later faced UFC competitors like Vitor Miranda, Thales Leites, Dan Kelly at the several UFC events.
During the summer of 2017, he declared himself as a free agent after his contract ended with UFC.
Chris Camozzi is currently 31 years old. He has a height of 6 feet 3 inches tall and weighs around 84 kg.
He is married to his wife, Sacha Camozzi since 2013. They started dating each other back in 2008 and couple is enjoying a happy and relaxed life together.
Their relationship seems to stronger even though they don’t have any children as of yet. But could be planning on raising their family and add a new member.
