Bellator MMA has announced the signing of mixed martial arts veteran Jon Fitch, 40, of San Jose, California, United States to an exclusive multi-fight contract. He holds a professional MMA record of 30 wins, 7 losses, 1 draw and 1 No Contest.
Fitch joins Bellator MMA’s stacked welterweight division following a 15-year, 39-bout professional career that has seen him earn 30 victories and a world title. A longtime American Kickboxing Academy product, he has competed against some of the division’s best, including Georges St-Pierre, B.J. Penn and Johny Hendricks as well as Thiago Alves twice, Demian Maia and Jake Shields.
“The addition of an elite fighter like Jon Fitch to our roster helps reiterate that we have the best welterweight division in MMA,” Bellator MMA president Scott Coker said. “There are a number of high-profile matchups that we can make and I look forward to seeing what he can do inside the Bellator cage.”
A native of Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA, Fitch wrestled at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana prior to finding his way into MMA. From 1997 to 2022, he attended the university where he earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a minor in history.
Following a string of early career wins, the Fort Wayne native would eventually earn 21 victories in 22 appearances between 2003 and 2010 and would go on to challenge St-Pierre for the world title. He is a mainstay of the division ever since.
The most recent run of the Purdue University alumnus includes four consecutive victories and a welterweight world championship. He went on to successfully defend the title against Jake Shields and Brian Foster.
Fitch joins a stacked division that includes current welterweight champion Rory MacDonald, Douglas Lima, Michael Page, Lorenz Larkin, Neiman Gracie and Andrey Koreshkov, among others. On May 12, 2018, Fitch will fight Paul “Semtex” Daley, 35, of Nottingham, England, United Kingdom at “Bellator 199” at the SAP Center in San Jose.
Daley is 5’9″ tall. Fitch is 6’0″ tall.
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