Dustin Stoltzfus biography: 13 things about UFC fighter from Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Dustin Stoltzfus is an American-German professional mixed martial artist. He is a purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a black belt in Luta Livre and a red belt in Tang Soo Doo.

Currently, Stoltzfus is signed with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, which is based in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. He is a former champion of We Love MMA (WLMMA).

Stoltzfus is fighting out of Germersheim, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA to former Amish parents.
2. Raised in the Pennsylvania Dutch community outside of Ronks, Pennsylvania, he is fluent in English and German.
3. As a child, he started folkstyle wrestling before moving up to Tang Soo Do, Kung Fu and other martial arts.
4. He competes in the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.
5. He is 5’11” tall.
6. He holds a professional MMA record of 15 wins and 5 losses.
7. From 2010 to 2014, he attended Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA where he earned his bachelor’s degree in foreign languages and literature majoring in German and minoring in economics.
8. In 2012, he completed an intensive French summer language program at the Institut Universitaire de Technologie in Vesoul, France.
9. From 2014 to 2018, he attended Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Mainz, Germany where he earned his master’s degree in translation. He studied German and English translation with a focus on economics translations. 
10. In 2015, he joined Fight Fever and Frankers Fight Team in Germany as a martial arts and fitness coach. 
11. In 2017, he worked for Wordflow Translation and Software Localization in Heidelberg, Germany as a translation intern. In the same year, he started working as a freelance translator providing German to English translation, proofreading and transcription services for both national and global organizations in Mannheim, Germany.
12. In 2020, he opened his own small training facility in Gemersheim.
13. On November 15, 2023, he turned 32.

TIMELINE

2014

• On November 8, 2014, he made his professional MMA debut at “We Love MMA 10” in Stuttgart, Germany where he defeated Kyril Kolomcec via split decision. 
• On December 20, 2014, he defeated Rasul Alautdinov via unanimous decision at “We Love MMA 11” in Berlin, Germany.

2015

• On January 30, 2015, he defeated Abu Dzamaldaev via unanimous decision at “Age of Cage 4” in Stuttgart.
• On March 28, 2015, he lost via unanimous decision to Christian Skorzik at “Fair Fighting Championship 3” in Herne, Germany.
• On July 4, 2015, he defeated Arda Adas of Germany at “We Love MMA 15” in Berlin due to disqualification.
• On November 28, 2015, he submitted Eugen Weber at “We Love MMA 17” in Stuttgart.

2016

• On November 26, 2016, he defeated David Moscatelli via unanimous decision at “We Love MMA 26” in Basel, Switzerland.

2017

• On April 22, 2017, he became the WLMMA Middleweight Champion by submitting Mario Wittman at “We Love MMA 30” in Ludwigshafen, Germany.
• On October 7, 2017, he defeated Selim Agaev via unanimous decision at “Fair Fighting Championship 7” in Bochum, Germany.

2018

• On February 23, 2018, he was knocked out by Sebastian Cozmâncă in a professional kickboxing bout at “Colosseum Tournament 5” in Galați, Romania.
• On April 7, 2018, he successfully defended the WLMMA Middleweight Championship title by submitting Roman Kapranov at “We Love MMA 39” in Ludwigshafen.
• On December 8, 2018, he successfully defended the WLMMA Middleweight Championship title by submitting Filip Zadruzynski at “We Love MMA 44” in Berlin.

2019

• On June 29, 2019, he knocked out Jonas Billstein at “German MMA Championship 20” in Berlin.
• On November 9, 2019, he submitted Nihad Nasufovic at “German MMA Championship 23” in Oberhausen, Germany.

2020

• On August 11, 2020, he knocked out Joseph Pyfer at “Dana White’s Contender Series 2020” Week 2 in Enterprise, Nevada.
• On November 21, 2020, he made his UFC debut at “UFC 255” in Enterprise where he lost via unanimous decision to Kyle Daukaus.

2021

• On July 17, 2021, he was submitted by Rodolfo Vieira of Brazil at “UFC Vegas 31” in Enterprise.
•  On December 18, 2021, he was submitted by Gerald Meerschaert at “UFC Fight Night 199” in Enterprise.

2022

• On July 16, 2022, he defeated Dwight Grant via unanimous decision at “UFC on ABC 3” in Elmont, New York, USA.
• On September 3, 2022, he lost to Abusupiyan Magomedov via technical knockout at “UFC Fight Night 209” in Paris, France.

2023

• On December 2, 2023, he submitted Punahele Soriano at “UFC on ESPN 52” in Austin, Texas, USA.