Jeremy Horn

Jeremy Graham Horn (born August 25, 1975) is an American mixed martial artist.

Horn is best known for fighting in smaller American promotions, he has also competed in some of the premiere mixed martial arts organizations around the world, including the UFC, WEC, PRIDE, Bellator, Pancrase, the IFL, King of the Cage, and the International Fighting Championships (IFC).

Horn is the former King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Champion and has also competed in the Heavyweight and Light Heavyweight divisions.

Horn was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and has two half-brothers, Sid and Matt Anderson, along with his younger brother Marshall Horn.

All of the boys were raised by their single mother, Ruth.

A belligerent child, he began training when he was 12 years old, along with his brother Matt.

Before becoming a full-time mixed martial arts fighter, Horn worked in construction.

He is known for his durability, with a total of 119 total fights in his career, as well as his grappling skills with 53 of his 91 wins by submission.

Horn's early martial arts training was under Robert Bussey's Warrior International founder, Robert Bussey.

Horn earned a RBWI black belt under Bussey in 1992, and spent most of his career with the Miletich Fighting Systems team in Iowa.

Horn is currently training in Salt Lake City, Utah with Elite Performance, the team that he created.

Horn made his professional debut in early 1996 in a warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia.

Horn won the bout in under two minutes via armbar submission, and would go on to reach a record of 9-2-3 with eight submission wins before being invited to compete in the UFC.

Horn made his UFC debut at UFC 17 on May 15, 1998 against then-UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Frank Shamrock in a fight for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

Horn lost via kneebar submission 16:28 into the bout.

He also fought Jason Godsey in the UFC.

Horn made his next appearance for the organization at UFC Brazil five fights later against Brazilian Vale Tudo fighter, Ebenezer Fontes Braga.

Horn lost the bout via guillotine choke submission 3:27 into the first round.

Horn bounced back after the loss, going 9-0-1 in his next 10 fights with two wins in the IFC and the draw being against Keiichiro Yamamiya in Horn's Pancrase debut.

Horn returned to the UFC at UFC 19 to fight future UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and future UFC Hall of Fame inductee, Chuck Liddell.

Horn rendered Liddell unconscious with an arm-triangle choke 12:00 into the bout, which would be the only submission loss of Liddell's career.

Horn compiled eight more wins to bring his winning-streak to 15 fights, before making another appearance for the UFC at UFC 21 against Daiju Takase in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Horn won the bout via TKO 4:41 into the fight.

Horn then fought at UFC 22 two fights later against Jason Godsey, who had defeated Horn via submission earlier in his career.

His 18-fight winning-streak was snapped in his next fight after suffering a loss via majority decision at the hands of Hiromitsu Kanehara in Horn's RINGS debut in Tokyo, Japan.

His next loss was against future Pride Heavyweight Champion and future UFC Interim Heavyweight Champion, Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira via unanimous decision.

After a split decision loss to Ricardo Arona in RINGS, Horn made his next UFC appearance at UFC 27 against future Strikeforce U.S. Middleweight Champion Eugene Jackson and won via armbar submission in the first round.

In RINGS, Horn faced six-time UFC Champion and UFC Hall of Famer Randy Couture who was able to out strike Horn from the clinch and knocked down Horn multiple times, as Horn would end up losing in a unanimous decision.

After the loss to Couture, Horn faced Australian Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist, Elvis Sinosic at UFC 30.

Sinosic, who held a career record 3-3-1 coming into the fight, defeated Horn with an armbar submission.

Two fights after a majority decision loss in a rematch with Ricardo Arona, Horn was invited to compete in the Pride Fighting Championships.

Horn made his PRIDE debut against Akira Shoji on December 23, 2001, at Pride 18 in Fukuoka, Japan.

Horn won the bout against the Japanese veteran via unanimous decision.

Horn's next appearance for the Japan-based organization was against Gilbert Yvel at Pride 21 and Horn won via unanimous decision.

After his last fight with PRIDE, Horn made his WEC debut at WEC 4 and won via rear-naked choke submission under one minute into the first round.

Horn then followed this up with wins over Kristof Midoux, Travis Fulton, Chalid Arrab, and Homer Moore before fighting for the King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Championship against then-champion, Vernon White, who had won and defended the title four times.

Horn won the bout via unanimous decision, becoming the new King of the Cage Light Heavyweight Champion.

Two fights later, Horn fought in the IFC Light Heavyweight tournament on September 6, 2003, and won his first bout of the night via armbar submission before facing future Ultimate Fighter Winner, UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, and UFC Hall of Famer, Forrest Griffin in a highly anticipated bout.

The two exchanged powerful strikes on the feet and battled on the ground in the first round, and continued to grapple through the second round until Horn knocked out the fatigued Griffin with a single head kick.

Horn's next fight of the night was for the final against future Strikeforce Light Heavyweight Champion Renato "Babalu" Sobral.