Dean Lister

Dean Lister is a retired American mixed martial artist and submission grappler, born on 13 February 1976, who grew up in a military family in several South American countries before settling in San Diego. He holds black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and luta livre and is regarded as a pioneer of grappling and mixed martial arts, best known for foot locks, knee locks and heel hooks. In grappling he won the under 99 kg division and the absolute division at ADCC 2003, the ADCC Superfight in 2005 and the under 99 kg division again in 2011, a feat described as the ADCC triple crown, and in 2022 he joined the inaugural ADCC Hall of Fame. In mixed martial arts he fought in the UFC and PRIDE and held the King of the Cage middleweight title, and he later worked as a grappling coach.