Luke Zachrich

Luke Zachrich is a retired American mixed martial artist who also fought as a professional boxer, born in 1981. He competed professionally in mixed martial arts from 2006, and his run in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship ended with his release from the promotion. Before that he was a member of Team Forrest on the seventh season of The Ultimate Fighter and fought for King of the Cage, Bellator, the Xtreme Fighting Organization and Ultimate Victory Challenge, where he won the inaugural middleweight title. He took up the sport after a short spell as a college football player at Bowling Green and some amateur boxing, trained early on with Dan Severn at The Beast Academy in Coldwater, Michigan, and later with Team Jorge Gurgel in Cincinnati, Ohio. His professional mixed martial arts record stood at 14 wins and 4 losses, with seven of the wins by submission. He later ran his own gym, the Ronin Training Center, where he is one of the head instructors.