Halsey attended Rancho Buena Vista High School where he competed in wrestling and excelled. Halsey originally attended Fresno State University before transferring to California State University at Bakersfield his sophomore year when Fresno State dropped their wrestling program
A professional competitor since 2012, Halsey has also formerly competed for King of the Cage. Originally from San Diego, California, Halsey began his career in combat sports from a young age as a wrestler and judoka. Halsey"s father wrestled at University of California, Los Angeles and Halsey has two brothers who also competed at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I colleges.
After having an injury-plagued two years at Fresno State, Halsey excelled at CSUB fininshing 7th at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 National Championships, earning National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 All-American honors.
Early career
Halsey made his professional debut against Chris Golz. In his second fight Halsey faced Shonie Carter, a UFC veteran with over eighty fights.
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After winning his first two fights, Halsey was signed by Bellator Fighting Championships and made his debut against Rocky Ramirez at Bellator 92 on March 7, 2013. Halsey faced UFC veteran Hector Ramirez at Bellator 106 on November 2, 2013.
In March 2014, Halsey entered into the Bellator Season Ten Middleweight tournament when Dan Cramer versus Jeremy Kimball was cancelled.
He fought Joe Pacheco at Bellator 116 on April 11, 2014. Halsey was scheduled to face Brett Cooper in the finals at Bellator 119 on May 9, 2014. The bout, however, was delayed due to an injury sustained by Cooper.
The Cooper fight took place at Bellator 122 on July 25, 2014.
Halsey faced Alexander Shlemenko for the Bellator Middleweight Championship on September 26, 2014 at Bellator 126. Halsey was expected to make his first title defense against Kendall Grove on May 15, 2015 at Bellator 137.
However, Halsey failed to make weight and was subsequently stripped of the middleweight championship with the bout being a championship fight for Grove only. Halsey next faced Rafael Carvalho for the vacant Bellator Middleweight Championship on October 23, 2015 at Bellator 144.
After dominating the opening round with his grappling, Halsey lost via TKO in the second after absorbing a kick to the liver.
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Bellator Middleweight Championship (One time).
He currently holds the best overall high school record in school history with 150-16 and 80 pins, and also won a California high school state championship. Halsey also competed in football as a linebacker and won First-Team All-San Diego County honors. He won the bout via submission in the first round. Halsey won the bout via unanimous decision. Halsey won by technical submission after choking Ramirez unconscious with an arm-triangle choke in the third round. Halsey fought Joe Yager at Bellator 96 on June 19, 2013 and won the bout via split decision. Halsey won the bout via TKO in the first round after using his superior wrestling to take the fight to the ground and transitioning immediately to the back, unloading with punches to the head until he earned the victory. = Season Ten Middleweight Tournament winner He won the bout via unanimous decision. Halsey won the bout via submission in the first round. = Middleweight Champion Halsey won the bout via technical submission in the first round to become the new Bellator Middleweight Champion. Halsey won the fight via TKO in the fourth round. Bellator Season Ten Middleweight Tournament Winner.
