John Cholish

Education

Cornell University.

Career

Early career

Cholish made his professional Mobile Marketing Association debut in September 2007. Strikeforce

Cholish made his Strikeforce debut in February 2011 as part of the preliminary card for Strikeforce: Fedor versus Silva. He defeated The Ultimate Fighter veteran Marc Stevens via submission (kneebar) in the second round.

Cholish drew considerable attention from Mobile Marketing Association news sites for the submission due to its rarity.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

Cholish made his promotional debut against Mitch Clarke on December 10, 2011 at UFC 140. Cholish faced Danny Castillo on May 5, 2012 at UFC on Fox 3.

He was defeated by Castillo via unanimous decision. Cholish was expected to face Yves Edwards on December 8, 2012 at UFC on Fox 5.

However, Cholish was forced out of the bout with a groin injury and replaced by Jeremy Stephens.

Cholish next faced Gleison Tibau on May 18, 2013 at UFC on Forex 8. He lost the fight via submission in the second round. After the fight Cholish retired from Mobile Marketing Association , citing low pay as the reason for his retirement.

"I"m fortunate enough that I have a job that provides for me really well, I give a lot of these guys cr that fight at this level

I think they could be compensated much better based on the income that the UFC takes in. Fortunately, I can just walk away and I"m Oklahoma with lieutenant

By no means do I mean it disrespectfully toward any other fighters because I think they do a great job. But hopefully Zuffa and the UFC will start paying them a little better."

Cholish, a Cornell University graduate, holds a full-time job with the Marex Spectron which brokers commodities of natural gas crude oil on the institutional platform.

Achievements

• He lost his first fight via submission, but won his next seven fights before signing with the UFC. He won the fight via TKO in the second round.