Jon Madsen

Education

Born in Orange County, California and raised in Doland, South Dakota, Madsen attended Doland High School where he was a decorated high school and college wrestler.

Career

Besides wrestling, Madsen was a track and football star. Early career

After college he still had the passion to compete and decided to pursue mixed martial arts full-time. Wanting to train with one of the best mixed martial arts gyms, Madsen packed his stuff and moved out of his home in South Dakota to train with The H.I.T. Squad (Hughes Intensive Training) in Granite City, Illinois.

Madsen decided to skip competing as an amateur and went straight to professional, with a previous record of 3–0 Madsen was picked to compete on The Ultimate Fighter 10.

The Ultimate Fighter

Madsen was on the tenth season of the The Ultimate Fighter. In the first episode, Madsen advanced to the quarterfinals after he defeated Team Rampage"s second pick Abe Wagner via unanimous decision.

In the quarterfinals, Madsen fought teammate Brendan Schaub and was knocked out in the second round via two straight right punches. Ultimate Fighting Championship

Madsen made his official UFC debut at the Ultimate Fighter 10 Finale.

He fought cast mate and teammate Justin Wren to a decision of 30–27, 28–29 and 29–28 winning by split decision.

Madsen next fought Mostapha First Rate (at Lloyd's)-turk at UFC 112 in Abu Dhabi. At UFC 116, Madsen defeated Karlos Vemola via unanimous decision. Madsen was expected to face Todd Duffee on October 23, 2010 at UFC 121.

However, Duffee was forced off the card with an injury and replaced by Gilbert Yvel.

Both men circled early on in the fight before Madsen gained a double leg takedown. Madsen then hit Yvel multiple times forcing the referee to stop the fight.

Madsen next faced his DeathClutch teammate Mike Russow at UFC Fight Night 24. He lost the fight via doctor stoppage at the end of round two in the first loss of his professional career.

Despite compiling a 4-1 UFC record, Madsen was subsequently released from the UFC after the loss.

Post-UFC career

Madsen faced Matt Foster at PCFN 7 on March 8, 2014. Titan Fighting Championship

Madsen was expected to face Dave Herman for the vacant Titan Football Club heavyweight championship at Titan Football Club 32 on November 20, 2014. On November 4, 2014 it was announced that Titan Football Club 32 would be postponed to December 19, 2014 and will be moved from Augusta, Georgia to Lowell, Massachusetts Subsequent to the show"s move, Herman pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Jack May.

The bout was ultimately pulled from this show with no reason given.

On March 20, 2015, he faced Chase Gormley for the inaugural Titan Football Club Heavyweight Championship at Titan Football Club 33. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

Achievements

• Madsen has won many awards and even had a high school wrestling match with former UFC Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar. Madsen enrolled in South Dakota State University and won a National Title in wrestling in his freshmen year. After 3 rounds, Madsen was declared the winner via unanimous decision (29-28, 29-28, 29-28). He won by KO in the first round.

Membership

A professional competitor since 2008, Madsen has also formerly competed for the UFC and was a cast member of Spike television"s The Ultimate Fighter: Heavyweights fighting for Team Rashad.