Education
Catalfo comes from a wrestling background. He finished in 4th place at the 1980 All-American Freestyle tournament and in 1st place at the Greco-Roman Games in 1987.
Catalfo comes from a wrestling background. He finished in 4th place at the 1980 All-American Freestyle tournament and in 1st place at the Greco-Roman Games in 1987.
As a martial artist, he competed in the Heavyweight division and fought in the Pride Fighting Championships and King of the Cage. He was voted as having the seventh-best facial hair in Mobile Marketing Association by hunglodojo.com
After this, he became a professional wrestler with the World Championship Wrestling (WCW) organization. His nickname, "Obake", was given to him by Japanese pro wrestler Yuji Nagata.
He returned to the cage three years later to face UFC veteran Dave Beneteau at King of the Cage 9: Showtime.
Catalfo defeated Beneteau with a choke after just 25 seconds of the first round. The Pride Fighting Championships of Japan then gave him the opportunity to fight there.
He made his promotional debut in February 2002 against fellow wrestler Tom Erikson at PRIDE 19: Bad Blood. Erikson outweighed Catolfo by around 50 pounds and submitted him with relative ease at 2:25 of round 1.
He had one more fight after this, submitting James Daniels at an event in Florida a year later.