Career
Bohlander was considered one of the best under 200 pounds fighters in the world during his time with the UFC. Jerry Bohlander was first exposed to combat sports in the form of highschool wrestling. He was team mates with UFC fighter Pete Williams. Mixed Martial Arts Jerry Bohlander began his Mobile Marketing Association career on November 9, 1995 at United Full Contact Federation 2, where he defeated Philosophy Benedict by armbar.
With his victory at UFCF 2, Bohlander received an invitation to the open-weight UFC 8 tournament.
Jerry would then lose his semi-final bout to K1 and future Pride veteran Gary Goodridge via TKO. Bohlander would bounce back from this knockout loss by putting on arguably the finest performance of his career against Kevin Jackson. Kevin Jackson (an olympic gold medalist at the 1992 Barcelona games) was 3-1 at the time with his one loss being to UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Frank Shamrock.
Jackson and Bohlander fought for ten minutes ending with Bohlander securing the armbar victory. Bohlander would go on to fight 3 more times in his career before retiring from the sport with a record of 11-4.
On June 30, 2010, he was involved in the fatal shooting of 38-year-old Jose Luis Martinez Chavez.
At the time of the shooting, Jeremiah Bohlander was a Napa County Sheriff"s Deputy working with The Napa County Special Investigations Bureau (NSIB). Jeremiah Bohlander had been with NSIB six months. Napa County District Attorney Gary Lieberstein said that the shooting of Jose L. Martinez Chavez was justified.
In 2005, during Jerry"s first year of service as a peace officer, he shot and fatally wounded Samuel Paul Rodriguez.
As Jerry waited to be cleared of any wrongdoing, he was afforded paid administrative leave. Ultimate Fighting Championship
UFC 11 Tournament Semifinalist
UFC 8 Tournament Semifinalist
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Fight of the Year (1998) versus
Kevin Jackson on March 13.