This Month's MMA Birthdays: Carlos Condit Turns 40

Brian KnappApr 21, 2024

Carlos Condit was for years one of the most violent men in mixed martial arts and more than lived up to “The Natural Born Killer” moniker he bore. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, native celebrates his 40th birthday on April 26.

Condit rose to prominence in the World Extreme Cagefighting promotion, where he captured the vacant welterweight crown with a second-round rear-naked choke submission of John Alessio in the WEC 26 main event on March 24, 2007. He successfully retained the title on three occasions—he beat Brock Larson, Carlo Prater and Hiromitsu Miura in succession—before crossing over to the Ultimate Fighting Championship as part of the UFC-WEC merger. Condit tested himself against some of the sport’s premier welterweights inside the Octagon, from Rory MacDonald and Georges St. Pierre to Johny Hendricks and Tyron Woodley, laying claim to the interim welterweight crown with a five-round unanimous decision over former Strikeforce champion Nick Diaz in February 2012. However, he may be best remembered for his unforgettable 25-minute war with Robbie Lawler in a failed bid to land undisputed gold at UFC 195. Lawler escaped with a contentious split decision, as the two men combined to land 268 significant strikes against one another in a “Fight of the Year” contender. Condit retired from MMA competition with a 32-14 career record—28 of his wins resulted in finishes—in 2021 following a unanimous decision defeat to Max Griffin at UFC 264.

Others in MMA celebrating a birthday during the month of April:

APRIL 1

Vitor Belfort, 47
Justin Davis, 41
Jeremy Spoon, 39
Jerod Spoon, 39
Aaron Johnson, 38
Hiromasa Ougikubo, 37
Derek Campos, 36
Ramsey Nijem, 36
Mohammed Usman, 35
Denis Smoldarev, 35
Jin Soo Son, 31
Marcos Brigagao, 28

APRIL 2

Sylvain Potard, 44
Luiz Cane, 43
Adrian Cruz, 42
Claudio Ledesma, 41
Cole Konrad, 40
Yi Sak Kim, 38
Ilima-Lei Macfarlane, 34
Stefan Vojcak, 34
Tetsuya Yamada, 34
Sharaf Davlatmurodov, 32
Kevin Natividad, 31
Benedict Ang, 28

APRIL 3

Rhadi Ferguson, 51
Chael Sonnen, 47
Kazunori Yokota, 46
Estevan Payan, 42
Travis Reddinger, 42
Sunoto Peringkat, 39
Gabriel Checco, 38
Perry Filkins, 36
William Knight, 36
Michael Lombardo, 34
Magomed Umalatov, 32
Islam Visaitov, 23

APRIL 4

Stephan Bonnar, 1977-2022
Ray Mercer, 63
Carlos Alexandre Pereira, 45
Rafael Cavalcante, 44
Ran Weathers, 42
Nate Andrews, 40
Brian Foster, 40
Isaac Villanueva, 40
Riku Shibuya, 39
Ruben Esparza, 36
Dustin Jacoby, 36
Erikas Golubovskis, 23

APRIL 5

James Wilks, 46
Benji Radach, 45
Bobbi Jo Dalziel, 38
Nicholas Musoke, 38
Claudia Zamora, 38
Darren Smith Jr., 37
Cole Smith, 35
Simon Biyong, 33
Said Nurmagomedov, 32
Alton Meeks, 30
Jianbing Yang, 30
Gilbert Urbina, 28

APRIL 6

Charlie Rader, 42
Nate Moore, 41
Marcus Brimage, 39
Alen Amedovski, 36
Geje Eustaquio, 35
Doo Ho Choi, 33
Radu Maxim, 33
Alexander Poppeck, 32
Benito Lopez, 30
John Sweeney, 29
Darragh Kelly, 26
Mario Piazzon, 26

APRIL 7

Paul Creighton, 54
Ryan Schultz, 47
David Baggett, 44
Russ Miura, 43
Batsumberel Dagvadorj, 37
Michael Page, 37
Azamat Gashimov, 34
Andre Fialho, 30
Yaozong Hu, 29
A.J. McKee, 29
Raz Bring, 28
Mariya Agapova, 27

APRIL 8

Bobby Ologun, 51
Kestutis Smirnovas, 48
Isaac Vallie-Flagg, 46
Ovince St. Preux, 41
Daniel Downes, 38
Rocky Lee, 37
Andrew Sanchez, 36
Milana Dudieva, 35
Manny Lozoya, 35
Vitor Resende, 34
Taylor Lapilus, 32
Julija Stoliarenko, 31

APRIL 9

Bernard Ackah, 52
Roman Mitichyan, 46
Kevin Engel, 44
Phil Harris, 41
Kelly Faszholz, 40
Andrew McInnes, 39
Yushi Sakura, 36
Katharina Lehner, 34
Frantz Slioa, 33
Itso Babulaidze, 31
Nate Smith, 29
Mitchell Sipe, 28

APRIL 10

Rony Sefo, 52
Magnus Cedenblad, 42
Luis Alberto Nogueira, 42
Sakae Kasuya, 41
Michal Materla, 40
Shinji Maeguchi, 39
Javier Torres, 39
James Moontasri, 36
Lewis Long, 35
Royce White, 33
Abdul-Kareem Al-Selwady, 29
Daiqwon Buckley, 28

APRIL 11

Gary Quan, 53
Shungo Oyama, 50
Jan Nortje, 49
Eddie Sanchez, 42
Czar Sklavos, 42
Arlene Blencowe, 41
Krasimir Mladenov, 38
Kailin Curran, 33
Sidney Outlaw, 32
Tom Aspinall, 31
Evan Elder, 27
Sanzhar Zakirov, 21

APRIL 12

Nobuhiko Takada, 62
Mikey Burnett, 50
Alida Gray, 47
Roman Savochka, 46
Gilbert Melendez, 42
Joe Wilk, 42
Robert Whiteford, 41
Brent Primus, 39
Tiago dos Santos e Silva, 37
Ricky Glenn, 35
Michal Andryszak, 32
Fernie Garcia, 32

APRIL 13

Emi Tomimatsu, 42
Ben Saunders, 41
Bilal Williams, 41
Mehdi Baghdad, 39
Yuko Oya, 37
Luke Barnatt, 36
Justine Kish, 36
Miranda Granger, 32
Kamuela Kirk, 30
Rafael Costa, 27
Long Xiao, 26
Kanata Nagai, 19

APRIL 14

Amaury Bitetti, 55
Ebenezer Fontes Braga, 55
Anderson Silva, 49
Jessica Rakoczy, 47
Anthony Hamilton, 44
Jack May, 43
Bobby Brents, 42
Jussier Formiga, 39
Sarah Frota, 37
Nad Narimani, 37
Marina Shafir, 36
Vladimir Tokov, 28

APRIL 15

Keith Hackney, 66
Enson Inoue, 57
Crafton Wallace, 52
Mike Dolce, 48
Kenichi Hattori, 46
Ricardo Romero, 46
Leonardo Guimaraes, 42
Tae Hyun Bang, 41
Magomed Saadulaev, 40
Gabrielle Holloway, 34
Carlos Mota, 29
Bibert Tumenov, 27

APRIL 16

Eldari Kurtanidze, 52
Phil Baroni, 48
Ralph Acosta, 43
Gina Carano, 42
Adam Khaliev, 40
Jason Norwood, 40
Nate Diaz, 39
Pat Audinwood, 38
Alexandre Pantoja, 34
April Osenio, 30
Islam Konchiev, 24
Luana Santos, 24

APRIL 17

Cheri Muraski, 45
Ron Keslar, 44
Benjamin Smith, 44
Kana Hyatt, 43
Martin Kampmann, 42
Tyron Woodley, 42
Siyar Bahadurzada, 40
Jumabieke Tuerxun, 38
Nick Pace, 37
Zayundin Suleymanov, 28
Usman Nurmagomedov, 26
Rashi Shinde, 24

APRIL 18

Jan Finney, 44
Ion Pascu, 42
Garrett Scott, 41
Grigory Popov, 40
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, 40
Corey Jackson, 36
Alexandr Shabliy, 31
Chibwikem Onyenegecha, 30
Artur Soloviev, 30
Yanan Wu, 28
Ivan Podrugin, 23
Eduard Bagratunyan, 21

APRIL 19

Thomas Denny, 53
Dokonjonosuke Mishima, 52
Antonio Mendes, 43
Zach Makovsky, 41
Farkhad Sharipov, 40
Bryson Hansen, 38
Kelli Gottardo, 37
Pascal Krauss, 37
Dan Ring, 36
Michal Martinek, 34
Kaleio Romero, 28
Yuki Ito, 27

APRIL 20

Dean Storey, 56
Allan Goes, 53
Sheila Bird, 48
Moise Rimbon, 47
Daiju Takase, 47
Nate Marquardt, 45
Tyson Griffin, 40
Errol Zimmerman, 38
Kyle Nelson, 33
Cory Sandhagen, 32
Jonathan Martinez, 30
Muslim Khazhmuratov, 21

APRIL 21

Kajan Johnson, 40
Eryk Anders, 37
Ronny Markes, 36
Alex Oliveira, 36
Adriano Moraes, 35
Paulo Costa, 33
Saimon Oliveira, 33
Brett Martin, 30
Meng Bo, 28
Justin Montalvo, 28
Claudio Puelles, 28
Igor da Silva, 21

APRIL 22

Mont McMullens, 51
Frank Tate, 48
Eric Schambari, 46
Travis Clark, 45
Ben Moa, 43
Andy Nguyen, 42
Alonzo Martinez, 40
Parker Porter, 39
Lena Ovchynnikova, 37
Chris Gutierrez, 33
Logan Urban, 30
Jerome Rivera, 29

APRIL 23

Josh Bryant, 44
Brandon Sayles, 43
Diego Saraiva, 42
Shanon Slack, 41
Chris Herrera, 40
Sam Stout, 40
Cass Bell, 37
Juan Manuel Puig, 35
Lisa Mauldin, 34
Ibo Aslan, 28
Khonry Gracie, 27
Dmytrii Hrytsenko, 27

APRIL 24

Marcio Cruz, 46
Achmed Labasanov, 46
Cosmo Alexandre, 42
Shoji Maruyama, 41
Alan Belcher, 40
Daniel Madrid, 40
Germaine de Randamie, 40
Nick Hein, 40
Michael Chandler, 38
Montel Jackson, 32
Jhonata Silva, 27
Gabriel Braga, 26

APRIL 25

Kazuo Misaki, 48
Alexandre Ferreira, 45
Clifford Starks, 43
LaRue Burley, 40
Paul Felder, 39
T.J. Waldburger, 36
Enrique Barzola, 35
Rakim Cleveland, 35
Leonardo Mafra Texeira, 35
Rogerio Bontorin, 32
Uros Medic, 31
Julio Cesar Neves Jr., 30

APRIL 26

David “Tank” Abbott, 59
Megumi Fujii, 50
Bobby Voelker, 45
Carlos Condit, 40
Cole Miller, 40
Bartosz Fabinski, 38
Brian Houston, 37
Marlon Moraes, 36
Carlton Minus, 31
Mason Jones, 29
Cristian Quinonez, 28
Isai Ramos, 23

APRIL 27

Paul Cressaty, 53
Luke Cummo, 44
Derek Downey, 44
Steve Swanson, 44
Ricardo Abreu, 40
Sijara Eubanks, 39
Justin Wren, 37
Cameron Else, 33
Jesse Stirn, 32
Joaquin Buckley, 30
Noelle Grandjean, 28
Esteban Ribovics, 28

APRIL 28

Joe Johnson, 59
Billy Miles, 46
Brandon Foxworth, 45
Leopoldo Serao, 45
Takasuke Kume, 39
Davy Gallon, 35
Jonavin Webb, 35
Darrick Minner, 34
Justin Gonzales, 33
Kathryn Paprocki, 31
Kevem Felipe, 30
Bartosz Lesko, 28

APRIL 29

Raymond Daniels, 44
Tim Gorman, 41
Valerie Letourneau, 41
John Cofer, 40
Kyle Dietz, 38
Dustin Hazelett, 38
Marina Rodriguez, 37
Gaetano Pirrello, 32
Andrew Lazo, 30
Aiden Lee, 29
Kantemir Shibzukhov, 24
Nikita Dobryakov, 20

APRIL 30

Todd Medina, 54
Jeff Joslin, 49
Yoel Romero, 47
Charmaine Tweet, 47
Jimmy Yabo, 43
Al Iaquinta, 37
Sarah Moras, 36
Kinberly Tanaka Novaes, 33
Smealinho Rama, 32
J.P. Buys, 28
Dayane de Souza Cardoso, 28
Brady Hiestand, 25