Dean Lister

Dean Richard Lister (born February 13, 1976) is a retired American mixed martial artist (MMA) and submission grappler. He is a 4th degree Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ) black belt, luta livre black belt, and coach. Lister is considered a pioneer of grappling and mixed martial arts.

In MMA, Lister competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and PRIDE. He is a former King of the Cage Middleweight Champion. In submission grappling, Lister won two ADCC World Championship tournaments and the ADCC Superfight Championship.

Early life Lister grew up in a military family and lived in several South American countries, including Venezuela and Panama. Lister speaks several languages. He lived in Panama during the U.S. invasion in 1989, and, according to Lister, he was "right in the middle of a serious combat zone". After living in several different cities in the United States, Lister's family settled in San Diego for Lister's high school years, where he attended Hilltop High School.

Career Lister often fought as a kid, mostly due to a combination of being the "new kid", a foreigner, and being small for his age. The need to protect himself led Lister to Wrestling and Sambo.

From 1997–2003, Lister worked as an instructor for Santos. Lister teaches both beginner and advanced students at Victory MMA in San Diego. The classes typically begin with Dean teaching submission grappling techniques from various grappling arts he's accumulated during the years, followed by sparring.

He maintains that it is "the biggest and most challenging sport that exists". Lister does not favor any particular technique, although he is mostly known for his leg attacks (foot locks and knee locks).

It is worth noting that one of Lister's MMA losses is against Nathan Marquardt, despite previously submitting him in the 2003 ADCC tournament.ADCC 2003 - Dean Lister vs. Nathan Marquardt at youtube

Lister was a King of the Cage Middleweight Champion, and defended his title several times before losing to Jeremy Horn in a Light Heavyweight fight. KOTC stripped Dean of his title after the loss, even though it was at a higher weight class. Years later, Lister avenged this loss by submitting Jeremy Horn with a guillotine choke in the TUF 7 finale.

Lister lost a three-round unanimous decision to Yushin Okami at UFC 92 on December 27, 2008, dropping his UFC record to 4–2. He subsequently requested to be released from his UFC contract, and has since signed with the Maximum Fighting Championship.

Dean Lister and Renato Sobral fought to a draw at Metamoris 3 in a submission wrestling match.

In the co-main event of Metamoris 4 on August 9, 2014, Lister faced Josh Barnett to determine the inaugural Metamoris Heavyweight Champion. Barnett became the first person in sixteen years to defeat Lister via submission, submitting Lister with a scarf hold in the final thirty seconds of the match.

ADCC Lister competed in the first ADCC North American trial in 2002, winning the under 99kg division. He was then invited to compete at ADCC 2003 and won the absolute division at the tournament before returning in 2005 to become the Superfight champion, defeating Jean Jacques Machado. He claimed the gold medal again in 2011 in the under 99 kg division by submitting João Assis in the final by a heel hook. He also submitted jiu-jitsu world champion Rodolfo Vieira, in his weight division, also with a heel hook. At the 2013 ADCC in Beijing, China, Lister defeated Cristiano Lazzarini in the semi-finals of the under 99 kg division by heel hook but would go on to lose on points in the finals to João Assis; In the absolute division Lister submitted both Hideki Sekine and João Gabriel Rocha by heel hook before losing to Marcus Almeida in the semi-finals. Lister also lost to Keenan Cornelius in the bronze medal match both on points.

Lister is notable for an ADCC triple crown by winning his weight division, the absolute division and a superfight. In 2022, Lister earned the honor of being part of the inaugural class of the ADCC Hall of Fame and was the first American to be included.

Coaching career Lister's sparring partner and former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, Tito Ortiz, invited him to be his assistant grappling coach on the third season of the Spike TV reality show, The Ultimate Fighter.

Lister served as a coach alongside Roger Gracie, Jean Jacques Machado, and Rigan Machado on season 6 of the Professional Grappling Federation on April 21 to 26, 2024. Lister led Team Black Rifle Coffee Company at the tournament, and finished in third place.

Lister returned to coach on season 7 of the Professional Grappling Federation on November 3 to 8, 2024, alongside Roger Gracie, Pedro Sauer, and Carlos Machado. He led the Constellation Network team.

Personal life Dean Lister Comes Home for UFC Debut Saturday "I had personal issues with my family stuff and I lost a lot of my motivation," Lister admitted. He attended San Diego State University. In April 2021, Lister was hospitalized due to being involved in a hit and run which resulted in a ruptured spleen.

Championships and accomplishments Ultimate Fighting Championship UFC.com Awards 2006: Ranked #5 Submission of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

| Win | align=center| 10–5 | Jordan Radev | Decision (unanimous) | UFC 79 | | align=center| 3 | align=center| 5:00 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

| Win | align=center| 8–4 | Alessio Sakara | Submission (triangle choke) | UFC 60 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:20 | Los Angeles, California, United States

Grappling record

Result Opponent Method Event Division YearLoss Muhammad Kerimov Submission (shoulder injury during an Ezekiel choke) ACBJJ Superfight 2015Loss Yuri Simoes Points (3-5) ADCC 2015 Absolute 2015Win Ricardo Mesquita Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2015 Absolute 2015Loss Orlando Mario Sanchez Referee Decision ADCC 2015 +99 2015Win Hyung Chul-Lee Submission (armlock) ADCC 2015 +99 2015Loss Keenan Cornelius Submission (reverse triangle choke) Polaris Professional Jiu Jitsu Invitational Superfight 2015Loss Josh Barnett Submission (scarf-hold choke) Metamoris IV Superfight 2014Draw Renato Sobral Draw Metamoris III Superfight 2014Win Janne-Pekka Pietiläinen Referee Decision Macaco Branco Primates Superfight 2014Win Tarsis Humphreys Submission (heel hook) World Jiu-Jitsu Expo Superfight 2013Loss Keenan Cornelius Points ADCC 2013 Absolute 2013Loss Marcus Almeida Points ADCC 2013 Absolute 2013Win João Gabriel Rocha Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2013 Absolute 2013Win Hideki Sekine Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2013 Absolute 2013Loss João Assis Points ADCC 2013 -99 kg 2013Win Cristiano Lazzarini Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2013 -99 kg 2013Win Ezra Lenon Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2013 -99 kg 2013Win Jia Jing Jang Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2013 -99 kg 2013Loss João Assis Referee Decision Grapplers Quest: UFC Fan Expo Absolute 2013Win Kyle Griffin Submission (toe hold) Grapplers Quest: UFC Fan Expo Absolute 2013Draw Alexandre Ribeiro Draw Metamoris I Superfight 2012Win Ricardo Abreu Submission (heel hook) Grapplers Quest: UFC Fan Expo Superfight 2012Win João Assis Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2011 -99 kg 2011Win Rodolfo Vieira Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2011 -99 kg 2011Win Radek Turek Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2011 -99 kg 2011Win Augusto Ferrari Points ADCC 2011 -99 kg 2011Loss Vinny Magalhães Points ADCC 2009 Absolute 2009Loss Glover Teixeira Points ADCC 2009 -99 kg 2009Win Andreas Olsen Submission (triangle choke) ADCC 2009 -99 kg 2009Win Jean Jacques Machado Points ADCC 2005 Superfight 2005Win Alexandre Ferreira Submission (heel hook) ADCC 2003 Absolute 2003Win Márcio Cruz Points (3-0) ADCC 2003 Absolute 2003Win Saulo Ribeiro Submission (kneebar) ADCC 2003 Absolute 2003Win Nate Marquardt Submission (kimura) ADCC 2003 Absolute 2003Loss Alexandre Ribeiro Points ADCC 2003 -99 kg 2003Win Ilir Latifi Submission (guillotine choke) ADCC 2003 -99 kg 2003Loss Marc Laimon Points (2-4) Grapplers Quest West Absolute 2000Win Tony DeSouza Points (4-2) Grapplers Quest West Absolute 2000Win Sean Sprangler Submission (neck crank) Grapplers Quest West Absolute 2000

Instructor lineage

Kano Jigoro → Tomita Tsunejiro → Mitsuyo "Count Koma" Maeda → Carlos Gracie, Sr. → Helio Gracie → Rickson Gracie → Fabio Santos → Jeffrey Higgs → Dean Lister

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