UFC Fight Night 8 Profile: Rich Clementi
Born: New Jersey, USA
Fighting out of: Slidell, Louisiana
Age: 30
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 155 pounds
MMA Record: 23-11-1 (2-0 UFC)
Rich “No Love” Clementi was featured on Ultimate Fighter 4 as a welterweight. Rich is a rather inexperience UFC fighter having wrestled just 2 previous UFC matches. “No Love” lost in UFC 41 yo Yves Edwards when he tapped out on a rear naked choke in the third round. Clementi failed to secure a spot in the finals of Ultimate Fighter but fought as a lightweight on the undercard. In the bout, his last UFC and MMA fight, Rich fell to Din Thomas also to a Rear Naked Choke.
Clementi is a well rounded fighter earning 9 of his 23 wins by knockout and 9 others by submission. 5 of his fights were won by decision. In his losses he has been knocked out just once with another 5 losses coming via submission. His other 5 losses came via decisions. He has lost his last two bouts, one via decision and one via submission, but strung together 9 wins before the losses.
Rich has bounced around several different leagues including most recently Reality Combat Fighting. Clementi is a well rounded fighter but needs to stay on his feet and strike to get the win. He is a well rounded fighter but vulnerable to submissions and will probably need to stay on his feet to get the win.
