This Month’s MMA Birthdays: Josh Barnett Turns 40
If Josh Barnett were to walk away from mixed martial arts tomorrow, he would do so as one of the 10 best heavyweights of all-time and one of the sport’s most controversial historical figures. “The Warmaster” will celebrate his 40th birthday on Nov. 10.
Barnett has compiled a stellar 35-8 record across more than two decades of MMA competition, capturing titles in Pancrase and the Ultimate Fighting Championship. However, multiple suspensions related to performance enhancers have clouded his legacy. A protégé of CSW founder Erik Paulson and the late Billy Robinson, the Seattle native owns victories over Olympic gold medalists Hidehiko Yoshida and Pawel Nastula, former K-1 World Grand Prix winners Mark Hunt and Semmy Schilt, onetime Pride Fighting Championships titleholder Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and ex-UFC champions Andrei Arlovski, Randy Couture and Frank Mir. In March 2002, Barnett, then 24, became the youngest heavyweight champion in Ultimate Fighting Championship history by stopping Couture with second-round punches in the UFC 36 main event. He was later stripped of the title after testing positive for a banned substance. It would become a theme throughout his career. In fact, Barnett currently finds himself in a state of limbo, as he was notified in December of a potential out-of-competition violation by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
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NOV. 1
Larry Ray, 40Manabu Inoue, 39
Will Dicke, 32
Lauren Barefoot, 27
NOV. 2
Jerry Bohlander, 43Munah Holland, 43
Cub Swanson, 34
Josh Clark, 33
NOV. 3
Anthony Ruiz, 40Mackens Semerzier, 37
Gasan Umalatov, 35
Darrell Montague, 30
Eric Cronkhite, 23
NOV. 4
Kenji Osawa, 41Rustam Khabilov, 31
J.C. Cottrell, 28
J.J. Okanovich, 27
NOV. 5
Tamdan McCrory, 31Davi Ramos, 31
Andrew Huffman, 28
Amir Khan, 23
NOV. 6
Demian Maia, 40Isaiah Chapman, 28
Chase Sherman, 28
Magomed Magomedov, 27
NOV. 7
Curtis Stout, 44Ivan Jorge, 37
Eric Albright, 31
Veta Arteaga, 30
NOV. 8
Cameron Diffley, 33Thiago Tavares, 33
Makwan Amirkhani, 29
Jordan Espinosa, 28
NOV. 9
Mike Russow, 41Sean Salmon, 40
Andre Winner, 36
Marcin Tybura, 32
NOV. 10
Josh Barnett, 40Katsuaki Furuki, 37
Francis Carmont, 36
David Michaud, 29
NOV. 11
Wesley Correira, 39Leandro Silva, 32
Lucas Martins, 29
Diego Rivas, 26
NOV. 12
Aaron Brink, 43Lee Murray, 40
Rudy Bears, 39
Thiago Silva, 35
Jorge Masvidal, 33
Arianny Celeste, 32
Emmanuel Rivera, 31
NOV. 13
John Hosman, 37Jared Hess, 34
Abubakar Nurmagomedov, 28
NOV. 14
Stephen Bass, 35Keith Berish, 32
Justin Gaethje, 29
Shannon Wiratchai, 29
NOV. 15
Dylan Andrews, 38Lisa Ellis, 35
Royston Wee, 31
Josh Shockley, 28
NOV. 16
Delson Heleno, 40Patrick Cummins, 37
Chris Jones, 36
Benson Henderson, 34
Nicolas Dalby, 33
Tatsumitsu Wada, 29
Yusuke Kasuya, 28
NOV. 17
Emi Fujino, 37Daniel Stittgen, 37
Dong Hyun Kim, 36
Ildemar Alcantara, 35
NOV. 18
Masanori Kanehara, 35DeAnna Bennett, 33
John Teixeira da Conceicao, 31
Jordan Johnson, 29
NOV. 19
Gerald Harris, 38Taro Kusano, 34
Josh Stansbury, 33
Ian Entwistle, 31
Erik Perez, 28
NOV. 20
Rickson Gracie, 59Gan McGee, 41
Chris Camozzi, 31
Kevin Pearson, 31
Delaney Owen, 25
NOV. 21
Mikhail Ilyukhin, 51Rodney Wallace, 36
Marat Gafurov, 33
Karl Amoussou, 32
Clint Hester, 31
Thiago Santos, 31
Jorge Lopez, 29
NOV. 22
Roli Delgado, 36Edilberto de Oliveira, 35
Eduard Folayang, 34
Lukasz Klinger, 34
Daniel Weichel, 33
NOV. 23
Don Frye, 52Charles Bennett, 38
Vinc Pichel, 35
Jason Saggo, 32
NOV. 24
Mike Goldberg, 53Mitch Clarke, 32
Josh Hill, 31
Timofey Nastyukhin, 28
NOV. 25
Rob Smith, 46Mauricio Rua, 36
Alan Jouban, 35
Abdul-Kerim Edilov, 26
NOV. 26
Ediane Gomes, 37Derek Boyle, 33
Jose Rodriguez, 32
Ruslan Magomedov, 31
NOV. 27
Ryan Jimmo, 1981-2016Satoru Sayama, 60
Homer Moore, 46
Brian Ebersole, 37
E.J. Brooks, 32
Lukasz Sajewski, 27
Vicente Luque, 26
NOV. 28
Tony Lopez, 44Shane Howell, 34
Jessica-Rose Clark, 30
Patrick Walsh, 29
NOV. 29
Ricardo Almeida, 41Costas Philippou, 38
Michal Fijalka, 34
James Hammortree, 34
Jamie Yager, 34
Max Griffin, 32
Adrian Yanez, 24
NOV. 30
Jutaro Nakao, 47Josh Koscheck, 40
Luke Caudillo, 37
Diego Nunes, 35
Klayton Mai, 31
Ivan Cole, 27
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