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Hamilton High School football coach Chris Wells’ MMA career featured
While many professional mixed-martial-arts fighters make the sport a career, Chris Wells is more indicative of the typical pro fighter.
Not signed to one of the major organizations, the Hamilton High School assistant football coach and teacher is a weekend warrior who trains extensively but fights only occasionally.
Wells, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu brown belt who trains with Jorge Gurgel at his Middletown gym, is 8-2 over a decade-long career. Soon after his high school (all-state linebacker at Middletown High School) and college (Kent State and Thomas Moore College) football career, Wells took up MMA when the sport was still mysterious and far from mainstream.
Wells next fights July 25 at MMA Big Show’s event “Unstoppable” at Belterra Casino Resort & Spa in Indiana. In perhaps the biggest fight of his career, the 36-year-old takes on two-time UFC veteran Johnny Rees (10-2).
MMAjunkie.com recently featured Wells in our “Fight Path” feature, which focuses on fighters who have interesting stories about how they found the sport of MMA. Check it out:
Fight Path: From football to fighting, Chris Wells balancing MMA and teaching over 12-year career
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By Big Blue
July 17, 2009 11:55 AM | Link to this
Hope Rees beats the stuffing out of Wells. He’s a terrible teacher, a dick in practice and doesn’t respect the players or parents.
By Kraig Swanger
July 18, 2009 9:04 AM | Link to this
I hope you do well Chris. Chris is a great guy who is extremely polite and has the heart of a lion. I do not know what is up with the big blue comment but it is wrong.
By earklejones
July 18, 2009 9:10 AM | Link to this
Coach Wells sucks at life I have always thought that ever since he was a summer camp coach I look foward to him getting cracked by rees and beatign his big blue team when we paly them they cna thold a match to colerain
By Cuz...
July 20, 2009 10:56 PM | Link to this
It’s pointless to respond to simple-minded folks who know nothing about a man’s heart, integrity and life experiences. There is no doubt that Chris Wells has had more of the aforementioned three things than most.
By UNCLE
July 22, 2009 11:36 AM | Link to this
RE BIG BLUE COMMENT Reading your comment tells me you are a jealous person To say Cris is a terrible coach tells me right off the bat you are a terrible football player and know nothing about motivation.
By Shamir Maloney
January 21, 2010 1:49 AM | Link to this
CHRIS WELLS IS THE ONLY MAN I WANT BY SIDE IN A WAR ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD OR IN LIFE. HIS DEDICATION, DETERMINATION, AND THE DISIRE TO WIN IS NOT ONLY PRESENT IN HIS HEART BUT IS IN EVERY HEART THAT IS ON HIS SIDE OF THE BATTLE FIELD. I AM A FORMER BIG BLUE PLAYER COACHED BY WELLSY HIMSELF AND THE YEARS I SPENT AS ONE OF HIS PLAYERS ARE PRICELESS..WELLS DOSEN’T COACH FOOTBALL PLAYERS, HE BREADS SOLIDERS… MUCH LOVE “SHAMDADDY”
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