Team Rhino
By admin
Updated: February 3, 2010
We sponsor MMA fighters. Lots of MMA fighters and the list keeps growing. But we don’t just put our stuff on anyone. To be a member of Team Rhino you have to have served in the Armed Forces of the United States honorably. It’s one of our ways to give back to the troops. If you’ve dedicated part of your life to your country and want to pursue your octagon dreams, we’ll help. But be sure to read our sponsorship guidelines here first. Meet our team.
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Tim Kennedy
Service: Active National Guard
Pro Record: 14-3
Fun Fact: Tim is a really good shot. At an Army Sniper tournament he shot Oprah’s mustache off of her when she wandered onto the range.
Meet Tim here
Tim Kennedy’s website
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Jorge Rivera
Service: Former Army Cavalryman
Pro Record: 19-9
Fun Fact: Jorge goes full Taliban while he’s training, refusing to shave until weigh-in day when he tapers worse than Michael Phelps.
Meet Jorge here
Jorge’s “El Conquistador” shirt
Jorge’s views on life
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Tim Credeur
Service: Former Navy
Pro Record: 12-4
Fun Fact: Tim was the first BJJ black belt in the state of Louisiana. His standing as a voodoo high priest had nothing to do with it.
Meet Tim here
You can get the shirt he wore at Ultimate Fight Night 18 here
Tim’s ship, the USS Milius (DDG 69)
Tim Credeur’s Website
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Brian Stann
Service: Former Marine
Pro Record: 10-3
Fun Fact: Brian left the Marine Corps and took a position with Hire Heroes-a non-profit organization who helps servicemen and women find jobs.
Meet Brian here
Brian’s Website
Hire Heroes
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Kris McCray
Service: Army Reservist
Pro Record: 5-3
Fun Fact: Kris is a real life butcher when he’s not fighting, yet his nickname is “Savage.” Kris is on the current season of The Ultimate Fighter on Spike TV. Check out his weekly blog stories here on The Rhino Den.
Meet Kris here
Kris’ Website
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Andy Chapelle
Service: Active Army
Pro Record: 13-3
Fun Fact: Andy can toss a beer bottle eighty percent farther than most men can toss a midget. He once entered a midget tossing tournament. The next day, Oompa Loompas were demanding medical insurance.
Meet Andy here
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Alex Soto
Service: Former Army LRSD
Pro Record: 6-0-1
Fun Fact: Most people go to Tijuana to engage in blackout drunken debauchery and end up with donkey stories and tongue burns. Alex Soto was born and raised there and couldn’t wait to leave.
Meet Alex here
Alex’s Gym, San Diego Combat Academy
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Liz Carmouche
Service: Former Marine
Pro Record: 6-2
Fun Fact: Liz lived half of her life overseas, so what happened when she joined the Marines? They sent her overseas. Three times.
Meet Liz here
Liz’s Gym, San Diego Combat Academy
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Chad Robichaux
Service: Former Marine
Pro Record: 11-2
Fun Fact: Chad still has to sneak into carnival rides because he doesn’t make the minimum height standards.
Meet Chad here
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Damien Stelly
Service: Active Army
Pro Record: 10-3
Fun Fact: Damien grew up wrestling and entered a Pankration tournament to see how he would do. He won. The whole thing. During last season’s Bellator Middleweight Tournament, Damien defeated Alex Andrade before falling to tournament winner Hector Lombard.
Meet Damien here
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Danny Ruiz
Service: Air Force Reserves
Pro Record: 9-6
Fun Fact: Danny once had to force a British test pilot to fly a mission by threatening to eat all his tea and crumpets
Meet Danny here
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Jeremy Myers
Service: Army
Pro Record: 5-2
Fun Fact: Jeremy once wound up in a shit-talking contest with RU favorite and author of Assholes Finish First, Tucker Maxx, which led to a fight challenge.
Meet Jeremy here
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David Perez
Service: Air Force
Pro Record: 5-1
Fun Fact: When he’s not training to fight, coaching, or mentoring young Airmen, he is competing in ultra-marathons and century bike races, then donating his winnings to Veteran charities.
Meet David here
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Adam Castaneda
Service: Active Navy
Pro Record: 5-0
Fun Fact: As the lone Navy Sailor on our team, he has to endure constant homosexual jokes. Living with a wife, three daughters, and a gay fish doesn’t help.
Meet Adam here
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Kenny Jackson
Service: Army National Guardsman
Pro Record: 3-2
Fun Fact: Kenny once refused to get a tattoo on his ass, even though everyone was doing it…drunk…in Iraq. Kenny’s favorite quote-“It’s a fight. Get violent!”
Meet Kenny here
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Glena Avila
Pro Record: 1-0
Fun Fact: When Glena is not working with wounded vets she’s wounding opponents in the cage. If that fact is too lame for you then tell her she hits like a girl and see what happens.
Meet Glena here
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Brian Vanhoven
Service: Former Marine
Pro Record: 6-3
Fun Fact: Brian grew up in Washington State and has participated in Sasquatch hunts, but all he found was gigantic poop.
Meet Brian here
Brian’s gym, Gold Medal Grappling
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Gert Kocani
Service: Former Army Ranger
Pro Record: 5-0
Fun Fact: Gert was the model for the uber-intimidating main character in Grand Theft Auto. He was also born without a sense of humor.
Meet Gert here
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Lee Stuckey
Service: Active Marine
Pro Record: 4-2
Fun Fact: Lee saves more people before 9am than most people do all day.
Meet Lee here
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Jeremiah Riggs
Service: Former Army Ranger
Pro Record: 7-5
Fun Fact: Jeremiah has terrible timing. He tried out for the International Fight League just before they went bankrupt and he was on a reality TV show that never aired due to a murder-suicide.
Meet Jeremiah here
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Lee Gibson
Service: Former Army Ranger
Pro Record: 12-3
Fun Fact: Lee is brain dead. He took a fight the day before his Scandinavian wife was due to give birth. He then deployed to Iraq for his seventeenth tour shortly thereafter. Brain dead.
Meet Lee here
Lee’s Website
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Todd Vance
Service: Former Army Infantryman
Pro Record: 2-1
Fun Fact: Todd used to eat candy for money. Dude can go through a bag of Twizzlers in seconds.
Meet Todd here
Todd’s Gym, Undisputed
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Eli Donker
Service: Army National Guard
Pro Record: 9-1 (amateur)
Fun Fact: Eli has never been seriously injured during MMA or Rugby, but suffered a separated shoulder, a broken eye socket, and 16 total stitches from college cheerleading. Juggling chicks doesn’t sound like so much fun all of a sudden.
Meet Eli here
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Craig Gresham
Service: Australian Army
Pro Record: 9-2
Fun Fact: Craig has a tattoo of Non Timebo Mala on his bicep and credits it with saving his ass in Afghanistan. Respect Saint Michael!
Meet Craig here
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Colton Smith
Service: Army
Pro Record: 4-1
Fun Fact: Colton travels the world protecting important people who even us Americans wouldn’t mind seeing dead – US Congressmen.
Meet Colton here
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Kelsey DeSantis
Service: Army
Pro Record: 5-2
Fun Fact: Kelsey called out Justin Timberlake and asked him to take her to the Marine Corps ball. He accepted. Google it.
Meet Kelsey here
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