Daniel Puder

What grabs me about Daniel Puder is that undefeated eight-and-zero MMA record, a clean ledger that demands respect. There's something compelling about a kid from Cupertino, the heart of Silicon Valley, choosing the brutal honesty of fighting over the obvious tech path. Training at the American Kickboxing Academy gave him real credentials, and carrying that legitimacy into pro wrestling took genuine nerve. Living between the cage and the squared circle, between authentic combat and staged spectacle, is harder than it looks. I have a soft spot for performers who build their reputation on actual ability rather than hype, and Puder reads as exactly that.

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Name (English)

Daniel Puder

Name (Japanese)

ダニエル・ピューダー

Reading

だにえる・ぴゅーだー

Born

October 9, 1981 (age 44)

Origin

Cupertino, California, United States

Occupation

professional wrestler / mixed martial arts fighter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Rooster

High school

Monta Vista High School

• Official sitehttps://www.danielpuder.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Puder
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%94%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1143008

Tags

• California
• professional wrestler
• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.