Kurt Pellegrino

Kurt Pellegrino is the kind of fighter I instinctively pull for. A Jersey shore kid out of Point Pleasant who climbed all the way to the UFC and Bellator's lightweight ranks, and held a WEC title along the way, earned every bit of it the hard way. Lightweight is one of the deepest, most brutal divisions in the sport, so leaving a mark there is no small thing. I imagine a grinding, relentless grappler who hunted the submission and never gave you a quiet round. There's something honest about a self-made fighter like that, and honesty in the cage always gets my respect.

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Name (English)

Kurt Pellegrino

Name (Japanese)

カート・ペレグリーノ

Reading

かーと・ぺれぐりーの

Born

May 7, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States

Occupation

mixed martial arts fighter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

High school

Point Pleasant Borough High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Pellegrino
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8E
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1793951

Tags

• New Jersey
• mixed martial arts fighter

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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