Justin McCully

Justin McCully (born February 18, 1976) is a retired American professional mixed martial artist and professional wrestler who most recently competed in the Heavyweight division of the RFA. A professional competitor since 1997, McCully has also formerly competed for the UFC, RINGS, Pancrase, It's Showtime and Jungle Fight.

Mixed martial arts career McCully trains with Team Punishment, including Tito Ortiz, Kendall Grove, and professional wrestler Samoa Joe. McCully also trained with B.J. Penn in Hilo for Penn's bout with Georges St-Pierre at UFC 94. He has three previous fights inside the UFC, a unanimous decision victory over Antoni Hardonk at UFC Fight Night 9, a submission loss to Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 86, and a unanimous decision win over Eddie Sanchez at UFC: Fight For The Troops. McCully was also scheduled to fight Christian Wellisch at UFC 76, but McCully was ultimately replaced by Scott Junk. He has also fought a former UFC champion, losing to Evan Tanner by technical submission at a 1998 Pancrase event.

McCully competed against Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 86. He lost by submission to Gonzaga applying an Americana keylock from the mounted position in the first round.

He then fought Eddie Sanchez at UFC: Fight for the Troops and won the fight by unanimous decision. Most recently, McCully lost to Mike Russow at UFC 102 via unanimous decision.

After his defeat at the hands of Mike Russow at UFC 102, McCully was released by the organization.

Personal life Justin has two children, and is also good friends with professional wrestler Rob Van Dam. In 2014 he had a falling out with Tito Ortiz over what McCully claimed was Ortiz owing him money and refusing to pay him back. This fallout culminated with McCully openly supporting and training with Stephan Bonnar who was Ortiz' opponent at Bellator 131. McCully's brother, Sean, is a former professional kickboxer and MMA fighter.

Mixed martial arts record Win

Justin Grizzard TKO (punches) RFA 1: Elliot vs. Pulver

Kearney, Nebraska, United States Loss

Mike Russow Decision (unanimous) UFC 102

Portland, Oregon, United States Win

Eddie Sanchez Decision (unanimous) UFC: Fight For The Troops

Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States Loss

Gabriel Gonzaga Submission (americana) UFC 86

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win

Antoni Hardonk Decision (unanimous) UFC Fight Night: Stevenson vs. Guillard

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States Win

Ruben Villareal Submission (front choke) Valor Fighting: San Manuel

San Bernardino, California, United States Win

Derek Thornton Submission (rear-naked choke) Extreme Wars 5: Battlegrounds

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States Win

Ed de Kruijf Submission (armbar) Venom: First Strike

Huntington Beach, California, United States Win

Dario Amorim Decision (unanimous) Jungle Fight 1

Manaus, Brazil Loss

Ed de Kruijf Submission (reverse full-nelson) It's Showtime: Exclusive

Haarlem, Netherlands Win

Errol Maduro Submission UFO Europe: Free Fight Gala

Kijkduin, Netherlands Loss

Mikhail Ilyukhin Technical Submission (achilles lock) RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block A

Tokyo, Japan Win

Mario Neto Submission (kneebar) WVC 9: World Vale Tudo Championship 9

Aruba Loss

Evan Tanner Technical Submission (kimura) Pancrase: 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 2

Aomori, Japan Win

Martin Emmen Submission (armbar) Pancrase: 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1

Tokyo, Japan Win

Daisuke Ishii Decision (unanimous) Pancrase: 1998 Neo-Blood Tournament, Round 1

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Daisuke Ishii Draw (unanimous) Pancrase: Alive 4

Tokyo, Japan Draw

Kenji Akiyama Draw Daidojuku: Wars 4

Tokyo, Japan Championships and accomplishments in professional wrestling World Wrestling Council WWC World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time) International Wrestling Association IWA Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (1 time) Ultimate Pro Wrestling UPW Tag Team Championship (2 times) - with Hardkore Kidd