Che Mills | |
Other Names: | Beautiful |
Birth Name: | Ché Mills |
Birth Date: | 1982 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Gloucester, England |
Nationality: | English |
Weight: | 170.9lb |
Weight Class: | Middleweight Welterweight |
Reach In: | 76 |
Stance: | Orthodox |
Fighting Out Of: | Gloucester, England |
Team: | Trojan Free Fighters |
Years Active: | 2003-present |
Mma Kowin: | 9 |
Mma Subwin: | 4 |
Mma Decwin: | 3 |
Mma Koloss: | 5 |
Mma Subloss: | 4 |
Mma Decloss: | 1 |
Mma Nc: | 3 |
Sherdog: | 8800 |
Ché Mills (born 29 October 1982) is an English mixed martial artist who most recently competed in the Welterweight division of Cage Warriors. A professional competitor since 2003, he has also competed for the UFC, Cage Rage, BAMMA, and M-1 Global. He is the former Cage Rage British Welterweight Champion.
Spent early years training with Mark Weir.
Mills made his professional MMA debut in November 2003. After going 1-2 in his first three bouts, Mills amassed an impressive undefeated streak of 8-0 (1 NC) over the next three years. He was considered a top prospect in the UK and was invited to appear on The Ultimate Fighter.
Mills appeared on the first episode of . However, he lost an elimination match via heel hook to the subsequent winner of the competition, James Wilks, and therefore was eliminated from the show.
Mills signed a contract with Zuffa to fight against The Ultimate Fighter 13 alumni Chris Cope at UFC 138 on 5 November 2011 in Birmingham, England.[1] He won his debut in impressive fashion, finishing Cope by TKO just 40 seconds into the first round and was awarded Knockout of the Night honours.[2]
Mills next faced Rory MacDonald on 21 April 2012 at UFC 145.[3] He lost the fight via TKO in the second round.
Mills defeated Duane Ludwig on 29 September 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 5.[4] The bout was stopped after Ludwig was unable to continue after tearing a knee ligament while attempting to defend a takedown in the opening round.[5]
Mills then fought Matthew Riddle on 16 February 2013 at .[6] Mills lost the fight via split decision and was subsequently released from the promotion.[7]
After his release from UFC, Mills fought current Cage Warriors and Cage Contender welterweight champion, Cathal Pendred. The fight was changed to a non-title fight as Mills failed to make weight and was subsequently docked 25% of his fight purse. Mills lost this fight via TKO.[8]
After a 20-month layoff, Mills returns to action in Italy, under the Venator Fighting Championship banner, in a scheduled match against Italian prospect Roberto Rigamonti.[9] to take place on 21 May 2016 in Turin, Italy
|-| Loss| align=center| | Lew Long| TKO (injury)| Cage Warriors 83| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:18| Newport, Wales||-| Loss| align=center| 16–9 (3)| Matt Inman| Submission (triangle choke)| Cage Warriors: Unplugged| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:09| London, England||-| NC| align=center| 16–8 (3)| Terry Montgomery| NC (accidental illegal elbow)| Venator FC 3| | align=center| 1| align=center|2:58| Milan, Italy||-| Loss| align=center| 16–8 (2)| Jack Marshman| TKO (punches)| Cage Warriors 72| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:32| Newport, Wales, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 16–7 (2)| Leeroy Barnes | Submission (rear-naked choke)| Cage Warriors 68| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:46| Liverpool, England| |-| Loss| align=center| 15–7 (2)| Faycal Hucin| TKO (punches)| CWFC Fight Night 9| | align=center| 2| align=center| 4:23| Amman, Jordan| |-| Loss| align=center| 15–6 (2)| Cathal Pendred| TKO (corner stoppage)| CWFC 55| | align=center| 3| align=center| 1:47| Dublin, Ireland| |-| NC| align=center| 15–5 (2)| Matthew Riddle| NC (overturned)| | | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| London, England| |-| Win| align=center| 15–5 (1)| Duane Ludwig| TKO (knee injury)| | | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:28| Nottingham, England| |-| Loss| align=center| 14–5 (1)| Rory MacDonald| TKO (punches)| UFC 145| | align=center| 2| align=center| 2:20| Atlanta, Georgia, United States| |-| Win| align=center| 14–4 (1)| Chris Cope| TKO (knees and punches)| UFC 138| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:40| Birmingham, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 13–4 (1)| Marcio Cesar| KO (punches)| BAMMA 6: Watson vs. Rua| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:05| London, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 12–4 (1)| Magomed Shikhshabekov| Decision (unanimous)| M-1 Challenge 21: Guram vs. Garner| | align=center| 4| align=center| 5:00| St. Petersburg, Leningrad Oblast, Russia| |-| Win| align=center| 11–4 (1)| Jake Hecht| Decision (unanimous)| Cage Warriors 38: Young Guns| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| North London, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 10–4 (1)| Manuel Garcia| KO (knee)| Cagemania: Carnage on the Costa| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:09| Benalmádena, Spain| |-| Loss| align=center| 9–4 (1)| Yuya Shirai| Submission (armbar)| Astra: Yoshida's Farewell| | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:59| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 9–3 (1)| Jim Wallhead| Decision (unanimous)| KUMMA 3: Mills vs. Wallhead| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| Newport, Wales, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 9–2 (1)| Edgelson Lua| Decision (unanimous)| BAMMA 1| | align=center| 3| align=center| 5:00| London, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 8–2 (1)| Aidan Marron| TKO (submission to punches)| KUMMA 1: Mills vs. Marron| | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 7–2 (1)| Marius Žaromskis| TKO (doctor stoppage)| Cage Rage 26| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:00| London, United Kingdom||-| Win| align=center| 6–2 (1)| Ross Mason| Submission (rear-naked choke)| Cage Rage 23| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:07| London, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 5–2 (1)| Afnan Saeed| TKO (punches)| Cage Rage Contenders 5 | | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:22| East London, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 4–2 (1)| Oriol Gaset| Submission (rear-naked choke)| CFS: D-Day| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:22| England, United Kingdom| |-| NC| align=center| 3–2 (1)| Paul Taylor| NC (overturned)| Cage Rage Contenders 3| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:37| London, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 3–2| Marius Žaromskis| KO (knee)| Cage Rage Contenders 2| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:49| Streatham, South London, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 2–2| Ross Mason| TKO (punches)| AM 9: Southern Agrrression 4 | | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:23| Weston-super-Mare, England, United Kingdom| |-| Loss| align=center| 1–2| Pedro Bessa| Submission (americana)| AM 5: Southern Agrrression 2 | | align=center| 1| align=center| N/A| Weston-super-Mare, England, United Kingdom| |-| Win| align=center| 1–1| Chris Taylor| Submission (guillotine choke)| UK: Storm| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:23| Birmingham, England, United Kingdom| |-| Loss| align=center| 0–1| Matt Thorpe| Submission (armbar)| XFC 2: The Perfect Storm | | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:42| Cornwall, England, United Kingdom|