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Rick Rhodes (born June 20th, 1968) is a retired American mixed martial artist from Davenport, Iowa. A professional competitor from 1991-2012. Rick is famous for being an accomplished mixed martial artist and being a world expert in Science and Math.

Background
Rhodes was born on June 20th 1968 in the middle of the street in Davenport, Iowa. The street was renamed rick Rhodes road in 2003 but later changed because nobody crosses Rick Rhodes and lives. He went to Davenport West High School before dropping out in 1981 at the age of 12. After dropping out Rhodes taught himself how to read and write and how to correctly formulate science equations. In 1986 Rhodes found the end of PI and later that year invented the comma.

Early career
In 1989 Rick flew down to Miami, Florida for Vacation. While in Miami Rhodes stayed At a hotel that was across the street from a Cesar Gracie school of Jiu-Jitsu. After hearing about bodybuilders being thrown out of the gym after being choked unconscious Rick went in the School. After forcefully tapping the Purple Belt instructor with a flying gogoplata, Rick became instantly famous in the Jiu Jitsu community. After being tapped out by Royce Gracie in a 64 minute grappling match Rick was welcomed into the Gracie family jiu jitsu school and soon became a blue belt after only 4 weeks of training.

Debut
Rick made his professional debut in his hometown of Davenport, Iowa. He won his first 2 fights by triangle choke and quickly came up the ranks on the local circuit. During this time Rhodes was instructing Jiu jitsu at the YMCA, Rhodes later started training in Boxing and Karate.

Ultimate Fighting Championships
After Compelling a 5-0 record Rick was called to the UFC on a short notice fight against Ben Gurghenoff. Rhodes won the fight by TKO. Rhodes then was called back to fight Jack Mehoff. After winning Submission of the night Rhodes was giving a #1 contender shot against Beavis. Rhodes won the fight by decision. After another big win Rhodes fought Mike Hunt for the UFC welterweight title. He won in the very first round by Knockout. After defending the title 3 times Rhodes left the Promotion to focus on His study of Science and math Rhodes was called to The University of Texas to teach science. Rhodes taught there until 2007 when he came back into MMA because “I was bored and stuff”.

Comeback
In July of 2007 Rick came back to The fight life when he fought Tayler Rhodes at pinnacle Combat the performance earned him a title shot against Noah Rhodes. On October 25th 2008, Rhodes defeated Noah by triangle choke late into the 3rd round to become the pinnacle Mma champion. Rhodes would later vacate the title and moved back up in weight for “better fighters”. After defeating Everybody that was put up against him Rick signed a contract to fight Harry the Bear. Rhodes picked the fight with the Bear over a return to the UFC because “the Bear is more exciting” and “I will donate this money to charity”. Rhodes did not donate the money to charity.

Fight with Harry The Bear
Rick came out at a solid 5 foot 6 one hundred and forty eight pounds to a 6 foot 7 two hundred and eighty pound Harry the Bear. At the start of the first round rick came out and was delivering many solid strikes to the bears stomach without being hit in the second round Rick dropped the Bear with a liver shot and ended the fight. Rhodes was paid 35,000,000 dollars for the fight and it was deemed fight of the Century by ESPN and Sports Illustrated.

Retirement
In July 3rd 2010 Rick announced he was officially retired from MMA stating he was better than everyone and disappointed that Mma promotions wouldn’t let him fight more than one person at once. Rick went back to teaching Physics And Algebra at his old Highschool. Rick left the job to be a tour guide for trips to Egypt. After Numerous trips to Egypt and back Rick became annoyed with the America way and soon became obsessed with American Idol and The Voice Rick auditioned for both shows and won them both in back to back seasons 2013 and 2014.

Conversion to Islam
In 2014 Rick announced to Hollywood studios that he was no longer a Atheist but now a believer in Islam. He has won awards in numerous different Islamic contests such as Biggest Islamic Wee-Wee, and Hairiest Islamic chest hair.

Legacy and Today
Rick had his Star made on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in Cinema and Recordings. In 1993 Rick had won Actor of the Year and Given to Grammys for his work in movies and songs. Rick has 3 PHDs in Science, Math and technology. Rick is a 3rd degree brown belt in Brazilian jiu jitsu. Today Rick teaches students at Noah Rhodes Gym, Rhodes MMA in Davenport, Iowa where he teaches strength and conditioning.