CM
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American professional wrestler
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
25 January 1970(Tampa)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Carl Ognibene (born January 25, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, freestyle wrestler and mixed martial artist who is best known as Carl Malenko who competed in BattlARTS, Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi, All Japan Pro Wrestling and PRIDE Fighting Championship.
In wrestling
- Finishing moves
- Carl Shackle (Arm trap crossface)
- Carl Sickle (Omoplata crossface)
- Signature moves
- Belly to belly suplex
- Contini Twist (Rolling choke sleeper with bodyscissors)
- Dragon sleeper with bodyscissors
- Gogoplata
- Juji-gatame
- Leg trip
- Malenko Twist (Rolling front sleeper with bodyscissors)
- Multiple kicks
- Underhook lifted and dropped into a facebreaker knee smash followed by a double underhook
- Scissored armbar
Championships and awards
- All Japan Pro Wrestling
- AJPW Jr. Champion Carnival (2003)
- BattlARTS
- BattlARTS Tag Team League (1999, 2000) - with Katsumi Usuda
- Philip Kreikenbohm. "Junior Champion Carnival 2003". cagematch.net.
- Axel Saalbach. "Wrestlingdata.com - The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com.
- "Battlarts Tag Team Tournaments". prowrestlinghistory.com.
Personal life
Pulled off the streets by Boris Malenko as a youth, Carl Contini was transformed into a top flight worker like his stepbrothers Joe and Dean. Using the name Carl Greco during his formative years, when Carl Malenko was born he became the top gaijin for BattlARTS in its later years, mainly pushed as a tag wrestler.
Mixed martial arts record
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 10 matches | 6 wins | 4 losses |
| By knockout | 0 | 0 |
| By submission | 5 | 3 |
| By decision | 1 | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 | 1 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 6-4 | Danny Babcock | Submission (armbar) | Real Fighting Championship 15 - Throwdown | November 1, 2008 | 2 | 4:46 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Win | 6-3 | Tony Sousa | Submission (punches) | Real Fighting Championship 11 - Revenge of the Warriors | February 23, 2008 | 2 | 1:06 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Win | 5-3 | Mike Van Meer | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Real Fighting Championship 7 - Night of Champions | November 4, 2006 | 1 | 2:14 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Win | 4-3 | Joe Kennedy | Submission (punches) | Real Fighting Championship 6 - Battle of the Bay | September 15, 2006 | 1 | 2:59 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Win | 3-3 | George Allen | Submission (americana) | Real Fighting Championship 3 - battle of the Bay | November 11, 2005 | 2 | 1:19 | Tampa, Florida | |
| Win | 2-3 | Edwin Aguilar | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Absolute Fighting Championships 9 | July 31, 2004 | 1 | 2:31 | Ft. Lauderdale, Florida | |
| Loss | 1-3 | Allan Goes | Submission (arm-triangle choke) | Pride 8 | November 21, 1999 | 1 | 9:16 | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Loss | 1-2 | Wanderlei Silva | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 7 | September 12, 1999 | 2 | 10:00 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Win | 1-1 | Egan Inoue | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 6 | July 4, 1999 | 3 | 5:00 | Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Ronald McSwain | N/A | World Fighting Council | May 15, 1997 | N/A | N/A | N/A |