Alex Schoenauer

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Alex Schoenauer (born May 5, 1976) is an Argentine American semi-retired professional mixed martial arts fighter. He last fought for the Los Angeles Anacondas of the International Fight League and resides in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Early life

Schoenauer was born in El Bolson, Argentina. At the age of 15, Alex left his native Argentina and moved to Idaho, where he lived with his grandfather and attended high school.^[1] After graduating Alex moved onto college to study engineering. After graduating from Montana State with a degree in engineering, Schoenauer worked with a manufacturing company in Idaho. After a year, he decided to put his other training to work, which he gained at the United States Coast Guard Captains School, and worked as a captain of a private yacht, sailing as far north as Alaska and as deep south as Cabo San Lucas. While in Cabo San Lucas, Alex utilized his bilingual ability navigating the Sea of Cortez.

MMA

While attending Montana State his final year in college, Schoenauer began training in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. In 2004, Alex moved to Las Vegas permanently vowing to give his new venture his full commitment. Once in Las Vegas, Alex met Sergio Pehena and started his professional career. Alex was in the opening season of The Ultimate Fighter 1 competing in a preliminary bout against Forrest Griffin the one time UFC light heavyweight champion. Alex received his brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu under Sergio Pehena and trains and teaches at Extreme Couture and Tapout Gym.

Outside MMA

Outside the gym, Schoenauer is an avid outdoorsman. He enjoys fishing, hunting, scuba diving, river rafting and golfing. Recently he was on an episode of "One Man Army" on Discovery it aired on 07/27/11 he finished it second place.

Mixed martial arts record

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	15-10	Paulo Filho	Decision (unanimous)	Bitetti Combat MMA 4	02009-09-12September 12, 2009	3	5:00
Win	15-9	Brendan Barrett	Decision (split)	IFL - New Jersey	02008-04-04April 4, 2008	3	4:00
Loss	14-9	Vladimir Matyushenko	Decision (unanimous)	IFL - World Grand Prix Semifinals	02007-11-03November 3, 2007	3	4:00
Loss	14-8	Mike Ciesnolevicz	Decision (split)	IFL - 2007 Semifinals	02007-08-02August 2, 2007	3	4:00
Win	14-7	Allan Goes	KO (punch)	IFL - Everett	02007-06-01June 1, 2007	1	3:00
Win	13-7	Brian Ebersole	Decision (split)	IFL - Los Angeles	02007-03-17March 17, 2007	3	4:00
Loss	12-7	Mike Ciesnolevicz	Decision (split)	IFL - Houston	02007-02-02February 2, 2007	3	4:00
Loss	12-6	Aaron Stark	Submission (modified guillotine)	IFL - World Championship Semifinals	02006-11-02November 2, 2006	2	2:43
Win	12-5	Kazuhiro Hamanaka	Submission (guillotine choke)	IFL - Portland	02006-09-09September 9, 2006	1	1:04
Loss	11-5	Jamal Patterson	Submission (guillotine choke)	IFL - Championship 2006	02006-06-03June 3, 2006	1	2:32
Win	11-4	Travis Wiuff	Submission (heel hook)	IFL - Legends Championship 2006	02006-04-29April 29, 2006	2	3:23
Win	10-4	Kenny Stevens	TKO	WEF - Orleans Arena	02006-04-01April 1, 2006	1	2:10
Loss	9-4	Lodune Sincaid	Submission (choke)	SF 14 - Resolution	02006-01-06January 6, 2006	1	3:40
Win	9-3	Ricky Shivers	Submission (armbar)	AFC 18 - Alaska Fighting Championship	02005-12-14December 14, 2005	1	4:41
Loss	8-3	Jason Brilz	Submission (choke)	VFC 11 - Demolition	02005-12-03December 3, 2005	2	4:06
Win	8-2	Shannon Ritch	Submission (guillotine choke)	SF 13 - Rocky Mountain Sportfight	02005-10-15October 15, 2005	1	0:29
Loss	7-2	Buck Meredith	Submission (choke)	SF 11 - Rumble at the Rose Garden	02005-07-09July 9, 2005	1
Loss	7-1	Mike Swick	KO (punch)	The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale	02005-04-09April 9, 2005	1	0:20
Win	7-0	Jason Grinch	Submission (verbal)	PPKA Ultimate Ring Challenge: Fresh Blood	02003-05-31May 31, 2003	1	2:00
Win	6-0	Joe Lake	TKO (corner stoppage)	FCFF - Throwdown on the Fairground 1	02002-06-01June 1, 2002	1	5:00
Win	5-0	Brett Shafer	KO	Art of War 1	02002-06-22June 22, 2002	3	2:26
Win	4-0	Jake Jones	TKO	MSF - Night of Thunder 2	02002-03-08March 8, 2002	1	3:15
Win	3-0	Jason Fairn	Submission	MFC 2	02001-11-24November 24, 2001	1	2:34
Win	2-0	Tony Zamora	Submission (armbar)	MSF - Return of the Warriors	02001-09-02September 2, 2001	1	1:41
Win	1-0	Gabe Nelson	Submission (armbar)	SE - Gladiator Quest	02001-05-19May 19, 2001	1	0:54

References

1. ^ http://www.knucklepit.com/mixed-martial-arts-alex_schoenauer.htm

External links

• Professional MMA record for Alex Schoenauer from Sherdog