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Daniel Straus
  • Name: Daniel Straus
  • Professional MMA Record: 20-4-0 (Win-Loss-Draw)
  • Nickname:
  • Current Streak: 4 Wins
  • Age: 27 | Date of Birth: 1984.07.27
  • Last Fight: May 11, 2012 in Bellator Fighting Championships
  • Weight Class: Featherweight | Last Weigh-In: 146.0 lbs
  • Career Disclosed Earnings: $0 USD
  • Height: 5'8" (173cm) | Reach: 67.0" (170cm)
  • Gym/Affiliation: Team Vision MMA
  • Born: United States
  • Fighter Pages: Sherdog  |  The UG
  • Fighting out of: Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Personal Pages: Twitter
Consensus Rank   #16 Current Best MMA Featherweight Fighter
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Daniel Straus MMA Fight Record

Professional Results Opponent Event Date
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Marlon Sandro
Ref: Keith Peterson
Bellator 68
Main Event | Tournament Finals | 145 lbs
2012.05.11
Odds: +105 Near Even | Weigh-In: 146.0 lbs
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Mike Corey
Ref: Gasper Oliver
Bellator 65
Main Card | Tournament Semifinal | 145 lbs
2012.04.13
Odds: -450 Heavy Favorite | Weigh-In: 145.8 lbs
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Jeremy Spoon
Ref: Jeff Malott
Bellator 60
Main Card | Tournament Quarterfinal | 145 lbs
2012.03.09
Odds: -220 Moderate Favorite | Weigh-In: 144.8 lbs
Win | Decision | Unanimous Jason Dent NAAFS 2011.10.15
Loss | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Patricio Freire
Ref: Jason Herzog
Bellator 45
Main Card | Tournament Finals | 145 lbs
2011.05.21
Odds: -110 Near Even | Weigh-In: 145.0 lbs
Win | Submission | Choke
3:48 Round 3 of 3, 13:48 Total
Kenny Foster
Ref: Jason Herzog
Bellator 41
Main Card | Tournament Semifinal | 145 lbs
2011.04.16
Odds: -145 Slight Favorite | Weigh-In: 145.4 lbs
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Nazareno Malegarie
Ref: Jason Herzog
Bellator 37
Main Card | Tournament Quarterfinal | 145 lbs
2011.03.19
Odds: +120 Near Even | Weigh-In: 144.0 lbs
Cancelled Bout Magno Almeida CES 2 - Reason: Unknown 2010.10.22
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Karen Darabedyan
Ref: Kerry Hatley
Shark Fights 13
Preliminary Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs
2010.09.11
Odds: +260 Moderate Underdog Upset Victory | Weigh-In: 152.75 lbs
Win | Submission | Punches Joe Pearson XFO 36 2010.08.14
Win | Decision | Unanimous
3 Rounds, 15:00 Total
Chad Hinton
Bellator 23
Preliminary Card | Lightweight | 155 lbs
2010.06.24
Weigh-In: 154.0 lbs
Win | Decision | Unanimous Travis Perzynski ICE 2010.03.13
Win | Submission | Punches Frank Caraballo NAAFS 2010.02.20
Win | Decision | Unanimous Gideon Ray XFO 2010.01.23
Win | Decision | Unanimous Joe Heiland NAAFS 2009.12.05
Win | Submission | Punches Patrick Ferm XFO 2009.10.10
Win | KO/TKO | Strikes Tim Troxell Xtreme Caged Combat 2009.10.03
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Mitch Lyons Indiana Xtreme Fighting 1 2009.06.26
Loss | KO/TKO | Punches Pat Curran XFO 2009.04.17
Win | Decision | Unanimous Mike Baskis ICF 2009.04.11
Win | Decision | Split Lester Caslow Extreme Challenge 2009.03.28
Win | KO/TKO | Punches Tim Cook ICF 2009.03.14
Loss | KO/TKO | Punches Scott Bickerstaff MMA BigShow 2009.03.07
Win | Decision | Unanimous David Silva XFO 2009.02.27
Loss | Submission | Choke Jay Ellis XFO 2009.02.07

Daniel Straus News View All

  • Yahoo Cagewriter

    The MMA world continued to turn as you were off celebrating Mother's Day, so here's a quick rundown of what you need to know from the weekend.

    As you can see from the video highlights, at Bellator Daniel Straus took the featherweight tournament final in a unanimous decision over Marlon Sandro. With that win, Straus will get to vie for the Bellator featherweight belt, which is currently held by...

  • MMA Weekly

    Bellator 68 featured the finals of the Season 6 Featherweight Tournament between Marlon Sandro and Daniel Straus. Check out the night's highlight video.

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  • MMA Mania

    Ladies and gentlemen, a new Bellator featherweight title challenger has been crowned, and it's not the man that the rankings would have led you to believe.

    Last night (May 11, 2012), Vision MMA's Daniel Straus pulled off the upset, scoring a unanimous decision against USA Today/SBNation consensus number five ranked featherweight on the planet, Marlon Sandro. Straus put the pressure on Sand...

  • MMA Junkie

    Bellator 68 is in the books, and the organization has released video highlights from Friday's event.

    They include all four MTV2-televised main-card bouts.

    Among them was the season-six featherweight-tournament finale of Daniel Straus vs. Marlon Sandro, as well as a bantamweight-tourney semifinal of Marcos Galvao vs. Travis Marx.

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