“My best friend from up the street, another really tough kid, we'd box every day after school, starting around 6th or 7th grade. We would go in the backyard, and we would slug out. We'd box until we got tired or until somebody quit. Other kids would come over, and they would want to box. Most of the time they didn't fare too well.”

American former professional mixed martial artist

Carlos Joseph Condit is an American former professional mixed martial artist. He competed mainly at welterweight and is known for his time in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he became Interim UFC Welterweight Champion, and for his earlier run in World Extreme Cagefighting, where he was the final Welterweight Champion. Condit also competed in Japan for Shootboxing and Pancrase, adding to a career that moved between major promotions. His public profile comes from elite-level mixed martial arts competition, especially in a division where pace, toughness, and finishing ability matter.