Aaron Chalmers (television personality)

Aaron Chalmers
Born (1987-05-26) May 26, 1987
England
Other names The Joker
Nationality English
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb; 11 st 9 lb)
Division Welterweight
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Newcastle, England
Team Renegade Jiu-Jitsu
Ultimate Training Center (formerly)
Years active 2017–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total 4
Wins 4
By knockout 2
By submission 2
Losses 0
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Aaron Chalmers (born 1987)[1] Newcastle,[2] is an English reality television personality and mixed martial artist, he appeared in the reality show Geordie Shore and the sixth series of Ex on the Beach.[1] He is also a mixed martial artist for Bellator MMA.[3]

Career

Television personality

On 4 April 2014, it was announced that Chalmers had joined the cast of Geordie Shore for the eighth series. He has left the series after season 16.[4]

He appeared in the sixth series of Ex on the Beach as the ex of Maisie Gillespie. The series began airing on 17 January 2017.[5] Before becoming well-known, he worked on an oil rig.

Mixed martial arts career

BAMMA (2017)

In May 2017, he had his first MMA fight,[6][7] beating Greg Jenkins.[8] He has previously practised Muay Thai. He won his second professional fight at BAMMA 31 at the SSE Arena beating Alex Thompson by KO on 15th September 2017. His third and final fight for BAMMA was a win (by TKO) against Karl Donaldson on December 15th in his home town arena the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle.

Bellator (2018–present)

In March 2018, Chalmers announced he would be joining Bellator. He had his first fight against Ash Griffiths on May 25, 2018 for the Bellator 200 event at Wembley Arena.[9] He won the fight via technical submission in the first round.[10]

Filmography

Year Title Role Note
2014–2018 Geordie Shore Himself Cast member
2017 Ex on the Beach Ex of Maisie Gillespie

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 4–0 Ash Griffiths Technical Submission (guillotine choke) Bellator 200 25 May 2018 1 1:55 The SSE Arena, London, England Catchweight (163 lbs) bout.
Win 3–0 Karl Donaldson TKO (punches) BAMMA 33 15 December 2017 1 0:43 Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England
Win 2–0 Alex Thompson KO (Punch) BAMMA 31 15 September 2017 1 0:30 The SSE Arena, London, England
Win 1–0 Greg Jenkins Submission (Americana) BAMMA 29 12 May 2017 1 2:12 Genting Arena, Birmingham, England

References

  1. 1 2 "Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers among new Ex on the Beach recruits". Retrieved 30 April 2018 – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  2. ↑ Smith, Ben (13 May 2017). "Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers, a golden find for BAMMA? - MMA Plus". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Johns, Craig (21 April 2017). "Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers signs contract with top MMA promotion - debut next month". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Check out Geordie Shore's new cast member". 4 April 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Donaldson, Laura (1 February 2017). "Ex On The Beach: Aaron Chalmers admits he didn't have 'a f***ing clue' who his ex was". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Geordie Shore's Aaron Chalmers announces his first MMA fight". 10 March 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ Duke, Simon (20 June 2016). "Aaron denies he's quitting Geordie Shore as Sophie returns". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Geordie Shore star Aaron Chalmers wins on MMA debut". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Bellator London". Bellator.com. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Bellator 200 Results: Carvalho vs. Mousasi". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 2018-05-26.
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