Chad Robichaux

Chad "Robo" Robichaux (born August 18, 1975) is an American professional mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter and former Special Operations Force Recon, United States Marine. Chad is the former Legacy Fighting Championship Bantamweight champion and also has fought once each for Strikeforce and Bellator Fighting Championships.

Background
Robichaux is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (BJJ) black belt and has been a martial artist since the age of 5. After a life of martial arts and practicing BJJ since 1996, he was promoted in Brazil to the rank of black belt and is a direct black belt of the legendary Master Carlos Gracie Jr. and multiple time world champion, Professor David Vieira Da Silva. He is also a black belt in traditional jiu-jitsu, and a Combative Fighting System black belt.

He currently trains under an elite top tier of coaches to include Professor Vinicius Magalhaes “Draculino” for BJJ, and Randy Couture (UFC Champion and Hall of Famer), Coach Brad Anderson (Olympic Alternated Team Greco Wrestler and longtime training partner of Randy Couture), 33–1 Pro Boxer Lewis Wood, and Muay Thai specialist Daniel Kim. Some of his students and key training partners include BJJ black belt Strikeforce, WEC and DREAM veteran Todd Moore.

MMA career
Robichaux made his professional MMA debut in December 1999 against Robert Ard where he won by an armbar quickly in round 1. He amassed a 13–0 record, including a victory over Humberto DeLeon at Strikeforce: Houston and defeating Lewis McKenzie to earn the LFC Bantamweight title. Robichaux then suffered his first career loss in 2011 by TKO to Bellator champion Zach Macklovsky in a fight televised on MTV2. He would go on to lose another fight, before getting back to his fast winning ways by beating Joseph Sandoval in a 0:51 second submission at Legacy FC 11 (earning submission of the night honors). He was supposed to fight Will Campuzano for the vacant LFC flyweight championship at Legacy 12, but the fight was cancelled when Robichaux was not cleared by medical officials at weigh in. He was immediately admitted into the ER for what was later learned to be kidney failure induced by a kidney stone and a serious kidney infection, and inflammation of the kidneys.

Personal life
Chad has a Doctorate of Philosophy – Ph.D. and a Master of Business Administration – MBA from New York Tech and is a combat veteran with 8 tours of duty to the middle-east, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Special Operations Force Reconnaissance Marine. Chad is married with 3 children and is part of the RoeverFoundation.org where he works alongside Mr. Dave Roever as the Director of the Mighty Oaks Warrior Training Division – a Christian Faith Based program working to assist America’s Wounded Warriors with Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. www.MightyOaksFoundation.org

Championships and accomplishments
Legacy Fighting Championship Bantamweight champion

Reality Combat Superfight Champion

Personal Accomplishments
Doctors of Philosophy- Ph.D. and Master of Business Administration – MBA from New York Tech

Medal of Valor recipient from Law Enforcement Service

Served the United States for over a decade in the Special Operations Force Reconnaissance Marine and as a Federal Special Agent with the US Government.

Mixed martial arts record

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