Bob Diry

Robert "Bob" Diry (in Austria Robert Dirry, born 12 July 1884 in Vienna, Austria,[1] died 9 February 1935 in New York City[2]) was an Austrian middleweight world champion 1908 in wrestling.

In 1910, he trained in Jiu-Jitsu under T.Tobari of the Tenshin-Shin-Yo-ryu and Kodokan Judo at the Vienna Athletics Club which helped him win a lightweight wrestling title.

After his migration to America he tried boxing, making him versed in all 3 areas common to modern MMA.

[3][4] Bob would continue wrestling in the US and coached at the New York Athletics club around the years of 1930.

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