Carlos Joseph Condit (born April 26, 1984) is an American former professional mixed martial artist.

Condit formerly fought in the UFC's sister promotion, World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC), where he was the final Welterweight Champion.

Condit has launched business ventures, including a coffeeshop and a line of custom jeans with Los Angeles brand SENE.

Condit's father, Brian, was the Chief of Staff for former New Mexico governor and Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson.

[8] He began wrestling at the age of nine and continued throughout high school, and started training in Gaidojutsu under Greg Jackson at fifteen.

[9] Condit turned professional at eighteen years old, taking less than a minute to submit Nick Roscorta with a rear-naked choke in his debut in Juárez, Mexico, on September 6, 2002.

He also won his next four fights in the first round, with only one going past the one-minute mark, before tasting defeat for the first time, albeit under the shoot boxing ruleset, in his international debut.

He faced off with ninety-five fight veteran and Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2002 champion Andy Souwer in Tokyo, Japan on September 23, 2003, losing by technical knockout due to leg kicks with seventeen seconds left of the fight after being knocked down three times in the fifth and final round.

The tournament's quarter-finals were held on January 20, 2006, at Rumble on the Rock 8 where Condit recorded a seventeen-second TKO stoppage of Renato Verissimo.

Condit suffered a second consecutive loss in his next outing, submitting to a Pat Healy rear-naked choke in round three of their contest in Oakland, California, before making a return to Pancrase and defeating Koji Oishi via TKO in his sophomore appearance in the promotion.

He ended his tenure in Japan with a Kimura submission of Takuya Wada and a particularly violent stomp KO over Tatsunori Tanaka before returning stateside and joining the WEC.

Condit would win this fight in the second round, once again, by Rear Naked Choke and became the WEC Welterweight Champion.

[21] Condit defeated Rory MacDonald via third-round TKO at UFC 115[22] in a bout that earned the Fight of the Night award.

This victory made Condit the first and to date only man to defeat Hardy by way of KO and also earned him Knockout of the Night honours.

[28] However, Condit was forced from the bout after suffering a knee injury while training[29] and he was replaced by promotional newcomer Brian Ebersole.

[40] However, due to a knee injury sustained by St. Pierre, Condit faced Diaz at the event, with the winner being awarded an interim UFC Welterweight Championship.

[43] Condit became only the second man to knock down St. Pierre in the UFC when he dropped him with a head kick early in the third round and swarmed him, but was unable to finish.

[56] After over a year away from the sport due to his knee injury, Condit returned to face Thiago Alves on May 30, 2015, in the main event at UFC Fight Night 67.

[57] Condit was successful in his return, winning the fight via TKO after the cage-side doctor ended the contest between the second and third round due to the amount of damage Alves had taken.

[65] Condit returned to the cage eight months later to face Demian Maia in the main event of UFC on Fox 21 on August 27, 2016.

[70] Brown was pulled out from the fight due to a torn Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL),[71] and was replaced by Alex Oliveira.

[77][78] After nearly a year away from the sport, Condit faced Court McGee on October 4, 2020 at UFC on ESPN: Holm vs.

Condit partnered with Los Angeles brand Sene to launch a custom denim collaboration in November 2020.