Chris Sanford (born March 12, 1968) is an American retired mixed martial artist who has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting.
He lived in Japan as a high school exchange student and also studied Japanese language and economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
He practiced various forms of martial arts, like taekwondo, kung fu and boxing.
He amassed a perfect record of four victories and no defeats before being signed to compete on the original season of The Ultimate Fighter.
[3] Despite being eliminated early on the show, he was awarded a chance to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 1 Finale against fellow housemate Josh Koscheck.