Chris Tuchscherer (born September 8, 1975) is a retired American mixed martial artist who last competed as a Heavyweight for the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Born in Rugby, North Dakota, Tuchscherer competed in wrestling for Bowman County High School, continuing with the sport at North Dakota State before eventually transferring to NCAA Division II Minnesota State University, Moorhead.
Tuchscherer continued training at MSUM while helping to coach the university's wrestling team.
He later began training at Minnesota Martial Arts Academy with fellow All-American Brock Lesnar.
Tuchscherer then won the Max Fights Heavyweight Championship on July 19, 2008, by defeating Tony Mendoza at Max Fights 4[7] before defeating Branden Lee Hinkle on March 21, 2009, at "Beatdown 4" to win the first SNMAA heavyweight championship.
[11] Occurring on February 6, 2010, at UFC 109, Tuchscherer was once again faced with being on the receiving end of a low blow early in the first round.