Gerald Harris (born November 19, 1979) is an American retired mixed martial artist who most recently fought in Bellator.
He beat his opponent so badly that he was invited to join the tournament and thus his professional fighting career began in August 2006.
Harris won his first five matches before losing a controversial split decision to Fabio Leopoldo in his IFL debut.
After being on The Ultimate Fighter, Gerald went to train with Rampage Jackson for five weeks in Liverpool, England, and was very close to signing with Bellator Fighting Championships and taking part in their first season middleweight tournament.
He got on the show by defeating Mike Madallo [4] but lost by knockout in the second round to Amir Sadollah, who was the eventual winner of that season.
Finally, Harris came out and identified himself, then he informed White of his desire to fight for the promotion and told him of his current winning streak.
[7] Harris next faced Renzo Gracie BJJ black belt, David Branch, on the under card of UFC 116.
Harris was expected to face Alessio Sakara on August 28, 2010, at UFC 118, replacing an injured Jorge Rivera.
[14][15][16] Following his release, Harris fought James Head on February 11, 2011, for Oklahoma's Xtreme Fight Night MMA.
On July 25, 2011, Harris announced on his personal Twitter that he had signed a multi-fight deal with Japanese promotion, DREAM.
Harris signed with World Series of Fighting in late 2012 and made his promotional debut at WSOF 1 on November 3, 2012, against Josh Burkman.
[23] On October 21, 2017, Harris stepped into the cage against Matt McKeon at Xtreme Fight Night at Tulsa Oklahoma.
[27] In his second fight for the promotion, Harris faced Yaroslav Amosov at Bellator 202 on July 13, 2018, losing via unanimous decision.
[28] Despite retiring earlier in 2019, Harris returned to the competition again with hopes to jumpstart his career and faced Seth Baczynski at C3 Fights 48 on November 23, 2019.
Previously in an interview, Harris revealed that his biological children were taken away from him the weekend he fought Josh Burkman in 2012 during his divorce which was eventually overturned and he regained custody.