Keith Jardine (born October 31, 1975) is an American actor and retired mixed martial artist who most notably competed in the UFC and Strikeforce.

Jardine was born in Butte, Montana, moved to Oregon, and finally settled in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Canoga Park High School.

Jardine played football and competed in Greco-Roman wrestling in high school under Coach Rudy Lugo, and continued to compete at Los Angeles Pierce College,[2][non-primary source needed] then for his final two years of college as a defensive lineman at New Mexico Highlands University, which has a Division II program.

Before focusing on a career in mixed martial arts, Jardine worked as a personal trainer, firefighter, football coach, miner, and bounty hunter.

He also played rugby and competed in high-level wrestling tournaments after college before traveling to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he began training for MMA with Greg Jackson.

[citation needed] Jardine made his professional mixed martial arts debut in 2001, defeating Amir Rahnavardi via armbar submission.

He would win five out of his next six bouts, suffering one knockout loss to Travis Wiuff six seconds into the fight, before debuting in the Japanese Pancrase organization in 2003.

Jardine made his first appearance on an official UFC fight card at The Ultimate Fighter 2 Finale, defeating fellow TUF 2 Heavyweight Kerry Schall by TKO due to leg kicks.

Jardine lost the fight in part due to a very controversial unanimous decision,[5][6] but gained a great deal of fan and media support after the bout.

Although considered an underdog in the bout, Jardine scored a TKO victory in the first round after he floored Forrest then took the full guard and brought many right hands over the top to cause the stoppage.

The bout was ruled a split decision in Jardine's favor, turning him into a top contender for the UFC Light Heavyweight Championship.

[12] After being rocked by a straight right from Bader, he received a flying knee to the ribs and then a hook punch to the chin that knocked him out, two minutes into the third round.

[17] Jardine was scheduled to face Francisco France at Nemesis Fighting: MMA Global Invasion on November 13, 2010,[18] but the event was postponed to avoid a storm.

Jardine signed with Strikeforce as a late replacement for the injured Mike Kyle to face Gegard Mousasi on the April 9th card in San Diego.

[23] The hard-fought fight ultimately ended in a majority draw due to Mousasi being docked one point in the first round for an illegal upkick.

He was also featured in the Breaking Bad (starring fellow Canoga Park High School Alumnus Bryan Cranston) Season 3 episode "I.F.T", where he played a criminal who gets into a bar fight.

[citation needed] In 2014 Jardine featured on a social media video that went viral where he proceeded to track down a thief and make a citizen's arrest.