Nicholas Catone (born September 1, 1981) is a retired American mixed martial artist.
[8] On January 23, Sadollah was, again, forced to withdraw from the fight due, this time to a fractured clavicle.
Catone was expected to face Dan Miller on March 19, 2011, at UFC 128 in a catchweight bout of 195 lbs.
[18] However, Miller was pulled from the bout to fill in for Yoshihiro Akiyama against Nate Marquardt and was replaced by UFC newcomer Costas Philippou.
[20] However, Catone was forced out of the bout after tearing an Achilles tendon,[21] and was replaced by Eric Schafer.
Catone made his welterweight debut against TJ Waldburger on December 15, 2012, at The Ultimate Fighter: Team Carwin vs.
[26] Catone faced Tom Watson in a middleweight bout on February 1, 2014, at UFC 169.
[28] However, Catone abruptly announced his retirement on March 25, citing a litany of injuries and a history of chronic back pain.
[33] He and his wife Marjorie Madison-Catone became involved in the anti-vaccination movement after his 20-month-old Nicolas died unexpectedly.
[34][35][36][37][32] In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook deleted Catone's account, as part of its efforts to reduce the amount of misinformation about medical topics on the network.
Catone threatened to sue Facebook for an amount exceeding $5 billion for depriving him of a mean to promote his business and the loss of personal pictures.