Ryan Jimmo[3] (November 27, 1981 – June 26, 2016) was a Canadian mixed martial artist who competed in the light heavyweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
He has a background in karate, beginning the martial art from a very young age and was taught by his father, a 5th degree black belt.
At St. Malachy's Memorial High School, Jimmo was captain of the football team and president of the chess club.
"[5] After his elimination from TUF 8, Jimmo went back to the local circuit, where he recorded three victories; one of which was over Jesse Forbes via unanimous decision.
Jimmo then re-joined Maximum Fighting Championship and made his promotional debut at MFC 21 against Mychal Clark.
Unfortunately, though, Jimmo has failed to capitalize on numerous opportunities to cement himself in the title picture because he hasn’t been a big finisher despite a 12-fight winning streak."
Sherdog also added that they didn't believe that Jimmo could "grind out another win" as Gouveia, who was making his return to the light heavyweight division, would not gas out, as he had done on occasion at middleweight in the UFC.
[10] The fight was later made a catchweight bout of 208 lbs, after Gouveia once again came in overweight; this, despite moving up a weight class originally.
[11] Jimmo was then scheduled to fight for the Maximum Fighting Championship's Light Heavyweight title against newcomer Glover Teixeira, but Jimmo questioned why he had been made to work for a title shot, while Teixeira, "a relative unknown" received a shot immediately.
Jimmo defended his title against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at MFC 31, winning a controversial unanimous decision.
[19] For his second fight with the promotion, Jimmo faced James Te Huna on February 16, 2013, at UFC on Fuel TV: Barão vs.
However, Te-Huna then rebounded by controlling the second and third rounds with his striking and wrestling, resulting in a unanimous decision loss for Jimmo.
[25] Jimmo was expected to face UFC newcomer Steve Bossé at The Ultimate Fighter Nations Finale on April 16, 2014, in Quebec City.
[35] Jimmo was involved in a parking lot altercation early in the morning of June 26, 2016, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
[37] Eventually on November 26, 2018, Getschel pleaded guilty to manslaughter and hit and run,[38] and he was sentenced to eight years in prison in a Canadian courthouse on December 3, 2018.