Joe Pearson

Joseph "Joe" Frank Pearson (19 September 1877 – 1946) was a football (soccer) player in the early years of professional football in England. Pearson played for Aston Villa from Aug. 1900 - May 1908. Before playing for Villa, he played for Saltley College FC.

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Joe Pearson (fighter)

Joe Pearson (born March 28, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist who has fought in PRIDE, WEC and Shooto. Except for his first professional bout, no fight in Pearson's career has gone to decision.

Pearson also holds the record for most triangle chokes in mixed martial arts history, successfully utilizing the submission twenty-four times in his career.

Biography

Early MMA career

Pearson started his MMA career at 2002, fighting for several organizations in the midwest of United States. He made a 7-1-1 record and then came to Japan to fight for Shooto against Hatsu Hioki. Pearson lost the bout via submission. After this, he had an unstable sequence of fights, until the second half of 2006 when he won six straight bouts and was called to fight for Pride.

Pride FC and WEC Featherweight Championship

In Pride Bushido 13 he faced the Pancrase and DEEP veteran Yoshiro Maeda. He won the bout via submission in the very first round. In early 2007 he gained an opportunity to fight against the WEC Featherweight Champion Urijah Faber. However, he lost via submission in the first round.

Joe Pearson (Indiana politician)

Joe Pearson was a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 31st District from 2009 to 2011. He farmed full-time until March 1995, when then–Governor Evan Bayh and Lt. Governor Frank O'Bannon named him Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture. He continued to serve in the same capacity for Governor O’Bannon and Governor Joe Kernan through 2005, then ran unsuccessfully for Secretary of State of Indiana in 2006.

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