Stefan Gamlin Birthdate:  October 30, 1970 Hometown:  Huntington Beach, CA Height:  6’ 7” Weight:  335 lbs. Wrestling Inspirations:  Kane Finishing Move:  Stefan’s Powerbomb Favorite Quote:  “When you get knocked down, you have to find a way back up.” Comments:  He is huge and fearsome; this Teutonic head-banger who has returned to UPW arenas to raise uncontrollable hell and havoc.  First, though, Stefan Gamlin must face the challenge of international shootfighting competition, as our fed moves out into the arena of Valor Fighting.  Gamlin, whose awesome presence first was seen back in 1998 when he began his Ultimate Pro career, was quickly signed to a WWE development deal that saw him train for six months at Kentucky’s Ohio Valley Wrestling.  After a parting of the ways, however, he returned back to our Western shores and dominated and eventually won the UPW-dominated competition on the Toughman Wrestler vs. Football Player FX special; then moved on to a successful season at the popular “Battledome” UPN action-game series.  He’s also been featured recently in the ESPN reality series “Wild Rules” and in numerous commercials where he often plays a football player; not at all a false casting; since his pre-squared circle life revolved around the sport. Raised in Europe as an Air Force brat, Gamlin led a rather turbulent teenage existence, with many street fights but also with a developing skill on the gridiron. When his family moved back to the States he excelled at University of Arkansas as a defensive tackle, and then was signed to the NFL Europe’s Frankfurt Galaxy where he was a standout too, until a career-ending knee injury forced him to look elsewhere. Moving out to California and learning about the emerging So Cal indy giant, UPW, he began a mat career which only now is being resumed through Rick Bassman’s launching of Valor Fighting; culminating in Gamlin’s signing to K-1 for a four fight deal and a recent first match against superfighter Bob Sapp. Currently off to Japan, Stefan Gamlin promises to shake things up big-time in the Orient and warns fans here, as well, that Southern California may also lie in his gun-sights when the time is right to cause major shock-waves here on our own American shores.

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