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American mixed martial arts fighter

Patrick Jay Miletich ('/m//ɪ//l//ə//t//ɪ//tʃ/; born March 9, 1968) is a retired American mixed martial artist and former sports commentator. He is known for his fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he became the first UFC Welterweight Champion and UFC 16 Welterweight Tournament Winner. Miletich is also known as a highly successful trainer and coach, having founded Miletich Fighting Systems. This camp is considered one of the most successful in MMA history and has produced several world champions. On July 6, 2014, he was inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame.

Miletich, the youngest of five children, was born in Davenport, Iowa, to second generation Croatian immigrant parents. Two of his brothers are deceased. Miletich started wrestling at the age of five, continuing at Bettendorf High School. Miletich shared the Bettendorf High School wrestling room with future MMA champion Mark Kerr. He said he wanted to be a world champion in something and wrestling was something he was good at. Although Miletich originally planned to pursue football after graduating high school, he eventually chose to wrestle in junior college.

Miletich started his MMA training at 26. with Grand Master Nick Tarpein, where he learned much of what he knows about karate, and was introduced to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the very first time. His next fight was a KO win over Shonie Carter at UFC 32.

After the fight with Carter, Miletich moved up to the Middleweight division. This was also partly due to encouragement by UFC management and because his teammate, Matt Hughes, defeated Carlos Newton to win the UFC Welterweight Championship. Miletich lost to Nunn via split decision.

After a near fifteen year hiatus, Miletich returned to face rival Mike Jackson on October 14, 2023 at Caged Aggression 36. Despite finding initial success against his younger foe, Miletich succumbed to fatigue, and lost via technical knockout after his corner stopped the fight before the start of the third round.

Miletich founded Miletich Fighting Systems, a mixed martial arts academy in his hometown of Bettendorf, Iowa. MFS has trained over 90 televised fighters and 11 MMA world champions, including former two time UFC Welterweight Champion and UFC Hall of Famer Matt Hughes, former two time UFC Heavyweight Champion Tim Sylvia, former UFC Lightweight Champion Jens Pulver, and former EliteXC Middleweight Champion and former UFC Welterweight Champion Robbie Lawler.

For over 15 years Miletich has trained local, state, and federal law enforcement officers and military groups from all service branches, including special operations groups attached to those branches. He has also written and designed defensive tactics and combatives courses for other combatives companies. Miletich is also the co founder of Fire Horse combatives which trains LEO and military personnel.

Miletich is married and has three daughters. He is a Freemason. Miletich was arrested on June 29, 2020, in Moline, Illinois and was charged with DUI. This was Miletich's second DUI arrest, his first coming in September 2018, a charge to which he pleaded guilty in March 2019.

No. (Number)ResultRecordOpponentMethodRound, timeDateNotes1Win1–0Donald TuckerUD4 (4),Jan 20, 1999