Plenty of combat sports athletes have found their way into professional wrestling, including Olympians like Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey and UFC champions like Ken Shamrock and Dan Severn. However, there are also pro wrestlers who turned to MMA for a new career, or even just a quick buck.

Brock Lesnar is the most successful WWE wrestler turned mixed martial artist. Using his NCAA college wrestling skills, Lesnar fought his way into the UFC and eventually beat the legendary Randy Couture to win the UFC Heavyweight Championship. Lesnar even defended the strap twice before losing to heavyweight icon Cain Velasquez.

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A MMA career that didn’t go so well belongs to Alberto Del Rio, who went by the name of Dos Caras Jr. in an ill-fated Pride FC bout against absolute killer Mirko Cro Cop. With no professional mixed martial arts experience, Del Rio was essentially a lamb to slaughter, getting viciously knocked out via head kick in the first round.

Attitude Era wrestler Giant Silva didn’t fare much better in MMA, accumulating a record of 2-6 with four TKO losses in Pride. The seven-footer did however notch two victories via kimura armbar.

Check out this compilation of WWE wrestlers trying their hand at MMA below.

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