christian Eckerlin

About

Former German soccer player and current mixed martial arts fighter, who competes in the middleweight division. He is the middleweight and welterweight champion of the German MMA Championship (GMC). He has gained a following online for posting about his lifestyle as a fighter, member of the notoriously dangerous motorcycle gang, Hells Angels, and manager of a striptease bar in Frankfurt. His Instagram, christianeckerlin, has over 310,000 followers.

Before Fame

He played soccer on the youth team of SV Darmstadt 98 and made it to the U23s; he was used four times in the third-tier Regionalliga Süd in the 2006-07 season. In the 2007-08 Oberliga season , he was included in the first team squad, but was unable to earn a regular place. He ended his football career in 2019. He fought his first professional MMA fight on September 12, 2009. On March 23, 2019, he won the GMC middleweight title against Nihad Nasufovic. He has been running a YouTube channel since the year 2021.

Trivia

On October 12, 2024, he beat MMA fighter Christian Jungwirth in a fight, named "Stuttgart vs. Frankfurt" because both fighters had been formerly ambitious soccer players. The fight also represented who would win the homeland title, and after winning, Eckerlin posted on Instagram that he was now the "King of Germany."

Family Life

He was born in Erbach, Germany He is married to Dominique Eckerlin and the couple have two children together.

Associated With

On October 1, 2023, he posted a photo with famous boxer, Mike Tyson, to his Instagram.