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ASU's 50 Best Professional Athletes: No. 32 Dan "The Beast" Severn

Up next in our countdown of the 50 best professional athletes to attend ASU is a true MMA pioneer.

Arizona State has a rich history of wrestlers and successful mixed martial artists, and that's who comes in next in our countdown: Dan "The Beast" Severn.

Before he went on to win more than 100 MMA bouts, Severn was an elite amateur Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestler. Severn was a two-time national champion at the high school level and then became a two-time All-American at ASU, where he was inducted into the the school's wrestling hall of fame.

Severn was an alternate on the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympic teams.