Christian Eckerlin has been a big name in the German martial arts scene for years. But he is not only successful in mixed martial arts, but also in business as a brothel owner. His fortune is estimated at over 2 million euros!
Who is Christian Eckerlin? How did he get from soccer to martial arts, who is Christian Eckerlin’s girlfriend and where does his wealth come from?
Christian Eckerlin: origin and MMA career
Christian Eckerlin was born on November 16, 1986 in Erbach in the southern Hessian Odenwald district in the Darmstadt region.
Like almost every little boy, little Christian had a big dream: to become a footballer!
In his youth, he played soccer in the youth team of SV Darmstadt 98. He played as a defender and even made it into the U23 team. At the age of 19, his market value was 25,000 euros.
In the 2007/08 season, Christian Eckerlin was even accepted into the first team of SV Darmstadt, but was unable to earn a starting position.
Because the dream of becoming a footballer seemed unattainable, Eckerlin became more and more interested in martial arts. In particular, mixed martial arts, which combines several martial arts.
Christian Eckerlin’s MMA career slowly took off. Eckerlin fought his first professional MMA fight on September 12, 2009.
He won his first six cage fights and during this period he also won the welterweight title in the GMC (German MMA Championship). Ten years later, on March 23, 2019, he won the GMC middleweight title against Nihad Nasufovic.
Within ten years, he went from being an ambitious footballer to a two-time MMA champion in two weight classes.
2019 was also the year that Eckerlin finally declared his football career over.
A wise decision, because he did much better in the cage than on the pitch. From 2017 to 2023, Eckerlin has not lost a single one of his 9 cage fights.
The Christian Eckerlin fortune – how he got rich!
Christian Eckerlin has earned a good living from his successes in the German mixed martial arts scene with appearance fees and prize money. He also had private advertising deals and sponsorship contracts.
But it wasn’t just cage fighting that made him a millionaire. Christian Eckerlin’s fortune is now estimated at over 2 million euros. Sometimes the talk is even of 4 million euros.
Eckerlin’s millions came not only from his sporting successes but also from various entrepreneurial activities and real estate deals.
Eckerlin runs a striptease bar called “Platinum” in Frankfurt.
He started working as a doorman at the club when he was 20 years old and then took it over in 2018. From doorman to owner in just six years.
Above the striptease bar is the “Rotes Haus” brothel, which he also owns. Eckerlin runs two more such businesses in Cologne and Bonn.
In addition to his income from brothels and prostitution, Eckerlin also has several interests in various fitness and lifestyle brands, which are additional sources of income for him. He also organizes various MMA events.
Since 2021, he has been running a YouTube channel with a very wide reach in the MMA scene. In videos on the channel, Eckerlin not only shows what the sport of MMA is all about, but also talks about his eventful past, his family and his everyday life away from cage fighting.
Christian Eckerlin’s wealth has also grown more and more in recent years due to his strong presence on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook.
Companies that work with him benefit from his name and reach in social media, which allows them to precisely target a specific audience.
Christian Eckerlin’s wife: married to Dominique & father
Christian Eckerlin has been in a relationship with Dominique for over a decade. Since 2003, she has officially been Mr. Eckerlin’s wife, who works full-time as a manager at the Frankfurt “SkyClub”.
Eckerlin’s wife Dominique’s father is Burkhard, who is no stranger in Frankfurt and the surrounding area under the name “Schnitzel-Walter”. Christian Eckerlin’s father-in-law is considered one of the most powerful members of the notorious Hells Angels biker gang.
That is why Eckerlin has also become a member of the Hells Angels.
According to rumors, the brothels that Eckerlin runs belong to his father-in-law Burkhard. Malicious gossip claims that he has “slept his way to the top” with his relationship with Dominique.
Christian Eckerlin and his wife Dominique have two children together. He says: “Although I am an athlete and a businessman, I am first and foremost a family man.”
Christian Eckerlin and his wife Dominique live with their two children and their father Burkhard on a large estate in Limburg, Hesse.
Eckerlin lives here in seclusion with his family. He only comes to Frankfurt regularly for his training sessions and business appointments.
