Jan Nortje

Jan Nortje
BornJohannes Nortje
(1975-04-11) 11 April 1975 (age 49)
Cape Town, South Africa
Other namesThe Giant
ResidenceGrand Baie, Mauritius (current)
Gustavia, St. Barts (previous)
NationalitySouth Africa South African
Height2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
Weight151 kg (333 lb; 23 st 11 lb)
DivisionSuper Heavyweight
Heavyweight
StyleKickboxing, Boxing
StanceSouthpaw
Fighting out ofJohannesburg, South Africa
TeamXtreme Couture[1]
Steve's Gym
Team Nortje
TrainerSteve Kalakoda
Randy Couture
Ray Sefo
Fai Falamoe (2007, 2013)
Years active1998–2008, 2013 (Kickboxing)
1999–2001 (Boxing)
2001–2003, 2007–2009, 2013 (MMA)
Professional boxing record
Total11
Wins11
By knockout10
Losses0
Kickboxing record
Total25
Wins9
By knockout8
Losses16
By knockout11
Mixed martial arts record
Total8
Wins2
By knockout2
Losses6
By knockout2
By submission4
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated professional boxer[2] who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

He has fought the likes of Jérôme Le Banner, Gary Goodridge, and K-1 Champions Mirko Cro Cop, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts and Semmy Schilt. His last MMA fight was a loss against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at DREAM.9.

He lost to Lechi Kurbanov by way of an extension round split decision on 29 June 2013 in Grozny, Chechnya.[3]

  1. ^ "jXtreme Couture MMA". Xtremecouture.wordpress.com. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Jan Nortje - Boxer". Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Lechi Kurbanov vs. Jan Nortje - wideo z walki". Kickboxing24.pl. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2015.