Jan Nortje | |
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Born | Johannes Nortje 11 April 1975 Cape Town, South Africa |
Other names | The Giant |
Residence | Grand Baie, Mauritius (current) Gustavia, St. Barts (previous) |
Nationality | South African |
Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 151 kg (333 lb; 23 st 11 lb) |
Division | Super Heavyweight Heavyweight |
Style | Kickboxing, Boxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Team | Xtreme Couture[1] Steve's Gym Team Nortje |
Trainer | Steve Kalakoda Randy Couture Ray Sefo Fai Falamoe (2007, 2013) |
Years active | 1998–2008, 2013 (Kickboxing) 1999–2001 (Boxing) 2001–2003, 2007–2009, 2013 (MMA) |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 11 |
Wins | 11 |
By knockout | 10 |
Losses | 0 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 25 |
Wins | 9 |
By knockout | 8 |
Losses | 16 |
By knockout | 11 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 8 |
Wins | 2 |
By knockout | 2 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 2 |
By submission | 4 |
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]