Bob Sapp | |||
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![]() Sapp in 2011 | |||
Born | Robert Malcolm Sapp September 22, 1973[1] Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | ||
Other names | The Beast | ||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[1] | ||
Weight | 329 lb (149 kg; 23 st 7 lb)[1] | ||
Division | Super Heavyweight | ||
Reach | 82 in (210 cm) | ||
Style | Kickboxing | ||
Fighting out of | Seattle, Washington, U.S. | ||
Team | Team Beast BodyShop MMA & Fitness | ||
Teacher(s) | Maurice Smith Josh Barnett Matt Hume | ||
Trainer | Prince Amir | ||
Years active | 2002–2014, 2016–present | ||
Kickboxing record | |||
Total | 31 | ||
Wins | 12 | ||
By knockout | 9 | ||
Losses | 19 | ||
By knockout | 12 | ||
Mixed martial arts record | |||
Total | 32 | ||
Wins | 12 | ||
By knockout | 8 | ||
By submission | 3 | ||
By decision | 1 | ||
Losses | 20 | ||
By knockout | 15 | ||
By submission | 4 | ||
By disqualification | 1 | ||
Other information | |||
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |||
American football career |
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No. 78 | |||
Position: | Guard | ||
Personal information | |||
Height: | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
Weight: | 319 lb (145 kg) | ||
Career information | |||
College: | Washington | ||
NFL draft: | 1997 / Round: 3 / Pick: 69 | ||
Career history | |||
* Offseason and/or practice squad member only | |||
Career highlights and awards | |||
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Career NFL statistics | |||
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Last updated on: November 17, 2013 |
Robert Malcolm Sapp (born September 22, 1973)[2][3] is an American mixed martial artist, kickboxer, professional wrestler, actor, and former American football player. He is currently under contract with Rizin Fighting Federation.[4] Sapp has a combined fight record of 24–39–1, mostly fighting in Japan. He is well known in Japan, where he has appeared in numerous commercials, television programs, and various other media, and has released a music CD, Sapp Time. He is known there as a gaijin tarento (foreign-born talent).[5] He is currently working sporadically for various MMA promotions in the U.S., Japan, and Europe.
Sapp played college football as a guard for the Washington Huskies with whom he won the Morris Trophy. He was drafted in the third round of the 1997 NFL draft by the Chicago Bears with whom he played for one season seeing no game action before playing with the Minnesota Vikings for another two seasons, only playing in one game. He later began a career in professional wrestling before branching out into mixed martial arts and kickboxing, where he initially enjoyed significant success and popularity before eventually developing a reputation as a tomato can.