Other names The Giant
Big Sexy Name Jan Nortje Martial art Boxing Stance Orthodox Weight 160 kg | Style Kickboxing, Boxing Height 2.05 m Nationality South African Role Mixed martial artist Division Super heavyweight | |
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Born Johannes Nortje
11 April 1975 (age 48)
Cape Town, South Africa ( 1975-04-11 ) Residence Pretoria, South Africa
Gustavia, St. Barts (current)
Potchefstroom, South Africa (previous) Fighting out of Johannesburg, South Africa Trained by Randy Couture, Ray Sefo, Fai Falamoe | ||
Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated pro boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro Wrestling.
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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.
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