Name	Sam Greco
Birth name	Salvatore Greco
Other names	Slam 'em
Height
Weight
Weight class	Super Heavyweight
Nationality	Australian
Birth date	May 03, 1967
Birth place	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Style	Karate, Kickboxing
Team	Team Greco
Years active	16 (1989–2005)
Kickbox win	19
Kickbox kowin	11
Kickbox loss	9
Kickbox koloss	7
Kickbox draw	2
Kickbox nc	2
Mma win	3
Mma kowin	2
Mma loss	1
Mma draw	1
Occupation	Restaurant owner, actor
Url	http://fcvandams.com/
Sherdog	3419
Updated	January 22, 2010|

Sam "Slam 'em" Greco (born May 3, 1967) is a retired Australian Super Heavyweight kickboxer and Heavyweight mixed martial artist of Italian descent, who fought in Kyokushin karate, professional kickboxing, and K-1 tournaments.

Biography and career

When growing up in Melbourne, Australia Sam's Italian-born father Vittorio encouraged him to get involved with soccer from an early age and Sam became the youngest player ever to sign up with the Italian premier league team Juventus. He played as well for Heidelberg soccer club in Melbourne.

K-1 career

He trained in Kyokushin karate, and started competing in full contact karate tournaments.

Sam had his K-1 debut in 1995 at K-1 Hercules. Following year he appeared in his first K-1 World Grand Prix tournament where he suffered his first loss in semifinals against Musashi.

After retiring in 2005 from professional competition, Sam Greco worked as trainer for other fighters, including Bob Sapp.

Acting career

He played the stunt double for retired professional wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin in the 2007 action thriller The Condemned and also had a small part in the 2008 Australian boxing drama film, Two Fists One Heart which was shot in Western Australia. He has also appeared occasionally in movies as a fight consultant and martial arts advisor.

He had a small part in the fourth episode of the Australian mini-series Underbelly, playing nightclub bouncer Bruno Bolotzi. The episode was first broadcast in February 2008.

He had a small part in the eightieth episode of series three of the Australian comedy Pizza, playing the roman soldier Glutious Maximus. He made another appearance for Pizza this time in a two part episode Holiday Pizza, playing Pauly's Italian cousin Luigi. He also had a part in the first series of the Australian comedy Swift and Shift Couriers as Louie "Luigi" Marietti. Both Pizza and Swift and Shift Couriers were created by Greco's good friend Paul Fenech.

He played the Masked Wrestler Zarkos in Scooby Doo. In the movie Zarkos appears as one of N'Goo Tuana's henchmen, but later he sneaks up on Daphne and captures her and steals the Daemon Ritus from her. Later in the movie he tries to sneak up on Daphne and capture her again but instead they end up fighting, near the end of the fight he grabs Daphne and throws her onto his back and puts her in a hold but she escapes and defeats him.

Titles and accomplishments

1999 K-1 World Grand Prix 3rd Place

1999 W.A.K.O. Pro World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Champion

1995 The Best of the Best Tournament Champion

1994 W.K.A. World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Heavyweight Champion

1994 Karate World Cup Champion

Commonwealth Karate Champion 1989-1991

6 time Australia Full Contact Karate Champion

Kickboxing record

{| class="toccolours" width=90% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | Kickboxing Record |- valign="top" | |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | MMA record |- valign="top" | Legend: |}

See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

http://www.k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=183

External links

K-1 Official website

Category:Living people Category:Australian karateka Category:Australian kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Australian mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:People from Melbourne Category:Australian people of Italian descent Category:1967 births

Name	Lyoto Machida
Birth name	Lyoto Carvalho Machida
Nationality	Brazilian
Birth date	May 30, 1978
Birth place	Salvador, Brazil
Death date
Other names	The Dragon
Residence	Belém, Brazil
Height
Weight
Weight class	Light Heavyweight
Reach
Style	Machida Karate, Shotokan Karate, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Sumo
Stance	Southpaw
Team	Black House
Trainer	Yoshizo Machida
Rank	3rd-dan black belt in Shotokan black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Years active	2003–present (MMA)
Mma win	16
Mma kowin	5
Mma subwin	2
Mma decwin	9
Mma loss	2
Mma koloss	1
Mma decloss	1
Spouse	Fabyola
Children	2
Relatives	Shinzo Machida, brother, Yoshizo Machida, father
Url	http://lyotomachida.net
Sherdog	7513
Updated	October 28, 2009

Lyoto Carvalho Machida (; born May 30, 1978) is a Japanese-Brazilian mixed martial artist from Salvador, Brazil who fights as a Light Heavyweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion. He is currently ranked as the #4 light heavyweight fighter in the world by Sherdog & Yahoo! Sports. The son of a Japanese Shotokan karate master, , Machida utilizes a karate striking style that implements a wide Shotokan stance and an elusive strategy.

On May 23, 2009, Machida won the UFC light-heavyweight championship from the previously undefeated Rashad Evans by knockout in the second round. Machida subsequently lost his title, and his undefeated streak, on May 8, 2010 when he was knocked out in the first round by Mauricio Rua in their rematch. Machida was named one of the Top 10 Most Superstitious Athletes by Men's Fitness.

Early life

Machida was born in the city of Salvador as the third son of the highly ranked head of the Brazilian branch of the Japan Karate Association, Shotokan karate master Yoshizo Machida. Yoshizo moved to Brazil from Japan when he was 22 years old. There he met and married Lyoto's mother, Ana Claudia. Growing up in Belém, Lyoto began training in karate at the age of three and earned his black belt at the age of thirteen. He also began training in sumo at twelve and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at fifteen. He won a number of amateur karate tournaments, including the 2001 Pan American Karate tournament.

He was the runner-up in the 2000 Brazilian Sumo Championships in the 115 kg division. As an adult, he became Brazilian Champion twice, and placed second in the South American Championship. He defeated American black belt Jiu-Jitsu fighter Rafael Lovato Jr. at L.A. Sub X. In addition to his sumo and karate achievements, he has a college degree in Physical Education. Lyoto's brother, Shinzo, is a Shotokan vice-champion (Australia 2006), losing only to number-one ranked Shotokan master Koji Ogata. Lyoto and Shinzo fought in a Karate Final 10 years ago in which Lyoto gave Shinzo a cheek scar that still exists today. His other brothers include Kenzo Machida, a TV journalist for one of Brazil's biggest TV stations, Take Machida and adopted brother Francisco Machida.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

UFC Debut

Machida made his UFC debut on the preliminary card of UFC 67 against Sam Hoger and won by unanimous decision. He followed up with a main-card debut at UFC 70 and won a unanimous decision against David Heath. He next faced judo practitioner and Pride Fighting Championship veteran Kazuhiro Nakamura at UFC 76. Machida won by unanimous decision and Nakamura would later test positive for marijuana.

At UFC 79, Machida faced the highly touted Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou, a judo practitioner who was making his UFC debut after two quick upset victories over Pride veterans Antonio Rogerio Nogueira and Ricardo Arona. He scored the first stoppage of his UFC career by submitting Sokoudjou with an arm triangle choke in the second round.

Machida's next fight was at UFC 84, facing former UFC light-heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz in what would be Ortiz's final UFC appearance before a long-standing dispute with Dana White led to Ortiz being out of a UFC contract for over a year. Machida frustrated Ortiz with lateral movement and counterstriking while successfully defending against the former champion's takedowns. In the closing minute of the first round Ortiz got Machida in a clinch, but Machida took Ortiz down, moved to side control, and had Ortiz in a modified crucifix position and began to punch Ortiz's unprotected face. In the final seconds of the third round, Machida landed a flying knee to the body of Ortiz and knocked him to the mat. As Machida moved in to finish the fight, Ortiz almost locked in a triangle choke before transitioning to an armbar attempt. Machida managed to escape and win a unanimous decision, and all three judges scored the fight 30–27 in his favor.

Machida was originally scheduled to fight fellow undefeated Brazilian Thiago Silva at UFC 89 in Birmingham, England, however, the bout was postponed due to a back injury sustained by Silva. The fight ultimately took place at UFC 94. After scoring several trips and knockdowns, Machida managed to knock out the grounded Silva in the final second of the first round. Machida's first UFC knockout earned Knockout of the Night Honors and a $65,000 bonus. In June 2009, Lyoto Machida was nominated for the 2009 ESPYS "Best Fighter" category, along with Anderson Silva, Manny Pacquiao, and Shane Mosley. However, Machida did not gain enough votes and the award was won instead by pro boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Light Heavyweight Championship

Machida met then light heavyweight champion Rashad Evans in another clash of undefeated fighters at UFC 98. Machida scored an early knockdown in the first-round, while Evans struggled to make any progress. In the second-round, Evans experienced a flurry of accurate punches by Machida rendering him unconscious before hitting the canvas. Machida was subsequently crowned the new UFC Light Heavyweight Champion; his performance earning him Knockout of the Night Honors with a $60,000 bonus for the second time in as many fights. This victory continued his undefeated streak in his MMA career and was also Evans' first career loss.

Machida was set to face Quinton Jackson in his first title defense, but Jackson opted to coach the tenth season of The Ultimate Fighter instead and then face fellow coach Rashad Evans. Pride Fighting Championship's 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix winner Mauricio "Shogun" Rua was then selected as Machida's first title defense which took place on October 24, 2009 at UFC 104, with Machida winning a unanimous decision victory, 48–47 from all three judges, with one stating that Machida "landed the more damaging strikes throughout the fight" and was the more "effective aggressor".

Machida vs Rua controversy

The decision resulted in controversy, with many members of the audience reacting negatively. Rickson Gracie, Wanderlei Silva, Vitor Belfort, Rampage Jackson, Thiago Silva, Jon Jones, and Antonio Silva all stated they felt that Rua won the fight.

Out of the three judges, Hamilton gave Machida Rounds 2, 3 and 4. Peoples and Rosales each gave Machida the first three rounds. One of the judges (Nelson Hamilton) later commented in a post-fight interview that his line of sight was obstructed for much of the action in Round 4, and that after reviewing footage of the round, he likely would have scored the round to Rua. However, since the verdict was unanimous, retroactively changing the score for this judge would still have resulted in a 2–1 split decision in favor of Machida. Hamilton also commented that he felt the commentary had led many fans to believe Shogun had won the fight decisively, when it was a very close, technical and difficult fight to score for all three judges. In spite of this, a significant amount of the audience, who hadn't heard the commentary, booed the decision after it was delivered, voicing their support for Rua. Writers for a number of sports websites/magazines also claimed they felt Rua had won.

There were also MMA fighters in attendance who, after the bout, voiced support for the decision. Among them were Minotauro Nogueira, Anderson Silva, Junior dos Santos and Rafael Cavalcante. Several of these fighters have been, or still are, training partners with Machida.

A Fightmetric analysis of the fight suggested that Rua had been more aggressive and had landed more blows to the head and legs than Machida, while CompuStrike reported that Rua landed almost twice as many strikes as Machida did. Both Fightmetric and CompuStrike explicitly state on their websites that they are not intended to be used to judge MMA events, and are merely a way to track a fighter's activity.

Because of the controversy surrounding the close decision, on May 8, 2010, at UFC 113 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Machida and Mauricio Rua faced each other again, seven months after their original fight. It was a very much anticipated rematch. Both fighters started aggressively and scored significant points in striking exchanges, and Machida scored a takedown via leg sweep from the clinch. Rua showed strong defense on the ground, spinning to attempt a knee bar before both fighters returned to their feet. At 3:30 of round 1 Rua swayed to avoid a hook left which had landed twice earlier in the round and landed a powerful counter overhand right to the temple, which knocked Machida down. Rua then took the full mount and proceeded to finish him with ground-and-pound, making him the new Light Heavyweight Champion while Machida suffered his first career MMA loss.

Machida vs Rampage Controversy

Subsequently after his first loss against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, Lyoto lost a controversial decision to previous light-heavyweight champion Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. During the first two rounds, Machida's evasive counterstriking was matched against Quinton Jackson's aggression and clinch/dirty boxing techniques. Both fighters scored in striking exchanges, but neither appeared to be the clear victor in either round. In the third round, Machida stunned Rampage with a straight counter left before following up with volley of punches, kicks and knees. He then secured a takedown followed by full mount, before attempting to finish the fight by arm-bar. According to FightMetric Machida outlanded Jackson 33 to 16 in the category of significant strikes. In spite of the dominant third round, and due to the way the North American MMA judging system is structured (almost every round is scored 10-9 regardless of the amount of action), the judges awarded Jackson the victory by split decision (29-28, 28-29 and 29-28). The most controversy centered around the scoring of Round 1, which one judge awarded to Machida while the remaining two awarded it to Rampage. At the end of the 3rd round, Rampage raised Lyoto's hand before returning to his corner. Moreover, Rampage appeared shocked when he was awarded the split decision, and in interview with Joe Rogan immediately following the fight, said that he felt a rematch with Machida would be the fairest thing to do.

Both Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Randy Couture stated that they believed that Lyoto won the fight. Despite the controversy surrounding this split-decision, UFC president Dana White said in interview that he did not feel an immediate rematch was necessary, citing that he personally felt Rampage had won the first two rounds. This is the complete opposite of the UFC president's view on the first Shogun vs Machida fight, in which he awarded Shogun an immediate rematch in spite of a controversial, but unanimous decision in favor of Machida due to the fact that he felt Shogun won the fight and that it was a title fight. Shortly after Rampage's fight with Lyoto at UFC 123, Rampage said "that was the toughest fight of my life".

Machida vs Couture at UFC 129

Machida is now set to fight Randy Couture at UFC 129 in Toronto Canada (although UFC.com has yet to confirm it.)

Fighting style

Machida uses a unique, unorthodox style in MMA that combines elements from his diverse training background to make it as suitable for the sport as possible. Machida has received both praise and criticism for back-peddling in his fights while winning on points. It is based mainly on Shotokan karate and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, but also integrates techniques from wrestling and Sumo which Machida says makes him "fully prepared for any situation" in the Octagon. Often described as "elusive," Machida relies on cautious and precise counter-striking that frustrates his opponents into making mistakes. Machida has earned considerable respect from MMA fans, fighters, and commentators for his effectiveness and winning ways. At the same time, his cerebral and conservative style is sometimes deemed boring and unsatisfying to watch. Machida has drawn fire from fans, and criticism from MMA commentators for his limited aggression and many decision victories. In response to these criticisms, Machida said, "If you don't like it, sorry. I always try to win." He also stated that he believes fans are coming to appreciate the efficiency of his style just like they came to appreciate Royce Gracie's jiu-jitsu. where he earned a "Knockout of the Night" honor for his first-round stoppage of then undefeated Thiago Silva. Machida noted that he started to include weight training in his preparation for the bout. Commentators hailed the knockout as a step in the right direction toward building interest in him as a potential champion. In addition, Machida showcased his improved English skills during interviews for the event, which gave him the ability to connect with fans more easily. Machida's limited English was previously seen as a marketing liability. After knocking out Rashad Evans at UFC 98, In the post fight in-ring interview with Joe Rogan, Machida announced to his fans, "Karate is back! Machida Karate!" Many fans referred to his style as "Machida Karate" since then.

In the November issue of the MMA Unltd magazine, Machida once again mentioned the phrase "Machida Karate", claiming that it was based on a very traditional form which is very different from modern sports karate. He also said that the Karate we see nowadays has lost many techniques over the years in which it was practised, and that his style was one of the very few that still kept those techniques. "My style is Machida Karate and it is a very traditional form", he said, "It differs from sports karate which we usually see in Karate schools and competitions as it has many elements which were lost in the style including the use of knees, elbows, takedowns and even some submissions".

Personal life

Machida's wife is named Fabyola. The couple have a son named Taiyo who was born in September 2008. In an interview, Lyoto discussed his practice of urine therapy, which he learned from his father.

Championships and achievements

Ultimate Fighting Championship

:*UFC Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) :*Knockout of the Night Honors (2 times)

3rd-dan black belt in Shotokan

black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

Black Belt Magazine

*2009 MMA Fighter of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

References

External links

Lyoto Machida Official website

Machida Facts and Training Routine

Category:Brazilian mixed martial artists Category:Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Brazilian karateka Category:Brazilian people of Japanese descent Category:Living people Category:1978 births Category:People from Salvador, Bahia Category:Brazilian practitioners of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Category:Ultimate Fighting Championship champions

Name	Ray Sefo
Other names	Sugar, Sugarfoot
Nationality	New Zealander
Birth date	February 15, 1971
Birth place	Auckland, New Zealand
Fighting out of	Las Vegas, Nevada, US
Height
Weight
Style	Kickboxing
Stance	orthodox
Team	Xtreme Couture Ray Sefo's Fight Academy Balmoral Lee Gar gym
Trainer	Lollo Heimuli
Years active	1989–present
Mma win	2
Mma kowin	2
Mma loss	0
Kickbox win	56
Kickbox kowin	38
Kickbox loss	21
Kickbox koloss	11
Kickbox draw	1
Box win	5
Box kowin	4
Box loss	1
Box koloss	1
Relatives	Rony Sefo, brotherFai Falamoe, cousin
Url	http://www.raysefo.com
Boxrec	32491
K-1	26
Sherdog	13342
Updated	May 24, 2010

"Sugar" Ray Sefo (February 15, 1971) is a New Zealander professional kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant, currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada and training with Xtreme Couture.

Biography

Trained in Wing Chun as a youth, Sefo started developing his Muay Thai fighting style under Thai legend Kiosot, then continued training under Lollo Heimuli (Balmoral Lee Gar gym). Sefo had an impressive unbeaten record as an amateur and a professional in the Oceania kickboxing league. Early in his career Sefo trained at Balmoral Lee Gar gym alongside Jason Suttie, Jayson Vemoa, Doug Viney and his brother Rony Sefo.

Some would say his fight against Andre Manaart was his first major challenge on the world stage. In this fight he overwhelmed Manaart with devastating speed and elusive footwork,knocking him down on numerous occasions. In the ring after the fight, Manaart took the microphone and said "...you should call him Sugarfist, not Sugarfoot"...

His first major breakthrough was becoming a WKA cruiser weight champion, after which he also acted as a sparring partner for fellow New Zealander David Tua when Tua first returned to New Zealand for a fight after turning pro.

Ray made his K-1 debut against future four-time World Grand Prix Champion, Ernesto Hoost. Sefo held his own against the much more experienced Hoost, but was finally knocked out in the 4th round by a leg kick. Sefo gained respect for standing up to such an elite fighter in just his first fight.

Sefo gained more respect in his 3rd K-1 fight where he knocked out K-1 legend Jerome Lebanner in round 1. Sefo's hard right hand was enough to break the Frenchmans jaw in four places.

Sefo had a up down first few years in the K-1, unable to make it past the quarter finals in the K-1 World Grand Prix against the likes of Sam Greco and Andy Hug. In 2000 he made it to the WGP final after knocking out japanese star Musashi and french kickboxer Cyril Abidi before losing again to Hoost.

In 2002 he defeated Dutch legend Peter Aerts in the quarter finals but lost again to his nemesis Hoost in the semi finals.

In 2007, he was thought to be a legitmate challenger to dethrone four-time World Grand Prix Champion Semmy Schilt for the new Super Heavyweight title. In Round 1, Sefo became only the second man in history to knock Schilt down. However, he would go on to lose by KO in round 2.

He went on to loose 5 more fights and would not find the winners circle again till he beat Hong Man Choi, Yosuke Nishijima and Ionut Iftimoaie all by decision.

He was then asked to fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 on ten days notice against Tyrone Spong. Ray put up a decent fight for a short preparation but was beaten by decision. At the moment Ray is unsure about whether he will continue to fight in the K-1, though he is still considered one of the sport's oldest and still entertaining fighters.

Titles

2008 K-1 World GP Final 8 - Reserve Match

2006 K-1 World GP Final 8 - Reserve Match

2005 K-1 World GP Final 8

2004 K-1 World GP Final 8

2003 K-1 World GP Final 8

2002 K-1 World GP Final 8 - 3rd Place

2000 K-1 World GP Final 8 - 2nd Place K-1 World Grand Prix 2000.

1997 WKBA World Super Heavyweight World champion.

1996 WMTF World Heavyweight champion.

1996 ISKA World Super Cruiserweight Champion.

1995 ISKA World Cruiserweight Champion

1994 ISKA World Light Cruiserweight Champion.

1992 WMTF World Light Heavyweight Champion.

1992 South Pacific Cruiserweight Champion.

1991 New Zealand Cruiserweight Champion.

1990 New Zealand Heavyweight Champion.

Fight record

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See also

List of kickboxing organizations

List of male kickboxers

List of K-1 events

Champions of Champions Elite

References

External links

Ray Sefo official website

K-1 official website

Ray Sefo Interview

Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:New Zealand boxers Category:Heavyweights Category:New Zealand kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:New Zealand mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:People from Auckland

Name	Peter Aerts
Birth name	Peter Aerts
Nick name	The Dutch Lumberjack
Nationality	Dutch
Birth date	October 25, 1970
Birth place	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height
Weight
Weight class	Super Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance	orthodox
Team	Team Aerts (2004-present) Mejiro Gym (1997-2004) Chakuriki Gym(1991-1997) The Champs (1989-1991) Judoka-Kickboxing (1984-1987)
Trainer	Thom Harinck (2009-present) Jan Plas (2004-2009) Andre Mannaart (1997-2004) Thom Harinck (1991-97) Eddy Smulders (1989-1991) Mikki Benazzouz (1984-1987)
Years active	24 (1985–present)
Kickbox win	102
Kickbox kowin	77
Kickbox loss	28
Kickbox koloss	17
Kickbox draw	1
Mma win	1
Mma kowin	1
Mma loss	1
Mma subloss	1
Students	William Diender
Url	http://www.peteraerts.com
Sherdog	13344
Updated	December 16, 2010

Peter "The Dutch Lumberjack" Aerts (born October 25, 1970) is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a three time K-1 World Grand Prix and Muay Thai World Champion. Aerts is best known for his powerful strikes and high kicks.

Biography

After playing football for seven years, in 1983 Peter Aerts started to practice taekwondo. His interest in combat sports came from his grandfather and an uncle; both were active in that field. In 1984 he picked up kickboxing and started training in "Judoka-Kickboxing" in Best, Netherlands with Mikki Benazzouz. After a year Aerts fought his first match, and soon one victory succeeded the other. He won his first world championship title when he was nineteen.

Aerts then switched to club "Champs" in Eindhoven, with Eddy Smulders, where he became world champion for the second time. After that he moved to the famous Chakuriki gym of Thom Harinck, where he had his greatest successes. In 1994 Aerts became the K-1 World Champion for the first time, following up his success in 1995 and 1998.

On June 23, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam Aerts faced Bob Sapp in a much-anticipated Superfight. Aerts struck Sapp with the left knee, Sapp fell down and the fight was over in 0'25" in a first round. In June 2007, Aerts extended his contract with K-1 for another two years.

On September 29, 2007 Aerts met Ray Sefo at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 in Korea. He won the fight at the end of the first round by TKO corner stoppage when Ray Sefo did not answer the bell and qualified himself for 15th consecutive year to K-1 World GP 2007 Final held on December 8, 2007 at the Yokohama Arena, Japan. In quarterfinals, Aerts knocked out Junichi Sawayashiki from Japan in the first round. In the semi finals, he defeated two time K-1 World Grand Prix winner Remy Bonjasky by unanimous decision. He then moved on to face two time defending champion Semmy Schilt in the finals. Aerts lost the bout by TKO in the first round after suffering a knee injury.

Aerts entered the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final after beating Schilt by majority decision where he was unexpectedly beaten in the second round by Badr Hari.

At the start of 2009 Aerts was back to training again with Thom Harinck. Back with Harinck in his corner Aerts had two very impressive fights, a extra round unanimous decision win to Errol Zimmerman and a 3rd round KO win over Yosuke Nishijima. In both fights Aerts looked as though he would easily capture the K-1 World Grand Prix Title for a fourth time in the awesome shape he was in.

Aerts fought at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 as a huge favourite against MMA heavyweight Alistair Overeem. However in a huge upset Overeem shocked the world by defeating Aerts by unanimous decision. Aerts stated after the fight that after the first minute he had lost virtually all of his power and felt no shame in his first Final 16 defeat. Aerts said he will return to training as usual. After the Overeem fight Aerts dropped more weight under a diet that Harinck set for him, dropping to 103 kg as opposed to his usual 109–112 kg. He was still picked as a reserve fighter where he beat Gokhan Saki by Unanimous decision.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Peter was in great shape weighing 97 kg. Unfortunately he was knocked down twice in round 1 and KO'd in round 2 by Kyotaro famous right punch. Most notably, the 2nd knock down didn't count, because it was on the bell. Afterwards Thom Harinck explained that Peter had troubles with his left elbow and his eye and the loss of weight was too much.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 Peter was back in top shape. He defeated Ewerton Teixeira by a close but brilliant extra round decision.

In his 17th appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final he defeated Mighty Mo by first round KO. In the semi finals he came face to face with his arch rival Semmy Schilt, in a fight where he was a huge underdog due to his age and Schilt's success in the 2009 Grand Prix. After been cut above the eye and finishing the fight with a swollen face Peter won a brilliantly fought decision. However he had taken a lot of damage in the fight with Schilt, actually started to cough up blood in his changing room after the fight, which wrecked his plans in the final. He was overwhelmed by a less damaged and much fitter and bigger Alistair Overeem and lost by first round TKO. Though he was defeated he broke three world records in K-1: He became the oldest man, 40 years old to ever make it to the K-1 World Grand Prix Final, he marked the most amount of appearances, 6 times that any fighter had ever made it to the Final and also became the first person to ever beat Semmy Schilt in a tournament.

Titles

2010 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up

2007 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up

2006 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up

2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Final 3rd Place

2001 K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas runner up

1998 K-1 World GP champion

1995 K-1 World GP champion

1995 WMTA World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight champion

1994 K-1 World GP champion

1994 The Night of the Stars tournament champion

1992 MTBN World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion

1991 WMTA World Muay Thai Heavyweight champion

1990 IKBF World Heavyweight champion

Kickboxing record

{| class="toccolours" width=100% style="clear:both; margin:1.5em auto; text-align:center;" |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | Kickboxing Record |- valign="top" | |- ! colspan=2 style="background:#A9A9A9" | MMA record |- valign="top" | Legend: |}

See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

External links

Peter Aerts Official Website

K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Peter Aerts

Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Dutch mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Dutch Muay Thai practitioners Category:People from Eindhoven

Name	Mirko Filipović
Birth name	Mirko Filipović
Birth date	September 10, 1974
Birth place	Vinkovci, Croatia
Death date
Nationality	Croatian
Other names	Cro Cop
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia
Height
Weight
Weight class	Heavyweight
Reach
Style	Kickboxing
Stance	Left-handedness
Team	Cro Cop Squad Gym Tigar Gym Vos Gym
Trainer	Ivan Hippolyte
Years active	1996–2003 (Kickboxing)2001–present (MMA)
Kickbox win	16
Kickbox kowin	11
Kickbox loss	7
Kickbox koloss	4
Mma win	27
Mma kowin	20
Mma subwin	4
Mma decwin	3
Mma loss	8
Mma koloss	3
Mma subloss	2
Mma decloss	3
Mma draw	2
Mma nc	1
Am label	Amateur boxing record
Am win	40
Am kowin	31
Am loss	5
Spouse	Klaudija
Url	http://www.mirko-crocop.com/
Sherdog	2326
Updated	November 08, 2009

Mirko Filipović (; born September 10, 1974) is a Croatian Heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist and former law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007. His nickname, Cro Cop, short for "Croatian Cop", comes from his membership in the Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit, Croatia's elite Police Special Forces tactical unit.

Filipović has been successful in both K-1 and Pride Fighting Championships. On September 10, 2006, he won the Pride 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix, and in 2007 began fighting in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Filipović is famous for his left head kicks, with which he has knocked out many of his opponents. He has been famously quoted as describing his kicks as, "Right leg, hospital; left leg, cemetery."

Professional career

A martial arts enthusiast since his youth, Filipović started his professional career in 1996 as a kickboxer, following in the footsteps of his compatriot Branko Cikatić. Before turning pro Filipović was said to have accumulated an amateur boxing record of 40–5 (31 KO's). At the time, Filipović was working as a commando in the Croatian police anti-terrorist unit Alpha (stationed in Lučko near Zagreb), which earned him his nickname "Cro Cop". He also fought several times early in his career under the nickname "Tigar" (Croatian for "tiger"). His entrance theme song is The Wild Boys by Duran Duran.

K-1

In 1996, at the age of 22, Filipović entered the K-1 World Grand Prix elimination tournament. After defeating the previous year's finalist, Jérôme Le Banner, Filipović was stopped in the next round by Ernesto Hoost. He returned to K-1 three years later in 1999, knocking out British fighter Ricky "Tank" Nicholson, but subsequently dropped a decision against Swiss fighter, Xhavit Bajrami. Despite this, Filipović was given a wildcard into the world tournament where he shocked the kickboxing world by defeating highly regarded K-1 fighter Mike Bernardo. Filipović went on to knock out Japanese star Musashi and Australian karate fighter Sam Greco on the same night before being stopped again by Hoost. It was later revealed that Filipović actually entered the ring with a broken rib, a result of his previous fights.

Filipović continued to have successes in K-1, winning a number of matches against such top ranked opponents as Peter Aerts, Mark Hunt and Remy Bonjasky. He was the first fighter to beat then-undefeated giant, "The Beast" Bob Sapp in 86 seconds, breaking Sapp's zygomatic bone with a left punch. In 2000 he beat karate fighter Glaube Feitosa and boxer Hiromi Amada to reach the finals of the Nagoya Grand Prix, losing by first-round TKO to Mike Bernardo in a rematch. Once again, previously acquired injuries were the major factors in this loss. Filipović actually entered the ring limping on one leg due to injuries sustained in previous bouts. Bernardo repeatedly attacked Filipović's damaged leg and rendered him unable to continue due to injuries. Filipović, however, gained tremendous respect among Japanese fight enthusiasts for his courage and heart. As a finalist he progressed to the final eight for the 2000 Grand Prix, but once again dropped a decision to his nemesis Hoost.

In 2001 he was unexpectedly defeated by Canadian fighter Michael McDonald in the first round. Shortly thereafter, he began a transition to Pride, a Japanese mixed martial arts organization. He fought four more K-1 matches, however, winning each, most notably against Mark Hunt, Remy Bonjasky and Bob Sapp.

Pride FC

In 2001, Filipović began his switch to fighting in Pride, citing personal challenge as well as dissatisfaction with K-1 salaries. A year later, he also left his job at the anti-terrorist unit in order to focus fully on his martial arts career. Since then, Filipović maintained a comparably low kickboxing profile, but nevertheless scored some impressive K-1 victories, most notably against Mark Hunt in March 2002 (unanimous decision), Remy Bonjasky in July 2002 (second round TKO) and Bob Sapp in April 2003 (first round KO).

Following a TKO win over Kazuyuki Fujita in his MMA debut, Filipović made his Pride debut at Pride 17 against Nobuhiko Takada. The bout featured a special rule stating if it went to a decision it would be ruled a draw. Neither fighter was able to stop the other.

Filipović's next Pride fight was against then-middleweight (205 lb) champion Wanderlei Silva. This bout featured the same rules as the Takada fight and also ended in a draw. On August 28, 2002 Filipović faced Japanese superstar Kazushi Sakuraba at Pride Shockwave. Filipović won after fracturing Sakuraba's orbital bone.

His next fight was a rematch with Fujita at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002 event where he picked up his fourth victory, this time by decision.

Filipović returned to Pride to face heavyweight contender Heath Herring at Pride 26 (June 8, 2003). Filipović defeated Herring decisively, scoring a TKO victory with a left roundhouse body kick to Herring's liver at 3:17 into the fight. His next fight was against Ukrainian striker Igor Vovchanchyn at Pride Total Elimination 2003. Following the powerful kicks of the Herring fight, this fight continued to showcase Filipović's kicking power as he knocked out Vovchanchyn with a head kick 1:29 into the fight. Filipović then defeated Mexican professional wrestler Dos Caras Jr. at Pride Bushido 1, also with a head kick knockout, in 46 seconds.

Filipović's string of Pride wins secured him a chance to fight for the interim heavyweight championship against Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira on November 9, 2003. Filipović's stand-up fighting proved effective in the first round, allowing him to control the fight from his feet while defending every takedown attempt Nogueira made, and landing a head-kick at the end of the round. Nogueira, however, prevailed in the second round after finally getting a successful takedown, forcing Filipović to submit to an armbar after being mounted. Filipović admitted to Bas Rutten in a later interview that he was overconfident against Nogueira.

In 2004 Filipović put his K-1 career on hold and recruited Fabricio Werdum (a former world champion in Brazilian jiu-jitsu) as his coach, working on improving his ground fighting skills. He went on to win his next two bouts by KO and TKO at a combined time of only 3:49, against Yoshihisa Yamamoto and 280 lb. Ron Waterman.

Filipović then participated in Pride's Heavyweight Grand Prix. In a upset, Filipović was knocked out in the first round by Kevin Randleman. Filipović later submitted Randleman in a rematch at the end of 2004.

Filipović repeatedly requested Pride to let him challenge the heavyweight champion, Fedor Emelianenko. After winning seven straight matches since his loss to Randleman, including a head-kick knockout victory against Aleksander Emelianenko (the 6'4", brother of the champion) and wins over Josh Barnett, Mark Coleman and Ibragim Magomedov, Filipović received a chance to fight Emelianenko for the title on August 28, 2005 at Pride Final Conflict 2005. After three rounds, Emelianenko won by unanimous decision and retained his title. Filipović later stated on Croatian national television that he came exhausted to the match, mostly because he was not used to the time difference in Japan and he had sleeping problems. He also said many times after the match that he fought too defensively and cautiously. The champion, likewise, was not in his top form. According to Emelianenko he "could not take full advantage of his right hand during the striking exchanges and had to try to close the distance", due to a previous hand injury.

On October 23, 2005, less than two months after the loss to Emelianenko, Filipović stepped back into the ring to rematch open-weight King of Pancrase Josh Barnett. After three rounds Filipović received a unanimous judges' decision victory.

On December 31, 2005, Filipović lost his match against Mark Hunt via split decision. Hunt was the more aggressive fighter, an important criterion in Pride judging. Unusually, Filipović wore shoes for this fight, something that had no precedent. This had led to speculation and statements from his camp about Filipović having sustained injuries to his feet before the fight. Filipović himself has never confirmed these speculations. Filipović also displayed considerable problems with his cardio during his fights with Emelianenko, Barnett and Hunt leading to the speculation that he was much too active and a resting period from the ring would work to his advantage.

Pride Openweight Grand Prix Champion

Filipović re-entered the Pride ring, competing in Pride's 2006 Open-Weight Grand Prix on May 5, 2006. It was during this tournament that he came up with the quote, "Right leg, hospital; left leg, cemetery". His first match at the Pride Total Elimination Absolute event was against Ikuhisa Minowa, the lighter but highly acclaimed professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Filipović won by TKO 1:10 into the fight. On July 1, 2006 at Pride Critical Countdown Absolute, Filipović defeated 1992 Olympic judo gold medalist Hidehiko Yoshida by technical knockout (leg kicks) in the first round to move on to the semi-finals.

On September 10, 2006, Filipović won the Open-Weight Grand Prix at Pride Final Conflict Absolute. In the semi-finals, Filipović knocked out then-Pride middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva with his trademark left high kick. In the final match, Filipović won a third victory over Josh Barnett, who submitted after sustaining an eye injury. With these two victories, Filipović became the Pride Openweight Grand Prix champion, the first widely recognized championship belt he has ever won. In a post-fight interview with Frank Trigg, Filipović stated if he had not won the tournament, it would have been his last night fighting. The night was also his birthday, and Filipović dedicated winning the tournament to his deceased father.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

After his victory at the Open-Weight Grand Prix, a rematch between Filipović and Fedor Emelianenko failed to materialize and on December 12, 2006 Filipović pulled out of the New Year's Eve event, citing both a foot injury and Emelianenko's commitment to meet Mark Hunt at the card in question. Through his official website, Filipović revealed "I still can't kick like I want to. It's the best that we give more time to this injury to heal. I want to be in perfect shape for my next fights." Also in December 2006, rumors began to surface about Filipović entertaining offers from other mixed martial arts organizations; the Ultimate Fighting Championship was one of the promotions that Filipović confirmed came forward with an offer. Rumors continued to circulate about Filipović's future with the Pride FC organization and soon media websites were reporting that Filipović had chosen the UFC for his future.

UFC president Dana White and the UFC officially announced on December 30, 2006 during the post-UFC 66 press conference, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, that Filipović had signed a two-year, six-fight deal with the Las Vegas-based mixed martial arts promoter. It was also announced that Filipović would make his UFC debut on February 3, 2007 at UFC 67 in Las Vegas against Eddie Sanchez, promoting him under the name Mirko "Cro Cop" alternatively with and without quotation marks. Filipović defeated Sanchez in the first round via TKO. Filipović entered the octagon under the Pride FC theme.

On April 21, 2007, Filipović faced Gabriel Gonzaga at UFC 70 in Manchester, England. At 4:51 of round one, Gonzaga won with a head kick knockout. Filipović has stated since that the elbows on the ground confused and damaged him enough that he was disoriented after the stand up, contributing to the subsequent knock-out. During the fall to the canvas, Filipović suffered a minor injury to his ankle and a ligament was detached in his knee.

Filipović's next fight was on September 8, 2007 at UFC 75 against French kickboxer Cheick Kongo where he lost via unanimous decision. In a post-fight interview upon his return home, Filipović stated that he cracked a rib during the fight and that the three illegal knees to the groin he received also cost him some strength. Filipović trained with Remy Bonjasky and Gilbert Yvel, and 2003 Abu Dhabi Combat Club champion grappler Dean Lister for this fight. Lister joined Filipović at his home town for a month to train for this upcoming bout. Filipović's coach was Vos Gym's main trainer and muay thai practitioner Ivan "Hydro" Hippolyte. According to his home page, Marijan Žižanović is the new head coach again, since October 1, 2007. Žižanović was his K-1 trainer.

Dream

On February 12, 2008, Filipović announced a visit to Japan on his blog. With the foundation of the new MMA event, 'Dream', co-established by FEG running K-1 Hero's and the former Yarennoka! organizing committee members which had managed Pride FC, Filipović officiates ending his career in UFC and the participation into the new event.

After much speculation and many possible rumoured opponents, (including Yoshihiro Nakao and Dong Sik Yoon), Fight Entertainment Group confirmed on March 11, 2008 that Filipović would face Tatsuya Mizuno at Dream 1 on March 15, 2008 at Satiama Arena, in Japan.

When asked about the Croatian's current contract status with the UFC and whether it would interfere with his participation in 'Dream' events, Dream producer and front man Keiichi Sasahara said, "Though I can't share specific details about his contract, there will not be any foreseeable problems arising."

Filipović was vague in answering the question himself, qualifying his response by mentioning his intent to return to the UFC sometime in the future.

"Well, as you all know, I had a bad period in my last two fights, which I'd lost in the UFC," Filipović said. "I don't want anyone to think that I'm running away from the UFC, but I was thinking a lot about how to continue with my career, and I think in this moment, I think Dream is the right place for me." After almost half of the first round saw Overeem takedown Filipović twice and the two fighters exchanging stand-up and ground strikes (with Filipović sustaining a cut) the bout was stopped and declared a no contest due to Overeem landing multiple knees to the groin of Filipović. Filipović stated after the match that he had wanted to continue to fight, as evident by his remaining in the ring, but the ringside doctor would not allow him to continue. Filipović's manager stated that the injury was not serious and that a rematch as soon as possible was sought. Filipović said that he was planning for a long fight and a KO towards the end. He expressed frustration and quoted "I'm angry it ended this way, it seemed as if he was the dominant one, however I wasn't in trouble for a second and was waiting for my opportunities. I prepared very well because I thought the match could last a while. I thought I would knock him down in the end."

Filipović defeated the 30 cm taller and 50 kg heavier opponent from Korea, Choi Hong-man, on December 31 at FieLDS Dynamite!! 2008. The winning leg kick was to the back side of his opponent's left knee and resulted in a TKO win for Filipović. After the fight, Filipović announced that he would have a medical procedure carried out on his injured knee.

Return to the UFC

at UFC 115.]] On May 18 Filipović issued a press release on his official website and his MMAid account stating his scheduled return to the UFC. His first match upon returning was at UFC 99 in Germany against Mostapha Al-turk. During the bout, Filipović knocked down Al-Turk with punches within the first round, then allowed him to stand. The fight ended when Filipović finished Al-turk after hurting him with a punch to the eye.

After the one-fight agreement with the UFC, it was announced Filipović was scheduled to return to Dream to face Siala "Mighty Mo" Siliga on July 20 at Dream.10. On July 3, 2009 however, it was reported that he might have re-signed with the UFC after getting an offer "he couldn't refuse" by UFC co-owner Lorenzo Fertitta who personally flew to Filipović's residence in Zagreb. It was later confirmed at the UFC Fan Expo by Fertitta that Filipović had indeed signed a three fight contract with the UFC.

Filipović fought Junior dos Santos at UFC 103. During the third round, Filipović sustained a punch to his left eye that caused him to wave his hand at the referee saying "I can't see". The fight was stopped due to submission, giving Dos Santos the win. After the fight, Filipović showed signs of depression, commenting he felt like "hanging [himself] in my hotel room". A few days later, Filipović seemed more upbeat, and looked to continue his career, saying fighting is the only life he knows, and at least wants to honour the last two fights on his UFC contract. He was quoted as saying "I did a few things wrong in training and in preparation for the Dos Santos fight, and will find the motivation and strength needed to come back".

Since then, Filipović has hired legendary former Muay Thai champion Ivan Hippolyte and revamped his whole training team. The source went on to say "After the defeat by Dos Santos, Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipovic has announced drastic changes in the training methods and composition of Team CroCop. Marjan Zizanovic is no longer his boxing coach. Instead, Cro Cop is now working with the Dutch Muay Thai legend Ivan Hippolyte, who these days resides in Zagreb. Filipović will combine training at his own facility with visits to the Netherlands where he can train with top-notch sparring partners. Igor Pokrajac, Cro Cop’s long-time friend and sparring partner, is also no longer in Filipović's team. Pokrajac continues his career with the UFC, but is no longer training with Filipović although the pair remain on good terms."

Filipović has stated that he plans to fight at least three times in 2010.

Filipović was scheduled to face Ben Rothwell on February 21, 2010 at UFC 110. Just days before the fight, Rothwell was forced to withdraw from the event because of an illness. Australian fighter Anthony Perosh stepped in to replace Rothwell.

During the fight, Filipović dominated for two rounds before opening a cut on Perosh's forehead which forced a doctor stoppage before the third round and awarded the TKO win to Filipović. Filipović fought despite receiving a cut in training that required stitches.

Filipović next fought against Patrick Barry at UFC 115 in Vancouver, after an original planned fight with Ben Rothwell. After being knocked down twice to the canvas in the first round by Barry's strikes, he won the second round after utilizing his ground game. The third round saw Filipović open up with a head kick followed by an axe kick to Barry's head. He ended the fight with a strong flurry, dropping Barry against the cage where he continued his assault with numerous punches to the face. He then took his back and defeated Barry by rear naked choke with no hooks, earning him Submission of the Night honors which Mirko had joked to Dana White and the crowd earlier that he deserved it.

Prior to the Barry fight, Filipović was detained by Canadian officials, who threatened to deport him. He revealed that the Canadian officials had asked for details of his activities in the Lucko ATJ (anti-terrorist unit) that he had joined a few years after the Croatian War of Independence. Filipović was held for a total of six hours, across two days.

Filipović faced Frank Mir on September 25, 2010 at UFC 119, replacing an injured Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira. There was a brief scare the weekend before the fight when Cro Cop suffered an eye injury in Croatia during his final day of training, but upon arrival in the U.S., was medically cleared to compete. It was a largely uneventful fight in which both fighters stayed on their feet. Neither managed to deliver any significant damage to the other, but Filipović was defeated by Mir at 4:02 of the third round by knockout due to a knee strike to the head.

Filipović is expected to face Brendan Schaub on March 19, 2011 at UFC 128.

Personal life

Filipović was born in the village of Privlaka in Vinkovci, Croatia, the son of Žarko and Ana Filipović.

Filipović and his wife Klaudija have a son named Ivan. The couple had their second child, a son named Filip on November 22, 2010.

On his UFC profile, Filipović lists his father as his hero.

Marco Jará, a former trainer of Filipović's, who assisted his transition from K-1 to mixed martial arts, was found murdered on Tuesday, December 22, 2009. His body was found with three gunshot wounds in his stolen car.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

PRIDE Fighting Championships

2006 PRIDE World Grand Prix Open-Weight Champion

Sherdog 2006 Knockout of the Year vs Wanderlei Silva Ultimate Fighting Championship

Submission of the Night (1 Time)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Most Outstanding Fighter of the Year (2006)

Black Belt Magazine

2003 Full-Contact Fighter of the Year

Kickboxing

K-1

K-1 World Grand Prix 1999 Runner Up

K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Runner Up

K-1 Braves '99 3rd Place

IKBF World Heavyweight Full Contact Champion

Mixed martial arts record

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style="text-align:center;" |Win |25-6-2 (1) |align='left'| Mostapha Al-turk |align='left'|TKO (Punches) |align='left'|UFC 99: The Comeback |align='left'| |1 |3:06 |align='left'| Cologne, Germany | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |24-6-2 (1) |align='left'| Choi Hong-man |align='left'|TKO (Leg Kick) |align='left'|Dynamite!! 2008 |align='left'| |1 |6:32 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |style="background: #c5d2ea"|NC |23-6-2 (1) |align='left'| Alistair Overeem |align='left'|No Contest (Knee to the Groin) |align='left'|Dream 6 |align='left'| |1 |6:09 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |23-6-2 |align='left'| Tatsuya Mizuno |align='left'|TKO (Punches) |align='left'|Dream 1 |align='left'| |1 |0:56 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Loss |22-6-2 |align='left'| Cheick Kongo |align='left'|Decision (Unanimous) |align='left'|UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion |align='left'| |3 |5:00 |align='left'| London, England | |- style="text-align:center;" |Loss |22-5-2 |align='left'| Gabriel Gonzaga |align='left'|KO (Head Kick) |align='left'|UFC 70: Nations Collide |align='left'| |1 |4:51 |align='left'| Manchester, England | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |22-4-2 |align='left'| Eddie Sanchez |align='left'|TKO (Punches) |align='left'|UFC 67: All or Nothing |align='left'| |1 |4:33 |align='left'| Las Vegas, Nevada, USA | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |21-4-2 |align='left'| Josh Barnett |align='left'|Submission (Strikes) |align='left'|Pride Final Conflict Absolute |align='left'| |1 |7:32 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |20-4-2 |align='left'| Wanderlei Silva |align='left'|KO (Head Kick) |align='left'|Pride Final Conflict Absolute |align='left'| |1 |5:22 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |19-4-2 |align='left'| Hidehiko Yoshida |align='left'|TKO (Leg Kicks) |align='left'|Pride Critical Countdown Absolute |align='left'| |1 |7:38 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |18-4-2 |align='left'| Ikuhisa Minowa |align='left'|TKO (Strikes) |align='left'|Pride Total Elimination Absolute |align='left'| |1 |1:10 |align='left'| Osaka, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Loss |17-4-2 |align='left'| Mark Hunt |align='left'|Decision (Split) |align='left'|Pride Shockwave 2005 |align='left'| |3 |5:00 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |17-3-2 |align='left'| Josh Barnett |align='left'|Decision (Unanimous) |align='left'|Pride 30 |align='left'| |3 |5:00 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Loss |16-3-2 |align='left'| Fedor Emelianenko |align='left'|Decision (Unanimous) |align='left'|Pride Final Conflict 2005 |align='left'| |3 |5:00 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |16-2-2 |align='left'| Ibragim Magomedov |align='left'|KO (Body Kick) |align='left'|Pride Critical Countdown 2005 |align='left'| |1 |3:53 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |15-2-2 |align='left'| Mark Coleman |align='left'|KO (Punches) |align='left'|Pride 29 |align='left'| |1 |3:40 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |14-2-2 |align='left'| Kevin Randleman |align='left'|Submission (Guillotine Choke) |align='left'|Pride Shockwave 2004 |align='left'| |1 |0:41 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |13-2-2 |align='left'| Josh Barnett |align='left'|Submission (Shoulder Injury) |align='left'|Pride 28 |align='left'| |1 |0:46 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |12-2-2 |align='left'| Aleksander Emelianenko |align='left'|KO (Head Kick and Punches) |align='left'|Pride Final Conflict 2004 |align='left'| |1 |2:09 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |11-2-2 |align='left'| Shungo Oyama |align='left'|KO (Strikes) |align='left'|Pride Bushido 4 |align='left'| |1 |1:00 |align='left'| Nagoya, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |10-2-2 |align='left'| Hiromitsu Kanehara |align='left'|Decision (Unanimous) |align='left'|Pride Bushido 3 |align='left'| |2 |5:00 |align='left'| Yokohama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Loss |9-2-2 |align='left'| Kevin Randleman |align='left'|KO (Punches) |align='left'|Pride Total Elimination 2004 |align='left'| |1 |1:57 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |9-1-2 |align='left'| Yoshihisa Yamamoto |align='left'|TKO (Punches) |align='left'|Pride Bushido 2 |align='left'| |1 |2:12 |align='left'| Saitama, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Win |8-1-2 |align='left'| Ron Waterman |align='left'|TKO (Soccer Kicks) |align='left'|Pride 27 |align='left'| |1 |4:37 |align='left'| Osaka, Japan | |- style="text-align:center;" |Loss |7-1-2 |align='left'| Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira |align='left'|Submission (Armbar) |align='left'|Pride Final Conflict 2003 |align='left'| |2 |1:45 |align='left'| Tokyo, Japan | |- 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Name	Saint Jerome
Birth date	c. 347
Death date	420
Feast day	30 September (Western Christianity)15 June (Eastern Christianity)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic ChurchEastern OrthodoxyAnglican CommunionLutheranismOriental Orthodoxy
Caption	Saint Jerome visited by angels by Bartolomeo Cavarozzi
Birth place	Stridon, on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia
Death place	Bethlehem, Judea
Titles	Priest, Confessor, and Doctor of the Church
Attributes	lion, cardinal attire, cross, skull, trumpet, owl, books and writing material
Patronage	archeologists; archivists; Bible scholars; librarians; libraries; school children; students; translators
Major shrine	Basilica of Saint Mary Major, Rome, Italy
Prayer	O Lord, show your mercy to me and gladden my heart. I am like the man on the way to Jericho who was overtaken by robbers, wounded and left for dead. O Good Samaritan, come to my aid, I am like the sheep that went astray. O Good Shepherd, seek me out and bring me home in accord with your will. Let me dwell in your house all the days of my life and praise you for ever and ever with those who are there.
Prayer attrib	Saint Jerome

St. Jerome (c. 347 – 30 September 420) (formerly Saint Hierom) (; ) was an Illyrian Catholic priest and apologist. He was the son of Eusebius, of the city of Stridon, which was on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the Vulgate), and his list of writings is extensive.

He is recognized by the Catholic Church as a saint and Doctor of the Church, and the Vulgate is still an important text in Catholicism. He is also recognized as a saint by the Eastern Orthodox Church, where he is known as St. Jerome of Stridonium or Blessed Jerome.

Life

Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus , known as St. Jerome, born at Stridon around 347, was not baptized until about 360 or 366, when he had gone to Rome with his friend Bonosus (who may or may not have been the same Bonosus whom Jerome identifies as his friend who went to live as a hermit on an island in the Adriatic) to pursue rhetorical and philosophical studies. He studied under the grammarian Aelius Donatus. There Jerome learned the Greek and Latin languages.

As a student in Rome, he engaged in the superficial activities of students there, which he indulged in quite casually but suffered terrible bouts of repentance afterwards. To appease his conscience, he would visit on Sundays the sepulchers of the martyrs and the Apostles in the catacombs. This experience would remind him of the terrors of hell.

Jerome used a quote from Vergil — “The horror and the silences terrified their souls” — to describe the horror of hell. Jerome initially used classical authors to describe Christian concepts such as hell that indicated both his classical education and his deep shame of their associated practices, such as pederasty. Although initially skeptical of Christianity, he was eventually converted. After several years in Rome, he travelled with Bonosus to Gaul and settled in Trier where he seems to have first taken up theological studies, and where he copied, for his friend Tyrannius Rufinus, Hilary of Poitiers' commentary on the Psalms and the treatise De synodis. Next came a stay of at least several months, or possibly years, with Rufinus at Aquileia, where he made many Christian friends.

Some of these accompanied him when he set out about 373 on a journey through Thrace and Asia Minor into northern Syria. At Antioch, where he stayed the longest, two of his companions died and he himself was seriously ill more than once. During one of these illnesses (about the winter of 373–374), he had a vision that led him to lay aside his secular studies and devote himself to God. He seems to have abstained for a considerable time from the study of the classics and to have plunged deeply into that of the Bible, under the impulse of Apollinaris of Laodicea, then teaching in Antioch and not yet suspected of heresy.

Seized with a desire for a life of ascetic penance, he went for a time to the desert of Chalcis, to the southwest of Antioch, known as the Syrian Thebaid, from the number of hermits inhabiting it. During this period, he seems to have found time for study and writing. He made his first attempt to learn Hebrew under the guidance of a converted Jew; and he seems to have been in correspondence with Jewish Christians in Antioch. Around this time he became interested in the Gospel according to the Hebrews, which he would later write was the true Gospel of Matthew.

Returning to Antioch in 378 or 379, he was ordained by Bishop Paulinus, apparently unwillingly and on condition that he continue his ascetic life. Soon afterward, he went to Constantinople to pursue a study of Scripture under Gregory Nazianzen. He seems to have spent two years there; the next three (382-385) he was in Rome again, attached to Pope Damasus I and the leading Roman Christians. Invited originally for the synod of 382, held to end the schism of Antioch, he made himself indispensable to the pope, and took a prominent place in his councils.

Among his other duties, he undertook a revision of the Latin Bible, to be based on the Greek New Testament. He also updated the Psalter then at use in Rome based on the Septuagint. Though he did not realize it yet, translating much of what became the Latin Vulgate Bible would take many years, and be his most important achievement (see Writings- Translations section below).

In Rome he was surrounded by a circle of well-born and well-educated women, including some from the noblest patrician families, such as the widows Lea, Marcella and Paula, with their daughters Blaesilla and Eustochium. The resulting inclination of these women to the monastic life, and his unsparing criticism of the secular clergy, brought a growing hostility against him among the clergy and their supporters. Soon after the death of his patron Damasus (10 December 384), Jerome was forced to leave his position at Rome after an inquiry by the Roman clergy into allegations that he had an improper relationship with the widow Paula.

Additionally, his condemnation of Blaesilla's hedonistic lifestyle had led her to adopt aescetic practices, but worsened her physical weakness to the point that she died just four months after starting to follow his instructions; much of the Roman populace were outraged at Jerome for causing the premature death of such a lively young woman, and his insistence to Paula that Blaesilla should not be mourned, and complaints that her grief was excessive, were seen as heartless, polarising Roman opinion against him.

In August 385, he returned to Antioch, accompanied by his brother Paulinianus and several friends, and followed a little later by Paula and Eustochium, who had resolved to end their days in the Holy Land. In the winter of 385, Jerome acted as their spiritual adviser. The pilgrims, joined by Bishop Paulinus of Antioch, visited Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and the holy places of Galilee, and then went to Egypt, the home of the great heroes of the ascetic life.

At the Catechetical School of Alexandria, Jerome listened to the catechist Didymus the Blind expounding the prophet Hosea and telling his reminiscences of Anthony the Great, who had died 30 years before; he spent some time in Nitria, admiring the disciplined community life of the numerous inhabitants of that "city of the Lord," but detecting even there "concealed serpents," i.e., the influence of Origen of Alexandria. Late in the summer of 388 he was back in Israel, and spent the remainder of his life in a hermit's cell near Bethlehem, surrounded by a few friends, both men and women (including Paula and Eustochium), to whom he acted as priestly guide and teacher. , showing St. Jerome's removal of a thorn from a lion's paw.]]

Amply provided by Paula with the means of livelihood and of increasing his collection of books, he led a life of incessant activity in literary production. To these last 34 years of his career belong the most important of his works; his version of the Old Testament from the original Hebrew text, the best of his scriptural commentaries, his catalogue of Christian authors, and the dialogue against the Pelagians, the literary perfection of which even an opponent recognized. To this period also belong most of his polemics, which distinguished him among the orthodox Fathers, including the treatises against the Origenism of Bishop John II of Jerusalem and his early friend Rufinus. As a result of his writings against Pelagianism, a body of excited partisans broke into the monastic buildings, set them on fire, attacked the inmates and killed a deacon, forcing Jerome to seek safety in a neighboring fortress (416).

Jerome died near Bethlehem on 30 September 420. The date of his death is given by the Chronicon of Prosper of Aquitaine. His remains, originally buried at Bethlehem, are said to have been later transferred to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, though other places in the West claim some relics — the cathedral at Nepi boasting possession of his head, which, according to another tradition, is in the Escorial.

Translations and commentaries

, 1607, at St John's Co-Cathedral, Valletta, Malta]] Jerome was a scholar at a time when that statement implied a fluency in Greek. He knew some Hebrew when he started his translation project, but moved to Jerusalem to strengthen his grip on Jewish scripture commentary. A wealthy Roman aristocrat, Paula, funded his stay in a monastery in Bethlehem and he completed his translation there. He began in 382 by correcting the existing Latin language version of the New Testament, commonly referred to as the Vetus Latina. By 390 he turned to the Hebrew Bible, having previously translated portions from the Septuagint. He completed this work by 405. Prior to Jerome's Vulgate, all Latin translations of the Old Testament were based on the Septuagint. Jerome's decision to use a Hebrew text instead of the Septuagint went against the advice of most other Christians, including Augustine, who considered the Septuagint inspired. Modern scholarship, however, has cast doubts on the actual quality of Jerome's Hebrew knowledge; the Greek Hexapla is now considered as still the main source also for Jerome's "iuxta Hebraeos" translation of the Old Testament.

For the next 15 years, until he died, Jerome produced a number of commentaries on Scripture, often explaining his translation choices. His patristic commentaries align closely with Jewish tradition, and he indulges in allegorical and mystical subtleties after the manner of Philo and the Alexandrian school. Unlike his contemporaries, he emphasizes the difference between the Hebrew Bible "apocrypha" and the Hebraica veritas of the protocanonical books. Evidence of this can be found in his introductions to the Solomonic writings, the Book of Tobit, and the Book of Judith. Most notable, however, is the statement from his introduction to the Books of Samuel:

This preface to the Scriptures may serve as a helmeted [i.e. defensive] introduction to all the books which we turn from Hebrew into Latin, so that we may be assured that what is outside of them must be placed aside among the Apocryphal writings.

Jerome's commentaries fall into three groups:

His translations or recastings of Greek predecessors, including fourteen homilies on the Book of Jeremiah and the same number on the Book of Ezekiel by Origen (translated ca. 380 in Constantinople); two homilies of Origen of Alexandria on the Song of Solomon (in Rome, ca. 383); and thirty-nine on the Gospel of Luke (ca. 389, in Bethlehem). The nine homilies of Origen on the Book of Isaiah included among his works were not done by him. Here should be mentioned, as an important contribution to the topography of Israel, his book De situ et nominibus locorum Hebraeorum, a translation with additions and some regrettable omissions of the Onomasticon of Eusebius. To the same period (ca. 390) belongs the Liber interpretationis nominum Hebraicorum, based on a work supposed to go back to Philo and expanded by Origen.

Original commentaries on the Old Testament. To the period before his settlement at Bethlehem and the following five years belong a series of short Old Testament studies: De seraphim, De voce Osanna, De tribus quaestionibus veteris legis (usually included among the letters as 18, 20, and 36); Quaestiones hebraicae in Genesim; Commentarius in Ecclesiasten; Tractatus septem in Psalmos 10-16 (lost); Explanationes in Michaeam, Sophoniam, Nahum, Habacuc, Aggaeum. After 395 he composed a series of longer commentaries, though in rather a desultory fashion: first on Jonah and Obadiah (396), then on Isaiah (ca. 395-ca. 400), on Zechariah, Malachi, Hoseah, Joel, Amos (from 406), on the Book of Daniel (ca. 407), on Ezekiel (between 410 and 415), and on Jeremiah (after 415, left unfinished).

New Testament commentaries. These include only Philemon, Galatians, Ephesians, and Titus (hastily composed 387-388); Matthew (dictated in a fortnight, 398); Mark, selected passages in Luke, Revelation, and the prologue to the Gospel of John. Treating Revelation in his cursory fashion, he made use of an excerpt from the commentary of the North African Tichonius, which is preserved as a sort of argument at the beginning of the more extended work of the Spanish presbyter Beatus of Liébana. But before this he had already devoted to the Revelation another treatment, a rather arbitrary recasting of the commentary of Saint Victorinus, with whose chiliastic views he was not in accord, substituting for the chiliastic conclusion a spiritualizing exposition of his own, supplying an introduction, and making certain changes in the text.

The works of Hippolytus of Rome and Irenaeus greatly influenced Jerome's interpretation of prophecy. He noted the distinction between the original Septuagint and Theodotion's later substitution.

Jerome warned that those substituting false interpretations for the actual meaning of Scripture belonged to the “synagogue of the Antichrist”. “He that is not of Christ is of Antichrist,” he wrote to Pope Damasus I. He believed that “the mystery of iniquity” written about by Paul in 2 Thessalonians 2:7 was already in action when “every one chatters about his views.” To Jerome, the power restraining this mystery of iniquity was the Roman Empire, but as it fell this restraining force was removed. He warned a noble woman of Gaul:

“He that letteth is taken out of the way, and yet we do not realize that Antichrist is near. Yes, Antichrist is near whom the Lord Jesus Christ “shall consume with the spirit of his mouth.” “Woe unto them,” he cries, “that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days.”... Savage tribes in countless numbers have overrun run all parts of Gaul. The whole country between the Alps and the Pyrenees, between the Rhine and the Ocean, has been laid waste by hordes of Quadi, Vandals, Sarmatians, Alans, Gepids, Herules, Saxons, Burgundians, Allemanni, and—alas! for the commonweal!-- even Pannonians.

His Commentary on Daniel was expressly written to offset the criticisms of Porphyry, who taught that Daniel related entirely to the time of Antiochus IV Epiphanes and was written by an unknown individual living in the second century BC. Against Porphyry, Jerome identified Rome as the fourth kingdom of chapters two and seven, but his view of chapters eight and 11 was more complex. Jerome held that chapter eight describes the activity of Antiochus Epiphanes, who is understood as a "type" of a future antichrist; 11:24 onwards applies primarily to a future antichrist but was partially fulfilled by Antiochus. Instead, he advocated that the “little horn” was the Antichrist:

We should therefore concur with the traditional interpretation of all the commentators of the Christian Church, that at the end of the world, when the Roman Empire is to be destroyed, there shall be ten kings who will partition the Roman world amongst themselves. Then an insignificant eleventh king will arise, who will overcome three of the ten kings... after they have been slain, the seven other kings also will bow their necks to the victor.

In his Commentary on Daniel, he noted, “Let us not follow the opinion of some commentators and suppose him to be either the Devil or some demon, but rather, one of the human race, in whom Satan will wholly take up his residence in bodily form.”

Jerome identified the four prophetic kingdoms symbolized in Daniel 2 as the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Medes and Persians, Macedon, and Rome. Jerome identified the stone cut out without hands as "namely, the Lord and Savior".

Jerome refuted Porphyry's application of the little horn of chapter seven to Antiochus. He expected that at the end of the world, Rome would be destroyed, and partitioned among ten kingdoms before the little horn appeared.

Jerome believed that Cyrus of Persia is the higher of the two horns of the Medo-Persian ram of Daniel 8:3. The he-goat is Greece smiting Persia. Alexander is the great horn, which is then succeeded by Alexander's half brother Philip and three of his generals.

Historical writings

Jerome is also known as a historian. One of his earliest historical works was his Chronicle (or Chronicon or Temporum liber), composed ca. 380 in Constantinople; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon of Eusebius, with a supplement covering the period from 325 to 379. Despite numerous errors taken over from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced a valuable work, if only for the impulse which it gave to such later chroniclers as Prosper, Cassiodorus, and Victor of Tunnuna to continue his annals.

Three other works of a hagiological nature are:

* the Vita Pauli monachi, written during his first sojourn at Antioch (ca. 376), the legendary material of which is derived from Egyptian monastic tradition;

* the Vitae Patrum (Vita Pauli primi eremitae), a biography of Saint Paul of Thebes;

* the Vita Malchi monachi captivi (ca. 391), probably based on an earlier work, although it purports to be derived from the oral communications of the aged ascetic Malchus originally made to him in the desert of Chalcis;

* the Vita Hilarionis, of the same date, containing more trustworthy historical matter than the other two, and based partly on the biography of Epiphanius and partly on oral tradition.

The so-called Martyrologium Hieronymianum is spurious; it was apparently composed by a western monk toward the end of the 6th or beginning of the seventh century, with reference to an expression of Jerome's in the opening chapter of the Vita Malchi, where he speaks of intending to write a history of the saints and martyrs from the apostolic times.

But the most important of Jerome's historical works is the book De viris illustribus, written at Bethlehem in 392, the title and arrangement of which are borrowed from Suetonius. It contains short biographical and literary notes on 135 Christian authors, from Saint Peter down to Jerome himself. For the first seventy-eight authors Eusebius (Historia ecclesiastica) is the main source; in the second section, beginning with Arnobius and Lactantius, he includes a good deal of independent information, especially as to western writers.

Letters

Jerome's letters or epistles, both by the great variety of their subjects and by their qualities of style, form the most interesting portion of his literary remains. Whether he is discussing problems of scholarship, or reasoning on cases of conscience, comforting the afflicted, or saying pleasant things to his friends, scourging the vices and corruptions of the time, exhorting to the ascetic life and renunciation of the world, or breaking a lance with his theological opponents, he gives a vivid picture not only of his own mind, but of the age and its peculiar characteristics.

The letters most frequently reprinted or referred to are of a hortatory nature, such as Ep. 14, Ad Heliodorum de laude vitae solitariae; Ep. 22, Ad Eustochium de custodia virginitatis; Ep. 52, Ad Nepotianum de vita clericorum et monachorum, a sort of epitome of pastoral theology from the ascetic standpoint; Ep. 53, Ad Paulinum de studio scripturarum; Ep. 57, to the same, De institutione monachi; Ep. 70, Ad Magnum de scriptoribus ecclesiasticis; and Ep. 107, Ad Laetam de institutione filiae.

Theological writings

Practically all of Jerome's productions in the field of dogma have a more or less vehemently polemical character, and are directed against assailants of the orthodox doctrines. Even the translation of the treatise of Didymus the Blind on the Holy Spirit into Latin (begun in Rome 384, completed at Bethlehem) shows an apologetic tendency against the Arians and Pneumatomachoi. The same is true of his version of Origen's De principiis (ca. 399), intended to supersede the inaccurate translation by Rufinus. The more strictly polemical writings cover every period of his life. During the sojourns at Antioch and Constantinople he was mainly occupied with the Arian controversy, and especially with the schisms centering around Meletius of Antioch and Lucifer Calaritanus. Two letters to Pope Damasus (15 and 16) complain of the conduct of both parties at Antioch, the Meletians and Paulinians, who had tried to draw him into their controversy over the application of the terms ousia and hypostasis to the Trinity. At the same time or a little later (379) he composed his Liber Contra Luciferianos, in which he cleverly uses the dialogue form to combat the tenets of that faction, particularly their rejection of baptism by heretics.

In Rome (ca. 383) he wrote a passionate counterblast against the teaching of Helvidius, in defense of the doctrine of The perpetual virginity of Mary and of the superiority of the single over the married state. An opponent of a somewhat similar nature was Jovinianus, with whom he came into conflict in 392 (Adversus Jovinianum, Against Jovinianus) and the defense of this work addressed to his friend Pammachius, numbered 48 in the letters). Once more he defended the ordinary Catholic practices of piety and his own ascetic ethics in 406 against the Spanish presbyter Vigilantius, who opposed the cultus of martyrs and relics, the vow of poverty, and clerical celibacy. Meanwhile the controversy with John II of Jerusalem and Rufinus concerning the orthodoxy of Origen occurred. To this period belong some of his most passionate and most comprehensive polemical works: the Contra Joannem Hierosolymitanum (398 or 399); the two closely connected Apologiae contra Rufinum (402); and the "last word" written a few months later, the Liber tertius seu ultima responsio adversus scripta Rufini. The last of his polemical works is the skilfully composed Dialogus contra Pelagianos (415).

Jerome's reception by later Christianity

Jerome is the second most voluminous writer (after St. Augustine) in ancient Latin Christianity. In the Roman Catholic Church, he is recognized as the patron saint of translators, librarians and encyclopedists.

He acquired a knowledge of Hebrew by studying with a Jew who converted to Christianity, and took the unusual position (for that time) that the Hebrew, and not the Septuagint, was the inspired text of the Old Testament. The traditional view is that he used this knowledge to translate what became known as the Vulgate, and his translation was slowly but eventually accepted in the Catholic Church. The later resurgence of Hebrew studies within Christianity owes much to him.

He showed more zeal and interest in the ascetic ideal than in abstract speculation. It was this strict asceticism that made Martin Luther judge him so severely. In fact, Protestant readers are not generally inclined to accept his writings as authoritative. The tendency to recognize a superior comes out in his correspondence with Augustine (cf. Jerome's letters numbered 56, 67, 102-105, 110-112, 115-116; and 28, 39, 40, 67-68, 71-75, 81-82 in Augustine's).

Despite the criticisms already mentioned, Jerome has retained a rank among the western Fathers. This would be his due, if for nothing else, on account of the great influence exercised by his Latin version of the Bible upon the subsequent ecclesiastical and theological development.

Jerome in Art

In art, he is often represented as one of the four Latin doctors of the Church along with Augustine of Hippo, Ambrose, and Pope Gregory I. As a prominent member of the Roman clergy, he has often been portrayed anachronistically in the garb of a cardinal. Even when he is depicted as a half-clad anchorite, with cross, skull and Bible for the only furniture of his cell, the red hat or some other indication of his rank as cardinal is as a rule introduced somewhere in the picture. He is also often depicted with a lion, due to a medieval story in which he removed a thorn from a lion's paw, and less often with an owl, the symbol of wisdom and scholarship. Writing materials and the trumpet of final judgment are also part of his iconography. He is commemorated on 30 September with a memorial.

Quotes

:I praise wedlock, I praise marriage, but it is because they give me virgins. I gather the rose from the thorns, the gold from the earth, the pearl from the shell. "Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?" Shall he not also enjoy the fruit of his labor? Wedlock is the more honored, the more what is born of it is loved. Why, mother, do you grudge your daughter her virginity? She has been reared on your milk, she has come from your womb, she has grown up in your bosom. Your watchful affection has kept her a virgin. Are you angry with her because she chooses to be a king's wife and not a soldier's? She has conferred on you a high privilege; you are now the mother-in-law of God. "Concerning virgins," says the apostle, "I have no commandment of the Lord." Why was this? Because his own virginity was due, not to a command, but to his free choice. For they are not to be heard who feign him to have had a wife; for, when he is discussing continence and commending perpetual chastity, he uses the words, "I would that all men were even as I myself." And farther on, "I say, therefore, to the unmarried and widows, it is good for them if they abide even as I." And in another place, "have we not power to lead about wives even as the rest of the apostles?" Why then has he no commandment from the Lord concerning virginity? Because what is freely offered is worth more than what is extorted by force, and to command virginity would have been to abrogate wedlock. It would have been a hard enactment to compel opposition to nature and to extort from men the angelic life; and not only so, it would have been to condemn what is a divine ordinance. (Jerome's Letter 22, to Eustochium, section 20 on-line)

:Be ever engaged, so that whenever the devil calls he may find you occupied. (Letter 125, to the priest Innocent)

:Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ. (Jerome's Prologue to the “Commentary on Isaiah”: PL 24,17)

:Out of each tribe, except the tribe of Dan, the place of which is taken by the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand virgins who have been sealed are spoken of as future believers, who have not defiled themselves with women. And that we may not suppose the reference to be to those who have not had relations with harlots, he immediately added, "for they continued virgins." Whereby he shows that all who have not preserved their virginity, in comparison with the pure and angelic chastity and of our Lord Jesus Christ himself, are defiled. (Against Jovinian 1.40)

See also

Church Fathers

Bible translations

Order of St. Jerome

Genesius of Arles

Letter of Jerome to Pope Damasus

Notes

External links

The Life of St. Jerome, Priest, Confessor and Doctor of the Church

The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910)">"St. Jerome" by Louis Saltet, in The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910)

Jewish Encyclopedia: Jerome

St. Jerome - Catholic Online

The Story of St. Jerome and the Lion

St Jerome (Hieronymus) of Stridonium Orthodox synaxarion

Early Church Fathers. Jerome: Great Translator

Latin Texts

Chronological list of Jerome's Works with modern editions and translations cited

Opera Omnia (Complete Works) from Migne edition (Patrologia Latina, 1844-1855) with analytical indexes, almost complete online edition

Google Books' Facsimiles

Migne volume 23 part 1 (1883 edition)

Migne volume 23 part 2 (1883 edition)

Migne volume 24 (1845 edition)

Migne volume 25 part 1 (1884 edition)

Migne volume 25 part 2 (1884 edition)

Migne volume 28 (1890 edition?)

Migne volume 30 (1865 edition)

English Translations

English translations of Biblical Prefaces, Commentary on Daniel, Chronicle, and Letter 120 (tertullian.org)

Jerome's Letter to Pope Damasus: Preface to the Gospels

English translation of Jerome's De Viris Illustribus

The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary

Lives of Famous Men (CCEL)

Apology Against Rufinus (CCEL)

Letters, The Life of Paulus the First Hermit, The Life of S. Hilarion, The Life of Malchus, the Captive Monk, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians, The Perpetual Virginity of Blessed Mary, Against Jovinianus, Against Vigilantius, To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem, Against the Pelagians, Prefaces (CCEL)

Bibliography

J.N.D. Kelly, "Jerome: His Life, Writings, and Controversies" (Peabody, MA 1998)

S. Rebenich, "Jerome" (London and New York, 2002)

References

"Biblia Sacra Vulgata," Stuttgart, 1994. ISBN 3-438-05303-9

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Name	Matt Skelton
Birth name	Matthew Skelton
Other names	The Legend, The Bedford Bear
Nationality	English
Birth date	January 23, 1967
Birth place	Bedford, England
Residence	Bedford, England
Height
Weight
Weight class	Heavyweight
Style	Boxing, Kickboxing
Stance	orthodox
Trainer	Kevin Sanders
Box win	23
Box kowin	20
Box loss	5
Box koloss	3
Kickbox win	63
Kickbox kowin	57
Kickbox loss	8
Kickbox koloss	3
Mma win	0
Mma loss	1
Mma subloss	1
Boxrec	141021
Sherdog	3156
Updated	September 16, 2009

Matt Skelton (born 23 January 1967 in Bedford) is an English boxer who changed sports from kickboxing. He is a former English, British, Commonwealth and European Heavyweight champion. He has also held the lightly regarded WBU "World" Heavyweight title.

Biography

Skelton did not become a professional boxer until fairly late in life, his first fight being at the age of 35. Prior to this he had been a professional kickboxer.

Kickboxing

Skelton has a kickboxing/muay thai record of 63-8/57. He won an International Kickboxing Federation IKF World Title when he stopped Jeff Ford (USA) at 1:51 of the second round in Northampton, England on 26 November 2000.

In his first defense of the IKF World Title on 18 November 2001, in Northampton, England, he defeated Peter Varga (Hungary) by TKO at 53 seconds of round 3.

Skelton, in a K-1 primary tournament K-1 WORLD GP 2001 in Melbourne in Australia, 16 June 2001, knocked out Paris Vasilikos (Greece) at 2:05 of the first round in the quarter final match. And he also beat Michael McDonald (Canada) by third round decision (3-0) in the semi-final match. He was beaten, however, by Ernesto Hoost of the Netherlands by a third round decision (2-0) in the tournament final.

Skelton's record in K-1 is ten wins and seven losses.

During his time as kickboxer and muay thai fighter, Skelton trained with the well known Eagles Gym under the highly regarded and respected Nigel Howlett.

Professional wrestling

Skelton has competed in one shoot-style pro-wrestling bout - a loss to Kazuo Yamazaki for Akira Maeda's Universal Wrestling Federation on 10 January 1989 at Budokan Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Mixed martial arts

Matt Skleton has had one Mixed martial arts fight. On 3 November 2001, at a Pride FC event named PRIDE 17, he lost via choke to wrestler Tom Erikson at 1:11 of the first round.

Boxing

As a professional boxer, he was initially dismissed by purists as an unrefined slugger lacking the required skill to achieve at the very top, but his powerful style has proved extremely successful under the tutelage of renowned trainer Frank Maloney.

He turned pro aged 35 in September 2002 with a two round KO of Gifford Shillingford. From this point he was moved along quickly, in 2003 scoring stoppages of respected veterans Jacklord Jacobs, Antoine Palatis, and ex-British champ Michael Holden, among others.

In 2004, he took his first serious step up, at 11-0 taking on ex-British and Commonwealth champion Julius Francis, who he outpointed over 10 rounds. He won the British and Commonwealth titles in his next fight, stopping Michael Sprott in 12 rounds, and defending the titles against the durable Keith Long, who he stopped in 11.

In 2005, Skelton won the lowly regarded WBU belt with a 6th round knockout of Fabio Moli. Skelton soon vacated the belt, and began to enjoy a higher profile when his promoter Frank Warren took all his fighters to ITV for exposure on terrestrial free-to-air television.

Skelton was due to defend his British title against his main rival Danny Williams in July 2005, but Williams pulled out at the last minute citing a case of the flu, a decision that prompted scorn from Williams' promoter Frank Warren. Skelton stopped late sub Mark Krence in 7 rounds, and scored a 1st round knockout of John McDermott to finish the year, whereupon he vacated his British title, having defended it three times.

In February 2006, Skelton finally fought Williams, and lost on split decision handing him his first pro defeat.

In July 2006, he regained his Commonwealth title by easily outboxing Williams.

Skelton was due to defend his title against Audley Harrison in December 2006, but the fight didn't take place.

Instead, the fight against Michael Sprott for the second time was rescheduled for 14 July 2007, in which Skelton defended his title in a 12 round battle.

Matt Skelton faced WBA Heavyweight Champion Ruslan Chagaev on 19 January 2008 in Düsseldorf. Skelton fought bravely, but the superior boxing skills of his opponent were too much, and he succumbed to a unanimous points decision after 12 rounds.

Skelton fought Paolo Vidoz for the vacant European Heavyweight Title on 19 December 2008. Vidoz, exhausted, stopped fighting in round nine, but his corner refused to throw the towel. Skelton, recognizing this fact, refused to knock out the tormented Vidoz and even asked for the referee to quit the match.

Skelton chose to defend the Commonwealth title rather than the European title against undefeated brawler Martin Rogan, who had been completely unknown before upsetting Audley Harrison in his previous fight. On 28 February 2009, Rogan scored another upset by defeating Skelton by TKO11.

On 19 September 2009, Skelton challenged for the so-called EU title (not the European title) against undefeated Italian southpaw Francesco Pianeta. Skelton lost the fight after failing to come out for the 9th due to a hand injury suffered earlier in the fight. In January 2010, he lost to Bulgarian top prospect Kubrat Pulev.

In July 2010, Skelton ended his run of defeats when he knocked out journeyman Lee Swaby in round 5.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|23 Wins (20 knockouts, 3 decisions), 5 Losses, 0 Draws |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponnent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Win |23-5 |align=left| Lee Swaby |TKO |5 1:00 |2010-07-09 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |22-5 |align=left| Kubrat Pulev |KO |4 2:14 |2010-01-30 |align=left| Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |22-4 |align=left| Francesco Pianeta |RTD |8 3:00 |2009-09-19 |align=left| Jahnsportforum, Neubrandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |22-3 |align=left| Martin Rogan |TKO |11 1:21 |2009-02-28 |align=left| National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, West Midlands, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |22-2 |align=left| Paolo Vidoz |RTD |9 3:00 |2008-12-19 |align=left| PalaLido, Milan, Lombardia, Italy |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |21-2 |align=left| Ruslan Chagaev |UD |12 |2008-01-19 |align=left| Burg-Waechter Castello, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Win |21-1 |align=left| Michael Sprott |MD |12 |2007-07-14 |align=left| O2 Arena (Millenium Dome), Greenwich, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |20-1 |align=left| Danny Williams |UD |12 |2006-07-08 |align=left| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales |align=left| |-align=center |Win |19-1 |align=left| Suren Kalachyan |KO |4 0:38 |2006-04-01 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |18-1 |align=left| Danny Williams |SD |12 |2006-02-25 |align=left| ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |18-0 |align=left| John McDermott |TKO |1 1:19 |2005-12-10 |align=left| ExCel Arena, Dockland, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |17-0 |align=left| Mark Krence |TKO |7 3:00 |2005-07-16 |align=left| Bolton Arena, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |16-0 |align=left| Fabio Eduardo Moli |TKO |6 2:14 |2005-02-25 |align=left| Conference Centre, Wembley, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |15-0 |align=left| Keith Long |TKO |11 2:45 |2004-11-19 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |14-0 |align=left| Bob Mirovic |TKO |4 |2004-06-05 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |13-0 |align=left| Michael Sprott |KO |12 |2004-04-24 |align=left| Rivermead Leisure Centre, Reading, Berkshire, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |12-0 |align=left| Julius Francis |Points |10 |2004-02-07 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |11-0 |align=left| Patriche Costel |KO |1 |2003-11-15 |align=left| Oberfrankenhalle, Bayreuth, Bayern, Germany |align=left| |-align=center |Win |10-0 |align=left| Ratko Draskovic |TKO |3 |2003-10-25 |align=left| Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland |align=left| |-align=center |Win |9-0 |align=left| Costi Marin |TKO |1 |2003-10-11 |align=left| Mountbatten Centre, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |8-0 |align=left| Mike Holden |TKO |6 0:32 |2003-09-18 |align=left| Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |7-0 |align=left| Antoine Palatis |TKO |4 |2003-07-17 |align=left| Goresbrook Leisure Centre, Dagenham, Essex, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |6-0 |align=left| Dave Clarke |TKO |1 |2003-05-15 |align=left| Marriott Hotel, Mayfair, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |5-0 |align=left| Alexey Varakin |KO |2 |2003-04-08 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |4-0 |align=left| Jacklord Jacobs |TKO |4 |2003-02-18 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |3-0 |align=left| Neil Kirkwood |TKO |1 |2002-12-08 |align=left| York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |2-0 |align=left| Alvin Miller |TKO |1 |2002-10-27 |align=left| Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |1-0 |align=left| Gifford Shillingford |KO |2 |2002-09-22 |align=left| Elephant & Castle Centre, Southwark, London, England |align=left| |-align=center

Professional kickboxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|63 Wins (57 knockouts, 0 submission, 6 decisions), 8 Losses, 0 Draws |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponnent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Win |63-8 |align=left| George Arias |Decision |3 |2002-08-10 |align=left| |align=left| |-align=center |Win |62-8 |align=left| Peter Varga |TKO |3 0:53 |2001-11-18 |align=left| Northampton, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |61-8 |align=left| Lloyd Van Dams |Decision |1 |2001-08-08 |align=left| Marine Messe, Fukuoka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |61-7 |align=left| Ernesto Hoost |Decision |3 |2001-06-16 |align=left| Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |61-6 |align=left| Michael McDonald |Decision |3 |2001-06-16 |align=left| Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |60-6 |align=left| Paris Vasilikos |KO |2 1:51 |2001-06-16 |align=left| Vodafone Arena, Melbourne, Australia |align=left| |-align=center |Win |59-6 |align=left| Jeff Ford |KO |2 1:51 |2000-11-26 |align=left| Northampton, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |58-6 |align=left| Francisco Filho |KO |2 2:36 |2000-08-20 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |58-5 |align=left| Alexey Ignashov |Decision |3 |2000-08-20 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |57-5 |align=left| Ricky Nicklson |KO |3 1:10 |2000-04-16 |align=left| Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |56-5 |align=left| Mark Russell |Decision |3 |2000-04-16 |align=left| Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, England |align=left| |-align=center |Win |55-5 |align=left| Gary Turner |Decision |3 |2000-04-16 |align=left| Aston Villa Leisure Center, Birmingham, England |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |54-5 |align=left| Jérôme Le Banner |KO |1 1:59 |1999-08-05 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |54-4 |align=left| Loyd Van Dams |Decision |3 |1999-06-20 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |54-3 |align=left| Jan Nortje |Decision |3 |1999-06-20 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |53-3 |align=left| Peter Aerts |KO |4 3:00 |1999-04-25 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Lose |53-2 |align=left| Sam Greco |Decision |5 |1998-09-27 |align=left| Osaka Dome, Osaka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |53-1 |align=left| Masaaki Satake |TKO |1 2:06 |1998-07-18 |align=left| Nagoya Dome, Nagoya, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |52-1 |align=left| Ray Sefo |TKO |2 3:00 |1998-05-24 |align=left| Marine Messe, Fukuoka, Japan |align=left| |-align=center |Win |51-1 |align=left| Jan Nortje |TKO |3 0:47 |1998-04-09 |align=left| Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |align=left| |-align=center

Professional MMA record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|0 Wins (0 knockouts, 0 submission, 0 decisions), 1 Losses, 0 Draws |- |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Res. |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Record |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Opponnent |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Rd., Time |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Date |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Location |align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Notes |-align=center |Lose |0-1 |align=left| Tom Erikson |Submission |1 1:51 |2001-11-03 |align=left| Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan |align=left| |-align=center

Career

Kickboxing

*IAMTF World championship Super Heavyweight winner

*IKF-PRO World Super Heavyweight Champion

*WKO Muay Thai World Super Heavyweight Champion

*IKO World Heavyweight Champion

*2000 K-1 UK Battle of Britain winner

*2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Melbourne runner up

Boxing

*British Heavyweight champion

*Commonwealth (British Empire) Heavyweight champion

References

External links

Matt Skelton's K-1 Record

Matt Skelton's MMA Record

International Kickboxing Federation Official Site

Category:1967 births Category:English boxers Category:English kickboxers Category:English mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweights Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Living people Category:People from Bedford Category:Prizefighter contestants Category:Black British sportspeople

Name	Ernesto Hoost
Birth name	Ernesto Fritz Hoost
Other names	Mr. Perfect
Nationality	Dutch
Birth date	July 11, 1965
Birth place	Heemskerk, Netherlands
Fighting out of	Hoorn, Netherlands
Height
Weight
Weight class	Super Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai , Savate
Team	Vos Gym (1987-2006) Sokudo Gym (1981-1987)
Trainer	Johan Vos (1987-2006) Tom Vriend (1981-1987)
Years active	23 (1983–2006)
Kickbox win	97
Kickbox kowin	62
Kickbox loss	21
Kickbox koloss	11
Kickbox draw	1
Students	Paul Slowinski, Ashwin Balrak
Url	http://www.ernestohoost.nl/

Ernesto Fritz "Mr. Perfect" Hoost (born July 11, 1965 in Heemskerk, North Holland) is a Dutch former kickboxer and four-time K-1 World Champion. He made his debut in 1993 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1993, where he came just one win short of the world title. He announced his retirement on December 2, 2006 after the K-1 World GP Final tournament in Tokyo Dome, Japan.

Biography

Hoost's family is originally from Suriname. His Sensei Fabio Martella is originally from Italy. In 1993, in his first K-1 World Grand Prix, in quarterfinals Hoost defeated Peter Aerts by decision, knocked out Maurice Smith in semis and advanced to the tournament finals where he was knocked out by Branko Cikatic. Hoost got another shot at a title on December 19, 1993, when he won the K-2 World Championship, knocking out Changpuek Kiatsongrit in four rounds. This was the only time the K-1 organization held a K-2 tournament.

Hoost reached the K-1 World Grand Prix Finals again in 1995, but lost to Peter Aerts by a four round decision. He went on to win every fight the remainder of that year. In 1996, he lost at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 finals to Andy Hug by a four round split decision. He finally became K-1 World Champion in 1997 when he beat Hug by a three-round unanimous decision.

Hoost was unable to defend his title at the K-1 World Grand Prix 1998 tournament, being technically knocked out in the quarterfinals by Australian Sam Greco due to being unable to start the 3rd round after a cut above his left eye; he was mostly dominated in the fight by Greco, the latter however suffered a cracked left ankle for his troubles.

In 1999, Hoost won his second K-1 World Grand Prix title, beating Mirko Filipović by technical knockout in the third round. On April 23, 2000 he avenged his loss to Greco when he beat him by a technical knockout.

Hoost retained the K-1 World Grand Prix Championship title for third time in 2000 by defeating Ray Sefo. By then, many K-1 fans were hoping for a meeting between Hoost and Bob Sapp. Hoost returned to defend his crown in 2001 defeating Stefan Leko. However, he was forced to retire from the tournament due to an injured shin before the semi-finals.

The highly anticipated fight with Bob Sapp came at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Final Elimination. Sapp won by a first round knockout after the doctor stopped the match on cuts. Despite the loss he was again matched up with Sapp in the quarter finals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002. After knocking Sapp down in first round, Hoost lost to Sapp again in a wild slugfest by second round KO.

After the fight however, Sapp had broken his hand and suffered four cracked ribs and wasn't able to continue, allowing Hoost to replace him in the semi-finals. Hoost beat Ray Sefo in first round by TKO, after Sefo damaged his shin against Hoost's kneecap. Hoost proceeded to his fifth K-1 Finals, and was matched up against Jerome Le Banner. The fight was competitive up until the third and final round when Le Banner injured his arm blocking Hoost's kick. Hoost aggressively attacked the arm, forcing Le Banner down twice more, winning by TKO and his fourth Grand Prix Championship. Le Banner suffered a severe compound fracture, putting him out of competition for over a year.

In addition to his Grand Prix titles Ernesto Hoost fought a number of Super fights. In 2004 he was again in the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 finals, in which he lost to the eventual Grand Prix champion Remy Bonjasky.

In 2006, Hoost declared that he would fight his last tournament in K-1. In the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Hoost was defeated in the semi-finals by Semmy Schilt. An emotional Hoost was met with a standing ovation from the audience as he left the arena.

Hoost, who is well known in the Netherlands, is also a celebrity in Japan, where many of his fights have taken place. He has also fought in Australia, France and the United States, among other countries.

Hoost is well known for training "Knees of Fury" fighters Paul Slowinski (whom he is currently still training). Under his guidance Slowinski has won the K-1 tournament 2007 in Amsterdam. He has also trained leg strikes, wrestling, and other skills with PRIDE Champion Fedor Emelianenko.

Hoost was also present as a cornerman for UFC fighter Antoni Hardonk in Hardonk's UFC 85 bout with Eddie Sanchez, his UFC 92 win over Mike Wessel, and his UFC 97 loss to Cheick Kongo.

Hoost currently lives in the town of Hoorn, together with his wife and children.

Hoost speaks five languages, including his mother tongue, Dutch.

Titles

2002 K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 champion in Tokyo, Japan

2001 K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Melbourne champion in Melbourne, Australia

2000 K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 champion in Tokyo, Japan

2000 K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Nagoya runner up in Nagoya, Japan

1999 K-1 Grand Prix '99 Final Round champion in Tokyo, Japan

1997 K-1 Grand Prix '97 Final champion in Tokyo, Japan

1994 I.S.K.A. Full Contact Light Heavyweight World champion in Marseilles, France

1994 K-2 Plus Tournament 1994 champion in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1993 K-2 Grand Prix '93 champion in Tokyo, Japan

1993 W.M.T.A. & W.K.A. Light Heavyweight World champion in Tokyo, Japan

1993 K-1 Grand Prix '93 runner up in Tokyo, Japan

1992 W.M.T.A. Muay Thai World Champion -79.8 kg in the Netherlands

1990 WMTA Muay Thai World Champion -79.8 kg in Amsterdam, Netherlands

1990 W.K.A. World Kickboxing champion in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1989 W.M.T.A. Muay Thai World Champion in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

1989 Savate World Champion in Paris, France

1988 W.K.A. European Kickboxing champion in Strasbourg, France

1988 Savate European champion in Strasbourg, France

1988 I.S.K.A. European Full Contact champion in Le Havre, France

1988 I.S.K.A. European Muay Thai Champion in Arnhem, the Netherlands

1987 Dutch Muay Thai Champion in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Kickboxing record

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Television appearances

Ernesto has starred in a batsu game, Silent Library edition of a Japanese variety TV show called Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, the video of which has increased his popularity among internet denizens. In the episode he participated in, players sat in a library and flipped over cards in a Russian roulette manner. If a player's card revealed a batsu/skull and crossbones (instead of 'Safe'), then he must endure a punishment while keeping quiet (as they are in a library). Ernesto suffered three punishments: getting a nose hair plucked, having a balloon inflate then explode in his shirt, and having a baseball player swing at his behind with a bat.

He also made an appearance as a police officer during the 24-hour punishment game at the Shakure Police Station in 2006.

See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

External links

Official website of Ernesto Hoost

K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Ernesto Hoost

Official K-1 Website (en) Ernesto Hoost profile

Ernesto Hoost (Audio) interview

Ernesto Hoost interview from 1995

Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Dutch Muay Thai practitioners Category:Dutch savateurs Category:People from Heemskerk Category:Dutch people of Surinamese descent Category:Surinamese people of Black African descent

Name	Branko Cikatić
Birth name	Branimir Cikatić
Other names	The Croatian Tiger
Nationality	Croatian
Birth date	October 03, 1954
Birth place	Split, Croatian SR, Yugoslavia
Height
Weight
Weight class	Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Shotokan Karate, Taekwondo
Rank	blue belt in Judo black belt in Shotokan black belt in Taekwondo
Team	Tigar Gym Chakuriki (1984-
Trainer	Thom Harnick
Years active	27 (1972–1999)
Kickbox win	87
Kickbox kowin	82
Kickbox loss	5
Kickbox koloss	2
Kickbox draw	1
Mma win	0
Mma loss	2
Mma nc	1
Am win	152
Am kowin	138
Am loss	15
Am draw	3
Occupation	Gym owner/Trainer
Students	Mirko Cro Cop
Url	http://www.bcikatic.htnet.hr/
Sherdog	297
Updated	February 12, 2010

Branko "The Croatian Tiger" Cikatić (born October 3, 1954) is a Croatian former heavyweight kickboxer, the first Croatian born fighter to achieve international success. He was the first K-1 World Grand Prix tournament champion held on April 30, 1993 in Japan.

Biography and career

Cikatić began his martial arts training at the age of 12 when he took up Taekwondo, and later Shotokan Karate at 16. He eventually earned a black belt in both of these disciplines, as well as a blue belt in Judo. When he was 18 years old, he took up boxing before switching to kickboxing.

He surprised the martial arts world by storming the 1993 K-1 Grand Prix tournament, knocking out all three of his opponents in one evening, including Ernesto Hoost in the final match. To date, Cikatić is the oldest winner of the K-1 Grand Prix at 38 years and 208 days.

He extended his athletic resume to include mixed martial arts in 1998, fighting in the Pride Fighting Championships. His PRIDE debut was fought against Ralph White under K-1 rules format. Cikatić lost via disqualification after kicking the head of the downed White. Cikatić returned at Pride 2, fighting under MMA rules and facing Mark Kerr. He was again disqualified after holding the ring ropes when Kerr attempted a takedown, refusing to let go when directed by the referee, running away through the ring ropes, and delivering several illegal elbows to the back of Kerr's head. His next fight at Pride 7 ended in a submission loss to Maurice Smith by forearm choke.

Towards the end of his sports career, Cikatić tried his hand at acting, playing a villain in a 1997 B-movie Skyscraper, starring Anna Nicole Smith.

Titles

Professional Career:

1998 World Champion WMTA (Zagreb)

1995 K-1 Grand Prix 3rd Place (Tokyo)

1993 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion (Tokyo)

1991 World champion in Thai boxing 86 kg (Berlin)

1990 World Champion IKBF in kick-boxing 86 kg

1989 WKA in kick-boxing 86 kg

1987 World champion in Thai boxing 82.5 kg (Amsterdam)

1986 European champion in Thai boxing (Paris)

1985 European champion in Thai boxing (Amsterdam)

Amateur Career:

1983 European Champion in full-contact (Caen)

1982 European Champion in full-contact (Berlin)

1981 European Champion in full-contact 79 kg (Dublin)

1981 World Champion in full-contact 79 kg (Miami)

1980 European Champion in full-contact 79 kg (London)

1978 WAKO European Champion in full contact (Milan)

Kickboxing record

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See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

External links

Branko Cikatic Official Homepage

Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Croatian kickboxers Category:Heavyweight kickboxers Category:Croatian judoka Category:Croatian karateka Category:Croatian Muay Thai practitioners Category:Croatian taekwondo practitioners Category:Croatian mixed martial artists Category:People from Split

Name	Andy Hug
Birth name	Andreas Hug
Other names	Mr. K-1, Typhoon The Blue-Eyed Samurai Iron Man, Tetsujin in Japanese
Nationality	Switzerland
Birth date	September 07, 1964
Birth place	Wohlen, Switzerland
Death date	August 24, 2000
Death place	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Height
Weight
Style	Kyokushin, Seidokaikan
Team	Team Andy
Years active	21 (1979–2000)
Kickbox win	38
Kickbox kowin	22
Kickbox loss	9
Kickbox koloss	6
Kickbox draw	1
Students	Xhavit Bajrami, Marfino DeFlorin, Bjorn Bregy, Petar Majstorovic
Url	http://www.andyhug.com
Updated	January 14, 2010

Andy Hug (September 7, 1964 – August 24, 2000) was a professional Swiss Seidokaikan and Kyokushin karateka and kickboxer from Wohlen, Switzerland. Hug was the K-1 World Grand Prix 1996 champion and runner up in 1997 and 1998.

Biography and career

Andreas Hug was born on September 7, 1964, in Zurich, Switzerland. Andy's father, Arthur, was a foreign legionnaire, who died in Thailand without ever seeing his son. He seldom saw his mother Madelaine Hug-Baumann, and together with his brother Charly and sister Fabienne, they grew up with his grandparents in Wohlen. He was six, when he started playing soccer and was also selected to the Swiss National Under-16 team. At eleven, he started practising karate at Wohlen Karate school under Werner Schenker.

His death came unexpectedly. He was diagnosed with acute leukemia on August 17, 2000. On August 23, he fell into a coma and his illness was made public. Only 22 hours later it was revealed that Andy Hug died because of multiple organ failure and the following breath stoppage. He was only 35 at time of his death. He left behind his wife Ilona and his son Seya.

Karate career

At the age of fifteen, he won the Swiss national 'Oyama Cup'. In November 1977 he was selected to represent the Wohlen Karate School during the National Team Championships.

Andy recorded his first international success in 1981 at the Dutch Kyokushinkai Karate Championships. Two years later, he took first place at the European Cup in Hungary. In 1983, Andy took part in the Karate World Championships. Around eighty fighters from all over the world were at the start of the open weight class. Andy was able to battle his way through and reached the final sixteen. He made his second World Championships in 1987. In the semi-finals, Andy defeated his opponent Akira Masuda and for the first time in the history of Kyokushinkai, a non-Japanese fighter, was taking part in the finals. Andy lost the fight by a controversial point decision to Shokei Matsui.

The fifth World Championships of full-contact karate no weight division took place in 1991 at the Budokan, Tokyo, Japan. As early as 1988, Andy had become a trainer for the Swiss national team, thus offering his knowledge and experience to other competitors. In his third fight, Andy came up against Francisco Filho. At the end of the round, as the bell rang, Filho landed a high kick on the side of Hug's head and knocked Andy to the floor. Mas Oyama confirmed that the technique was legal. It was later confirmed that Filho's kick had indeed struck after the bell rang, but he had started his move before the time was up and Filho was declared the winner.

Andy kept fighting in Japan with success and became extremely popular. The fans were impressed by his technical diversity, spectacular aesthetics, tactics and strength. On August 28, 1993, Andy married Ilona in Inwil. At the same time he changed from Kyokushinkai to Seidokai karate, completing the step from being an amateur to becoming a professional fighter and star in Japan.

K-1 career

The Seidokai Association, headed by Kazuyoshi Ishii, founded K-1 in 1993. In 1994 Andy promoted his first K-1 Fight at the Hallenstadium in Zurich, and went on to compete in a double main event called "K-1 Challenge" where he upset reigning WGP champion Branco Cikatic in a close fight.

Later that year Hug competed in his first WGP tournament, where he was favored by the Japanese fans having already defeated Branco Cikatic a few months earlier. But Andy was upset by American kick-boxer Patrick Smith via first round stoppage.

In the autumn of 1996, Andy was struggling within himself that he wasn't able to win the K-1 World Grand Prix. In his second fight at the 96 WGP Finals he met Ernesto Hoost and won by decision. In the final, Andy was matched up against Mike Bernardo. After his two defeats to Bernardo in 1995 Andy was determined to beat him and was ultimately successful, winning via spinning low kick, securing his first and only WGP title.

Andy Hug reached the K-1 Grand Prix finals again in 1997, where he lost to Dutch kick-boxing legend Ernesto Hoost by decision. He made it to the 1998 WGP final as well, where he lost to Peter Aerts by KO, although he became the first fighter to ever make three consecutive WGP finals. (until matched by Semmy Schilt some years later)

1999 was the most successful year for K-1 since its inception. Record numbers of spectators were recorded for all tournaments. In the first half of that year, Andy provided his fans with sensational fights. However at the World Grand Prix, fate wrecked his plans. In the second bout, he was up against Ernesto Hoost. As early as in the first round, the groin injury that he had sustained a month earlier became acute. This handicap was so severe that he could not employ his legs as he was used to doing, and dropped a decision.

In Japan he was given the name "Blue-Eyed Samurai", even though he had brown eyes. He was the only K-1 fighter ever to be rewarded an honorary samurai title by K-1 founder Kazuyoshi Ishii.

Andy was also recognized for his axe kick and the spinning low heel kick, targeting the opponents thigh, was another trademark kick of his. In Japan, it was known as "the Hug Tornado" since it was rumored that no other fighter could perform it with the same perfection as Hug.

Andy defeated Mirko "Cro-Cop" Filipović at K-1 Fight Night, on June 3, 2000, in Zurich, Switzerland. His last fight was against Nobu Hayashi on July 7, 2000. Andy Hug died on August 24, 2000, as a result of leukemia, just two weeks short of his 36th birthday. Andy's body was cremated and his ashes deposited in the cemetery of the Hoshuin temple in Kyoto, Japan.

Titles and accomplishments

Kickboxing

*1996–2000 W.K.A. World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight title (4 title defenses)

*1996 W.M.T.C. World Super Heavyweight title

*1996 K-1 Grand Prix champion

*1994–1996 U.K.F. World Super Heavyweight title (2 title defenses)

Seidokaikan

1993 Seidokan Karate World Cup (Lost to Masaaki Satake)

1992 Seidokan Karate World Cup (Defeated Taiei Kin)

Kyokushin

*1991 5th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament last 32 (Lost to Francisco Filho)

1991 6th European Championships in Budapest, Heavyweight (Lost to Michael Thompson)

1989 5th European Championships in Budapest, Heavyweight (Defeated Michael Thompson)

1988 1st Swiss Sursee Cup in Sursee (Defeated Kenji Midori)

1987 4th Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament (Lost to Akiyoshi Matsui)

1987 4th European Championships in Katowice, (Lost to Michael Thompson)

1986 11th British Open in London, Heavyweight (Lost to Michael Thompson)

1985 3rd European Championships in Barcelona, Heavyweight (Defeated Klaus Rex)

1985 Ibusz Oyama Cup in Hungary, Heavyweight (Defeated Michael Wedel)

1985 Swiss National Open Championships Heavyweight (Defeated Klaus Rex)

*1984 3rd Kyokushin World Open Karate Tournament final 16 (Lost to Akiyoshi Matsui)

1984 Swiss National Championships Heavyweight

1983 7th Dutch Open in Alkmaar, Heavyweight final 16 (Lost to Flemming Jinzen)

1982 Ibusz Oyama Cup in Hungary, Middleweight (Defeated Mark Niedziokka)

*1982 6th Dutch Open Middleweight final 16 (Lost to Kenneth Felter)

*1982 2nd European Championships in London final 16 (Lost to Jean Pierre Louisset)

1982 Swiss National Championships, Middleweight (Defeated Gabriel Marxer)

1981 Oyama Cup (Defeated Heinz Muntweiler)

1981 5th Dutch Open in Weert, Middleweight (Lost to Koen Scharrenberg)

1981 4 Countries Team Tournament (Switzerland defeated Dutch team in finals)

1979 Oyama Cup

Record

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See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

External links

Andy Hug - Official Website

Andy Hug Foundation - The Foundation

Andy Hug Portrait

K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Andy Hug

Category:1964 births Category:2000 deaths Category:Swiss karateka Category:Swiss kickboxers Category:Deaths from leukemia Category:Cancer deaths in Japan