MMA fighters from kyokushin background?

[eamoncramb]

does anyone know of any mma fighters in ufc that do kyokushin other than george st pierre used to do it


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[kyokushin4life]

I moved this post to a new thread. As far as I know, Bas Rutten has practiced in kyokushin and holds a black belt.

Threads to help:
http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums/43171-post3.html
http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums....html#post5864

Gerard Gordeau - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[brian]

I know Rory Markum from the IFL did Kyokushin. But you said UFC, Sorry.

[Sonik]

Tetsuo Seto, Yoshinori Ikeda and Ryuji Nota are current Kyokushin MMA fighters competing in Japan.
Ryo Chonan ( who has beaten Anderson Silva by submission in Pride and is Deep champion) is now in the UFC. I was hoping he would stay in Japan and work for K-1 Heros. I would live to see him in a match versus the likes of Taiei Kin, Yoshihiro Akiyama, Kazuo Misaki, Melvin Manhoef, Zelg Galesic among others.

But there's also interesting competition in the UFC for him (Dan Henderson, Rich Franklin, Anderson Silva and some other few).

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[Sonik]

Originally Posted by brian

I know Rory Markum from the IFL did Kyokushin. But you said UFC, Sorry.

Realy? We don't have that here in Southern Europe but i guess it contains more or less the same spirit as the UFC. No? And that guy must be a problem when they get into fights. Those gedan mawashi geri must be terrific on ice floor lol! Only in America!



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[Olrac]

Gerard Gordeau (9th dan) did some MMA fighting...not sure if it was UFC.

YouTube - Gerard Gordeau versus Teila Tuli

YouTube - Gerard Gordeau vs Kevin Rosier

YouTube - Royce Gracie vs Gerard Gordeau

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[Sonik]

Originally Posted by Olrac

Gerard Gordeau (9th dan) did some MMA fighting...not sure if it was UFC.

YouTube - Gerard Gordeau versus Teila Tuli

YouTube - Gerard Gordeau vs Kevin Rosier

YouTube - Royce Gracie vs Gerard Gordeau

osu

Yeah i forgot about him. He has fought in the UFC, K-1 and Pride? I know he eye gouged a japanese Ju-jutsu fighter. He had some vicious strikes back then. What's up with him anyway? Last time i heard, he was training with Peter Aerts. is he preparing fighters for K-1 or MMA competition at the moment?

[Olrac]

Originally Posted by Sonik

Yeah i forgot about him. He has fought in the UFC, K-1 and Pride? I know he eye gouged a japanese Ju-jutsu fighter. He had some vicious strikes back then. What's up with him anyway? Last time i heard, he was training with Peter Aerts. is he preparing fighters for K-1 or MMA competition at the moment?

He still runs his dojo in The Netherlands.
de website van Honbu Kamakura
Kancho Gordeau is now 9th dan and still training a lot of top fighters.
Last time K-1 came to Amsterdam he was coaching one of the fighters.
Last year my son received his trophy (2nd place) out of his hands.
He was one of the referees then.
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[Sonik]

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out.



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[JohnMc]

Originally Posted by Olrac

Gerard Gordeau (9th dan) did some MMA fighting...not sure if it was UFC.

YouTube - Gerard Gordeau versus Teila Tuli

YouTube - Gerard Gordeau vs Kevin Rosier

YouTube - Royce Gracie vs Gerard Gordeau

osu

Gordeau was in the very first UFC.


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[xchrisbobisx]

Lyoto Machida does karate i think

[Martin H]

Originally Posted by xchrisbobisx

Lyoto Machida does karate i think

Yes, but he does shotokan karate, not something from the kyokushin family.