Gerard Gordeau

Gerard Gordeau
Born (1959-03-30) March 30, 1959
Den Haag, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15.4 st)
Style Kickboxing
Team Dojo Kamakura
Rank


9th dan Kyokushin Karate (International Budo Kaikan)
4th dan Kyokushin Karate (NKA)
7th dan Sei Budo Kai
2nd dan Full-Contact Karate (USA)
3rd Silver glove in Savate (Boxe Francaise)

4th dan Oyama Karate
Mixed martial arts record
Total 4
Wins 2
By knockout 2
Losses 2
By submission 2
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: April 4, 2011

Gerard Gordeau (born March 30, 1959) is a Dutch former savateur, karateka, and mixed martial artist. He is the 1991 World Champion Savate and holder of the Dutch Champion Kyokushin Karate title for 8 consecutive years, but foremost known internationally for his fight against Teila Tuli in the first televised Ultimate Fighting Championship bout on 12 November 1993.

Mixed martial arts career

Gordeau had fought in several no-holds-barred matches in his native Netherlands and Japan, including two bouts against Masaaki Satake and Mitsuya Nagai at "free fight" events held under the then professional wrestling promotion RINGS as well as a shoot style professional wrestling bout with Akira Maeda under the Newborn UWF.[1]

In 1993, Gordeau took part in the first event of Ultimate Fighting Championship representing nominally the art of savate. He was pitted against sumo wrestler Teila Tuli in a match which lasted only 26 seconds and was stopped after Gordeau knocked out three of Tuli's teeth with a kick. The announcers claimed that Tuli's tooth landed underneath their table, while the other two were embedded in Gordeau's foot for the remainder of the show, due to the UFC doctors not wanting Gordeau to have an open wound in his foot. Gordeau also broke his own hand on Tuli's head after the kick, but he ignored the injuries and advanced round. The fight caused controversy because Gordeau appeared to do a Roman salute before the match, being accused of being a neo-nazi, but it was claimed that he was actually doing the traditional savate salute and also he has Jewish ethnic background.[2][3][4]

His next fight was against kickboxing champion Kevin Rosier, but Gordeau beat him easily with leg kicks and punches, finishing him with stomps to the body. Finally, Gordeau faced Brazilian jiu-jitsu stylist Royce Gracie in the championship bout. During the bout, Gordeau clamped to the cage to avoid being taken down, but he was eventually grounded. While Gordeau was in Gracie's guard, he allegedly bit Gracie's ear in an intentional foul,[5] but Gracie still managed to submit Gordeau to win the fight and tournament. In 1994, Gordeau was a cornerman for UFC 2 participants Remco Pardoel and Freek Hamaker.

Two years after his UFC, Gordeau applied to the Vale Tudo Japan tournament. He was pitted against much lighter shoot wrestling exponent Yuki Nakai, and again Gordeau resorted to illegal tactics when he repeteadly eye-gouged when he was trying to take him down.[6] At the end, Nakai submitted Gordeau with a heel hook, but lost sight in his right eye from the gouge.[7]

Gordeau was later recruited by Antonio Inoki for his Universal Fighting-Arts Organization. He took part in the infamous 1.4 Incident, which occurred on January fourth, 1999 at the Tokyo Dome, where UFO member Naoya Ogawa faced Shinya Hashimoto in a pro wrestling match. Gordeau was in the corner of Ogawa along with Kazunari Murakami and Tiger Mask, and accompanied Ogawa to the ring. However, Naoya turned the bout into a shoot match by brutally striking Hashimoto, who had no idea what was going on, and a brawl ensued in the ring, with Gordeau and his colleagues having to protect Ogawa from the NJPW crew.

Professional wrestling career

In 1995, he took part in New Japan Pro Wrestling's four-man Final Countdown BVD Tournament on January 4 at the Tokyo Dome during Battle 7. He lost his match to eventual winner Antonio Inoki.

Since his retirement from MMA, Gordeau has participated in various puroresu events, the last one of which was held at Pro Wrestling Zero1 Yasukuni Shrine Festival on 11 April 2010 where he teamed with Ryouji Sai.[8]

Kamakura dojo

Gordeau, along with his brothers Al and Nico, owns the Dojo Kamakura in The Hague. He also trains the current Dutch K-1 fighter Mourad Bouzidi, along with Anil Dubar, and sometimes the Romanian champion Daniel Ghiță.

Accomplishments and titles

Mixed martial arts record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 2-2 Yuki Nakai Submission (heel hook) Vale Tudo Japan 1995 April 20, 1995 4 2:41 Tokyo, Japan
Loss 2-1 Royce Gracie Submission (rear-naked choke) UFC 1 November 12, 1993 1 1:44 Denver, Colorado, United States For UFC 1 Championship
Win 2-0 Kevin Rosier TKO (body stomp) UFC 1 November 12, 1993 1 0:59 Denver, Colorado, United States
Win 1-0 Teila Tuli TKO (doctor stoppage) UFC 1 November 12, 1993 1 0:26 Denver, Colorado, United States First Fight in UFC History

Kickboxing record

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Loss 27-6 Japan Toshiyuki Atokawa Decision K-1 Illusion 1993 Karate World Cup October 2, 1993 N/A N/A Osaka, Japan
Loss 27-5 Australia Adam Watt KO K-1 Illusion September 4, 1993 2 2:07 Tokyo, Japan
Win 27-4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Jokovic TKO Savate World Championship May 25, 1991 3 0:01 Paris, France For Savate World Heavyweight Championship
Win 26-4 France Simon Bienvenu KO Savate World Championship April 27, 1991 N/A N/A Toulouse, France

Karate record

Karate record
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
1991-10-10 Win Japan Masaaki Satake Karate World Cup '91 - All Japan Karate Championship Decision (Divided) 3
Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Newborn UWF Cards 1988". prowrestlinghistory.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  2. ↑ "UFC 1: The Beginning - Mixed Martial Arts News". mixedmartialarts.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  3. ↑ http://recbf.free.fr/rec09Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=54
  4. ↑ http://www21.ac-lyon.fr/enseigne/eps/IMG/pdf/Document_du_STAGE_DE_BOXE_FRANCAISE_2007-08_module_1.pdf
  5. ↑ Doyle, Dave (November 12, 2012). "Nineteen years later, Royce Gracie reflects on UFC 1". MMA Fighting. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Choke (1999) - IMDb | Rickson Gracie: Choke - documentary". imdb.com. Retrieved June 20, 2015.
  7. ↑ Nowe, Jason; Martinez, Stephen (February 14, 2006). "Nakai talks Vale Tudo, SHOOTO and Rickson". Sherdog. Retrieved June 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ ""自分で見に行く"ブログ｜プロレス観戦記: 2010/04/11 ＺＥＲＯ１（靖国神社）". web.archive.org. Retrieved June 20, 2015.

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