Gerard Gordeau
| Gerard Gordeau | |
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| Born |
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 |
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| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 4 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By submission | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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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)
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.
Gordeau trained in karate for most of his life, but also learned kickboxing and savate. He was a Dutch Karate Champion from 1978 to 1985, a European Savate Champion from 1988 to 1991 and a World Savate Champion in 1992, with an overall competitive record of 27-4 before his MMA debut. He also had experience as a bodyguard and bouncer.
In 1993, Gordeau took part in UFC 1, the first event of Ultimate Fighting Championship, being billed as a representative of the art of savate. In his first match, also the first match in the history of UFC, he was pitted against 400 pound sumo wrestler Teila Tuli in a fight which in turn lasted only 26 seconds. With Tuli charging towards him with a tsukidashi attack, Gordeau eluded him and allowed the sumo to crash against the cage wall; he then took stance and threw a roundhouse kick to Tuli's face, following with a right uppercut before the referee intervened to stop the match. Victorious, Gordeau advanced round, but the bout left him injured, as the kick had knocked out three of Tuli's teeth and two of them had been stuck in Gordeau's foot (the announcers claimed that the third tooth landed underneath their table). Doctors attended him but, not wanting Gordeau to have an open wound, and having determined that it would get infected if they tried to extract the teeth out, they simply taped his foot. Gordeau's punch had broke his hand as well, and he came to the next fight with a noticeably swollen fist.
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