Jason Suttie | |
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Born |
Apia, Western Samoa |
7 August 1973
Other names | Psycho |
Nationality |
Samoan New Zealander |
Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg; 16 st) |
Division |
Super Middleweight Light Heavyweight Cruiserweight Heavyweight Super Heavyweight |
Style | Kickboxing, Boxing |
Fighting out of | Auckland, New Zealand |
Team | ETK (2000-present) Ihara Dojo (1993-99) Balmoral Lee Gar (1992-2000) |
Trainer | Roger Earp Lolo Heimuli |
Years active | 1993–2008 |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 3 |
Losses | 0 |
Draws | 0 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 89 |
Wins | 71 |
By knockout | 27 |
Losses | 16 |
By knockout | 3 |
Draws | 2 |
Mixed martial arts record | |
Total | 1 |
Wins | 0 |
Losses | 1 |
By submission | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
Other information | |
Website | http://www.jasonsuttie.com |
Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog |
Jason "Psycho" Suttie (born 7 August 1973) is a Samoan-born New Zealand former heavyweight kickboxer and 6 time Muay Thai World champion fighting out of Elite Thai Kickboxing Gym in Auckland, New Zealand.
In his youth Suttie fought under the great NZ trainer Lollo Heimuli of the gym Balmoral Lee Gar, training alongside Ray Sefo, Jayson Vemoa and Doug Viney. Having some 25 fights before opening his own gym, Jason has been very successful both as an amateur and professional kickboxer. As an amateur he took a New Zealand title and the South Pacific super middleweight and light heavyweight titles.
Jason now owns and runs his gym Elite Thai Kickboxing with his partner Roger Earp in Auckland, New Zealand.
In 1996 Jason graduated from Auckland with a B.A. in education and in the same year was the first Kiwi to fight in the K-1 kickboxing promotion, at his fight Ray Sefo was in the audience negotiating his K-1 contract.
In 1997 Jason won his first world title and by 2000 he had racked up five more world titles in five different weight divisions from super middleweight (76 kg) through to super heavyweight (95 kg) with four different federations.
Jason Suttie now promotes King in the Ring to find NZ's most promising upcoming fighters.