Joe Son
| Joe Son | |
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| Born |
Joseph Hyungmin Son November 22, 1970 South Korea |
| Criminal penalty | Life imprisonment |
| Criminal status | Incarcerated in Salinas Valley State Prison |
| Conviction(s) | Torture |
| Joe Son | |
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| Born | Joseph Hyungmin Son November 22, 1970 South Korea |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) |
| Weight | 236 lb (107 kg; 16.9 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 4 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 3 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
| Son Hyungmin | |
| Hangul | 손형민 |
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| Revised Romanization | Son Hyeong-min |
| McCune–Reischauer | Son Hyǒng-min |
Joseph Hyungmin "Joe" Son (Korean: 손형민; born November 22, 1970) is a South Korean born, American convicted felon and a former mixed martial artist and actor. He is currently serving life in prison in California for torture.
Son was born in South Korea. He moved to California at an early age.
Son was a mixed martial arts fighter and retired with a record of 0–4. Though he had appeared before in Ultimate Fighting Championship's UFC 3 as Kimo Leopoldo's cornerman, Son had his proper debut at the UFC 4 event, entering the tournament billed as a taekwondo black belt and founder of a style called "Jo Son Do". He was pitted against kenpo fighter Keith Hackney, whom Son outweighted by 30 pounds. Son was able to perform a takedown and a guillotine choke attempt, but Hackney countered by punching Son's groin repeatedly, which was legal under the rules of the event. Keith then performed a blood choke with his fingers and Son tapped out, being eliminated from the tournament.
After his fight in UFC, he competed a match for the K-1 kickboxing federation, facing established star Nobuaki Kakuda. The much heavier Son initially led the pace with body shots and knees, scoring a mild knockdown by right hook, but he was eventually knocked out by Kakuda via high kick and punches.
In 2002, Son debuted for Japanese promotion PRIDE Fighting Championships, fighting Takada Dojo exponent Yusuke Imamura at the PRIDE The Best Vol.2. He infamously wore a leopard thong with the PRIDE logo and sported eye makeup, as well as a bowler hat at his entrance, and hugged Imamura during the staredown. The bout was short, and Son quit after he was taken down and almost slid out the ring, claiming an elbow injury.
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