Kit Cope
| Kit Cope | |
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| Born | Kristopher Lee Cope March 17, 1977 Williams, Arizona, United States |
| Other names | Cobra Doctor Havoc The Prophecy Part-Time Lover |
| Nationality | American |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 70.0 kg (154.3 lb; 11.02 st) |
| Division |
Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight |
| Reach | 72.5 in (184 cm) |
| Fighting out of | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States |
| Team | Twisted Genetiks Wand Fight Team SitWishan |
| Trainer |
Master Toddy Master Chan Nick Diaz |
| Rank | Purple belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 3 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 25 |
| Wins | 23 |
| By knockout | 9 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 13 |
| Wins | 6 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 3 |
| Losses | 7 |
| By submission | 6 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
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Kristopher Lee "Kit" Cope (born March 17, 1977) is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the FeatherweightLightweight and Welterweight divisions. A four-time professional Muay Thai World Champion, Cope also fought in the K-1, Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting promotions.
Kit Cope was born on Williams Air Force Base in Williams, Arizona and later relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. He began his fighting career as a Muay Thai kickboxer after having only one amateur bout, becoming professional, going 15-0 and winning, among other titles, the IKKC International Welterweight title, the WMTF World Welterweight title, the WMTA World Welterweight title, the ITBF World Light Welterweight title and the highly regarded IPMTO World Light Heavyweight Championship, which would later be renamed as the WPMF. Cope suffered the first loss of his career on November 22, 1999 when he was knocked out by Akeomi Nitta in the All Japan Kickboxing Federation in Tokyo, Japan. Cope was leading on the scorecards heading into the third round, but was slowing due to an onslaught of low kicks from Nitta, who scored a knockdown at the end of round three. Cope was able to beat the referee's count but Nitta switched to a high kick which left Cope unable to again beat the referee's count at the 2:21 mark of round three.
On March 17, 2000, accepting the bout on 1 week notice, Cope defeated reigning ISKA World Super Welterweight (-69.5 kg/153.2 lb) Muay Thai Champion Alex Gong by unanimous decision in a non-title bout in Las Vegas. He also fought in shoot boxing that year, losing a unanimous decision to Kenichi Ogata in Tokyo on May 21, 2000. Cope made his American K-1 debut on August 17, 2002 and stopped Heath Harris with a low kick, breaking Harris' femur in the opening round on the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas undercard.
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