Lee Hasdell
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| Born | Lee John Hasdell 13 December 1966 Northampton, England |
| Other names | Kagemusha Godfather of UK MMA The Gatekeeper |
| Nationality | British |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Division |
Super-Welterweight - Super-Heavyweight (Kickboxing) Heavyweight/Open-weight - Light-Heavyweight (Mixed martial arts) |
| Style | Shin Senjutsu |
| Fighting out of | Milton Keynes, England |
| Team | SSJ |
| Rank |
7th Degree Black Belt in Kickboxing 7th Degree Black Belt in Karate 2nd Degree Black Belt in Kudo Black Belt in Jujutsu Black Belt in Japanese Submission Arts |
| Years active | 1989–1996, 2000 & 2002 (Kickboxing) 1995–2001, 2004 & 2007 (MMA) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 59 |
| Wins | 43 |
| By knockout | 28 |
| Losses | 16 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 33 |
| Wins | 13 |
| By knockout | 7 |
| By submission | 5 |
| By disqualification | 1 |
| Losses | 16 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| By submission | 7 |
| By decision | 5 |
| Draws | 3 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.ssjstudio.net/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Lee Hasdell (born 13 December 1966, in Northampton, England) is a British Martial artist and former Professional Kickboxer and Mixed martial artist. Hasdell is considered by many as a true pioneer of UK Mixed martial arts, as he was the main driving force and innovator in the 90’s. Hasdell promoted the first professional Mixed martial arts events in the United Kingdom and has helped develop many of the standards within the British MMA scene of today.
He started his professional career in 1989, as a Thai Boxer, becoming a 3-time British champion in Kickboxing and Thai Boxing. He is also one of the first British fighters to compete in K-1 in 1995. Later in 1996, Hasdell became the inaugural winner of the Oktagon, an eight-man Shootboxing tournament held in Milan, Italy. By this time, Hasdell had already began transitioning into Mixed martial arts as a Shootfighter and made his official debut in February 1996. From 1997 he would spend most of his career fighting for Fighting Network RINGS in Japan.
Lee Hasdell is a RINGS veteran, fighting for them 22 times between 1996 and 2001, while also promoting RINGS UK. Throughout his career, Hasdell has fought in organisations and events such as K-1, Fenasco Oktagon, Fighting Network RINGS, IAFC – Absolute Fighting Championships, Cage Rage and has also competed in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.
Hasdell began martial arts in 1979 at the age of 12, he learned Taekwondo under Morris Young who was the European Full Contact Taekwondo Heavyweight champion. Lee Later took up boxing and then karate as he felt that it was more of a mixed style that suited his stand up. After winning a number of local tournaments he decided to study full-contact Karate. In 1985 when he was 18 he started weight training and kickboxing. In 1987 he moved to Milton Keynes from Northampton where he began Thai Boxing. Hasdell was taught by Brian Walker, one of Master Toddy's first generation instructors, he remained with his instructor for six years.
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