Michael Kuiper
| Michael Kuiper | |
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| Born |
June 7, 1989 Riel, Netherlands |
| Other names | Judo |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13.2 st) |
| Division | Middleweight |
| Reach | 73 in (185 cm) |
| Style | Judo, Dutch kickboxing, Boxing, Dutch Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Muay Thai, BJJ, Wrestling, |
| Fighting out of | Tilburg, Netherlands |
| Team | Team Topfighter Belgium (www.teamtopfighter.com) |
| Rank |
purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt in Judo |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 17 |
| Wins | 13 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Website | www.teamtopfighter.com |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Michael Jan Hugo Kuiper (born June 7, 1989) is a Dutch mixed martial artist, best known for competing in the middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Kuiper comes from a judo background and holds a black belt in the discipline. He made his mixed martial arts debut in February 2009 and defeated his opponent, Ahmed Sultan, with a triangle choke. He went on to have a further six fights that same year, winning all of them in the first or second round. In 2009 he won the Belgium MMA title, and was rewarded with the MMA fighter of the year 2009.
After defeating David Marcina on November 20, 2010, he was set to return to the cage on December 4, 2010 to face Welsh boxer John Phillips at BAMMA 5: The Beast vs. Crazy Bear in Newcastle, England. But due to snowstorms in the UK the event was cancelled.
In his UFC debut Kuiper faced Rafael Natal on February 4, 2012 at UFC 143. He lost the back-and-forth fight via unanimous decision.
Kuiper faced Jared Hamman on August 11, 2012 at UFC 150. Kuiper defeated Hamman via second round TKO.
Kuiper was expected to face Thiago Perpetuo on January 19, 2013 at UFC on FX 7. However, Perpetuo suffered an injury and was replaced by Caio Magalhaes. On December 27, it was announced that Magalhaes had also pulled out of the bout and that Kuiper would be shifted to UFC on Fox 6 on January 26, 2013 to face Buddy Roberts. It was then announced on January 8 that Roberts had been forced out of the bout with an illness and was replaced by promotional newcomer Josh Janousek. Then just days before the event, Janousek himself pulled out of the bout citing an injury. With no time to find a suitable replacement for Kuiper, he was pulled from the event as well. This meant that 4 potential opponents for Kuiper (Perpetuo, Magalhaes, Roberts and Janousek) had all pulled out of the proposed bout.
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