Ole Laursen
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| Born | Ole Baguio Laursen August 21, 1977 Manila, Philippines |
| Other names | Iron Fist |
| Nationality |
Filipino (Born) Danish (Raise) |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
| Division | Welterweight |
| Style | Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of | Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand |
| Team | Legacy Gym |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 56 |
| Wins | 36 |
| By knockout | 12 |
| Losses | 20 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 13 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 2 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By submission | 3 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Amateur career | |
| Total | 6 |
| Wins | 5 |
| By knockout | 5 |
| Losses | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.legacygym.com/ |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen (born August 21, 1977) is a Filipino-Danish Welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist currently competing in ONE FC's Lightweight division.
Laursen was born in Manila, Philippines to Danish father and a Spanish-Filipino mother and moved to Denmark with his family when he was two years old. Laursen got involved with martial arts through his older brother Christian, and was 15 when he began training in Muay Thai.
Laursen currently lives in Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand and fights out of his own Legacy Gym.
Laursen trained with Peter J McCarthy, the subject, director and producer of the documentary, Fight of Flight which won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival, New York as well as three other "Best Documentary" awards at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and California. Laursen assisted the production team in Ubon Ratchatani.
As an amateur Laursen had six fights before turning professional. He lost his first amateur bout, took a year off, and then came back with five straight wins – all by knockout, winning the 1998 Danish amateur kickboxing title in the process. He made his professional debut in 2000 and picked up his first major honour that summer, defeating Eval Denton to win the I.K.F. European title. Laursen relocated from Europe to San Diego in the United States, where he won the vacant I.M.T.C. Championship in 2001. However, he was unable to defend his title later on that year, losing a controversial decision to the Thai fighter Kongnapa in what many thought was a Laursen victory.
In 2002 Laursen made his first appearance for the K-1 organization at the K-1 World MAX 2002 USA in Denver, Colorado, where he made the final only to lose to U.S rival Duane Ludwig. This defeat meant that Laursen was unable to participate in the inaugural K-1 MAX final but he made up somewhat for that defeat by winning the prestigious King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of the year. In 2003 Laursen signed up with the newly formed European promotion SuperLeague where he faced Shane Chapman on his debut only to lose by decision. Despite this defeat Laursen had some initial success in SuperLeague with his Muay Thai style favouring five-round matches, going 4 and 2 with the organization by the end of 2004 and beating world champions such as Peter Crooke and Kamal El Amrani.
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