Remco Pardoel
| Remco Pardoel | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 23, 1969 Oss, Netherlands |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 250 lb (110 kg; 18 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Team | Pardoel Sports |
| Rank |
Black belt in Judo Black belt in Taekwondo 2nd Degree Black Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu |
| Years active | 1994 - 2003 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 18 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 6 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| By submission | 4 |
| By decision | 1 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Remco Pardoel (born May 23, 1969) is a retired Dutchmixed martial artist. He competed in the heavyweight division. He has fought in promotions such as the UFC, Shooto and Pancrase. He was a junior national champion in Judo in 1988, and a competitive BJJ grappler. He made his MMA debut at UFC 2, eventually losing to Royce Gracie. Over the course of his career he fought Vernon White, Minoru Suzuki, and Marco Ruas.
Pardoel began his martial arts career at age 4 when he first began training in judo. At age 7, he began training in taekwondo and took up jiu-jitsu at age 11. He won gold at the 1988 Junior National Judo Championships in the Netherlands, followed by a number of jiu-jitsu titles across Europe. He first came across Brazilian jiu-jitsu in 1993 when the sport's first World Championship was held in Denmark. There, he met Fabio Gurgel and Romero Cavalcanti, who taught him some of the sport's techniques. He would invite Cavalcanti back to the Netherlands on numerous occasions to teach classes and do seminars in his hometown of Oss, starting in 1993.
In 1994, Pardoel was invited to Ultimate Fighting Championship at its event UFC 2 in United States. Cornered by UFC 1 runner-up Gerard Gordeau, Remco was billed as a jiu-jitsu fighter, and was pitted in the first round of the tournament against Alberto Cerra León, a Spanish pencak silat practitioner. The bout was long and violent, as although Pardoel threw León to the ground early, the Spaniard resisted his armlock attempts and even tried an illegal fish hook in repeated occasions. At the end, Pardoel submitted him with an armbar. The Dutch fighter was later quoted as: "Alberto was the reason to enter the UFC for me… In Europe, the guys from pencak silat and wing chun are badmouthing all other styles by saying and writing that they are invincible, which [they're] not. So the best way to prove that they are wrong is to challenge them."
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