Description
Dutch kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He learned submission fighting in
Japan, with Masakatsu Funaki as his chief trainer in Pancrase, became King of
Pancrase, and was the UFC's fourth heavyweight champion.
Teachers (1)
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Masakatsu Funaki
swordsCatch Wrestling
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“Funaki was the chief trainer in Japan for both Shamrock and Rutten, two
fighters who both beat him in the ring.”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The
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“you know Bas Rutten as a King of Pancrase and the UFC’s fourth heavyweight
champion. A Dutch kickboxer who soaked up the submission game like a sponge once
he came to Japan”
— Snowden, Jonathan; Shields, Kendall. (2010). The
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Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Bas Rutten. In Martialis: Martial Arts
Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M6C18DS7A4JT7XM8JM2ZVVDC - CC
BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
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@incollection{martialis_01M6C18DS7A4JT7XM8JM2ZVVDC, author = {Muñoz, Frederico},
title = {Bas Rutten}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database},
year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url =
{https://martial.is/entity/01M6C18DS7A4JT7XM8JM2ZVVDC}, urldate =
{ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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