Niko Puhakka

Niko Puhakka
Niko Puhakka
Born December 7, 1979 (1979-12-07) (age 31)
Uusimaa, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Height 1.78m / 5'10"
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11.0 st)
Division Lightweight (2007–present)
Welterweight (2002–2003)
Middleweight (2004-2005)
Style Boxing, Judo, Wrestling
Fighting out of Helsinki, Finland
Team Espoon Kehahait
Years active 2002–present
Mixed martial arts record
Total 35
Wins 24
By knockout 5
By submission 7
By decision 10
Losses 11
By knockout 2
By submission 8
By decision 1
Draws 0
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: April 29, 2011

Niko Puhakka (born December 7, 1979) is a Finnish mixed martial artist, who competes in the lightweight division. He has fought around the world in a number of promotions including KSW and M-1 Global. He is known for having numerous neo-Nazi tattoos.[1]

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Career

Puhakka began his martial arts training at five years old when he took up Judo. He began training in mixed martial arts in 2001 after watching the Ultimate Fighting Championship.[2]

His first professional fight came in April 2002, and he went on to win his first eight fights, mostly as a middleweight or welterweight, over the course of two years. His first loss came at the hands of Gegard Mousasi in September 2004 when he was submitted. He also lost his following three fights after this. After almost two years without a professional fight, he returned to the ring in February 2007 to compete in the lightweight division which seemed to suit his 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) frame better as he soon returned to the winning category.

In 2008, he joined M-1 Global to represent Team Finland in the 2008-09 M-1 Challenge Season, and held a record of four wins and two losses in the competition. Following this, he returned to Finland to fight.

On September 18, 2010, he took part in KSW's Lightweight tournament in Łódź, Poland. He defeated Borys Mankowski in the qurter-finals, and in the semi-final, he beat Danny van Bergen. In the final, he will face Maciej Górski.[3]

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 24-11 United States John Gunderson Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival 31 02011-10-01October 1, 2011 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 23-11 Spain Manuel Garcia Submission (rear-naked choke) Cage 15: Powerd by Reezig 02011-04-29April 29, 2011 1 3:00 Espoo, Finland
Win 22-11 Poland Maciej Górski Submission (arm-triangle choke) KSW XV 02011-03-19March 19, 2011 2 3:20 Warsaw, Poland Lightweight Tournament final bout.
Win 21-11 Croatia Ivica Truscek Submission (rear-naked choke) Fight Festival 29 02011-01-31January 31, 2011 1 1:08 Helsinki, Finland
Loss 20-11 Brazil Luiz Azeredo Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival 28 02010-10-16October 16, 2010 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 20-10 Netherlands Danny van Bergen Decision (unanimous) KSW XIV 02010-09-18September 18, 2010 2 5:00 Łódź, Poland Lightweight Tournament semi-final bout.
Win 19-10 Poland Borys Mankowski Submission (anaconda choke) KSW XIV 02010-09-18September 18, 2010 2 3:59 Łódź, Poland Lightweight Tournament quarter-final bout.
Win 18-10 Poland Artur Sowinski Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival Goes Kaisaniemi 02010-06-16June 16, 2010 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Loss 17-10 Brazil Marcus Aurélio Submission (rear-naked choke) Fight Festival 27 02010-03-13March 13, 2010 2 2:40 Helsinki, Finland
Win 17-9 France Johnny Frachey Decision (unanimous) Shooto Finland: Helsinki Fight Night 02009-11-28November 28, 2009 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 16-9 United States Brian Geraghty Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival 26 02009-10-17October 17, 2009 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 15-9 Bulgaria Yanko Yanev TKO (punches) 2009 M-1 Challenge Season 02009-07-04July 4, 2009 1 2:16 Seoul, South Korea
Loss 14-9 Brazil Renato Migliaccio Submission (armbar) 2009 M-1 Challenge Season 02009-03-14March 14, 2009 1 4:18 Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Loss 14-8 France Bendy Casimir Submission (guillotine choke) Fight Festival 25 02009-03-14March 14, 2009 2 1:35 Helsinki, Finland
Win 14-7 France Maktar Gueye Decision (unanimous) 2009 M-1 Challenge Season 02008-11-26November 26, 2008 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 13-7 Lithuania Erikas Petraitis Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival 24 02008-09-20September 20, 2008 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Loss 12-7 Russia Mikhail Malyutin Submission (rear-naked choke) 2009 M-1 Challenge Season 02008-06-27June 27, 2008 2 3:16 St. Petersburg, Russia
Win 12-6 United States David Martinez Submission (kimura) 2009 M-1 Challenge Season 02008-05-31May 31, 2008 1 3:47 San Agustin, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
Win 11-6 South Korea Jong Man Kim Submission (triangle choke) 2009 M-1 Challenge Season 02008-04-03April 3, 2008 1 N/A St. Petersburg, Russia
Loss 10-6 Lithuania Erikas Petraitis Technical Submission (guillotine choke) Hero's Lithuania 2007 02010-05-29May 29, 2010 2 2:55 Vilnius, Lithuania
Win 10-5 Netherlands Furdjel de Windt Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival 22 02007-09-22September 22, 2007 3 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Loss 9-5 Germany Ulas Aslan Submission (armbar) Fight Festival 21 02007-03-17March 17, 2007 3 0:44 Helsinki, Finland
Win 9-4 Lithuania Arunas Jurgelenas TKO (cut) Fight Festival 20 02007-02-03February 3, 2007 2 1:55 Tampere, Finland Lightweight debut.
Loss 8-4 Lithuania Valdas Pocevicius TKO Fight Festival 14 02005-04-09April 9, 2005 1 0:55 Tampere, Finland
Loss 8-3 Belarus Aleksandr Sukhonosov TKO Fight Festival 13 02005-02-28February 28, 2005 2 2:40 Helsinki, Finland
Loss 8-2 Lithuania Petras Markevicius Submission (triangle choke) The Cage Vol. 1: First Time in Finland 02004-10-02October 2, 2004 1 3:53 Helsinki, Finland
Loss 8-1 Netherlands Gegard Mousasi Submission (rear naked choke) Fight Festival 11 02004-09-11September 11, 2004 2 2:17 Helsinki, Finland
Win 8-0 Latvia Roman Dabolinsh TKO (corner stoppage) Kamppailuilta 02004-04-23April 23, 2004 1 2:49 Lohja, Finland
Win 7-0 Belarus Valentin Siouljine DQ Fight Festival 9 02003-10-20October 20, 2003 3 1:40 Helsinki, Finland
Win 6-0 Estonia Sergey Haritonov Submission (choke) Fight Festival 8 02003-09-01September 1, 2003 1 4:30 Helsinki, Finland
Win 5-0 Russia Danila Veselov Decision (majority) Fight Festival 6 02003-01-20January 20, 2003 2 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 4-0 Czech Republic Roman Vanicky N/A Night of the Gladiators 17 02002-12-05December 5, 2002 N/A N/A Brumlovka, Czech Republic
Win 3-0 Russia Roman Bagirov Decision (unanimous) Fight Festival 5 02002-09-02September 2, 2002 2 5:00 Helsinki, Finland
Win 2-0 Finland Jani Jarvenpaa TKO Tammerfight 1 02002-05-18May 18, 2002 2 4:06 Tampere, Finland
Win 1-0 Finland Jouni Nyman TKO EKH: National Vale Tudo Competition 02002-04-21April 21, 2002 1 0:42 Espoo, Finland MMA debut.

External links

References

  1. ^ Clothing Company with Racist Ties Banned by MMA Leagues
  2. ^ Niko Puhakka: “(Yanev) has nothing I can’t handle”
  3. ^ KSW 14 – Mariusz Pudzianowski defeats Eric “Butterbean” Esch early in the first round

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