Moti Horenstein

Moti Horenstein
Born	Hanshi Moti Horenstein March 23, 1964 (1964-03-23) (age 47)
Other names	The Hammer
Nationality	Israeli American
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st)
Division	Light Heavyweight
Style	Survival Hisardut
Fighting out of	Spring Valley, New York
Years active	1996–2000
Mixed martial arts record
Total	7
Wins	1
By knockout	1
Losses	6
By knockout	2
By submission	4
Website	http://www.hisardut.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Moti Horenstein (March 23, 1965) is an Israeli-American martial artist.

Early Training and Fight History

Beginning his training at the age of five, Horenstein captured three Junior Champion of Israel titles before induction in the army in 1983. Serving his required service but in no special capacity in the army, he was discharged. His skills in Krav Maga and training under Dr. Dennis Hannover, the premier exponent of Krav Maga in Israel, gained Moti the infamy and mystique of the Israel Special Forces, although he never served in them. Horenstein won three Champion of Israel titles in the adult heavyweight division.^{[citation needed]} Horenstein expanded his fighting repertoire by training in several other disciplines, from traditional Oriental styles to modern Mixed Martial Arts. His championship titles include Oyama (Westchester, NY, 1995), Shidokan (Chicago, 1996 and 1997), and Mas Oyama (Rochester, 1997).^{[citation needed]} He competed internationally in several mixed martial arts competitions, including Ultimate Test (Atlantic City, 1995, and Costa Rica, 1996), Ultimate Fighting Challenge (Fair Park, Alabama, 1996), No Holds Barred (Amsterdam, 1998), and the Bas Rutten Invitational (Littleton, Colorado, 1999).

Development of World Survival Hisardut

Horenstein’s training expanded with Miki Erez, who had studied Krav Maga with the founder of the style Imi Lichtenfeld. A former Israeli Air Force Pilot who overcame near-paralysis in a helicopter crash, Erez and Horenstein combined traditional Oriental styles with Hisardut (from the Hebrew term השרדות, meaning “survival,” an advanced form of Krav Maga) to create World Survival Hisardut. The style emphasizes simple, efficient movements while upright, and a range of powerful submissions to be used in ground fighting. World Survival Hisardut emphasizes real-world self-defense skills, from predator avoidance skills for children to self-defense skills for the elderly. The style marks progression with thirteen belts, requiring students to develop proficiency in hand-to-hand combat, knife defense, gun defense, and weapons training in Nunchaku, escrima, and short blades. Additional advanced weapons training in bo, kama, sai, sword, and Israeli Instinctive Shooting is available for qualified students. Horenstein operates two schools in New York and Florida.

Other Activities

Horenstein has a number of film credits, most recently as a bodyguard in Miami Vice (Michael Mann, 2006). He frequently serves as a consultant and instructor to the US Military and police forces around the country. He is married to Melissa Horenstein. He recently appeared in the season 2 finale of Deadliest Warrior, entitled "Navy SEAL vs. Israeli Commando", as one of the "experts" on the Commando, despite never being a Commando himself.

MMA

From 1996 to 2000 Horenstein competed in seven MMA fights. He participated in the early (no-rules) UFC Heavyweight tournaments and lost in both of his attempts in the first round.^[1][2] One loss was to Mark Kerr and the other to Mark Coleman. Both were TKOs in the first 3 minutes. His mma record is 1 - 6.

Professional record breakdown
7 matches	1 win	6 losses
By knockout	1	2
By submission	0	4
By decision	0	0

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	1-6	Alexandre Ferreira	Submission (keylock)	2 Hot 2 Handle	02000-05-03 May 3, 2000	1	2:43	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Loss	1-5	Bob Schrijber	Submission (punches)	Amsterdam Absolute Championship 2	01999-11-27 November 27, 1999	1	3:04	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	1-4	Patrick Smith	KO (kicks)	Bas Rutten Invitational 2	01999-04-24 April 24, 1999	1	0:26	Littleton, Colorado, United States
Loss	0-4	Bob Schrijber	KO	Amsterdam Absolute Championship 1	01998-10-25 October 25, 1998			Amsterdam, Netherlands
Loss	0-3	Oleg Taktarov	Submission (kneebar)	National Freesparring	01998-02-21 February 21, 1998	1	3:24	Kazakhstan
Loss	0-2	Mark Kerr	TKO (punches)	UFC 14	01997-07-27 July 27, 1997	1	2:22	Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Loss	0-1	Mark Coleman	Submission (punches)	UFC 10	01996-07-12 July 12, 1996	1	2:43	Birmingham, Alabama, United States

References

1. ^ "UFC 10 results". http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.home&eid=12. 
2. ^ "UFC 14 results". http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=EventDetail.home&eid=17. 

External links

• Professional MMA record for Moti Horenstein from Sherdog
• USADOJO Biography of Moti Horenstein
• The Most Dicked Over Fighter In UFC History

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Name	Horenstein, Moti
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Date of birth	March 23, 1964
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