Mark Selbee

Mark Selbee
Born	March 2, 1969 (1969-03-02) (age 42) Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	224 lb (102 kg; 16.0 st)
Division	Super Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing
Kickboxing record
Total	23
Wins	22
By knockout	12
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Mark Selbee (born March 2, 1969) is an American kickboxer from Atlanta, Georgia.^[1] He has recently expanded his knowledge of martial arts to include Brazilian jiu jitsu and currently trains out of Knuckle Up Fitness in Atlanta.

Career

Domestic dominance

On April 12, 2002, Selbee won the International Kickboxing Federation Amateur Full Contact Rules East Coast U.S. Heavyweight Championship by defeating Adrian Turpin via unanimous decision in Anderson, Georgia, USA. He then turned professional immediately afterwards and automatically gave up this title.

His success continued as a pro on February 1, 2003 when he defeated previous champion Kevin Hudson to win the International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules USA Heavyweight Championship in Atlanta, Georgia by split decision. Judge Ray Thompson scored it 97-89 Selbee, judge Jim Reneau scored it 96-91 Selbee while judge Sean Wohl scored it 95-94, Hudson. Selbee retired this title when he was awarded the North American Heavyweight Title on October 25, 2003 in Dalton, Georgia by forfeit when his scheduled opponent Dan Lucas split open his forehead in a freak accident at his home the day before their scheduled bout..

On his first defence on April 23, 2004 in Atlanta, Selbee defeated John James by TKO when James did not answer the bell after the 5th round due to a injury in his neck suffered in round 4. Selbee again retired his title since he won the International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules Super Heavyweight World Championship on September 11, 2004 in Atlanta. He defeated Raoul Doucet by TKO (three knockdown rule) at 1:09 of round 1 on September 11, 2004. He retired this title in October 2006.

K-1 career

On April 30, 2005, he made his K-1 debut against Tsuyoshi Nakasako at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas. He won the fight, a tournament Quarter Final bout, via decision after three rounds. However, he was injured during the fight and was forced to withdraw from the tournament and replaced by Scott Lighty.

He returned to K-1 later that year at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II on August 13 where he tasted defeat for the first time in his career as he was knocked out by Pat Barry in the first round.^[2]

Honors and titles

Mark has several awards of distinction which include, but are not limited to:

• International Kickboxing Federation Amateur Full Contact Rules East Coast U.S. Heavyweight Championship
• International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules USA Heavyweight Championship
• International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules North American Heavyweight Championship
• International Kickboxing Federation Pro Full Contact Rules Super Heavyweight World Championship

References

1. ^ Mark Selbee
2. ^ Fighters Profile of Mark Selbee

Persondata
Name	Selbee, Mark
Alternative names
Short description	Kickboxer
Date of birth	March 2, 1969
Place of birth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Date of death
Place of death