Gerard Gordeau

MMAstatsbox|name=Gerard Gordeau


nick=
height=6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
weight=216 lb (98 kg)
nationality = flagicon|NLD Dutch
birthdate=birth date and age|year=1959|month=3|day=30
died=
fightingfrom=
hometown=Den Haag, Holland
fightteam=Kamakura
fightstyle=Savate , Kyokushin
wins=2
losses=2
draws=0
nocontest=0
ko=2
submissions=0|

Kancho Gerard Gordeau (born March 30, 1959) is a mixed martial arts fighter from The Hague, The Netherlands who competed against Teila Tuli in the first televised UFC fight. The match lasted only thirty seconds and was stopped after Gordeau knocked out one of Tuli's teeth with a kickFact|date=August 2008. The event announcers claimed that the tooth landed underneath their table. Gordeau also broke his own hand on Tuli's head after the kickFact|date=August 2008. Despite the injury, he fought twice more that night.After winning his second match, Gordeau lost to Royce Gracie in the championship bout of UFC 1.

Gordeau was also the world Savate champion and trainer for UFC fighter Remco Pardoel. He is remembered for his illegal and intentional eye-gouge of Yuki Nakai in the 1995 Japan Vale Tudo [Rickson Gracie: Choke -documentary(1999)] . Nakai went on to beat Gordeau by submission, but lost sight in his right eye from the gougeFact|date=August 2008.

Gordeau, along with his brothers, owns the Kamakura dojo in The Hague.

Mixed martial arts record

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align="center" colspan=7|2 Wins (2 KO's), 2 Losses (2 submissions).
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align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Outcome
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Details
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round, Time
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Notes
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4/20/1995
no2Loss
Yuki Nakai
VTJ 1995 - Vale Tudo Japan 1995
Submission (Heel Hook)
Round 4, 2:41
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11/12/1993
no2Loss
Royce Gracie
UFC 1 - The Beginning
Submission (Rear Naked Choke)
Round 1, 1:44
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11/12/1993
yes2Win
Kevin Rosier
UFC 1 - The Beginning
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 1, 0:59
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11/12/1993
yes2Win
Teila Tuli
UFC 1 - The Beginning
TKO (Kick to the Face)
Round 1, 0:26
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* 9th dan Kyokushinkai Karate (Budo-Kaikan)
* 7th dan Sei Budo Kai
* 4th dan Kyokushinkai Karate (N.K.A.)
* 2nd dan Full-Contact Karate (U.S.A.)
* Highest degree Savate (Boxe Francaise)
* 4th dan Oyama Karate

* 1977 Multiple Dutch Champion Kyokushin Karate
* 1977 Multiple European Champion Kyokushin Karate
* 1979 1st Kyokushin Karate Team Champion defeated Dolf Lundgren and Andy Hug
* 1979 Competing at World Championships Kyokushin Karate in Tokyo (Japan)
* 1983 Competing at World Championships Kyokushin Karate in Tokyo (Japan)
* 1987 Competing at World Championships Kyokushin Karate in Tokyo (Japan)
* From 1988 Multiple Savate World Champion super heavy weight (France)
* From 1988 Multiple Savate European Champion super heavy weight (France)
* 1989 1st Mixed fighter Tokyo Dome (Japan)
* 1989 1st Vale Tudo - Shooto Champion Tokyo Dome (Japan)
* 1990 1st Ultimate Fight (UFC-1) in Denver (U.S.A.) Final
* 1991 1st K1-Champion Tokyo Dome (Japan)
* 1991 1st Rings Champion Ariake Colosseum Tokyo (Japan)
* 1993 Champion Thai-Boxing Ramadajin (Thailand)
* 1994 World Champion Seido-Kan Karate

External links

*Sherdog|id=15|name=Gerard Gordeau
* http://www.kamakura.demon.nl/

References