Lee Tae-Hyun

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name=Lee Tae-hyun


height=6'4 / 196cm
weight=304 lbs / 138 kg
birthdate=Birth date and age|1975|1|17|mf=y
nationality=flagicon|KOR South Korean
hometown=Kyungbuk, South Korea
fightteam=Yoshida dojo
fightstyle=Ssireum
wins=1
ko=1
submissions=0
losses=2
draws=0|

Lee Tae-Hyun, born January 17, 1975 in Korea, was a dominant ssireum fighter and later mixed martial artist. His ssireum record was outstanding with 472 wins, which is still best overall winning record in Korean ssireum history.

Professional career

ireum

Lee made his professional ssireum debut in August, 1993 joining Chunggu pro-ssireum club. He was already expected to be an outstanding athlete before his debut since after showeing potential as an amateur player. From participating in Chunggu ssireum club to declaring his retirement from ssireum, he recorded 472 wins (the most winning record in Korean pro-ssireum history) and 158 losses. Because of his winning record he received the honorable nickname "The crown prince of the sand-ground" (referring to the ssireum match field).

After his retirement from Ssrieum, Lee completed his thesis and earned his PhD [ [http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview.htm?linkid=17&articleid=2007102908590088724&newssetid=84 : 야후! 미디어 - 세상을 만나는 창 ] ] .

MMA

After the retirement from ssireum, Lee, who was originally determined to go on academic way as a College lecturer, announced his debut in MMA making a contract with PRIDE. He made his MMA debut on September 10, 2006, at PRIDE Openweight GP 2006, against Ricardo Morais, a behemoth Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter. At the beginning of the fight, Lee displayed his takedown-skills derived from his original ssireum background but ended up running out of stamina after Morais mounted his own offence. Fact|date=June 2008

After the loss Lee trained in Russia for several months with the Red Devil Sport Club, and later with Akira Shoji [ [http://www.mfight.co.kr/serial/viewbody_ex.php?code=mfight_board_serial2&page=3&number=205&keyfield=&key= ¿¥ÆÄÀÌÆ®-¹ÏÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÝÅõ±â ´º½º ½Å¼¼±â °ÝÅõ½ºÆ÷Ã÷ÀÇ ±æ¶óÀâÀÌ ] ] and Hidehiko Yoshida's Yoshida dojo [ [http://www.mfight.co.kr/news/viewbody.php?code=mfight_board_news&number=6721 ¿¥ÆÄÀÌÆ®-¹ÏÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÝÅõ±â ´º½º ½Å¼¼±â °ÝÅõ½ºÆ÷Ã÷ÀÇ ±æ¶óÀâÀÌ ] ] [ [http://www.mfight.co.kr/news/viewbody.php?code=mfight_board_news&number=7019 ¿¥ÆÄÀÌÆ®-¹ÏÀ» ¼ö ÀÖ´Â °ÝÅõ±â ´º½º ½Å¼¼±â °ÝÅõ½ºÆ÷Ã÷ÀÇ ±æ¶óÀâÀÌ ] ] . His next fight was for K-1 Hero's where he defeated Yoshihisa Yamamoto by TKO.

MMA record

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align="center" colspan=8|1 Wins(1 TKO), 2 Losses (1 TKO), 0 Draws.
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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"|Result
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"|Method
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Round
align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Time
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6/15/2008
no2Loss
flagicon|NED Alistair Overeem

KO (Punches)
Round 1
0:36
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10/28/2007
style="background: #ccffcc"|Win
flagicon|Japan Yoshihisa Yamamoto
K-1 Hero's in Seoul
TKO (Punches)
Round 1
1:03
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09/10/2006
style="background: #ffcccc"|Loss
flagicon|Brazil Ricardo Morais
PRIDE Openweight GP Final
TKO (Corner Stoppage)
Round 1
8:08
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