Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten
Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten]; born 24 February 1965) is a Dutch retired mixed martial artist, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and Muay Thai kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three-time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak. FightMextrix wrote this when Rutten got inducted into the UFC Hall Of Fame: "FightMetric, the official statistics provider for the UFC, ran the numbers on Rutten’s career. They back up the Dutchman’s inclusion into the...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionMMA Fighter
Date of Birth24 February 1965
CityTilburg, Netherlands
I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.
I was this kid who never sat down. Nobody liked me? Well, I'd make sure they'd like me. I was the class clown, always doing crazy stuff and causing riots.
No beer before 5 p.m., wait... did I just say that?
Keep everything simple, don't try anything crazy and all your strikes must be hard! NOTHING WEAK, no jabs or weak attacks.
Everybody's beatable. Mixed martial arts, there's many ways to win, and that also means there are many ways to lose, as well.
A true champion is one who sweats from exhaustion when no one is watching.
I am there for the best interests of the fighters, I want them to win. If they don’t accept that, bye bye.
I knew everything in the forest. I had a secret home tree, where I pretty much lived. I also liked rooftops and streetlamps. My parents would get calls saying 'He's out there again.'
Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
A champion is someone who sweats to exhaustion, even when no one else is watching
Everybody underestimates the kick to the groin.
You can buy muscles, but you can't buy COJONES!
Fedor has no weakness. I have seen so many fights, and even the best fighters in the world have a flaw in their game but I have yet to find one in Fedor Emelianenko.
As long as you fight, you cannot lose... if you leave everything out there, it doesn't matter if you win or lose. To me you can never lose.