Bertrand Amoussou-Guenou
Encyclopedia
Bertrand Amoussou-Guenou (born May 29, 1966) is a retired French
mixed martial artist and judo
ka. He is a trainer for his younger brother Karl
of Team Amoussou and, following offical recognition of mixed martial arts in France, became the president of the national sanctioning body in January 2008.
, Senegal
to a Benin
ese instructor of judo and karate
. At the age of four he moved to France and began his training in judo in January 1977.
Amoussou was a national champion in judo and, as a member of the French national team for ten years, became the bronze medalist (78 kg) at the 1990 European Judo Championships. Amoussou became three-time world champion in Ju-Jitsu Combat (practically an amalgamation of judo and karate) and also trained kickboxing
with French full contact karate
ka Dominique Valera.
In 2004, Amoussou became the first Frenchman to win a Pride Fighting Championship bout.
|Win
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Rao Rao
| KO (punch)
| Pride Bushido 3
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|0:29
|Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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|Loss
|align=center|0-0-1
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Mushtaq Abdullah
| Submission (rear naked choke)
|Brazil Open - '95
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:33
|Brazil
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
mixed martial artist and judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...
ka. He is a trainer for his younger brother Karl
Karl Amoussou
Karl Amoussou is a French professional mixed martial artist. Amoussou is a M-1 Global, Dream and Strikeforce veteran and has fought for Cage Warriors.-MMA career:...
of Team Amoussou and, following offical recognition of mixed martial arts in France, became the president of the national sanctioning body in January 2008.
Life and career
Amoussou was born in DakarDakar
Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...
, Senegal
Senegal
Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...
to a Benin
Benin
Benin , officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It borders Togo to the west, Nigeria to the east and Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Its small southern coastline on the Bight of Benin is where a majority of the population is located...
ese instructor of judo and karate
Karate
is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
. At the age of four he moved to France and began his training in judo in January 1977.
Amoussou was a national champion in judo and, as a member of the French national team for ten years, became the bronze medalist (78 kg) at the 1990 European Judo Championships. Amoussou became three-time world champion in Ju-Jitsu Combat (practically an amalgamation of judo and karate) and also trained kickboxing
Kickboxing
Kickboxing refers to a group of martial arts and stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate, Muay Thai and western boxing....
with French full contact karate
Full contact karate
Full contact karate is a wide term used to differentiate between competition formats of karate where competitors spar full-contact and allow knockout as winning criterion, and those competitions that use light contact/semi contact point sparring where a knockout is regarded as a foul.The term is...
ka Dominique Valera.
In 2004, Amoussou became the first Frenchman to win a Pride Fighting Championship bout.
Mixed martial arts record
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| align=center|1-0-1
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Rao Rao| KO (punch)
| Pride Bushido 3
PRIDE Bushido 3
Pride Bushido 3 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Pride Fighting Championships. It took place at the Yokohama Arena in Yokohama, Japan on May 23, 2004. The fight card was highlighted by three fights between Team Gracie and Team Japan....
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| style="text-align:center;"|2
| style="text-align:center;"|0:29
|Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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|Loss
|align=center|0-0-1
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Mushtaq Abdullah| Submission (rear naked choke)
|Brazil Open - '95
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| style="text-align:center;"|1
| style="text-align:center;"|2:33
|Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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