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Kevin Rosier is an American

United States

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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....

, boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

and mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

. He had much success as a kickboxer, winning a number of titles, but did not transition particularly well into the world of boxing and was mostly seen as a journeyman

Journeyman (boxing)

A journeyman boxer is defined as a fighter who has adequate boxing skill, but does not have the caliber of a contender or gatekeeper. Outside of boxing, a "journeyman" is a trader or crafter who has completed an apprenticeship, but is not at the level of a master craftsman...

fighter. Notably, he also took part at the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

event in 1993 where he reached the semi-finals.

Career

Rosier spent the majority of his fighting career in 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....

where he held a record of 66 wins, all by knockout, and 8 losses. He was also the 3x WKA

World Kickboxing Association

The World Kickboxing Association is one of the oldest and the largest amateur and professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing in the world for the sport. Its official name is "World Kickboxing and Karate Association"....

World Super Heavyweight Champion and ISKA

International Sport Karate Association

The International Sport Karate Association is one of the major international bodies regulating karate and kickboxing matches, and is based in the United States...

North American Super Heavyweight Champion. His kickboxing career began in the 1980s and his last bout came in 1999 when he lost to Mike Labree.

He also had a 12-year career as a professional boxer

Professional Boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...

in which he held a 7-17 record. He fought between 1989 and 2001 and came up against a number of high-profile opponents including Josué Blocus

Josué Blocus

Josué Edmond Blocus is a French heavyweight boxer best known to compete in the 1996 Olympics.-Amateur:Blocus is a black Frenchman whose family is from Guadeloupe....

, Roman Bugaj

Roman Bugaj

Roman Bugaj is a Polish heavyweight boxer. Before turning to boxing he was an amateur kickboxer - winning a European title. -Career:He turned professional in 1999...

, Tye Fields

Tye Fields

Tye "Big Sky" Fields is an American heavyweight boxer.-Career:Tye Fields grew up in Beaverton, Oregon. Fields played college basketball and was a starter at forward for San Diego State University. Fields never was an amateur...

, Vincent Maddalone

Vincent Maddalone

Vincent Maddalone is an American boxer and is a fringe contender in the heavyweight division.Maddalone, a hard-hitting brawler, turned pro in 1999 and is a popular fighter who is often featured on ESPN...

, Joe Mesi

Joe Mesi

"Baby" Joe Mesi is an American boxer and politician from Tonawanda, New York. He is a registered member of the Democratic Party.- Early life :...

, Nikolai Valuev

Nikolai Valuev

Nikolai Sergeyevich Valuev or Valuyev is a retired professional boxer and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. In his most recent fight , he lost the title to David Haye via 12-round majority decision...

, Taurus Sykes

Taurus Sykes

Taurus Jabbar Sykes, is a professional boxer. He has been fighting as a heavyweight, and has fought against several contenders, and currently holds a record of 25-5-1.-Overview:...

and Paea Wolfgramm.

In 1993, he compteted at UFC 1

UFC 1

The Ultimate Fighting Championship was the first mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship , held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, on November 12, 1993...

, the very first mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship

Ultimate Fighting Championship

The Ultimate Fighting Championship is the largest mixed martial arts promotion company in the world that hosts most of the top-ranked fighters in the sport...

. He defeated 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,...

ka Zane Frazier

Zane Frazier

"Nasty" Zane Frazier is an American former Karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Notably, he took part at the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship event in 1993.-Career:...

by TKO in the quarterfinals when the towel was thrown in. In the semifinals, he came up against Dutch savate

Savate

Savate , also known as boxe française, French boxing, French kickboxing or French footfighting, is a French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed unlike some systems such as Muay...

fighter Gerard Gordeau

Gerard Gordeau

Gerard Gordeau is a retired Dutch savateur, karateka, and mixed martial artist. He is the 1991 World Champion Savate and holder of the Dutch Champion Kyokushin Karate title for 8 consecutive years, but foremost known internationally for his fight against Teila Tuli in the first televised Ultimate...

and lost via TKO. After this, he continued to compete in MMA and next fought at UFC 4

UFC 4

UFC 4: Revenge of the Warriors was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 16, 1994, at the Expo Center Pavilion in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The event was seen live on pay-per-view, and later released on home video.-History:UFC 4 used an eight-man tournament...

where he lost via submission 14 seconds into his bout with "The Ghetto Man" Joe Charles. He competed five more time in MMA, losing four and winning one, and retired with a record of 2 wins and six losses.

Mixed martial arts record

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Canada

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Canada

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United States Dan Severn

Dan Severn

Daniel DeWayne Severn is an American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, notable for his success in the early years of Ultimate Fighting Championship tournaments. Severn has fought and wrestled for many mixed martial arts and professional wrestling promotions, including King of the...

Conesville, Iowa

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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United States Dan Severn

Dan Severn

United States

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Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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United States Joe Charles
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UFC 4

Tulsa, Oklahoma

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, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Netherlands Gerard Gordeau

Gerard Gordeau

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|UFC 1

UFC 1

The Ultimate Fighting Championship was the first mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship , held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, on November 12, 1993...

Denver, Colorado

The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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United States Zane Frazier

Zane Frazier

"Nasty" Zane Frazier is an American former Karateka, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. Notably, he took part at the inaugural Ultimate Fighting Championship event in 1993.-Career:...

|TKO
|UFC 1

UFC 1

The Ultimate Fighting Championship was the first mixed martial arts event by the Ultimate Fighting Championship , held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, on November 12, 1993...

Denver, Colorado

, United States

United States

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Professional boxing record

7 Wins (6 knockouts, 1 decision, 0 disqualification), 17 Losses , 0 Draws, 0 No Contests
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	7-17	Carlton Johnson	UD	6 , 3:00	01/12/2001	Chester, West Virginia Chester, West Virginia Chester is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,592 at the 2000 census. Chester was established in 1896, but not incorporated until 1907. The city is... , US United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Josué Blocus

Josué Edmond Blocus is a French heavyweight boxer best known to compete in the 1996 Olympics.-Amateur:Blocus is a black Frenchman whose family is from Guadeloupe....

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Villeurbanne

Villeurbanne is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest city in the department.-History:The current location of...

, France

France

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Tye Fields

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Mashantucket, Connecticut, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Keith Govan
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Worley, Idaho

Worley is a city in southwestern Kootenai County, Idaho, United States. The population was 223 at the 2000 census. The city is within the Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation.-Geography:...

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Vinny Maddalone
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Yonkers, New York

Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Roman Bugaj

Roman Bugaj is a Polish heavyweight boxer. Before turning to boxing he was an amateur kickboxer - winning a European title. -Career:He turned professional in 1999...

|UD|| 4 , 3:00
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Rosemont, Illinois

Rosemont is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States located immediately northwest of Chicago. The village was incorporated in 1956, though it had been settled long before that...

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Taurus Sykes

Taurus Jabbar Sykes, is a professional boxer. He has been fighting as a heavyweight, and has fought against several contenders, and currently holds a record of 25-5-1.-Overview:...

|PTS|| 4 , 3:00
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New York, New York, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Shannon Miller
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Verona, New York

Verona is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,425 at the 2000 census. The source of the town name is unknown, though it's possibly named after Verona, Italy....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Brian Hollins
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Buffalo, New York

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, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Derrick Brown
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Verona, New York

Verona is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,425 at the 2000 census. The source of the town name is unknown, though it's possibly named after Verona, Italy....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Bradley Rone
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Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,946. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 26,675....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Dave Slaughter
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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Ed Gissendanner
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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

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Tony Velasco
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Tampa, Florida

Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Joe Mesi

"Baby" Joe Mesi is an American boxer and politician from Tonawanda, New York. He is a registered member of the Democratic Party.- Early life :...

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Verona, New York

Verona is a town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 6,425 at the 2000 census. The source of the town name is unknown, though it's possibly named after Verona, Italy....

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Paea Wolfgramm
|TKO|| 1 , 1:12
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Atlantic City, New Jersey

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, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Nikolai Valuev

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Moscow

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, Russia

Russia

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Christer Markusas
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Atlantic City, New Jersey

, US

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Jim Ellis
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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

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, US

United States

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Lee Moore
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...

, US

United States

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David Dixon
|TKO|| 1 , N/A
|07/04/1990 || align=left|

Las Vegas, Nevada

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, US

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John Elacqua
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Laughlin, Nevada

Laughlin is a census-designated place in Clark County, Nevada, United States, and a port located on the Colorado River. Laughlin is south of Las Vegas, located in the far southern tip of Nevada. It is best known for its gaming, entertainment, and water recreation. As of the 2010 census, the...

, US

United States

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Curtis Jackson
|PTS|| 4 , N/A
|28/02/1989 || align=left|

Inglewood, California

Inglewood is a city in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, southwest of downtown Los Angeles. It was incorporated on February 14, 1908. Its population stood at 109,673 as of the 2010 Census...

, US

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Andrew Matthews
|TKO|| 1 , N/A
|14/01/1989 || align=left|

Las Vegas, Nevada

, US

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