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Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

welterweight

Welterweight

Welterweight is a weight class division in combat sports. Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in boxing, but other combat sports like kickboxing, taekwondo and mixed martial arts also began to use it for their own weight division system...

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

kickboxer and lightweight

Lightweight

Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....

mixed martial artist, fighting out of Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

Biography

Ole was born in Manila

Manila

Manila is the capital of the Philippines. It is one of the sixteen cities forming Metro Manila.Manila is located on the eastern shores of Manila Bay and is bordered by Navotas and Caloocan to the north, Quezon City to the northeast, San Juan and Mandaluyong to the east, Makati on the southeast,...

, Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

and moved to Denmark

Denmark

when he was 2 years old. He got involved with martial arts

Martial arts

Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....

through his older brother Christian Laursen. He was 15 when he started practicing Muay thai

Muay Thai

.

Ole Laursen currently lives in Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand and fights out of his own Legacy Gym.

Ole trained with Peter J McCarthy

Peter J McCarthy

Peter J McCarthy, an award winning Irish filmmaker, producer, photographer and oil painter. Managing Director of Good Dog Films Limited t/a fightorflight.tv and gooddogfilms.com . Peter has produced and directed works in conjunction with the Irish Film Board, Arts Council and has appeared on CBS...

, the subject, director and producer of the documentary, Fight of Flight

Fight or Flight (documentary)

Fight or Flight is a 2007 documentary film produced by Peter J McCarthy and directed by McCarthy and Shane Sutton. The film won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival as well as "Best Documentary" at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and California...

. http://www.fightorflight.tv which won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival, New York as well as three other "Best Documentary" awards at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and California. Ole Laursen assisted the production team in Ubon Ratchatani.

Fans can follow Ole through his blog at MMA-Connection.com

Kickboxing / K-1 / Muay Thai

As an amateur Ole had six fights before turning pro. He lost his first amateur bout, took a year off, and then came back with five straight wins – all by knockout, winning the 1998 Danish amateur kickboxing title in the process. He made his pro debut in 2000 and picked up his first major honour that summer, defeating Eval Denton to win the I.K.F.

International Kickboxing Federation

The International Kickboxing Federation is a kickboxing sanctioning body. The IKF World Headquarters in the USA oversees IKF World Operations with the rest of the IKF World Team.-Styles:...

European title. Laursen relocated from Europe to San Diego in the United States, where he won the vacant I.M.T.C. world title in 2001. However, he was unable to defend his title later on that year, losing a controversial decision to the Thai fighter Kongnapa in what many thought was a Laursen victory.

In 2002 Laursen made his first appearance for the K-1

K-1

K-1 is a defunct world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a formerKyokushin karate practitioner. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts...

organization at the K-1 World MAX 2002 USA in Denver, Colorado

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...

, where he made the final only to lose to U.S rival Duane Ludwig

Duane Ludwig

Duane Paul Ludwig is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is the former Middleweight Muay Thai world champion, and currently fights for the Ultimate Fighting Championships in their welterweight and lightweight divisions...

. This defeat meant that Laursen was unable to participate in the inaugural K-1 MAX final but he made up somewhat for that defeat by winning the prestigious King's Cup in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of the year. In 2003 Laursen signed up with the newly formed European promotion SuperLeague

Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague

Thai & Kickbox SuperLeague, commonly known as SuperLeague, was a former kickboxing organization that was based in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Austrian businessmen Marcus Bauer and Willi Wokurka in 2003 with the aim to bring together champion fighters from across the world into a single...

where he faced Shane Chapman

Shane Chapman

Shane "Choppa" Chapman is a New Zealand super middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of City Lee Gar Gym in Auckland. He is the 2002 and 2004 K-1 Oceania MAX champion and 4 time Muay Thai World champion.- Biography and career:...

on his debut only to lose by decision. Despite this defeat Laursen had some initial success in SuperLeague with his Muay Thai style favouring five round matches, going 4 and 2 with the organization by the end of 2004 and beating world champions such as Peter Crooke and Kamal El Amrani.

Over the following years Laursen spent much of his fighting time flicking back and forth between SuperLeague and K-1, although the increased competition (and shorter fight times introduced by SuperLeague) meant that he had little success with either promotion – finishing with an overall record of 4 wins, 5 defeats in SuperLeague, and 2 and 6 in K-1.

Boxing

Laursen had a trial with the Philippines national boxing team and was accepted but decided to move to Thailand instead of staying in the Philippines to pursue a career in boxing.

Mixed Martial Arts

Laursen made his professional MMA debut in 2006 and had two fights with the K-1

K-1

Hero's

HERO'S

Hero's was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion operated by Fighting and Entertainment Group, the parent entity behind kickboxing organization K-1. Grown from and branched off of K-1's earlier experiments in MMA, including the K-1 Romanex event and various MMA fights on its regular K-1...

promotion in Japan. He lost his first fight against Genki Sudo

Genki Sudo

is a retired Japanese mixed martial artist and a kickboxer who, up until December 31, 2006 competed in the Japanese fighting organization HERO'S and before that, the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Pancrase. He is notable for his elaborate ring entrances and unorthodox fighting style. His...

by decision and his second fight to Caol Uno

Caol Uno

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Specifically, Uno is known for his low single leg takedown and rear naked choke. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan...

by third round submission. Laursen was suffering from a knee injury and was not able to train properly for the fight with Uno.

Laursen did not begin to fight MMA regularly again until 2010 because he was focussed on his K-1 and Muay Thai career, a decision he has subsequently said he regrets. His next two fights were both in China, with Laursen submitting Liu Guang Yao in 2007 and knocking out Shawn David in 2009.

In 2010 he signed with ESPN Star Sports

ESPN Star Sports

ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...

promotion Martial Combat in Singapore. He defeated BJJ purple belt Eduardo Pachu in the third round of their five round 'super fight' at Martial combat 1. His second fight was against Nick LeConte at Martial Combat 8 and Laursen won by unanimous decision. His final fight for Martial Combat was against Malaysian Muay Thai champion Jian Kai Chee at Martial Combat 12 and Laursen won by TKO in the first round.

In November 2010 MMA website Bloody Elbow ranked Laursen number eight on a list of the top lightweight prospects in the world.

ONE Fighting Championship

On July 15th 2011 it was announced that Laursen had signed with One Fighting Championship

ONE Fighting Championship

ONE Fighting Championship is a Singapore-based mixed martial arts event which was officially launched on 14 July 2011.- About ONE Fighting Championship :...

. On July 18th it was announced that Laursen would be facing fellow Filipino Eduard Folayang

Eduard Folayang

and SEA GamesEduard Folayang is a Filipino mixed martial artist and wushu practitioner. He is the reigning welterweight champion of the Universal Reality Combat Championship , the biggest mixed martial arts promotion in the Philippines and also a participant in Martial Combat in Singapore.Folayang...

at ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion was the inaugural mixed martial arts event held by ONE Fighting Championship. The event took place on September 3, 2011 at the 12,000 capacity Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.-Background:...

at the Singapore Indoor Stadium

Singapore Indoor Stadium

Singapore Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena, located in Kallang, Singapore.It was completed in 1989 and was officially opened by the, then, prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, on 31 December 1989. The building was built at a cost of S$ 90 million...

on September 3rd.

On August 17th 2011 it was announced that Laursen had injured his knee in training and would be unable to fight Folayang at ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion

ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion

. He was replaced by South Korean fighter A Sol Kwon

A Sol Kwon

A Sol Kwon is a mixed martial artist from South Korea. He has a background in boxing, wrestling and kickboxing.-MMA career:...

Titles

Kickboxing

2002 King's Cup Muay Thai Champion -70 kg
2002 K-1 World MAX USA runner up -70 kg
2001 I.M.T.C. Muay Thai Super Welterweight World Champion -70 kg
2000 I.K.F.
International Kickboxing Federation
The International Kickboxing Federation is a kickboxing sanctioning body. The IKF World Headquarters in the USA oversees IKF World Operations with the rest of the IKF World Team.-Styles:...

Pro Muay Thai European Champion -70 kg
1998 Danish Amateur Kickboxing Champion

MMA

2010 Martial Combat Superfight Lightweight Champion -73 kg

Professional Kickboxing Record

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Sentosa

Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...

, Singapore

Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

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Sentosa

Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...

, Singapore

Singapore

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Sentosa

Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...

, Singapore

Singapore

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Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

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Beijing

, China

China

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Caol Uno

is a Japanese mixed martial artist, and former Shooto Welterweight Champion. Specifically, Uno is known for his low single leg takedown and rear naked choke. He was born in Kanagawa, Japan...

|Submission (rear-naked choke)
|Hero's 5

Hero's 5

Hero's 5: 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix Opening Round was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on May 3, 2006 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.The opening round of the 2006 Lightweight Grand Prix was held at the event...

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, 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...

|Hero's

HERO'S

Genki Sudo

|Decision (unanimous)
|Hero's 4

Hero's 4

Hero's 4 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Hero's promotion on March 15, 2006 at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo, Japan.Muay Thai kickboxer Ole Laursen made his debut in MMA at the event against Genki Sudo.-Results:...

Tokyo

, Japan

Japan

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External links

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Biography

Kickboxing / K-1 / Muay Thai

Boxing

Mixed Martial Arts

ONE Fighting Championship

Titles

Professional Kickboxing Record

Mixed martial arts record

See also

External links