Jason Suttie
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Jason "Psycho" Suttie is a Samoan
Samoans
The Samoan people are a Polynesian ethnic group of the Samoan Islands, sharing genetics, language, history and culture. Due to colonialism, the home islands are politically and geographically divided between the country of Samoa, official name Independent State of Samoa ; and American Samoa, an...

-born New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

 former heavyweight
Heavyweight
Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Fighters who weigh over 200 pounds are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, the World Boxing Council, and the World Boxing...

 kickboxer
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....

 and 6 time Muay Thai
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...

 World champion fighting out of Elite Thai Kickboxing Gym in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

.

Biography and career

In his youth Suttie fought under the great NZ trainer Lollo Heimuli of Balmoral Lee Gar gym,training alongside Ray Sefo
Ray Sefo
"Sugar" Ray Sefo is a New Zealand kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant, currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada and training with Xtreme Couture.He holds notable wins in the K-1 over...

, Jayson Vemoa
Jayson Vemoa
Jayson "Supercharge" Vemoa a former Muay Thai World Champion from New Zealand leading a successful coaching career in Japan as the Head Kickboxing Coach at the Ichigeki Academy in Tokyo for the IKO1 Kyokushin Organization, preparing Kyokushin kaikan for K-1 and other world wide professional...

 and Doug Viney
Doug Viney
Doug Hanke "Vicious" Viney is a New Zealand heavyweight boxer and kickboxer. He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented Tonga as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Biography and career:Viney made his K-1...

. having some 25 fights before opening his own gym. Jason has been very successful both as an amateur and professional fighter. As an amateur he took a New Zealand title and the South Pacific super middleweight and light heavyweight titles.

Jason now owns and runs with his partner Roger Earp, the Elite Thai Kickboxing Gym in Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 - a stable of proven and up-and-coming future fighters such as Prince Hamid, Sio Vitale, Jason Reti, Michelle Preston, Sefa Fue, Dimitri Simoukov, Jay Hepi, Steve Anderson, and his youngest(16 years) very promising student Nathaniel lees
Nathaniel Lees
Nathaniel Lees is a New Zealand born actor and theatre director of Samoan descent. He is known for his role as Captain Mifune in The Matrix trilogy and his role as "Uglúk" in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. He has also had roles on the TV series Young Hercules, Hercules: The Legendary...

.

In 1996 Jason graduated from Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

 with a B.A. in education and in the same year was the first Kiwi to fight in 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...

, Ray Sefo
Ray Sefo
"Sugar" Ray Sefo is a New Zealand kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He is five time Muay Thai World champion and eight time K-1 World Grand Prix Finals tournament participant, currently living in Las Vegas, Nevada and training with Xtreme Couture.He holds notable wins in the K-1 over...

 was in the audience negotiating his K-1 contract.

In 1997 Jason won his first world title and by 2000 he had racked up six world titles in five different weight divisions from super middleweight (76 kg) through to super heavyweight (95 kg) with four different federations.

Titles

  • 2006 K-1 World Grand Prix in Auckland Runner Up
  • 2004 Kings of Oceania Runner Up
  • 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix in Melbourne Runner Up
  • 2002 K-1 NZ Champion
  • 2002 KB4 Champion
  • 2001 WMTA World Super Heavyweight Champion
  • 2001 WKBF World Heavyweight Champion
  • 2000 WKBF World Cruiserweight Champion
  • 1999 WKBF World Light Heavyweight Champion
  • 1998 ISKA World Super Middleweight Champion
  • 1996 UTC World Super Middleweight Champion

Kickboxing record

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:85%"
|+ style="font-weight:normal;" | 71 Wins (27 (T)KO's, 44 decisions), 16 Losses
|- style="background: #f0f0f0"
!Date!!Result!!Opponent!!Event!!Method!!Round!!Time
|-
| 2008-11-25
| Loss
|   Dzenan Poturak
| Planet Battle, Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...


| Decision (Unanimous)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2008-10-17
| Win
|   Alofa Solitua
| ETK "Nemesis", Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2008-07-07
| Loss
|   Goutoku Onda
| Heat 7, Nagoya, Japan
| Decision (Majority)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2008-05-04
| Win
|   Charlie Smiler
| Fight Club 8, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2008-02-23
| Loss
|   Peter Sampson
| Philip Lam Super Saturday, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2008-02-09
| Win
|   Leamy Tato
Leamy Tato
Leamy "Tyson" Tato is a New Zealand former rugby league player turned kickboxer. He is currently trained by and fighting out of Rex Redden's Porirua Gym.- Rugby career :...


| KO World Series 2008 Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2007-12-21
| Win
|   Charlie Smiler
| ETK Dominate Fight Royale 3, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2007-03-03
| Win
|   Ben Edwards
Ben Edwards (kickboxer)
Ben "The Guvner" Edwards is an Australian Super Heavyweight kickboxer and Heavyweight boxer. He is the current K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Canberra tournament champion...


| Philip Lam Promotions, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Split)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2006-11-18
| Loss
|   Peter Sampson
| K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 3, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Majority)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2006-09-16
| Win
|   Simi Tai
| K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 2, Auckland, New Zealand
| TKO (Low kicks)
|
|
|-
| 2006-06-24
| Win
|   Reuben de Jong
Reuben de Jong
Reuben de Jong is a New Zealand heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, strongman and professional wrestler of Dutch descent. He is a 2-time professional strongman champion of New Zealand and competed in the K-1 Kings of Oceania in 2006 and 2007...


| K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2006-03-05
| Loss
|   Paul Slowinski
Paul Slowinski
Paul "The Sting" Slowinski is a Polish-Australian kickboxer, a four-time WMC Muay Thai World champion and two-time K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland and K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam champion...


| K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Left high kick)
| 2
| 1:45
|-
| 2006-03-05
| Win
|   Hiraku Hori
Hiraku Hori
Hiraku Hori is a Japanese super heavyweight kickboxer competing in K-1.-Titles:*2005 K-1 Japan GP 3rd Place*2004 K-1 Japan GP 3rd Place*2003 K-1 Japan GP 3rd Place-Kickboxing record:- See also :*List of kickboxing organizations...


| K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO
| 3
| 1:34
|-
| 2006-03-05
| Win
|   Paula Mataele
Paula Mataele
Paula Mataele is a Tongan-New Zealand super heavyweight kickboxer and heavyweight boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He fighting was the K-1 Fighting Network Romania finalist in 2007 .-Biography and career :...


| K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Majority)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2005-12-10
| Win
|   Hiriwa Te Rangi
| K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 3, Gold Coast, Australia
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2005-11-04
| Win
|   Paul Slowinski
Paul Slowinski
Paul "The Sting" Slowinski is a Polish-Australian kickboxer, a four-time WMC Muay Thai World champion and two-time K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland and K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam champion...


| Knees of Fury 11, Gold Coast, Australia
| KO (Left hook)
| 3
|
|-
| 2005-10-08
| Win
|   Paula Mataele
Paula Mataele
Paula Mataele is a Tongan-New Zealand super heavyweight kickboxer and heavyweight boxer fighting out of Mejiro Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He fighting was the K-1 Fighting Network Romania finalist in 2007 .-Biography and career :...


| K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 2, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2005-09-03
| Win
|   Richard Tutaki
| Afternoon Rumble, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2005-07-10
| Win
|   Matt Samoa
| K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 1, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Punches)
| 1
|
|-
| 2005-04-30
| Loss
|   Chris Chrispoulides
| K-1 Battle of Anzacs II, New Zealand
| 2nd Ext.R Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2005-03-12
| Win
|   Dragan Jovanovic
Dragan Jovanovic
Searching Football manager - Dragan Jovanović see Dragan Jovanović Dragan Jovanović was a Serbian and Yugoslav football forward....


| Tarik Solak's Show, Sydney, Australia
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2005-02-18
| Win
|   Niels Eikeland
| First of the Year, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Straight right punch)
| 1
|
|-
| 2004-12-18
| Win
|   Ricardo van den Bos
Ricardo van den Bos
Ricardo van den Bos is a Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer from Zwolle. He fought for the WBC Muay Thai heavyweight title in 2007, but lost by TKO to Shane del Rosario. As of January 2011, he is currently the 20th ranked WBC Muay Thai heavyweight. -Kickboxing record:-External links:*...


| K-1 Challenge 2004 Oceania vs World, Gold Coast, Australia
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2004-11-05
| Win
|   Peter Graham
Peter Graham (kickboxer)
Peter "The Chief" Graham is an Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. His enterance music is AC/DC's Thunderstruck andhe has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.-Kickboxing:...


| K-1 Oceania MAX 2004, New Zealand
| Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2004-09-29
| Win
|   Edwin Marsh
| NZ vs France, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO
| 1
|
|-
| 2004-08-28
| Win
|   Hiriwa Te Rangi
| Capital Punishment, Dunedin, New Zealand
| Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2004-07-16
| Loss
|   Peter Graham
Peter Graham (kickboxer)
Peter "The Chief" Graham is an Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. His enterance music is AC/DC's Thunderstruck andhe has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.-Kickboxing:...


| Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2004-07-16
| Win
|   Matt Samoa
| Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand
| KO
| 1
|
|-
| 2004-07-16
| Win
|   Mitch O'Hello
| Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand
| KO
| 1
|
|-
| 2003-11-07
| Loss
|   Rony Sefo
| K-1 New Zealand 2003, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Split)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2003-11-07
| Win
|   Keri Karena
| K-1 New Zealand 2003, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2003-07-27
| Loss
|   Peter Graham
Peter Graham (kickboxer)
Peter "The Chief" Graham is an Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. His enterance music is AC/DC's Thunderstruck andhe has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.-Kickboxing:...


| K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne, Australia
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2003-07-27
| Win
|   Andrew Peck
| K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne, Australia
| KO (Left hook)
| 1
| 1:02
|-
| 2003-07-27
| Win
|   Tsuyoshi
| K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne, Australia
| Decision (Unanimous)
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2003-05-25
| Win
|   Paul Robinson
| Urban Disturbance, Auckland, NZ
| TKO (Three knockdowns)
| 1
| 2:34
|-
| 2003-05-02
| Win
|   Hiriwa Te Rangi
| Fanta @ The Emperor, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2003-04-11
| Win
|   Daniel Marhold
| K-1 Lord of the Rings, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Left middle kick)
| 3
|
|-
| 2002-11-08
| Win
|   Doug Viney
Doug Viney
Doug Hanke "Vicious" Viney is a New Zealand heavyweight boxer and kickboxer. He is the K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas champion, who also represented Tonga as a super heavyweight boxer under the name of Ma'afu Hawke at 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Biography and career:Viney made his K-1...


| K-1 New Zealand 2002, New Zealand
| KO
| 3
| 1:32
|-
| 2002-11-08
| Win
|   Rony Sefo
| K-1 New Zealand 2002, New Zealand
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2002-11-08
| Win
|   Mike Angove
| K-1 New Zealand 2002, New Zealand
| KO
| 3
| 2:50
|-
| 2002-07-12
| Win
|   Peter Graham
Peter Graham (kickboxer)
Peter "The Chief" Graham is an Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. His enterance music is AC/DC's Thunderstruck andhe has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.-Kickboxing:...


| KB4 Fightnight, Sydney, Australia
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2002-07-12
| Win
|   Paul Robinson
| KB4 Fightnight, Sydney, Australia
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2002-02-18
| Loss
|   Adam Watt
Adam Watt
Adam Watt is an Australian former boxer and kickboxer. He has studied kickboxing, Seido-kaikan karate, and boxing. He has been called the "Aussie Sniper" and later "Lights Out" because of his high level karate and boxing skills, and one punch knock out power...


| K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne, Sydney, Australia
| Decision
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2002-02-18
| Win
|   Nathan Briggs
| K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Melbourne, Sydney, Australia
| TKO (Low kicks)
| 2
| 2:02
|-
| 2001-09-01
| style="background: #c5d2ea"|Draw
|   Peter Graham
Peter Graham (kickboxer)
Peter "The Chief" Graham is an Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. His enterance music is AC/DC's Thunderstruck andhe has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.-Kickboxing:...


| JNI Promotions, Star City, Australia
| Decision draw
| 3
| 3:00
|-
| 2001-07-21
| Loss
|   Hiriwa Te Rangi
| K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO (Spinning back fist)
|
|
|-
| 2001-06-08
| Win
|   Auckland Aumitagi
| WMTA Super Heavyweight title, Christchurch, New Zealand
| Decision
| 5
| 2:00
|-
| 2001-03-16
| Win
|   Gyang Gai
| YMCA Battleground, Auckland, New Zealand
|
|
|
|-
| 2000-12-05
| Win
|   Kevin Blanch
| Summer Knockout, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO
|
|
|-
| 2000-08-18
| Win
|   Najef Kanj
| Power Station, Auckland, New Zealand
| KO
|
|
|-
| 2000-06-29
| Win
|   Kar Dong Yai
| KGB Challenge II, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 2000-03-23
| style="background: #c5d2ea"|Draw
|   Kar Dong Yai
| NZ vs Thailand, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision draw
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 1999-11-11
| Win
|   Kar Dong Yai
| KGB Challenge I, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 1999-10-07
| Win
|   Igor Ilkaev
| NZ vs Russia, Auckland, New Zealand
|
|
|-
| 1998-01-23
| Win
|   Trevor Ambrose
| ISKA Super Middleweight title, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Split)
| 5
| 2:00
|-
| 1997-06-05
| Win
|   Danny Bennett
Danny Bennett
Danny Bennett is a former Irish football player.He joined Shamrock Rovers in 1957 and made his debut as a left half at Glenmalure Park on 12 January 1958 against Sligo in a 5–1 win ....


| NZ vs USA, UTC Super Middleweight title, Auckland, New Zealand
|
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|
|-
| 1996-09-01
| Win
|   Ivan Hippolyte
Ivan Hippolyte
Ivan "The Hydro" Hippolyte is a Dutch-Surinamese former kickboxer and Muay Thai World champion. He is currently a martial arts coach at the Vos Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the same gym he used to fight out of during his active career...


| K-1 Revenge 1996, Osaka, Japan
| Decision
| 5
| 3:00
|-
| 1995-10-19
| Win
|   John Wybourne
| NZ vs Australia, Auckland, New Zealand
|
|
|
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| 1995-08-25
| Win
|   Balia
| NZ-AUS-USA, Auckland, New Zealand
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Boxing record

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:85%"
|-
|style="text-align: center" colspan=8|3 Wins (3 decisions), 0 Losses
|-
| 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
|-
| 2004-06-05
| Win
|   Lawrence Tuasa
| Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision (Split)
| 4
| 3:00
|-
| 2002-12-13
| Win
|   Richard Tutaki
| Emperor Restaurant, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 6
| 3:00
|-
| 2001-12-13
| Win
|   John Argall
John Argall
John Argall , was admitted to Christ Church, Oxford, in the latter part of Queen Mary's reign; took the degree of M.A. in 1565, and was afterwards presented to the living of Halesworth, in Suffolk...


| St.James Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand
| Decision
| 4
| 3:00
|-

Mixed martial arts record

| Loss
|align=center| 0-1
|   Sergei Kharitonov
| Submission (armbar)
| PRIDE Bushido 1
PRIDE Bushido 1
PRIDE Bushido 1 was a mixed martial arts event held by the PRIDE Fighting Championships. The card was billed as Team Japan Vs. Team Gracie, with five events represented by both a "coach" Hidehiko Yoshida fighter and a "coach" Royce Gracie fighter . It took place at the Saitama Super Arena in...


|
|align=center| 1
|align=center| 2:25
| Saitama, Japan
|
|-

See also

  • List of male kickboxers
  • List of kickboxing organizations
  • Muay thai
    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...

  • List of K-1 events

External links

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