Jason Suttie
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Realname | Jason Suttie |
Nickname | Psycho |
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) |
Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
Nationality | New Zealander |
Birth date | August 7, 1975 |
Birth place | Apia, Samoa |
Style | Muay thai |
Team | ETK |
Kickboxing Record | |
Total fights | 79 |
Wins | 66 |
Wins by KO | 25 |
Losses | 11 |
Draws | 2 |
Jason "Psycho" Suttie (born August 7, 1973) is a kickboxer from Auckland, New Zealand.
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[edit] Biography and Career
In his youth Suttie fought under the great NZ trainer Lollo Heimuli of Balmoral Lee Gar gym, 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 Kicboxing Gym in Auckland - 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, and Steve Anderson.
In 1996 Jason graduated from Auckland with a B.A. in education and in the same year was the first Kiwi to fight in the K-1, Ray Sefo 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 (76kg) through to super heavyweight (95kgs) with four different federations.
[edit] Titles
- 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