Jörgen Kruth

Jörgen Kruth
Born Jörgen Ingmar Kruth
May 8, 1974 (1974-05-08) (age 37)
Stockholm, Sweden
Other names The Last Viking
Nationality Swedish
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 105 kg (230 lb; 16.5 st)
Division Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
Super Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
Style Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Team Vallentuna Boxing Camp
Trainer Mats Söderström
Po Lindwall (1987-1997)
Years active 1988–present
Professional boxing record
Total 1
Wins 1
Losses 0
Kickboxing record
Total 87
Wins 71
By knockout 31
Losses 14
By knockout 5
Draws 2
Mixed martial arts record
Total 5
Wins 5
By knockout 3
By submission 2
Losses 0
Other information
Website http://www.jorgenkruth.com/
Boxing record from Boxrec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: November 21, 2009

Jörgen "The Last Viking" Kruth (born May 8, 1974) is a Swedish super heavyweight Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist.[1][2] He is a former two time WMC Super Heavyweight Muaythai World Champion. He is considered to be among the greatest Scandinavian kickboxers of all time.

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Biography and career

Jörgen started practicing martial arts first time in 1984. He tried Judo and Jujutsu and couple years later switched over to taekwondo. It was not until 1987 when he came in contact with Muay Thai first time. He started to train under Po Lindwall.

Kruth had his first Muay Thai fight in 1988 at the age of 14. In 1993 he had 3 amateur boxing bouts and as well as two Savate fights. In 1994, at the age of 19, he became Nordic Muaythai Champion.

In 1995, Kruth participated at IAMTF Amateur World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok. He worked his way all the way to the final where he lost against a Thai and went home with a silver medal in -81 kg.

In 1996, he became the Amateur Muay Thai World Champion for the first time and defended this title in 1997 as well.

In 1997 Jörgen changed his training center to his current club, Vallentuna Boxing Camp (VBC) and a year later turned pro. He won his first two professional fights by KO at the famous Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok and became WKA Muay Thai Cruiserweight World Champion.

In 1999 Jörgen Kruth fought in Japan for the first time and won by KO. He followed up his strong debut by knocking out all three opponents in the same night at K-1 World GP tournament in Zagreb.

In 2004, Kruth became the WMC Super Heavyweight Muay Thai World Champion defeating Polish-Australian Paul Slowinski. In February 2005, he defended his title against Sergei Gur from Belarus,

Titles

Fight record

Kickboxing record
71 Wins (32 (T)KO's, 39 Decisions), 14 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2010-11-27 Win Bob Sapp K-1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings 2010 Stockholm, Sweden TKO (Corner stoppage/left knee strike) 1 1:19
2007-05-20 Win Freddy Kemayo K-1 Scandinavia 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-12-16 Loss Dzevad Poturak K-1 Fighting Network Prague Round '07 Prague, Czech Republic Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-11-24 Win Azem Maksutaj K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 Stockholm, Sweden KO (Punches) 1 1:30
2006-05-20 Win Francois Botha K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-12-18 Loss Dzevad Poturak Heaven or Hell 5 Prague, Czech Republic Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-02-19 Win Sergei Gur SM Thaiboxing Gala Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Retains WMC Muaythai World Super Heavyweight title.
2004-12-19 Win Ivica Perkovic Heaven or Hell 4 Prague, Czech Republic TKO 2
2004-09-05 Win Paul Slowinski SM Thaiboxing Gala Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins WMC Muaythai World Super Heavyweight title.
2004-08-07 Loss Brecht Wallis K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-08-07 Win Rony Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-04-24 Win Vitali Akhramenko K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan tournament title.
2004-04-24 Win Josip Bodrozic K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan Milan, Italy KO 3 2:59
2004-04-24 Win Ivica Perkovic K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan Milan, Italy TKO (Ref. stop/three knockdowns) 2 2:30
2004-02-14 Win Vitali Akhramenko K-1 Scandinavia 2004 World Qualification Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-06-15 Loss Paul Slowinski Knees of Fury IV Adelaide, Australia TKO (Doc. stop/elbow) 1
2003-05-30 Loss Xhavit Bajrami K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Basel Basel, Switzerland Ext. R Decision (Split) 4 3:00
2003-04-06 Win Samir Benazzouz K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 Zoetermeer, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 tournament title.
2003-04-06 Win Andrei Zuravkov K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 Zoetermeer, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00
2003-04-06 Loss Brecht Wallis K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 Zoetermeer, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00
2003-03-15 Win Vitali Akhramenko K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Scandinavia Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2003-02-22 Win Ryuto Noji Ichigeki Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2002-03-03 Loss Jan Nortje K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan KO (Left punch) 2 1:38
2001-08-11 Loss Maurice Smith K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-06-09 Loss Gregory Tony K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Scandinavia Copenhagen, Denmark Disqualification 3 2:38
2001-03-17 Win Stefan Leko K-1 Gladiators 2001 Yokohama, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 2:19
2001-02-04 Loss Jerrel Venetiaan K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands TKO (Doctor stoppage) 1
Fight was for K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem tournament title.
2001-02-04 Win Marc de Wit K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-02-04 Win Peter Varga K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands KO 2
2000-10-09 Loss Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (Right overhand) 1 2:24
2000-09-01 Win Xhavit Bajrami K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 Zagreb, Croatia KO (High kick) 3
Wins K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 tournament title.
2000-09-01 Win Drazo Orduri K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 Zagreb, Croatia KO 1
2000-09-01 Win Tony Katoni K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 Zagreb, Croatia KO (Punch) 1
2000-03-13 Loss Alexey Ignashov Night Club "Reaktor" Minsk, Belarus Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Fight was for WMC Muaythai World Heavyweight title.
1999-08-15 Loss Alexey Ignashov Queen's Birthday, Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO 2
Fight was for WMC Muaythai World Heavyweight title.
1998 Win KO 1
Wins WKA Muaythai World Cruiserweight title.
1998 Win Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO
1998 Win Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO
1994-12-03 Win Paikka Novahalli Helsinki, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Boxing record
1 Win (0 (T) KO's, 1 decisions), 0 Losses
Date Result Opponent Location Method Round Time Record
2004-04-17 Win Marek Zelo Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 1-0

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Result Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 5-0 Yusuke Kawaguchi TKO (punches and elbows) ROTK - Rumble of the Kings 6 02011-11-26 November 26, 2011 1 3:18 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 4-0 Tadas Sapoka Submission (punches) International Fighting Arena 2 02011-10-23 October 23, 2011 1 0:38 Uppsala, Sweden
Win 3-0 Jaime Fletcher TKO (punches) K-1 Rumble of the Kings 2009 in Stockholm 02009-11-21 November 21, 2009 1 4:25 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 2-0 Tadas Levickas Submission (triangle choke) K-1 Rumble of the Kings Qualification 2009 Malmö 02009-05-22 May 22, 2009 1 0:50 Malmö, Sweden
Win 1-0 Arturas Liutika TKO (punches) World Freefight Challenge 8 "D-Day" 02009-04-18 April 18, 2009 1 0:35 Ljubljana, Slovenia

See also

References

  1. ^ Sherdog.com: Jorgen "The Last Viking" Kruth, accessed 2010-06-04
  2. ^ Jörgen Kruth, Fans of K-1 2010-03-01

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