| Lee Tae-hyun | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 17, 1975 Kyungbuk, South Korea |
| Other names | The Prince of Ssireum |
| Nationality | South Korean |
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Weight | 304 lb (138 kg; 21.7 st) |
| Division | Super Heavyweight |
| Style | Ssireum |
| Team | Yoshida Dojo |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 3 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 2 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Lee Tae-Hyun (born January 17, 1975 in Kyungbuk), is a South Korean ssireum wrestler and later mixed martial artist. His ssireum record included 472 wins, the best overall winning record in Korean ssireum competition.
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Lee made his professional ssireum debut in August, 1993 joining Chunggu pro-ssireum club. From participating in Chunggu ssireum club to declaring his retirement from ssireum, he recorded 472 wins (the most winning record in Korean pro-ssireum history) and 158 losses, and won the Cheonhajangsa Ssireum Championship three times.
After his retirement from Ssrieum, Lee completed his thesis and earned a PhD.[1]
After his retirement from ssireum, Lee announced his debut in MMA and signed a contract with PRIDE. He made his MMA debut on September 10, 2006, at PRIDE Openweight GP 2006, with a loss against Ricardo Morais, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter.
After the loss, Lee trained in Russia for several months with the Red Devil Sport Club, and later with Akira Shoji[2] and Hidehiko Yoshida's Yoshida Dojo[3][4]
His second fight was for K-1 Hero's where he defeated Yoshihisa Yamamoto by TKO.
His third, and last, professional fight was against Alistair Overeem. He was quickly knocked out and soon retired from MMA.
| Professional record breakdown | ||
| 3 matches | 1 win | 2 losses |
| By knockout | 1 | 2 |
| By submission | 0 | 0 |
| By decision | 0 | 0 |
| By disqualification | 0 | 0 |
| Draws | 0 | |
| No contests | 0 | |
| Result | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1-2 | Alistair Overeem | KO (punches) | DREAM.4 | June 15, 2008 | 1 | 0:36 | ||
| Win | 1-1 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | TKO (punches) | Hero's 2007 in Korea | October 28, 2007 | 1 | 1:03 | ||
| Loss | 0-1 | Ricardo Morais | TKO (corner stoppage) | PRIDE | September 10, 2006 | 1 | 8:08 |