Jörgen Kruth

Jörgen Ingmar Kruth (born May 8, 1974) is a retired Swedish professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist.^[1][2] He is a former two time World Muay Thai Council Super Heavyweight Muaythai World Champion. He is considered to be among the greatest Scandinavian kickboxers of all time.

Biography and career

Muay Thai 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,

MMA career

Kruth made his professional MMA debut in April 2009. He amassed an undefeated record of 5 wins over the next couple of years with none of his fights having reached the second round.

Kruth was expected to make his UFC debut on April 14, 2012 against Cyrille Diabaté at UFC on Fuel TV 2.^[3] However, Kruth was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Tom DeBlass.^[4]

Kruth was expected to finally make his UFC debut against Fabio Maldonado on September 29, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 5 in Nottingham, England.^[5] However it was reported on September 7, 2012 that Kruth dropped out of his fight with Maldonado to retire from combat sports.^[6]

Titles

• Professional
  • 2004 WMC Superheavyweight Muay Thai World Champion
  • 2004 K-1 Italy Champion
  • 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Holland Champion
  • 2001 K-1 Holland GP in Arnhem Runner Up
  • 2000 K-1 Grand Prix Europe Champion
  • 1998 WKA Muaythai Cruiserweight World Champion
• Amateur
  • 1997 WKA Amateur World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1997 IAMTF World Amateur Muaythai Championships, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1996 IAMTF World Amateur Muaythai Champion, Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1995 IAMTF World Amateur Muaythai World Champion, Bangkok, Thailand (-81 kg)
  • 1994 Nordic Muay Thai Champion

Kickboxing 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 (Knee) 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 (Right overhand) 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 (High kick) 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 (Knees) 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 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

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	5-0	Yusuke Kawaguchi	TKO (punches and elbows)	Rumble of the Kings 6	02011-11-26November 26, 2011	1	3:18	Stockholm, Sweden
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	4-0	Tadas Sapoka	Submission (punches)	International Fighting Arena 2	02011-10-23October 23, 2011	1	0:38	Uppsala, Sweden
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	3-0	Jaime Fletcher	TKO (punches)	K-1 Rumble of the Kings 2009 in Stockholm	02009-11-21November 21, 2009	1	4:25	Stockholm, Sweden
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	2-0	Tadas Levickas	Submission (triangle choke)	K-1 Rumble of the Kings Qualification 2009 Malmö	02009-05-22May 22, 2009	1	0:50	Malmö, Sweden
style="background:#bfd; color:black; vertical-align:middle; text-align:center; " class="table-yes2" | Win	1-0	Arturas Liutika	TKO (punches)	World Freefight Challenge 8 "D-Day"	02009-04-18April 18, 2009	1	0:35	Ljubljana, Slovenia

See also

• Muay Thai
• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

External links

• Professional MMA record for Jörgen Kruth from Sherdog
• Vallentuna Boxing Camp
• Profile at K-1