Bas Rutten

Sebastiaan Bas Rutten is a Dutch retired mixed martial artist , Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and Muay Thai kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a threetime King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on afight unbeaten streak . FightMextrix wrote this when Rutten got inducted into the UFC Hall Of Fame FightMetric, the official statistics provider for the UFC, ran the numbers on Ruttens career. They back up the Dutchmans inclusion into the UFC Hall of Fame and then some. In the 4hours, 27minutes and 8seconds he spent as a pro fighter, Rutten scoredknockdowns without getting dropped himself, his significant strike accuracy was 70.6, the highest FightMetric has ever recorded, attempted a record 53 submissions and successfully swept his opponents a record 46 times. He is currently a cohost of Inside MMA on AXS.TV.

Rutten was born in Tilburg, Netherlands. At the age ofhe developed eczema and severe asthma. Bas eczema meant he always wore long sleeves, turtle necks and gloves, and his asthma meant he was unable to partake in exercise, and was consequently relatively skinny. He was bullied on a daily basis as a kid.

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