1. Joseph Hyungmin Son is an American convicted felon, former actor, and former mixed martial artist, kickboxer, and professional wrestler.
24 Facts About Joe Son
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Joe Son competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship and K-1 Kickboxing during his combat sports career.
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Joe Son was pitted against Kenpo Karate fighter Keith Hackney, whom Son outweighed by 30 pounds, but was seven inches shorter.
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Joe Son was able to perform a takedown and a front headlock attempt, but Hackney countered by punching Joe Son's groin repeatedly, which was legal under the rules of the event.
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Joe Son tapped out, which led to him being eliminated from the tournament.
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The much heavier Joe Son initially led the pace with body shots and knees, scoring a mild knockdown by right hook, but he was eventually knocked out by Kakuda via high kick and punches.
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In 2002, Joe Son debuted for Japanese promotion PRIDE Fighting Championships, fighting Takada Dojo exponent Yusuke Imamura at the PRIDE The Best Vol.
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Joe Son infamously wore a leopard thong with the PRIDE logo and sported eye makeup, as well as a bowler hat at his entrance, and hugged Imamura during the staredown.
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The bout was short, and Joe Son quit after he was taken down and almost slid out of the ring, claiming an elbow injury.
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Joe Son was a professional wrestler in Japan for a short time, wrestling Shinya Hashimoto at All Japan Pro Wrestling's second Wrestle-1 event and working as singer and dancer for HUSTLE's third event.
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Apart from his criminal convictions, Joe Son is known for his role in the 1997 movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Random Task, a parody of the James Bond character Oddjob.
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Previously, Joe Son had appeared in several low-budget action films, including Joshua Tree and Bloodfist V: Human Target.
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Joe Son played the main villain in the Lorenzo Lamas action film Bad Blood in 1994.
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Joe Son plays a supporting role in Shootfighter: Fight to the Death and a leading role as the main villain in its sequel Shootfighter II.
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Joe Son was first arrested for kicking in the door of a roommate's car.
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Joe Son pleaded guilty to felony vandalism on May 16,2008, whereupon he was sentenced to probation and 60 days in jail.
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Already in custody for a probation violation, Joe Son was arrested at the Theo Lacy facility on October 7,2008.
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Joe Son distracted her by asking for directions and pretending he was lost.
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Gaitan was identified when a photograph of Joe Son was paired with the sketches, and detectives matched his DNA to the crime scene.
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Joe Son faced a maximum sentence of 275 years to life.
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Joe Son was instead charged with conspiracy to commit murder and torture, crimes with no statute of limitations.
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Joe Son was sentenced January 28,2011, to 17 years and four months in state prison, with parole possible in 2018.
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On September 19,2011, Joe Son was found guilty of one felony count of torture, and sentenced to 7 years to life.
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On September 13,2013, Joe Son was charged with Graham's murder.