14 Facts About Kit Cope

Kristopher Lee "Kit" Cope was born on March 17,1977 and is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight, Lightweight, and Welterweight divisions.

Kit Cope was born on Williams Air Force Base in Williams, Arizona and later relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada.

Kit Cope suffered the first loss of his career on November 22,1999 when he was knocked out by Akeomi Nitta in the All Japan Kickboxing Federation in Tokyo, Japan.

Kit Cope was leading on the scorecards heading into the third round, but was slowing due to an onslaught of low kicks from Nitta, who scored a knockdown at the end of round three.

Kit Cope was able to beat the referee's count but Nitta switched to a high kick which left Kit Cope unable to again beat the referee's count at the 2:21 mark of round three.

On March 17,2000, accepting the bout on 1 week notice, Kit Cope defeated reigning ISKA World Super Welterweight Muay Thai Champion Alex Gong by unanimous decision in a non-title bout in Las Vegas.

Kit Cope fought in shoot boxing that year, losing a unanimous decision to Kenichi Ogata in Tokyo on May 21,2000.

Kit Cope made his American K-1 debut on August 17,2002 and stopped Heath Harris with a low kick, breaking Harris' femur in the opening round on the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas undercard.

Kit Cope was featured in an episode of True Life entitled "I'm a Muay Thai Fighter", which chronicled his training and journey to Thailand where he knocked out Burmese fighter Mojo Mawadee in a bare-knuckle lethwei match at the Songkran Festival in Mae Sot on April 13,2004.

Kit Cope was caught in an armbar at the end of round one and actually tapped out after the bell signaling the end of the round had already rung and he continued in round two with his arm noticeably injured.

Kit Cope was expected to make his return to Muay Thai against Jose Palacios for the WBC Muaythai United States welterweight title at Lion Fight: Battle in the Desert 4 on November 19,2011.

Kit Cope returned to K-1 ten years after his first appearance in the promotion, facing Chaz Mulkey at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Los Angeles on September 8,2012.

Kit Cope injured himself while attempting a spinning kick in round two, and Mulkey was able to knock him down three time by attacking his injured leg, which caused referee Vichai "Rex" Supkitpol to stop the bout and announce Mulkey as the winner by TKO.

Kit Cope was a contestant on a March 15,2004 episode of Fear Factor, a reality television game show, and featured twice on MTV's True Life in the episodes "I'm a Muay Thai Fighter" and "I'm a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter".