1. Nicholas Pettas was born on January 23,1973 and is a Greek-Danish karateka, former heavyweight kickboxer and actor, who fought out of Team Spirit AE in Tokyo, Japan.
19 Facts About Nicholas Pettas
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Nicholas Pettas found himself a new following and needed no more schooling, and so at the age of eighteen decided to leave high school in order to save up money to go to Japan and study with Masutatsu Oyama, the founder of Kyokushin.
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Nicholas Pettas was last uchi-deshi of Master Oyama, who died soon after Pettas' graduation.
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Nicholas Pettas made his debut against Stefan Leko at K-1 Dream '98 on July 18,1998, in Nagoya, Japan.
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Nicholas Pettas stopped fellow karateka Ricky Nickolson with a low kick in the quarter-finals before going on to face Jerome Le Banner in the semis.
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Nicholas Pettas bounced back by using low kicks to KO Peter Varga at K-1 Gladiators 2001 on March 17,2001.
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The peak of Nicholas Pettas' career came on August 19,2001, when he won the K-1 Andy Memorial 2001 Japan GP Final at the Tokyo Dome.
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Nicholas Pettas finished Yusuke Fujimoto and Nobu Hayashi with his-famous low kicks in the quarters and semis, respectively, before advancing to the final to take on Musashi.
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Ignashov, the much larger fighter, dominate Nicholas Pettas before knocking him out with a knee strike in round two.
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Nicholas Pettas returned to the ring on April 21,2002, against Peter Aerts at K-1 Burning 2002 in Hiroshima, and was knocked out with a knee .
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Nicholas Pettas finally returned to the ring on October 8,2005, against a young Gokhan Saki at Bushido Europe: Rotterdam Rumble in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Nicholas Pettas defeated Saki via technical knockout when his corner stopped the fight in the second round.
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Nicholas Pettas showed superior technical fighting intelligence than Saki who did not do any damage.
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In late 2006, Nicholas Pettas knocked out two opponents and earned a return to K-1.
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Hari won the fight as Nicholas Pettas was unable to continue after obtaining a broken arm in the second round.
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Nicholas Pettas then rematched Peter Aerts in a superfight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong on August 5,2007.
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Nicholas Pettas wore down Kim, who stood fifteen inches taller than him, with low kicks before dispatching him with punches forty-one seconds into round two.
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Nicholas Pettas's last fight came on August 9,2008, when he was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii by Rick Cheek, severing a muscle in his thigh made him pull out and Rick Cheek was awarded the winner by TKO due to referee stoppage.
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Nicholas Pettas is an actor, appearing in Japanese cinema and television.