1. Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen was born on August 21,1977 and is a Filipino-born Danish Welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, he competed in K-1 and in ONE Championship.
18 Facts About Ole Laursen
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Ole Laursen got involved with martial arts through his older brother Christian, and was 15 when he began training in Muay Thai.
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Ole Laursen trained with Peter J McCarthy, the subject, director and producer of the documentary, Fight of Flight which won "Best Foreign Documentary" at the Long Island Film Festival, New York as well as three other "Best Documentary" awards at festivals in Hamburg, Toronto and California.
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In 2002 Ole Laursen made his first appearance for the K-1 organization at the K-1 World MAX 2002 USA in Denver, Colorado, where he made the final only to lose to USrival Duane Ludwig.
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In 2003 Ole Laursen signed up with the newly formed European promotion SuperLeague where he faced Shane Chapman on his debut only to lose by decision.
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Ole Laursen returned to kickboxing to face pound-for-pound great Giorgio Petrosyan in Trieste, Italy on March 2,2013.
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Ole Laursen had a trial with the Philippines National Boxing Team and was accepted but decided to move to Thailand instead of staying in the Philippines to pursue a career in boxing.
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Ole Laursen made his professional MMA debut in 2006 and had two fights with the K-1 Hero's promotion in Japan.
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Ole Laursen lost his first fight against Genki Sudo by decision and his second fight to Caol Uno by third round submission.
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Ole Laursen was suffering from a knee injury and was not able to train properly for the fight with Uno.
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Ole Laursen did not begin to fight MMA regularly again until 2010 because he was focused on his K-1 and Muay Thai career, a decision he has subsequently said he regrets.
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Ole Laursen defeated Eduardo Pachu in the third round of their five-round 'super fight' at Martial Combat 1.
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Ole Laursen's second fight was against Nick LeConte at Martial Combat 8 and Laursen won by majority decision in a controversial decision.
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Ole Laursen's final fight for Martial Combat was against Malaysian Muay Thai champion Jian Kai Chee at Martial Combat 12 and Laursen won by TKO in the first round.
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On July 15,2011 it was announced that Ole Laursen had signed with One Fighting Championship.
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Ole Laursen was replaced by South Korean fighter A Sol Kwon.
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On February 4,2012 it was announced that Ole Laursen would be facing Felipe Enomoto at ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 11,2012.
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Ole Laursen lost the fight via submission in the second round.