Orlando Wiet was born on 24 October 1965 and is a Surinamese-Dutch former world champion kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist.
13 Facts About Orlando Wiet
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Orlando Wiet trained in Thailand in Buriram Nonkee Payuthe with Mr Pramote and fought in the Old Lumpini Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand for the promoter Mr Songchai Ratanasuban, the first non-Thai fighter to win a fight by decision.
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In 1985, Wiet defeated Stephane Nikiema and won a European Muay Thai championship.
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Orlando Wiet then defeated Azem Maksutaj and after that he took part in the K-1 Grand Prix tournament in July 1995, beating Franz Haller in the first round and losing to Taiei Kin in the second round.
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In 1994, Orlando Wiet decided to take part in the tournament UFC 2, as the first fighter living in France.
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Orlando Wiet was the lightest fighter among the sixteen participants of the tournament, weighting 170 pounds.
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Pardoel could use his weight advantage and Orlando Wiet lost by TKO and got seriously injured.
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Orlando Wiet started his boxing career with Jean Robert Pujol in 1996.
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Orlando Wiet participated in boxing matches in parallel with kickboxing.
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Orlando Wiet had matches against opponents such as Byron Mitchell and Bruno Girard.
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Orlando Wiet's career ended in 1999 when he sustained a critical groin injury throwing a high kick in training.
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Orlando Wiet retired from fighting in 1999 after 180 fights and number of injuries.
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Orlando Wiet has subsequently worked as a coach, training fighters such as Karim Souda.