Remco Pardoel was born on 23 May 1969 and is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist.
19 Facts About Remco Pardoel
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Remco Pardoel has fought in promotions such as the UFC, Shooto, and Pancrase.
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Remco Pardoel was a junior national champion in Judo in 1988 and a competitive BJJ grappler.
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Remco Pardoel made his MMA debut at UFC 2, eventually losing to Royce Gracie.
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Remco Pardoel won gold at the 1988 Junior National Judo Championships in the Netherlands and several Ju Jitsu titles across Europe.
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Remco Pardoel became Ju Jitsu's world champion in 1993 when the sport's first World Championship was held in Denmark.
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Remco Pardoel met Fabio Gurgel, Romero Cavalcanti, Sylvio Behring, and other fighters, who taught him some of the sport's techniques.
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Remco Pardoel would invite the Brazilian team to the Netherlands, so Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu was introduced in Europe, in his hometown of Oss, starting in November 1993.
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In 1994, Remco Pardoel was invited to the Ultimate Fighting Championship at its event UFC 2 in the United States.
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The bout was long and violent, as although Remco Pardoel threw Leon to the ground early, the Spaniard resisted his armlock attempts and even tried an illegal fish-hook on repeated occasions.
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The heavier Remco Pardoel executed a hip throw and pinned Wiet on the mat with ura gatame.
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Wiet was rendered unconscious after the second blow, and Remco Pardoel had to speak to the referee to stop the match.
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Remco Pardoel returned to UFC in September 1995 at the event UFC 7.
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Remco Pardoel got a guillotine choke early, but Ruas escaped via foot stomps, and they both met on the ground, where the Brazilian tried a straight-ankle lock to no avail.
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In 2023, Remco Pardoel made false claims about receiving a record-fast black belt and being the first European promoted to black belt in 1996.
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Remco Pardoel was awarded his black belt in 2007 by Vinicius Magalhaes, which today would make him a 4th-degree black belt.
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Remco Pardoel wore stripes on his belt according to Draculino's promotion up to 2023 when he suddenly claimed he was promoted to black belt already in 1996 by Fernando Yamasaki and Carlos Gracie Jr.
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Remco Pardoel competed as a BJJ purple belt in the Budweiser Cup in the US in 2005.
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Remco Pardoel has confirmed that he was only the second person in Holland to receive a BJJ black belt.