Early life

Rutten was born in Tilburg, Netherlands. At the age of 6 he developed eczema and severe asthma. Bas' eczema meant he always wore long sleeves, turtle necks and gloves, and his asthma meant he was unable to partake in exercise, and was consequently relatively skinny. He was bullied on a daily basis as a kid.

Bas started training boxing in the backyard of an elementary school with a friend. Rutten became interested in martial arts at age 12 after his family went on vacation to France; the movie Enter the Dragon starring Bruce Lee was playing at the local movie theatre. Bas could not get in because the movie was rated 17+, so he and his brother (Sjoerd) snuck into the theatre. After he saw the movie, he took an interest in martial arts. At first, his conservative parents didn't allow him to pursue, but after two years of begging his parents, at age 14, they allowed him to practice Tae Kwon Do. He picked it up very quickly and after a few months he got in a street fight with the biggest bully in town. Rutten, now more confident, took the challenge and broke the bully's nose and KO'd him with the first punch he threw. The police showed up at his parent's place, and Rutten was immediately prohibited by his parents from further practicing Tae Kwon Do.

At age 21, he moved out of his parent's house and once again started training Tae Kwon Do. He was committed and eventually earned a 2nd degree black belt. He then began learning Kyokushin Karate, and earned a 2nd degree black belt.

Kickboxing career

At the age of 20 he started competing in kickboxing while working also as a bouncer and model. He fought 16 times, winning the first 14 by knockout, 13 in the first round, and losing his final two fights. One of them would be against famed Frank Lobman for the European Muay Thai title on 12 February 1991, with Rutten losing for KO in the first round. According to Rutten, he signed up for the match while under the influence and without any kind of earlier preparation, but he decided not to pull out. Another of his most famous fights was against Rene Rooze, who bit Rutten's ear during the match. In response, Bas landed a knee to the groin, which interrupted the match and caused a brawl.

Mixed martial arts career

Rutten began his professional mixed martial arts career when he was working as an entertainer. He was scouted by Chris Dolman and led to train at the Fighting Network RINGS Holland dojo. Though his first training was a tough starting for him, he focused in learning the rudiments of the art. In 1993, when Japanese pro wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki traveled to the Netherlands to scout fighters for their new "hybrid wrestling" organization, Pancrase, Rutten was immediately chosen. A precursor to modern mixed martial arts, the organization was the first of its kind and featured fighting with no closed fisted strikes to the face, and boasted of early MMA names Frank Shamrock, Vernon White, Maurice Smith, Ken Shamrock, and Guy Mezger.

Pancrase

In September 1993, Rutten had his debut in Pancrase against the 45-ib heavier Ryushi Yanagisawa, knocking him out with palms and knee strikes in only 48 seconds. The KO was so brutal that his Yanagisawa was carried from the ring and spent 2 days in a hospital, with Bas himself fearing for his life. Rutten's second match, however, would be against a more experienced opponent, Takaku Fuke, and it would expose his main weakness, which was his lack of groundfighting experience. Fuke took Rutten down and locked an armbar, which forced the Dutch fighter to spend a rope escape, though Bas was eventually able to land a knee strike to the liver to finish the match with a win. His third match would be his first loss for this cause, as he faced a superior opponent in the form of Pancrase founder Masakatsu Funaki. Rutten was taken down and forced to close guard, moment in which he accidentally hit Funaki with a close-fisted punch. When he tried to apologize, the Japanese capitalized and executed a toehold, making Rutten tap out. At that point of his career, Rutten realized the importance of the grappling aspect, and he started taping Pancrase trainings in order to practise those moves with his trainee Leon Van Dijk.

The training paid off, as Rutten submitted Japanese wrestler Kazuo "Yoshiki" Takahashi with an inverted heel hook during a grappling exchange which had been overconfindently initiatied by Kazuo. The hold broke completely Takahashi's shin bone and gained Rutten an honorary 5th degree black belt in Kyokushin Budokai by Jon Bluming after he learned the fact. Rutten then got his first high level win against the other co-founder of Pancrase, the previously undefeated Minoru Suzuki. The Dutch fighter knocked him down with a body kick, resisted successfully all his submissions attempts on the ground and then hit a liver shot on a downed Suzuki, finishing him out. Rutten later said that this win was one of the happiest moments of his life.

Just 20 days later, Rutten faced another steep test, fighting future UFC Hall of Famer Ken Shamrock, who was then one of the best Pancrase fighters. This time the Dutch had Masakatsu Funaki himself in his corner, as he had got the Japanese to formally teach him shoot wrestling. Rutten turned in a hard effort, being taken down by Shamrock and held under dominant position for most of the match. The again more experienced Shamrock made Rutten spend rope escapes by submitting him with a pair of heel hooks and a rear naked choke, and although Rutten still tried on, he was ultimately choked out. After this, Rutten decided to omit strikes from his training and focus in only grappling, and he bounced back from the loss with a submission win over Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter Jason DeLucia, trading submission attempts with him before ending the match with a guillotine choke.

Rutten then participated in one of the greatest events in mixed martial arts history to the point, the King of Pancrase Tournament. The winner of this tournament would be crowned the first champion of Pancrase. Rutten was one of the four #1 seeds in the tournament, and his first fight was against MMA newcomer and future UFC champion Frank Shamrock. The fight was a controversial one, as Rutten locked an earlier rear naked choke under the ropes, only to the referee to break it up without deducing a lost point from Frank. After that point, the two nullified each other until the end of the match, which saw a upset decision win for Shamrock. Frank also left the match with a broken nose by a high kick.

Rutten found a measure of redemption after the upset loss by choking out expert grappler and King of Pancrase Tournament Finalist Manabu Yamada in his next fight. Rutten was taken to the ground, but he clamped an arm triangle choke from half guard and exerted such a pressure that Yamada, refusing to tap out, was choked out and remained unconscious with his eyes wide open after the hold. Thanks to this performance against the tournament finalist, Rutten received a rematch and a title shot against tournament winner and then current King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock for the King of Pancrase title. The match was very anticipated, but it ended early when Shamrock executed a kneebar and forced Rutten to submit. According to the Dutch, the loss was due to a training partner teaching him the wrong way to escape a kneebar, which made Rutten spin on the opposite direction giving a more tight hold for Shamrock. After this failure, Rutten focused on grappling even harder and started training 2 to 3 times a day solely on submissions.

Again, Rutten's new training paid off, and he stole a win from Takaku Fuke with an armbar from the guard and a finishing heel hook. He then faced another dangerous striker, American kickboxing champion Maurice Smith, who in turn fell down to the mat to avoid Bas's striking. Rutten grappled with him and showed his technical brilliance, firstly submitting Smith with a heel hook performed with his own chin and later executing a figure-four toehold for the win. After dispatching next Jason DeLucia by submission as well, Rutten got a rematch with Frank Shamrock. Their fight was similar to the first bout, with both men trading positions and holds, and again the referee broke up controversially two kneebars which were performed by Rutten next to the ropes, but this time Rutten would win the decision.

The win granted him a challenge title match against the King of Pancrase Minoru Suzuki, which was their rematch from the fight at the beginning of their careers. The match was long and intense, as Suzuki rode Rutten for most of their exchanges in the match, and actually managed to force him to spend a rope escape with a tight kneebar. Rutten held his own through his defensive acumen, occasionally countering with guillotine chokes and a surprising rolling kneebar from standing, until the match came to its last minutes. After getting from under a mount, Rutten threw a front kick which downed Suzuki and then locked a guillotine choke, making the King of Pancrase tap out.

After putting his title defenses on hold due to an injury, Rutten returned to the ring and beat interim King of Pancrase Frank Shamrock for the undisputed King of Pancrase title. He also defeated Maurice Smith in a rematch.

At Pancrase 1996 Anniversary Show, Rutten defended his undisputed title against Masakatsu Funaki in what is considered to be one of the greatest fights in Pancrase history. The Japanese wrestler came near finishing the match earlier with an ankle lock, but Rutten miraculously escaped and fended Funaki off for the rest of the bout through the same strategy he had used against Suzuki. Funaki made a wide usage of the knee-on-stomach and mount position to initiate leglock attacks, but the Dutch countered every time and eventually pushed Masakatsu away of him, moment in which the Japanese threw an illegal kick to Rutten, who was on his knees. In response, the Dutch fighter proceeded to knock Funaki down with a palm strike, and then broke completely his nose with a second palm strike to a supine Funaki. The stunned Japanese tried to stand up with Rutten, only for Bas to capitalize with his famed striking game. Rutten knocked him down twice with palms and knees, and he then landed a lengthy, unanswered string of strikes, until a knee to the face finally downed Funaki.

Rutten described the war with Funaki in an interview:

“

"Before the fight when he came to me, he made that thumb over the neck, throat slashing motion like I was going to go down. I turned to my manager and said, "Okay, now I'm going to kill this guy, you watch". My game plan was to keep the fight going for 15 minutes...Funaki had never fought above 15 minutes. But then, like 12 minutes into it, while I'm still on my knees he kicks me in the head. I block, but for me that was an illegal thing to do. So right away I start, BANG, BANG, BANG, and he goes down. From that moment on, I totally destroyed him. You got to see the fight; it was a massacre. My palms were black from hitting him so hard. He had the gods on his side or something, because he stood up every time. I hit his face back on the mat and you hear it slam into the mat. His nose is all the way to the side, broke, they have to straighten it out. I go, "Oh my God, this guy can take a shot!" I kneed him so hard in the head. He went down four times. But the last knee I gave to him was like everything I had. I grabbed him by the head and kneed him. It was really like a Rocky movie. I'm standing there and I fall backwards, and I'm totally out of breath. I get up and the referee holds my hand up. Then he lets my hand go and I drop again, BOOM! I was exhausted, I gave everything I had; I really wanted to destroy him. I broke his cheekbones and broke his nose, just because he said he was going to kill me. Oh, I was so angry at him. But afterwards, friends again...what a crazy sport this is, huh?"

”

Rutten then defended his title against both Frank Shamrock and the last one was against Masakatsu Funaki which he talked about above, and in so doing became a three-time King of Pancrase. In 1996, he relinquished his title to be present for the birth of his second daughter. Rutten returned to Pancrase, taking 8 more victories, bringing his unbeaten streak up to 19 straight fights.

Rutten left Pancrase as one of the most dominant fighters in the history of the organization. MMA legend Ken Shamrock was the only fighter Rutten did not avenge a loss to. In 2000, when Rutten was PRIDE FC's color commentator, a third fight with Shamrock was entertained. Rutten agreed to come out of retirement to fight Shamrock in PRIDE FC. However, Shamrock stated that he already beat Rutten twice and that a third time wasn't necessary. Later, in 2002, Rutten said that he would not fight Shamrock again even if it was offered to him because of the friendship they developed over the years, and that he could not put his mind and heart into fighting Ken.

UFC

Rutten was originally told about Ultimate Fighting Championship before its first event in 1993, when would-be UFC competitor Ken Shamrock proposed it to him, but Rutten decided to stay in Pancrase, as he felt the "no rules" format was too dangerous and he did not want to risk his career so earlier.

In 1998, after his Pancrase career, Rutten signed with the UFC, the biggest MMA promotion in the United States. Rutten entered the UFC with a massive amount of hype; he was undefeated in his last 19 fights and was touted by the organization as the greatest martial artist on the planet.

Rutten was originally scheduled to fight heavyweight champion Randy Couture in a title match for the UFC Heavyweight Championship in his first fight, but Couture had a contract dispute and left the UFC to sign with a different promotion. The title was then stripped from Couture and a tournament of sorts was set up to determine the next champion.

Rutten's first fight in his quest for the UFC belt was against Tsuyoshi Kohsaka at UFC 18, which Rutten dramatically won by KO with just a minute left in overtime.

On 7 May 1999, at UFC 20, Rutten faced Kevin Randleman for the UFC Heavyweight Championship. The first four minutes consisted of Rutten taking a lot of punishment from his guard. However, after the fight was stood up to check Rutten's cut, Rutten landed a devastating liver kick to Randleman's body to turn the tide of the fight. Randleman's pace slowed down considerably after the liver kick, which ultimately helped Rutten score judges' points by being the more active fighter. Rutten pounded away at Randleman from inside his guard, using elbow strikes to open up cuts on top of Randleman's head and punching Randleman to the face. The fight went into overtime, with Rutten taking a very close split decision victory to become the UFC Heavyweight Champion. Judging at that point was not based on the current 10-point must system, but who the judges felt won the fight overall.

Rutten vacated the title later in the year, in order to drop down to middleweight (now known as light heavyweight) a weight closer to his natural weight, in a bid to try to become the first person to hold a UFC title in two weight classes.

While training for his next UFC fight in 1999, Rutten suffered multiple serious injuries, including blowing out his knee (a long running injury), tearing his biceps, and suffering a neck injury. He was forced to retire from MMA competition for the time being, by doctors orders.

UFC Hall of Fame

On 22 May 2015 UFC President Dana White appeared on Inside MMA to announce that Rutten would be inducted into the UFC Hall of Fame during International Fight Week in July. Rutten is the first European to be inducted, taking his place in the "Pioneers" wing of the UFC's new look Hall of Fame.

Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Tito Ortiz has credited Rutten for inspiration during his early days. Ortiz said; "I looked up to Bas Rutten. Bas was my idol. People were just so scared of fighting him, he was like the man. I thought that was what I need to do now. If I train as hard as he does then one day I'll be as good as him and two years later look where I am, I'm on top of the world. I've got to say thanks to him, (Bas) for helping me out by making me believe in dreams."

Last fight

On May 2006, Rutten announced his return to MMA competition. Cleared by doctors to fight again, Rutten was slated to face Kimo Leopoldo in the now defunct World Fighting Alliance on 22 July 2006, at The Forum in Los Angeles. Two days before the event, Kimo tested positive for Stanozolol, an anabolic steroid. In place of Kimo, Rutten fought Ruben "Warpath" Villareal. Rutten took a first-round victory by way of technical knockout after low kicks left his opponent unable to stand. With that he brought up his professional record to 28 wins 4 losses and 1 draw.

Professional wrestling career

Rutten competed in Japanese professional wrestling a few times after his Pancrase tenure. He had his debut in the even Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2000, where he teamed up with Alexander Otsuka to defeat the team of Naoki Sano and Ricco Rodríguez, with Rutten personally submitting Sano with a crossface chickenwing. He also wrestled in Battlarts, defeating Carl Malenko by KO via palm strike.

In 2002, Rutten debuted in New Japan Pro Wrestling as a part of Antonio Inoki's MMA army. Before his first match, he was featured in vignettes learning the shining wizard from watching Keiji Mutoh tapes in order to adapt to NJPW professional wrestling. He mostly wrestled in singles matches, beating veterans like Manabu Nakanishi, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Masayuki Naruse. In July, he challenged for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Yuji Nagata, but he was defeated. After three months, in October, he was featured in a special European Catch Wrestling Rules Match against Osamu Nishimura with Tony St. Clair as a special referee. The match went to time limit draw after ten rounds, despite Nishimura's illegal blows. The same month, Rutten dropped down to junior heavyweight division and received another title match, this time against Koji Kanemoto for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, but he was unsuccessful.

Post-fight career

After his retirement from fighting in 1999, Rutten focused on becoming an actor, getting small parts on TV shows such as Martial Law, 18 Wheels of Justice, The King of Queens, "Lights Out" and the Canadian series Freedom, as well as appearing in low budget movies such as Shadow Fury, The Eliminator, and the comedy short The Kingdom of Ultimate Power which was featured in the 2005 L.A. Film Festival. It also won the first prize at the short film festival in NY for "best comedy".

Rutten was also the color commentator for the English productions of Pride Fighting Championships events, calling nearly every event from Pride 1 through the 2005 Grand Prix. Known for his sense of humor and first hand knowledge of the sport, Rutten quickly became a fan favorite commentator. In April 2006 he announced that he would not continue to announce for Pride, due to the constant flying to Japan, and being away from his family every month.

Rutten has a cameo in the video game "Grand Theft Auto IV" on the in-game TV show called "The Men's Room." He also did motion capture for the main character's fighting moves. He said that when he arrived at the motion-capture place in New York he asked the people in charge how violent they wanted to have it and they told him to "give it all he got". After two hours they stopped him and said, "It's OK, you don't have to go any further".

He was also featured in WCW vs. the World for the PlayStation, but was named "Thunder Dome" to avoid copyright laws.

On 23 January 2008, he was announced as the new Vice President, Fighter Operations reporting directly to IFL CEO Jay Larkin. His role was to build relations between the IFL and its fighters as well as work on potential match-ups between fighters. He also hosted the weekly shows "Battleground" and "International Fight League" with Kenny Rice. This all ended when IFL went out of business in late 2008.

In 2009, he appeared in the music video for Listen to Your Friends by the rock band New Found Glory, "fighting" lead vocalist Jordan Pundik.

Currently, he and Rice host Inside MMA, a weekly MMA variety show on AxsTV. The pair also did remote English commentary and play-by-play for Dream events broadcast in North America on HDNet. The pair were eventually replaced by Guy Mezger and Michael Schiavello, who attend the events live in Japan. He is currently appearing in public health service ads, airing on Cartoon Network. He also made a public service announcement against trying out MMA at home but CagePotato ridiculed it for its mixed messages.

Rutten featured in 2012 American sports comedy movie Here Comes the Boom alongside Kevin James and Henry Winkler. Rutten played the role of a former MMA fighter and Dutch immigrant Niko trying to gain US citizenship. In return for his help in gaining citizenship Niko helps train 42-year-old biology teacher Scott (Kevin James) to become a MMA/UFC fighter. The film also features former UFC fighter Krzysztof Soszynski, former Muay Thai kickboxer Mark DellaGrotte along with cameo roles for Bruce Buffer, Chael Sonnen, Jason Miller, Satoshi Ishii, Mark Muñoz, Herb Dean, Wanderlei Silva, and Joe Rogan amongst others.

On 23 October 2013, The World Series of Fighting announced Rutten as a member of the broadcast team for WSOF events on NBCSN along with Todd Harris.

Coaching

He is certified as an instructor of both MTBN Thai Boxing and mixed martial arts, as well as krav maga.

Rutten coached Mark Kerr during the filming of the HBO documentary The Smashing Machine.

In 2006 Rutten was tapped to coach a team for the International Fight League, an MMA organization that focused on team combat. His team, the Anacondas, defeated the Silverbacks 3-2. He is also a former investor in the Legends MMA gym in Hollywood and used to teach there occasionally, and is now a part owner of the MMA gym Bas Rutten's Elite Mixed Martial Arts in Thousand Oaks, California. He teaches a MMA class on Tuesdays.

He also trained former street fighter Kimbo Slice for his professional MMA bouts, as well as former Ring of Honor champion and TNA World champion Samoa Joe.

Fighting style

Rutten's main reason of success in Pancrase was his well-rounded fighting style, excelling both in striking and grappling. His stand-up offensive, learned from the Dutch school of muay thai, was aggressive yet deceptively technical. According to Frank Shamrock, it often intimidated other fighters. He would said, "His kickboxing was devastating. It was something everybody feared. The other thing he had was a basic understanding of real fighting... Bas had that street fighter mentality." One of his favored tactics was unbalancing his opponents with push kicks against the ring ropes before overwhelming them with palm strikes and body punches, nullifying their ability to counterattack or defend. Also, Rutten never developed an effective takedown defense, but he was apt in landing strikes while being taken down, having knocked out opponents before they could complete the technique. The most famous aspect of his striking, however, was his scientific skill to target the opponent's liver, using punches, knees and kicks to damage it and incapacitate his adversary.

On the other hand, Rutten's groundwork was built through a slow evolution and was unusual for being mostly self taught. Initially counting only on defense rudiments learned from Chris Dolman, he developed his game by copying Pancrase trainings and he came to be a dangerous submission fighter as well. His grappling style was patterned after Pancrase's native shoot wrestling, and he focused on chokeholds, leglocks, and a solid submission defense, which helped him to avoid being submitted by even high-level offensive grapplers like Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki.

Personal life

Rutten currently lives in Westlake Village, California with his wife Karin and two daughters - Sabine and Bianca who is 11. Rutten also has a daughter from his first wife, her name is Rachele He recently became a citizen of the United States. By the end of 2015, he received his first grandchild, a grandson from Rachele, who currently lives in Belgium

Back in Netherlands, Rutten is friends with former UFC competitor Gerard Gordeau.

Rutten is known by the moniker "El Guapo", which means "The Handsome One" in Spanish.

He became known for the victory celebration known as "Rutten Jump", in which he would do a jumping split after winning a fight. Rutten talked about the origins of the Rutten Jump on his website: "When I won my first fight in Pancrase, I was so hyped that I jumped up in the splits to each side of the ring. Why? I don't know. But, it became my trademark and I had to do it after every fight that I won."

Rutten is a certified culinary chef.

Tattoos

Rutten has several tattoos, each of which is intended to help him spiritually and emotionally.

Street fights

Bas Rutten is known for his legendary brawls and bar fights around the world. In particular, he once threw Paul Varelans off a glass window in Kiev via kimura lock when Varelans tried to bite his back, and immediately after he disarmed and assaulted an armed bouncer. He also participated in brawl that took place at a bar in Sweden in which he fought several bouncers at the same time. This fight is particularly notorious as it landed Rutten in a Swedish jail.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

• Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • UFC Hall of Fame
  • UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)
• Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling
  • King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (Three times)
  • Unified the King of Pancrase Championship
  • Two successful title defenses
• Sherdog
  • Mixed Martial Arts Hall of Fame
• MMA Freak.com
  • Hall of Fame, Class of 2015
• Fight Matrix
  • 1996 Fighter of the Year

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
33 matches	28 wins	4 losses
By knockout	13	0
By submission	12	3
By decision	3	1
Draws	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	28-4-1	Ruben Villareal	TKO (leg kicks)	WFA: King of the Streets	000000002006-07-22-000022 July 2006	1	3:24	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	27-4-1	Kevin Randleman	Decision (split)	UFC 20	000000001999-05-07-00007 May 1999	1	21:00	Birmingham, Alabama, United States
Win	26-4-1	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	TKO (punches)	UFC 18	000000001999-01-08-00008 January 1999	1	14:15	Kenner, Louisiana, United States
Win	25-4-1	Kengo Watanabe	TKO (palm strikes)	Pancrase: 1998 Anniversary Show	000000001998-09-14-000014 September 1998	1	2:58	Tokyo, Japan
Win	24-4-1	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase: Alive 11	000000001997-12-20-000020 December 1997	1	4:58	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	23-4-1	Osami Shibuya	Submission (neck crank)	Pancrase: 1997 Anniversary Show	000000001997-09-06-00006 September 1997	1	3:15	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	22-4-1	Takaku Fuke	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Alive 7	000000001997-06-30-000030 June 1997	1	4:28	Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Win	21-4-1	Kiuma Kunioku	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Alive 4	000000001997-04-27-000027 April 1997	1	15:00	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Draw	20-4-1	Osami Shibuya	Draw (majority)	Pancrase: Alive 3	000000001997-03-22-000022 March 1997	1	15:00	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	20-4	Manabu Yamada	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Truth 7	000000001996-10-08-00008 October 1996	1	0:54	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	19-4	Masakatsu Funaki	KO (knee)	Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show	000000001996-09-07-00007 September 1996	1	17:05	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	18-4	Jason DeLucia	TKO (palm strike to the body)	Pancrase: Truth 6	000000001996-06-25-000025 June 1996	1	8:48	Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Win	17-4	Frank Shamrock	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Pancrase: Truth 5	000000001996-05-16-000016 May 1996	1	11:11	Tokyo, Japan
Win	16-4	Katsuomi Inagaki	TKO (knee to the body)	Pancrase: Truth 4	000000001996-04-08-00008 April 1996	1	14:07	Tokyo, Japan
Win	15-4	Guy Mezger	Submission (heel hook)	Pancrase: Truth 2	000000001996-03-02-00002 March 1996	1	19:36	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Win	14-4	Ryushi Yanagisawa	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 7	000000001995-12-14-000014 December 1995	1	27:35	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Win	13-4	Maurice Smith	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 6	000000001995-11-04-00004 November 1995	1	4:34	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	12-4	Minoru Suzuki	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: 1995 Anniversary Show	000000001995-09-01-00001 September 1995	1	15:35	Tokyo, Japan
Win	11-4	Frank Shamrock	Decision (split)	Pancrase: 1995 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	000000001995-07-23-000023 July 1995	1	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	10-4	Jason DeLucia	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 5	000000001995-06-13-000013 June 1995	1	1:32	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Win	9-4	Maurice Smith	Submission (kneebar)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 4	000000001995-05-13-000013 May 1995	1	2:10	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	8-4	Takaku Fuke	Submission (heel hook)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 3	000000001995-04-08-00008 April 1995	1	1:52	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss	7-4	Ken Shamrock	Submission (kneebar)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 2	000000001995-03-10-000010 March 1995	1	1:01	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	7-3	Manabu Yamada	Technical Submission (arm-triangle choke)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 1	000000001995-01-26-000026 January 1995	1	1:05	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss	6-3	Frank Shamrock	Decision (majority)	Pancrase: King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round	000000001994-12-16-000016 December 1994	1	10:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	6-2	Jason DeLucia	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 5	000000001994-10-15-000015 October 1994	1	1:43	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	5-2	Ken Shamrock	Submission (rear-naked choke)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 3	000000001994-07-26-000026 July 1994	1	16:42	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5-1	Minoru Suzuki	TKO (knee to the body)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 2	000000001994-07-06-00006 July 1994	1	3:43	Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Win	4-1	Kazuo Takahashi	TKO (leg fracture)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 1	000000001994-05-31-000031 May 1994	1	1:37	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3-1	Vernon White	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: Pancrash! 3	000000001994-04-21-000021 April 1994	1	1:16	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Loss	2-1	Masakatsu Funaki	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Pancrash! 1	000000001994-01-19-000019 January 1994	1	2:58	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	2-0	Takaku Fuke	TKO (knee to the body)	Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 2	000000001993-10-14-000014 October 1993	1	2:03	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	1-0	Ryushi Yanagisawa	KO (palm strike and knee)	Pancrase: Yes, We Are Hybrid Wrestlers 1	000000001993-09-21-000021 September 1993	1	0:43	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Shadow of the Dragon	Kismet	Film
1999	Martial Law	Roman Van Reit	TV Episode: "Nitro Man"
2000	Freedom	The Bad Guy	TV Episode: "Lonewolf"
2000	The King of Queens	Emil	TV Episode: "Party Favors"
2001	Shadow Fury	Kismet (Adult)	Film
2002	The Smashing Machine	Himself	Documentary
2002	Modern Warriors	Himself	Documentary
2002	NJPW Samurai TV	Himself	TV series
2004	The Eliminator	Dakota Varley	Film
2005	The Vault	General Matos	Film
2005	The King of Queens	Niles	TV Episode: "Deconstructing Carrie"
2005	The Kingdom of Ultimate Power	Vlad Rifka	Short
2006	IFL: International Fight League	Announcer	TV series
2006	Backlash	Grazer	Film
2007	Fight Science	Himself	TV Documentary
2007	The Modern Warrior	Himself	TV Documentary
2008	Grand Theft Auto IV	Himself (voice)/Niko Bellic (motion-capture fighting double)	Video Game
2008	Fight Science	Himself	TV Episode: "Fighting Back"
2009	Paul Blart: Mall Cop	Drill Instructor	Film
2009	Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony	Himself (voice)	Video Game
2010	EA MMA	Himself (voice)	Video Game
2010	Sinners & Saints	Dekker	Film
2011	Lights Out	Dokaj (MMA fighter)	TV episode: "Bolo Punch"
2011	Zookeeper	Sebastian the Wolf (voice)	Film
2012	Here Comes the Boom	Niko	Film
2012	"UFC Undisputed 3"	Himself (voice), non playable commentator	Video Game
2012	"Punk Payback"	Himself	TV Series
2012	Myrskyn Ratsastajat	Himself	TV Documentary
2014	Mercy Rule	Coach	Film
2015	Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2	Henk	Film
2016	EA Sports UFC 2	Himself (playable character)	Video Game

Works

• Bas Rutten's Big Book of Combat, Volumes One and Two (2002)
• Bas Rutten's Big DVDs of Combat
• Bas Rutten's Lethal Street Fighting (2003)
• Bas Rutten's MMA Workout (2001)
• Bas Rutten's Superior Free Fight Techniques
• Bas Rutten's "Extreme Pancrase" No-Holds Barred Fighting System
• Training with Bas Rutten "Never Back Down Special Features" 2008
• TERA Online"MMO-FO.com Spokesman" 2012

[ Source: Wikipedia ]