Bas Rutten

Bas Rutten
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Born	Sebastiaan Rutten (1965-02-24) February 24, 1965 Eindhoven, Netherlands
Other names	El Guapo ("The Handsome One")
Residence	Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	Dutch
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	214 lb (97 kg; 15 st 4 lb)
Division	Heavyweight Light Heavyweight
Style	Muay Thai, Kyokushin Karate, Submission Wrestling
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Los Angeles, California, United States
Trainer	Cor Hemmers
Rank	5th Degree Black Belt in Kyokushin Karate 2nd Degree Black Belt in Taekwondo
Years active	1993–1999, 2006 (MMA)
Kickboxing record
Total	16
Wins	14
By knockout	14
Losses	2
Mixed martial arts record
Total	33
Wins	28
By knockout	12
By submission	13
By decision	3
Losses	4
By submission	3
By decision	1
Draws	1
Other information
Website	http://www.basrutten.com/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: March 21, 2011 (2011-03-21)

Sebastiaan "Bas" Rutten (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbɑs ˈrʏtən]; born February 24, 1965) is a retired Dutch mixed martial artist, Karate and Taekwondo blackbelt, and kickboxer. He was a UFC Heavyweight Champion, a three time King of Pancrase world champion, and finished his career on a 22 fight unbeaten streak (21 wins, 1 draw). He is currently the star of Punk Payback on Fuel TV and co-host of Inside MMA on Ax's.TV.

As a fighter, one of his favorite tactics was the liver shot (both punch and kick), and he popularized its use in MMA. Rutten is known for his charisma and has capitalized on his celebrity since retiring from fighting in 1999. He has worked as a color commentator in several MMA organizations, including Pride, and has appeared in numerous television shows, movies, and video games. He also coaches MMA and has authored several instructional materials.

Early life

Rutten was born in Eindhoven, 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. The young Rutten found refuge in climbing trees in a forest behind his house.

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 he was just 12 years old and the movie was rated 17+, so he and his brother (Sjoerd) snuck into the theatre and after the movie he became addicted to martial arts. His conservative parents didn't allow him to pursue it at first. 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 KO'd him with the first punch he threw. However, the bully broke his nose and police showed up at his parent's place, and Rutten was immediately removed and prohibited from further practicing Tae Kwon Do.

Bas started to train in boxing at the backyard of an elementary school with a friend. At age 21, he moved out of his parent's house and started to train again in Tae Kwon Do. He was very committed and eventually earned a 2nd degree Black Belt. He then began learning Kyokushin Karate, and earned a 2nd degree Black Belt.Later he received from Jon Bluming an honorary 5th degree Black Belt after Bluming witnessed him breaking the shin bone from Kazuo Takahashi by way of inverted heel hook.

Fighting career

Kickboxing

At the age of 20 he started competing in Muay Thai kickboxing. He fought 16 times and won the first 14 by knockout, 13 in the first round. He lost his final two fights by TKO.

In perhaps the biggest fight of his kickboxing career, Rutten faced Frank Lobman for the European Muay Thai title on February 12, 1991. Lobman won by TKO in the first round.

Pancrase

Rutten began his professional mixed martial arts career with the Pancrase organization in Japan. In 1993, Japanese pro wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki traveled to Holland to scout fighters for their new "hybrid wrestling" (Bushido wrestling) organization, featuring submission fighting, but with no closed fisted strikes to the face. A precursor to modern mixed martial arts, the organization was the first of its kind, and featured early MMA names Frank Shamrock, Vernon White, Maurice Smith, Ken Shamrock, and Guy Mezger.

Rutten dominated his first two fights in Pancrase, winning each by KO. Rutten's first knockout was so brutal that his opponent Ryushi Yanagisawa (then the #4 ranked fighter in Japan) was carried from the ring and spent 2 days in a hospital. Rutten's striking was so powerful that, according to Frank Shamrock, it often intimidated other fighters. Frank Shamrock 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."

However, his lack (at that time) of ground-fighting experience led to a loss to the extraordinarily skilled Masakatsu Funaki. Rutten, realizing the importance of ground fighting, went to train with the master catch wrestler Funaki. The training paid off, as Rutten knocked out previously undefeated Minoru Suzuki with a liver shot from his knee. 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 champion Ken Shamrock, who was then one of the best Pancrase fighters. Rutten turned in a hard effort but ultimately lost the fight via rear naked choke. Rutten bounced back after the loss to Shamrock with a submission win over Jason DeLucia.

Rutten then participated in one of the biggest events in mixed martial arts history to date, the King of Pancrase Tournament. The winner of this tournament would be crowned the first champion of Pancrase. He was one of the four #1 seeds in the tournament and his first fight was against MMA newcomer (and future UFC champion) Frank Shamrock. Rutten lost a close (and somewhat controversial) decision in a fight considered a large upset, considering Rutten was a #1 seed in the tournament and Shamrock was then unknown and making his MMA debut.

Rutten found a measure of redemption after the upset loss in the first round of the King of Pancrase Tournament by choking out expert grappler and King of Pancrase Tournament Finalist Manabu Yamada in his next fight. With such an impressive showing against the tournament finalist, Rutten then received a rematch and a title shot against tournament winner and then current King of Pancrase Ken Shamrock for the King of Pancrase title, but lost early in the fight via submission due to a kneebar.

After his second loss to Shamrock, Rutten focused on grappling even harder than before and started training 2 to 3 times a day solely on submissions. Rutten won 7 out of his next 8 fights by submission. He put together a series of wins against future UFC champions Frank Shamrock and Maurice Smith and eventually challenged King of Pancrase Minoru Suzuki for the title. Rutten beat Suzuki for the second time, winning his first King of Pancrase title. 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.

Rutten then avenged his loss to MMA legend Masakatsu Funaki in 1996 in what is considered to be one of the greatest fights in Pancrase history. 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

In 1998, 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 May 7, 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.

During his MMA career he became known for two particular things: his fondness of liver shots and his habit of doing 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."

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."

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 performed a few times for NJPW from 2000 to 2002, including an IWGP title match against Yuji Nagata.

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 January 23, 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 HDNet. 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.

Coaching

He is certified as an instructor of both MTBN Thai Boxing and Pancrase.

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.

Rutten is a former investor in the Legends MMA gym in Hollywood and used to teach there occasionally.

Rutten is now a part owner of the MMA gym Bas Rutten's Elite Mixed Martial Arts in Thousand Oaks, California. He teaches an 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.

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 July 22, 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.

Personal life

Rutten currently lives in Westlake Village, California with his wife Karin and two daughters Sabine who is 15, and Bianca who is 11. Bas has a 22 year old daughter named Rachele who lives in Holland with her mother.

Rutten is known by the moniker "El Guapo", which means "The Handsome One" in Spanish. Rutten recently became a citizen of the United States.

Rutten is a certified chef.

Tattoos

Rutten has several tattoos, each of which is intended to help him spiritually and emotionally: Meaning of the symbols on his palms: Right hand is KI (or “CHI” in China), they have the same Kanji (not all of it). It means “life force”. Bas said: After I put that one on, I never lost a fight anymore, so I thought, “Hey, it works”. And that’s why, on the other hand, I put “SHOU” (very old Chinese symbol) which means “long life”, so that’s what I am shooting for right now, I wanna be 100 years old.

During Rutten's career, whenever he had a fight, he would write two capital "R"s on the back of his hands with a magic marker. The "R" stood for Rustig, the Dutch word for "calm". This was intended to help him remember to stay calm during his fights.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed Martial Arts

• Pancrase Hybrid Wrestling
  • King of Pancrase Openweight Championship (Three time)
• Ultimate Fighting Championship
  • UFC Heavyweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown

33 matches	28 wins	4 losses
By knockout	12	0
By submission	13	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	July 22, 2006	1	3:24	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	27–4–1	Kevin Randleman	Decision (split)	UFC 20	May 7, 1999	1	21:00	Birmingham, Alabama, United States	Won UFC Heavyweight Championship Later vacated title due to retirement.
Win	26–4–1	Tsuyoshi Kohsaka	TKO (punches)	UFC 18	January 8, 1999	1	14:15	Kenner, Louisiana, United States
Win	25–4–1	Kengo Watanabe	TKO (lost points)	Pancrase: 1998 Anniversary Show	September 14, 1998	1	2:58	Tokyo, Japan
Win	24–4–1	Keiichiro Yamamiya	Submission (rear naked choke)	Pancrase: Alive 11	December 20, 1997	1	4:58	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	23–4–1	Osami Shibuya	Submission (bas rutten neck crank)	Pancrase: 1997 Anniversary Show	September 6, 1997	1	3:15	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	22–4–1	Takaku Fuke	Submission (armbar)	Pancrase: Alive 7	June 30, 1997	1	4:28	Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan
Win	21–4–1	Kiuma Kunioku	Decision (lost points)	Pancrase: Alive 4	April 27, 1997	1	15:00	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Draw	20–4–1	Osami Shibuya	Draw	Pancrase: Alive 3	March 22, 1997	1	15:00	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan	Broke his sternum mid-fight and had to have surgery
Win	20–4	Manabu Yamada	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Truth 7	October 8, 1996	1	0:54	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	19–4	Masakatsu Funaki	TKO (lost points)	Pancrase: 1996 Anniversary Show	September 7, 1996	1	17:05	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan	Defended King of Pancrase title
Win	18–4	Jason DeLucia	TKO (liver shot)	Pancrase: Truth 6	June 25, 1996	1	8:48	Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Win	17–4	Frank Shamrock	TKO (cut)	Pancrase: Truth 5	May 16, 1996	1	11:11	Tokyo, Japan	Unified King of Pancrase title
Win	16–4	Katsuomi Inagaki	TKO (lost points)	Pancrase: Truth 4	April 8, 1996	1	14:07	Tokyo, Japan
Win	15–4	Guy Mezger	Submission (heel hook)	Pancrase: Truth 2	March 2, 1996	1	19:36	Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Win	14–4	Ryūshi Yanagisawa	Submission (rear naked choke)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 7	December 14, 1995	1	27:35	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Win	13–4	Maurice Smith	Submission (rear naked choke)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 6	November 4, 1995	1	4:34	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	12–4	Minoru Suzuki	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: 1995 Anniversary Show	September 1, 1995	1	15:35	Tokyo, Japan	Won King of Pancrase title
Win	11–4	Frank Shamrock	Decision (split)	Pancrase: 1995 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round	July 23, 1995	1	15:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	10–4	Jason DeLucia	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 5	June 13, 1995	1	1:32	Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Win	9–4	Maurice Smith	Submission (kneebar)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 4	May 13, 1995	1	2:10	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Win	8–4	Takaku Fuke	Submission (heel hook)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 3	April 8, 1995	1	1:52	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss	7–4	Ken Shamrock	Submission (kneebar)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 2	March 10, 1995	1	1:01	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan	For King of Pancrase title
Win	7–3	Manabu Yamada	Technical Submission (arm triangle choke)	Pancrase: Eyes of Beast 1	January 26, 1995	1	1:05	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Loss	6–3	Frank Shamrock	Decision (majority)	Pancrase – King of Pancrase Tournament Opening Round	December 16, 1994	1	10:00	Tokyo, Japan
Win	6–2	Jason DeLucia	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 5	October 15, 1994	1	1:43	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	5–2	Ken Shamrock	Submission (rear naked choke)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 3	July 26, 1994	1	16:42	Tokyo, Japan
Win	5–1	Minoru Suzuki	KO (knee to the liver)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 2	July 6, 1994	1	3:43	Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan
Win	4–1	Kazuo Takahashi	Technical Submission (heel hook)	Pancrase: Road to the Championship 1	May 31, 1994	1	1:37	Tokyo, Japan
Win	3–1	Vernon White	Submission (guillotine choke)	Pancrase: Pancrash! 3	April 21, 1994	1	1:16	Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Loss	2–1	Masakatsu Funaki	Submission (toe hold)	Pancrase: Pancrash! 1	January 19, 1994	1	2:58	Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Win	2–0	Takaku Fuke	KO (knee to liver)	Pancrase – Yes, We are Hybrid Wrestlers 2	October 14, 1993	1	2:03	Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Win	1–0	Ryūshi Yanagisawa	KO (palm strike)	Pancrase – Yes, We are Hybrid Wrestlers 1	September 21, 1993	1	0:43	Urayasu, Chiba, Japan

Filmography

• Shadow of the Dragon (1992)
• Shadow Fury (2001)
• The Smashing Machine (documentary) (2002)
• The Eliminator (2004)
• The Vault (2005)
• The Kingdom of Ultimate Power (2005)
• Backlash (2006)
• Potent (documentary) (2008)
• Never Back Down (Special Features) (2008)
• Sinners & Saints (2009)
• Paul Blart Mall Cop (2009)

Film and television credits

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)	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)	Video Game
2012	"Punk Payback"	Himself	TV Series
2012	Myrskyn Ratsastajat	Himself	TV Documentary

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

External links

• Official website
• Bas Rutten on Twitter
• Professional MMA record for Bas Rutten from Sherdog
• Bas Rutten at IMDb