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Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen (born May 26, 1979) is a Norwegian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter. He began his career fighting for FinnFight before moving on to fight for Shooto where he became the first Scandinavian person to hold a MMA world title after winning the Shooto World Welterweight Championship in 2003 from Takanori Gomi. Hansen later fought for the Pride Fighting Championship and most recently Dream where he became the current Dream Lightweight Champion after winning the 2008 Dream Lightweight Grand Prix. As of February 2009 he is ranked as the fourth best lightweight fighter in the world by both Sherdog and MMAWeekly. [1][2]

MMA career

FinnFight and Shooto

Hansen began his career fighting for Finnish promotion FinnFight before moving on to fight for Shooto's Finnish branch.[3] His performance got him invited to Shooto's year-end show in 2002 where he, with a 3-1 record, faced Takumi Nakayama who at the time had 14 fights under his belt.[4] Hansen won a majority decision. Hansen's performance impressed Shooto-veteran Rumina Sato who challenged Hansen after the match.[4] Three months later the two met, with Hansen defeating the Japanese fighter two minutes into the bout by TKO. The win set him up for a title shot against the Shooto World Welterweight Champion, and at the time 14-0, Takanori Gomi. The fight went the distance with Hansen being awarded a majority decision, making him the Shooto World Welterweight Champion and first Scandinavian person to hold a MMA world title.[5] Hansen's first title defense was against another undefeated fighter in Vitor "Shaolin" Ribeiro who took away Hansen's title by submitting him two minutes into the second round.[4]

Pride Fighting Championships

Hansen went on to win his next seven fights, most notably against Gesias Calvancanti, Caol Uno, Masakazu Imanari and Yves Edwards, before losing a decision to Hayato Sakurai at the semi-finals of the Pride 2005 Lightweight tournament. He then challenged Tatsuya Kawajiri for the Shooto Welteterweight title, but lost by disqualification due to a kick to the groin of Kawajiri. Hansen then went 2-2 in his next four fights, losing to Shinya Aoki and Eiji Mitsuoka, before his next big win against Kazuyuki Miyata at K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!!.[4]

Dream

On March 15, 2008 Hansen entered Dream's 16-man 2008 Lightweight Grand-Prix tournament. In the first round of the tournament he faced and defeated Japanese fighter Kotetsu Boku by unanimous decision at Dream.1.[3] The win set him up for a quarterfinal bout against former BodogFight Welterweight Champion, Eddie Alvarez, at Dream.3.[6] Hansen and Alvarez were given a standing ovation for their "outstanding fights" by the entire crowd after their match.[7] After a close fight Alvarez was awarded an unanimous decision and advanced to the semi-finals at Dream 5.[8] The fight was described by MMAWeekly as "a fifteen-minute war" and that it would be a "fight of the year candidate",[8] while Sherdog called it a "riveting 15-minute war" and an "epic battle".[9]

At Dream.5 Hansen defeated Kultar Gill in a reserve bout for the tournament. This became Hansen's ticket to the final after Alvarez, who went on to defeat Tatsuya Kawajiri in the semi-final, was forced to withdraw due to a cut under his right eye.[10] In the final, Hansen faced Japanese submission-specialist Shinya Aoki, who had previously defeated Hansen at Pride Shockwave 2006.[10] In the fight Aoki used his grappling experience to try and submit Hansen after taking him down, but the Norwegian escaped and responded with powerful ground-and-pound which hurt Aoki and eventually forced the referee to step in.[11] The win made Hansen the 2008 Dream Lightweight Grand Prix Champion and the first ever Dream Lightweight Champion.[10] After the bout Hansen told the crowd he wanted his first title defense to be against Eddie Alvarez whom he replaced, and who had previously eliminated him from the tournament.[11]

Hansen's next fight was set to be against Gesias Calvancante at Dynamite!! 2008 on December 31, 2008, but the bout was canceled the day of the event due to Hansen not passing pre-fight medicals and subsequently being hospitalized for a "head injury".[12] It was later clarified that the injury stemmed from a teammate landing awkwardly on Hansen's head after a takedown during warm-up, resulting with Hansen being rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a concussion. In February 2009 Hansen was reported as being healthy and was in negotiations with Dream about his first title defense.[13]

Personal life

Hansen was born in Oslo, Norway on May 26, 1979.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

  • First and current Dream Lightweight Champion.[10]
  • 2008 Dream Light Weight Grand Prix Tournament Champion.[10]
  • Shooto Welterweight Champion (2003).[4]
  • Scandinavia Wrestling Submission Wrestling Champion (1999 and 2000).[14]
  • Brazilian Judo European Champion (1999).[14]

MMA record

19 Wins (7 (T) KOs, 5 submissions, 7 decisions), 7 Losses (3 submission, 3 decisions, 1 DQ), 1 Draw.
Record Result Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
19-7-1 Win Japan Shinya Aoki TKO (punches) Dream 5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round July 21, 2008 1 4:19 Osaka, Japan Won DREAM 2008 Lightweight Grand Prix
18-7-1 Win Canada Kultar Gill Submission (armbar) Dream 5: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 Final Round July 21, 2008 1 2:35 Osaka, Japan
17-7-1 Loss United States Eddie Alvarez Decision (unanimous) Dream 3: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 2nd Round May 11, 2008 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan
17-6-1 Win Japan Koutetsu Boku Decision (unanimous) Dream 1: Light Weight Grandprix 2008 1st Round March 15, 2008 2 5:00 Saitama, Japan
16-6-1 Win JapanKazuyuki Miyata Submission (rear naked choke) K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! December 31, 2007 2 1:33 Osaka, Japan
15-6-1 Loss Japan Eiji Mitsuoka Decision (majority) Shooto - Back To Our Roots 6 November 8, 2007 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
15-5-1 Win United States Jason Ireland Submission (armbar) Pride 33 - Second Coming February 24, 2007 3 2:33 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
14-5-1 Loss Japan Shinya Aoki Submission (gogoplata) Pride Shockwave 2006 December 31, 2006 1 2:24 Saitama, Japan
14-4-1 Win Brazil Luiz Azeredo KO (knee) Pride Bushido 10 April 2, 2006 1 7:09 Tokyo, Japan
13-4-1 Loss Japan Tatsuya Kawajiri DQ (Kick to groin) Shooto - The Victory of the Truth February 17, 2006 1 0:08 Tokyo, Japan Challenged Shooto Welterweight Title
13-3-1 Loss Japan Hayato Sakurai Decision (unanimous) Pride Bushido 9 September 25, 2005 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
13-2-1 Win The Bahamas Yves Edwards Decision (split) Pride Bushido 9 September 25, 2005 2 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
12-2-1 Win Japan Kenichiro Togashi Decision (unanimous) Shooto - Alive Road August 20, 2005 3 5:00 Yokohama, Japan
11-2-1 Win Japan Masakazu Imanari KO (knee) Pride Bushido 8 July 17, 2005 1 2:34 Nagoya, Japan
10-2-1 Win Japan Caol Uno KO (knee) K-1 - Hero's 1 March 26, 2005 3 4:48 Saitama, Japan
9-2-1 Win Russia Sergey Golyaev Submission (rear naked choke) Euphoria - Road to the Titles October 15, 2004 1 3:24 Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
8-2-1 Win Brazil Gesias Calvancanti Decision (majority) Shooto 2004 - 7/16 in Korakuen Hall July 16, 2004 3 5:00 Tokyo, Japan
7-2-1 Win Netherlands Metin Yakut TKO (punches) Shooto Finland - Capital Punishment 2 April 5, 2004 2 Helsinki, Finland
6-2-1 Loss Brazil Vitor Ribeiro Submission (arm triangle choke) Shooto 2003 - Year-End Show December 14, 2003 2 2:37 Chiba, Japan Lost Shooto Welterweight Title
6-1-1 Win Japan Takanori Gomi Decision (majority) Shooto 2003 - 8/10 in Yokohama Gymnasium August 10, 2003 3 5:00 Yokohama, Japan Won Shooto Welterweight Title
5-1-1 Win Japan Rumina Sato TKO (punches) Shooto 2003 - 3/18 in Korakuen Hall March 18, 2003 1 2:09 Tokyo, Japan
4-1-1 Win Japan Takumi Nakayama Decision (majority) Shooto - 2002 Year-End Show December 14, 2002 3 5:00 Chiba, Japan
3-1-1 Win Finland Sami Hyyppa Submission Shooto Finland - The First Time October 19, 2002 1 4:00 Turku, Finland
2-1-1 Draw Netherlands Rafles la Rose Draw CW 3 - Hells Kitchen August 31, 2002 2 5:00 Galway, Ireland
2-1 Win Sweden Olof Inger Decision FinnFight 5 November 24, 2001 Turku, Finland
1-1 Loss Sweden Jani Lax Submission (rear naked choke) FinnFight 4 December 2, 2000 1 9:25 Turku, Finland
1-0 Win Finland Marcus Peltonen TKO FinnFight 3 November 6, 1999 1 1:38 Turku, Finland

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sherdog Official Mixed Martial Arts Rankings for February 2009". Sherdog.com. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  2. ^ "Top Ten Rankings - Lightweight". Mmaweekly.com. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Sherdog Fight Finder - Joachim Hansen". Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  4. ^ a b c d e Leidecker, Tim (Tuesday, July 22, 2008). "There at Last: The Career of Joachim Hansen". Sherdog.com. Retrieved February 25, 2009. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ O’Regan (29 August 2008). "Exclusive: Joachim Hansen living the Dream". Retrieved 29 December 2008. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |First= ignored (|first= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |Publisher= ignored (|publisher= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Dream.3 Lightweight Grand Prix Second Round Results and Recap". fighting-mma.com. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  7. ^ K-1 official profileTemplate:Jp icon or an articleTemplate:Jp icon of kamipro
  8. ^ a b "Dream 3 REVIEW: UNO AND ALVAREZ VICTORIOUS". MMA WEEKLY. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  9. ^ "Post-Dream Notebook". Sherdog.com. 13 May 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  10. ^ a b c d e "HANSEN EXACTS REVENGE, CLAIMS Dream TITLE". MMA WEEKLY. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  11. ^ a b "'Hellboy' Gives Dream GP Alternate Ending". Sherdog.com. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
  12. ^ Loiseleur, Tony (December 31, 2008). "K-1 'Dynamite 2008' Play-by-Play from". Sherdog.com. Retrieved February 25, 2009.
  13. ^ Leidecker, Tim (February 6, 2009). "Update: Hansen Healthy, Management Negotiating with FEG". Sherdog.com. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
  14. ^ a b c "K-1 Fighter Profile". Retrieved 29 December 2008.

External links

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