Orlando Wiet

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Orlando Wiet
Born (1965-10-24) October 24, 1965 (age 59)
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalityDutch
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Division Welterweight
StyleMuay Thai
Fighting out ofFrance
TeamTeam Wiet
Years active1994–1998
Mixed martial arts record
Total6
Wins1
By knockout1
Losses5
By knockout1
By submission4
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Orlando Wiet (born 24 October 1965) is a Surinamese-Dutch former world champion kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist.

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Kickboxing

Orlando Otmar Wiet started his career in Purmerend with Cees van der Velden and then trained in Breda with Ramon Dekkers and Cor Hemmers. He also 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. Wiet has fought at K-1 and It's Showtime tournaments. In 1985, Wiet defeated Stephane Nikiema and won a European Muay Thai championship. In 1989, he defeated Omar Benamar and won a world title. [1] [2] [3] [4] Wiet defeated Ivan Hippolyte in April 1995. He 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. Ivan Hippolyte, who lost to Wiet in a previous match, won the tournament. [5]

Mixed martial arts

In 1994, Wiet decided to take part in the tournament UFC 2, as the first fighter living in France. UFC 2 was a tournament with fighters of different styles. Wiet represented Muay Thai. He was the lightest fighter among the sixteen participants of the tournament, weighting 170 pounds. However, in the opening round, he could use his Muay Thai techniques and defeated 6.2 tall and 245 pounds Robert Lucarelli by TKO (Corner Stoppage) with elbow, knee strikes and punches. Then, in the quarterfinals, he faced the tallest and heaviest judo fighter of that tournament, 6.4 tall and 260 pounds Remco Pardoel. Pardoel could use his weight advantage and Wiet lost by TKO and got seriously injured. After he lost to Todd Bjornethun a year later, Wiet decided to focus on boxing and kickboxing.

Boxing

Wiet started his boxing career with Jean Robert Pujol in 1996. He participated in boxing matches in parallel with kickboxing. After a four win streak, he was defeated by Aziz Daari. His next fights were not so successful as in kickboxing. He had matches against opponents such as Byron Mitchell and Bruno Girard. [6]

After retiring

Wiet's career ended in 1999 when he sustained a critical groin injury throwing a high kick in training. Wiet retired from fighting in 1999 after 180 fights and number of injuries. However, he came back once in 2005, once in 2008 and once in 2011 to fight in MMA. He lost all three fights by submission. Wiet has subsequently worked as a coach, training fighters such as Karim Souda . [7]

Personal life

Orlando Wiet was married to Valérie Hénin, female boxer with 2-0-1 record in professional boxing and kickboxer with 0–2 record. Valerie helped her husband in training for part of his matches. The couple broke up a little later. Orlando has two daughters, Magda Wiet-Hénin and Lena Wiet Mathis. Magda Wiet is a taekwondo world champion. [8] [6]

Titles and achievements

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
6 matches1 win5 losses
By knockout11
By submission04
Res.RecordOpponentMethodEventDateRoundTimeLocationNotes
Loss1–5Zoran MilovicSubmission (armbar)GCP - Greater Champion PodgoricaMay 19, 201110:43 Podgorica, Montenegro
Loss1–4Paul JenkinsSubmission (americana)NGT 5 - Iustitia DivinaDecember 14, 200821:50 Milan, Italy
Loss1–3Mario StapelSubmissionS-1 - European Grand Prix 2005November 12, 200510:00 Germany
Loss1–2Todd BjornethunSubmission (triangle choke)UFCF - United Full Contact Federation 1September 8, 199515:43United States
Loss1–1 Remco Pardoel KO (elbows) UFC 2: No Way Out March 11, 199411:29 Denver, Colorado, United StatesUFC 2 tournament quarterfinals.
Won1–0Robert LucarelliTKO (knees)12:50UFC 2 tournament first round.

Kickboxing and Muay Thai record (incomplete)

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)
134 Wins (47 (T)KO's), 21 Losses
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
1999-10-24Draw Flag of the Netherlands.svg Perry Ubeda It's Showtime - It's Showtime Haarlem, Netherlands Decision Draw53:00
1997-06-07Loss Flag of Japan.svg Taiei Kin K-1: Fight Night '97 Zurich, Switzerland Decision53:00
1996Loss Flag of France.svg Aurélien Duarte France Decision53:00
1996-06-02Win Flag of Japan.svg Toshiyuki Atokawa K-1 Fight Night Zurich, Switzerland TKO20:30
Loss Flag of France.svg Aurélien Duarte Paris, France Decision53:00
Draw Flag of France.svg Aurélien Duarte Nancy, France Decision53:00
1995-07-16Loss Flag of Japan.svg Taiei Kin K-1: Legend 95 Nagoya, Japan Decision · Majority33:00
1995-07-16Win Flag of Italy.svg Franz HallerK-1: Legend 95 Nagoya, Japan Decision33:00
1995-06-10Win Flag of Albania.svg Azem Maksutaj K-1 Fight Night Zurich, Switzerland KO (left punch)22:45
1995-04-02Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivan Hippolyte Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision53:00
1994-12-10Loss Flag of Japan.svg Taro MinatoK-1: Legend 94 Nagoya, Japan Decision53:00
1994-09-18Loss Flag of Japan.svg Taiei Kin K-1 Revenge Yokohama, Japan KO (Right high kick)40:08
1992-06-21Loss Flag of France.svg Farid Kenniche Paris, France Decision53:00
1992-04-09Loss Flag of France.svg Stephane Nikiema Paris Fight Night 1992 Paris, France Decision53:00
1992Loss Flag of Thailand.svg Changpuek Kiatsongrit Olham, England, UK Decision(split)53:00
1992Loss Flag of Thailand.svg Jomhod Kiatadisak Germany
1991-04-21Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivan Hippolyte Kickboxing "Holland vs Canada" Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision53:00
1989Win Flag of France.svg Omar Benamar Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision53:00
1988-11-20Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ivan Hippolyte Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision53:00
1987-11-17Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Verheye Amsterdam, Netherlands Ko21:27
1986Loss Flag of Thailand.svg Krongsak Sakkasem France Decision53:00
1985-12-28Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stéphane Nikiéma European Muaythai Championship Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision53:00
Win Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Keith NathanKO41:47
Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bayram ColakDecision53:00

Professional boxing record

16 fights8 wins8 losses
By knockout42
By decision46
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
14Win8–6Andreas MarksDecision1999-Feb-2 Flag of France.svg Pont-Sainte-Maxence,France
13Win7–6Andras GalfiDecision1998-Jun-2 Flag of France.svg Saverne,France
12Loss6–6Olivier BeardTKO1998-Feb-7 Flag of France.svg Le Havre,France
11Loss6–5 Bruno Girard Decision1997-Dec-6 Flag of France.svg Dombasle-sur-Meurthe,France
10Loss6–4 Byron Mitchell Decision1997-Jul-8 Flag of France.svg Palais des Sports, Marseille,France
9Loss6–3Didier PoujolDecision1997-Jun-20 Flag of France.svg Marignane,France
8Win6–2Wilhem ThelineauKO1997-May-24 Flag of France.svg Nancy,France
7Win5–2Allaoua AnkiTKO1997-Apr-19 Flag of France.svg Lingolsheim,France
6Loss4–2 Flag of France.svg Youssef TemsouryDecision1997-Apr-4 Flag of France.svg Cahors,France
5Loss4–1 Flag of France.svg Aziz DaariKO1997-Feb-7 Flag of France.svg Chateauroux,France
4Win4–0 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Francesco PassananteDecision1996-Nov-19 Flag of France.svg Chenove,France
3Win3–0 Flag of France.svg Youssef TemsouryDecision1996-Jun-29 Flag of France.svg Brive,France
2Win2–0 Flag of France.svg Christophe CochetTKO11 May 1996 Flag of Germany.svg Colmar, Germany
1Win1–0 Flag of France.svg Halim BadaniTKO06 Jan 1996 Flag of France.svg Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan, Levallois-Perret, Paris, France

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