Jörgen Ingmar Kruth[1] (born May 8, 1974) is a retired Swedish professional kickboxer and mixed martial artist.[2][3] He is a former two time World Muay Thai Council Heavyweight Muaythai World Champion. He is considered to be among the greatest Scandinavian kickboxers of all time.

Jörgen Kruth
BornJörgen Ingmar Kruth
(1974-05-08) May 8, 1974 (age 50)
Stockholm, Sweden
Other namesThe Last Viking
NationalitySwedish
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16.5 st)
DivisionCruiserweight
Heavyweight
Light Heavyweight
StyleKickboxing, Muay Thai
TeamVallentuna Boxing Camp
TrainerMats Söderström
Po Lindwall (1987-1997)
Years active1987–2012
Professional boxing record
Total1
Wins1
Losses0
Kickboxing record
Total87
Wins71
By knockout31
Losses14
By knockout5
Draws2
Mixed martial arts record
Total5
Wins5
By knockout3
By submission2
Losses0
Other information
Websitehttp://www.jorgenkruth.com/
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: November 21, 2009
Jörgen Kruth
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Muay Thai
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Bangkok −81 kg
Gold medal – first place 1996 Bangkok −86 kg
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bangkok −86 kg
Kickboxing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Copenhagen −87.5 kg

Biography and career

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Muay Thai career

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Jörgen started practicing martial arts first time in 1984. He tried Judo and Jujutsu and couple years later switched over to taekwondo. It was not until 1987 when he came in contact with Muay Thai first time. He started to train under Po Lindwall.

Kruth had his first Muay Thai fight in 1988 at the age of 14. In 1993 he had 3 amateur boxing bouts and as well as two Savate fights. In 1994, at the age of 19, he became Nordic Muaythai Champion.

In 1995, Kruth participated at IAMTF Amateur World Muay Thai Championships in Bangkok. He worked his way all the way to the final where he lost against a Thai and went home with a silver medal in -81 kg.

In 1996, he became the Amateur Muay Thai World Champion for the first time and defended this title in 1997 as well.

In 1997 Jörgen changed his training center to his current club, Vallentuna Boxing Camp (VBC) and a year later turned pro. He won his first two professional fights by KO at the famous Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok and became WKA Muay Thai Cruiserweight World Champion.

In 1999 Jörgen Kruth fought in Japan for the first time and won by KO. He followed up his strong debut by knocking out all three opponents in the same night at K-1 World GP tournament in Zagreb.

In 2004, Kruth became the WMC Heavyweight Muay Thai World Champion defeating Polish-Australian Paul Slowinski. In February 2005, he defended his title against Sergei Gur from Belarus,

MMA career

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Kruth made his professional MMA debut in April 2009. He amassed an undefeated record of 5 wins over the next couple of years with none of his fights having reached the second round.

Kruth was expected to make his UFC debut on April 14, 2012 against Cyrille Diabaté at UFC on Fuel TV 2.[4] However, Kruth was forced out of the bout with an injury and replaced by Tom DeBlass.[5]

Kruth was expected to finally make his UFC debut against Fabio Maldonado on September 29, 2012 at UFC on Fuel TV 5 in Nottingham, England.[6] However it was reported on September 7, 2012 that Kruth dropped out of his fight with Maldonado to retire from combat sports.[7]

Titles

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Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing record
71 Wins (32 (T)KO's, 39 Decisions), 14 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2010-11-27 Win   Bob Sapp K-1 Scandinavia Rumble of the Kings 2010 Stockholm, Sweden TKO (Corner stoppage/left knee strike) 1 1:19
2007-05-20 Win   Freddy Kemayo K-1 Scandinavia 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-12-16 Loss   Dzevad Poturak K-1 Fighting Network Prague Round '07 Prague, Czech Republic Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2006-11-24 Win   Azem Maksutaj K-1 World MAX North European Qualification 2007 Stockholm, Sweden KO (Knee) 1 1:30
2006-05-20 Win   Francois Botha K-1 Scandinavia Grand Prix 2006 Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-12-18 Loss   Dzevad Poturak Heaven or Hell 5 Prague, Czech Republic Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2005-02-19 Win   Sergei Gur SM Thaiboxing Gala Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Retains WMC Muaythai World Heavyweight title.
2004-12-19 Win   Ivica Perkovic Heaven or Hell 4 Prague, Czech Republic TKO 2
2004-09-05 Win   Paul Slowinski SM Thaiboxing Gala Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Wins WMC Muaythai World Heavyweight title.
2004-08-07 Loss   Brecht Wallis K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-08-07 Win   Rony Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2004-04-24 Win   Vitali Akhramenko K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan tournament title.
2004-04-24 Win   Josip Bodrozic K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan Milan, Italy KO (Right overhand) 3 2:59
2004-04-24 Win   Ivica Perkovic K-1 Italy Grand Prix 2004 in Milan Milan, Italy TKO (Ref. stop/three knockdowns) 2 2:30
2004-02-14 Win   Vitali Akhramenko K-1 Scandinavia 2004 World Qualification Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2003-06-15 Loss   Paul Slowinski Knees of Fury IV Adelaide, Australia TKO (Doc. stop/elbow) 1
2003-05-30 Loss   Xhavit Bajrami K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Basel Basel, Switzerland Ext. R Decision (Split) 4 3:00
2003-04-06 Win   Samir Benazzouz K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 Zoetermeer, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 tournament title.
2003-04-06 Win   Andrei Zuravkov K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 Zoetermeer, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00
2003-04-06 Loss   Brecht Wallis K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003 Zoetermeer, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Majority) 4 3:00
2003-03-15 Win   Vitali Akhramenko K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Scandinavia Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2003-02-22 Win   Ryuto Noji Ichigeki Tokyo Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2002-03-03 Loss   Jan Nortje K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Nagoya Nagoya, Japan KO (Left punch) 2 1:38
2001-08-11 Loss   Maurice Smith K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-06-09 Loss   Gregory Tony K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Scandinavia Copenhagen, Denmark Disqualification 3 2:38
2001-03-17 Win   Stefan Leko K-1 Gladiators 2001 Yokohama, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 2:19
2001-02-04 Loss   Jerrel Venetiaan K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands TKO (Doctor stoppage) 1
Fight was for K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem tournament title.
2001-02-04 Win   Marc de Wit K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2001-02-04 Win   Peter Varga K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem Arnhem, Netherlands KO (High kick) 2
2000-10-09 Loss   Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 in Fukuoka Fukuoka, Japan KO (Right overhand) 1 2:24
2000-09-01 Win   Xhavit Bajrami K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 Zagreb, Croatia KO (High kick) 3
Wins K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 tournament title.
2000-09-01 Win   Drazo Orduri K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 Zagreb, Croatia KO (Knees) 1
2000-09-01 Win   Tony Katoni K-1 Grand Prix Europe 2000 Zagreb, Croatia KO (Punch) 1
2000-03-13 Loss   Alexey Ignashov Night Club "Reaktor" Minsk, Belarus Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Fight was for WMC Muaythai World Heavyweight title.
1999-08-15 Loss   Alexey Ignashov Queen's Birthday, Rajamangala Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO 2
Fight was for WMC Muaythai World Heavyweight title.
1998 Win   KO 1
Wins WKA Muaythai World Cruiserweight title.
1998 Win   Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO
1998 Win   Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok, Thailand KO
1994-12-03 Win   Novahalli Helsinki, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Boxing record
1 Win (0 (T) KO's, 1 decisions), 0 Losses
Date Result Opponent Location Method Round Time Record
2004-04-17 Win   Marek Zelo Baltic Hall, Mariehamn, Finland Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 1-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

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Professional record breakdown
5 matches 5 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By submission 2 0
By decision 0 0
By disqualification 0 0
Unknown 0 0
Draws 0
No contests 0
Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 5-0 Yusuke Kawaguchi TKO (punches and elbows) Rumble of the Kings 6 November 26, 2011 1 3:18 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 4-0 Tadas Sapoka TKO (submission to punches) International Fighting Arena 2 October 23, 2011 1 0:38 Uppsala, Sweden
Win 3-0 Jaime Fletcher TKO (punches) K-1 Rumble of the Kings 2009 in Stockholm November 21, 2009 1 4:25 Stockholm, Sweden
Win 2-0 Tadas Levickas Submission (triangle choke) K-1 Rumble of the Kings Qualification 2009 Malmö May 22, 2009 1 0:50 Malmö, Sweden
Win 1-0 Arturas Liutika TKO (punches) World Freefight Challenge 8 "D-Day" April 18, 2009 1 0:35 Ljubljana, Slovenia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ NSAC report of K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas
  2. ^ Sherdog.com: Jorgen "The Last Viking" Kruth, accessed 2010-06-04
  3. ^ Jörgen Kruth Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Fans of K-1 2010-03-01
  4. ^ "UFC on FUEL TV 2 in Sweden adds Diabate vs. Kruth". mmajunkie.com. January 5, 2012. Archived from the original on January 10, 2012.
  5. ^ "Tom DeBlass replaces injured Jorgen Kruth at UFC on FUEL TV 2". mmajunkie.com. April 4, 2012. Archived from the original on April 5, 2012.
  6. ^ "Maldonado vs. Kruth Set For UFC Nottingham". YourMMA.tv. July 3, 2012. Archived from the original on April 18, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "Swedish kickboxing legend Jorgen Kruth retires from MMA less than a month out from his UFC debut". cagepotato.com. September 7, 2012.
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