Jan Nortje
| Jan Nortje | |
|---|---|
| Born | Johannes Nortje 11 April 1975 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Other names | The Giant |
| Residence | Grand Baie, Mauritius (current) Gustavia, St. Barts (previous) |
| Nationality | South African |
| Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 151 kg (333 lb; 23 st 11 lb) |
| Division | Super Heavyweight Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing, Boxing |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Team | Xtreme Couture Steve's Gym Team Nortje |
| Trainer | Steve Kalakoda Randy Couture Ray Sefo Fai Falamoe (2007, 2013) |
| Years active | 1998–2008, 2013 (Kickboxing) 1999–2001 (Boxing) 2001–2003, 2007–2009, 2013 (MMA) |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 11 |
| Wins | 11 |
| By knockout | 10 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 25 |
| Wins | 9 |
| By knockout | 8 |
| Losses | 16 |
| By knockout | 11 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 8 |
| Wins | 2 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Losses | 6 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| By submission | 4 |
| Other information | |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated professional boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
He has fought the likes of Jérôme Le Banner, Gary Goodridge, and K-1 Champions Mirko Cro Cop, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts and Semmy Schilt. His last MMA fight was a loss against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at DREAM.9.
He lost to Lechi Kurbanov by way of an extension round split decision on 29 June 2013 in Grozny, Chechnya.