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Jason Suttie

Jason Suttie

New Zealand martial artist


Jason "Psycho" Suttie (born 7 August 1973) is a Samoan-born New Zealand former heavyweight kickboxer and 6 time Muay Thai World champion fighting out of Elite Thai Kickboxing Gym in Auckland, New Zealand.

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Biography and career

In his youth Suttie fought under the great NZ trainer Lollo Heimuli of the gym Balmoral Lee Gar, training alongside Ray Sefo, Jayson Vemoa and Doug Viney.[1] Having some 25 fights before opening his own gym, Jason has been very successful both as an amateur and professional kickboxer. As an amateur he took a New Zealand title and the South Pacific super middleweight and light heavyweight titles.

In 1996 Jason graduated from Auckland with a B.A. in education and in the same year was the first Kiwi to fight in the K-1 kickboxing promotion, at his fight Ray Sefo was in the audience negotiating his K-1 contract.

In 1997 Jason won his first world title and by 2000 he had racked up five more world titles in five different weight divisions from super middleweight (76 kg) through to super heavyweight (95 kg) with four different federations.[2]

In 2010 he was acquitted of aggravated robbery and blackmail charges.[3]

Jason now owns and runs his gym Elite Thai Kickboxing[4] with his partner Roger Earp in Auckland, New Zealand. He now promotes King in the Ring to find NZ's most promising upcoming fighters.[5][6]

Titles

Kickboxing record

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Boxing record

3 Wins (3 decisions), 0 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time
2004-06-05 Win Australia Lawrence Tuasa Sky City Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand Decision (Split) 4 3:00
2002-12-13 Win New Zealand Richard Tutaki Emperor Restaurant, Auckland, New Zealand Decision 6 3:00
2001-12-13 Win New Zealand John Argall St.James Theatre, Auckland, New Zealand Decision 4 3:00

Mixed martial arts record

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See also


References

  1. "Ray Sefo: From milk boy to MMA boss". RNZ. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  2. "Kickboxing: Suttie embarrassed by cool response". Hawkes Bay Today. 11 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. "Kickboxer champ acquitted". New Zealand Herald. 6 August 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. "The Search For New Zealand's Heavyweight King Of The Ring". Scoop. 17 May 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. Mat Kermeen (18 July 2020). "King in the Ring kicks back from Covid-19 induced body shot to fight another day". Stuff. Retrieved 28 September 2021.

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