Alex Cook (born 2 May 1973) is an

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mixed martial artist Mixed martial arts (MMA), sometimes referred to as cage fighting, no holds barred (NHB), and ultimate fighting, and originally referred to as Vale Tudo is a full-contact combat sport based on striking, grappling and ground fighting, incorpo ...

. He competed in the

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, middleweight and light heavyweight divisions. Cook is a veteran of the

Shooto Shooto is a combat sport and mixed martial arts organization that is governed by the ''Shooto Association'' and the ''International Shooto Commission''. Shooto was originally formed in 1985, first as a particular fighting system and then in 198 ...

and

Pancrase Pancrase Inc. is a mixed martial arts promotion company founded in Japan in 1993 by professional wrestlers Masakatsu Funaki and Minoru Suzuki. The name was based on pankration, a fighting sport in the Ancient Olympic Games. Suzuki and Funaki pr ...

organizations, making his debut in 1994 to a loss to

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at Pancrase: Road To The Championship 5. After frequent losses to

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and

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, Cook would later jump to Shooto with fellow Australian fighter and trainer Larry Papadopoulos with better success such as a win over Jutaro Nakao. He compiled a 4-2 record during his time in Shooto and would later depart the organization in 2000.

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