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Joachim B. Hansen (born 26 May 1979) is a Norwegian retired
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. He began his career fighting for FinnFight before moving on to fight for
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where he became the first Scandinavian person to hold an MMA world title after winning the Shooto World Lightweight Championship in 2003 from Takanori Gomi. Hansen later fought for the Pride Fighting Championship and most recently
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where he became the Dream Lightweight Champion.


Background

Hansen was born in Oslo, Norway to a Norwegian father and Scottish mother. Aside from his career as a fighter, he has a job driving an oil tanker. Hansen's passion in martial arts began after seeing
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films in his youth and he began training in
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when he was 19 years old. He is good friends with former UFC veteran and Norwegian Brazilian jiu-jitsu specialist
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Mixed martial arts career


FinnFight and Shooto

Joachim "Hellboy" Hansen began his career fighting for Finnish promotion FinnFight before moving on to fight for
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 ...
's Finnish branch. His performance got him invited to Shooto's year-end show in 2002 where he, with a 3–1 record, faced Takumi Nakayama who at the time had 14 fights under his belt. Hansen won a majority decision. Hansen's performance impressed Shooto-veteran Rumina Sato who challenged Hansen after the match. Three months later the two met, with Hansen defeating the Japanese fighter two minutes into the bout by
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. The win set him up for a title shot against the Shooto Lightweight Champion, and at the time 14–0, Takanori Gomi. The fight went the distance with Hansen being awarded a majority decision, making him the Shooto Lightweight Champion and first Scandinavian person to hold a MMA world title. Hansen's first title defense was against another undefeated fighter in
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who took away Hansen's title by submitting him two minutes into the second round.


Pride Fighting championships

Hansen went on to win his next seven fights, most notably against Gesias Calvancanti,
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,
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and Yves Edwards, before losing a decision to
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in the semi-finals of the
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2005 Lightweight tournament. He then challenged Tatsuya Kawajiri for the Shooto Welterweight Championship, but lost by disqualification due to a kick to the groin of Kawajiri. Hansen then went 2–2 in his next four fights, losing to
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and
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, before his next big win against Kazuyuki Miyata at '' K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!!''.


Dream

On 15 March 2008 Hansen entered
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's 16-man 2008 Lightweight Grand-Prix tournament. In the first round of the tournament he faced and defeated Japanese fighter Kotetsu Boku by unanimous decision at '' Dream 1''. The win set him up for a quarterfinal bout against Eddie Alvarez, at '' Dream 3''. Hansen and Alvarez were given a standing ovation for their "outstanding fights" by the entire crowd after their match. After a close fight Alvarez was awarded a unanimous decision and advanced to the Dream 5: Lightweight Grand Prix 2008 Final Round. The fight was described by MMAWeekly as "a fifteen-minute war" and that it would be a "fight of the year candidate", while
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called it a "riveting 15-minute war" and an "epic battle". At '' Dream 5'' Hansen defeated Kultar Gill in a reserve bout for the tournament. This became Hansen's ticket to the final after Alvarez, who went on to defeat Tatsuya Kawajiri in the semi-final, but was forced to withdraw due to a cut under his right eye. In the final, Hansen faced Japanese submission-specialist
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, who had previously defeated Hansen at '' Pride Shockwave 2006''. In the fight Aoki used his grappling experience to try and submit Hansen after taking him down, but the Norwegian escaped and responded with powerful ground-and-pound which hurt Aoki and eventually forced the
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to step in. The win made Hansen the 2008 Dream Lightweight Grand Prix Champion and the first ever Dream Lightweight Champion. After the bout Hansen told the crowd he wanted his first title defense to be against Eddie Alvarez whom he replaced, and who had previously eliminated him from the tournament. Hansen's next fight was set to be against
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at '' Dynamite!! 2008'' on 31 December 2008, but the bout was canceled the day of the event due to Hansen not passing pre-fight medicals and subsequently being hospitalized for a "head injury". It was later clarified that the injury stemmed from a teammate landing awkwardly on Hansen's head after a takedown during warm-up, resulting with Hansen being rushed to the hospital where he was diagnosed with a
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. In February 2009 Hansen was reported as being healthy and was in negotiations with Dream about his first title defense. His first title defense was on 6 October 2009 when he lost the title to Shinya Aoki. Hansen faced
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on 22 March 2010 at Dream 13 for the Dream Featherweight Championship. He lost the match in a split decision. Hansen lost to Hiroyuki Takaya on 29 May 2010 at Dream 14 by Knockout Hansen defeated Hideo Tokoro on 25 September at Dream 16 with a Submission ( Triangle Choke) 2:48 in the first round. Returning to Scandinavia, Hansen fought Usama Aziz at Superior Challenge 6 29 October 2010. Hansen defeated Aziz 3:47 in the second round by submission. Hansen fought
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on 29 May 2011 at '' Dream: Fight for Japan!''. Hansen won via split decision. Hansen faced Tatsuya Kawajiri in a featherweight bout at
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at
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in Saitama, Japan, on 24 Sept. He lost the fight via submission in the third round. Despite having an almost two-year hiatus, Hansen then faced Doo Won Seo (on a six fight winning streak) at ROAD FC 11 in Seo's backyard
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,
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. in which he defeated Seo via submission (arm triangle choke) at 2:24 into the second round.


Kickboxing career

Hansen debuted as a professional
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at the '' Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012'' in Tokyo, Japan on 17 November 2012. The Shoot Boxing World Tournament, or "S-Cup", is an eight-man, 70 kg standing
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tournament that combines striking, throws and submissions held by the Shoot Boxing Association once every two years. He was drawn against Hiroaki Suzuki at the quarter-final stage and lost by unanimous decision after an extension round. In his sophomore apprearence as a shootboxer, Hansen gained his first win as he took a unanimous decision victory over Kenji Kanai at ''Shoot Boxing 2013 - Act 1'' in Tokyo on 22 February 2013.


Personal life

Hansen has various tattoos. The tattoo on his right arm is an odal rune and it stands for spiritual heritage. The tattoo on his left arm is Viking art mixed with Celtic art. This relates to his bloodline as his grandmother is a descendant of a Scottish clan. On the inside of his left arm is
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's hammer. Hansen enjoys heavy metal music and playing the guitar. Hansen retired from MMA in December 2016. In a Facebook message from his then manager Aron Jahnsen, Hansen suffered a stroke and despite later being offered a fight for a European organization, he reportedly turned it down.


Championships and accomplishments


Martial arts

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*2nd place in European Cup (1999), 74 kg (163 lb) advanced division. *1st place in Finnish Open (1999), 75 kg (165 lb) division *3rd place in European Cup (1999), 80 kg (176 lb) division *Did not place in BJJ Munidals (2000) *2nd place in BJJ Open in London (2001), 73 kg (161 lb) blue belt division. *3rd place in BJJ Open in London (2001), absolute/open weight blue/purple belt division.
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*2nd place in Helsinki Submission Wrestling (1999), 65 kg (143 lb) division. *1st place in Finnish Open (1999), 70 kg (154 lb) division. *1st place in Finnish Open (2000), 70 kg (154 lb) division. *1st place in Scandinavian Open (2000), 76 kg (167 lb) division. *1st place in Bad Boy Cup (2000), 70 kg (154 lb) division. *1st place in Finnish Open (2001), 79 kg (174 lb) division. *1st place in Frank Shamrock Invitational (2001), 70 kg (154 lb) division. *1st place in King of the Beach (2001), 78 kg (172 lb) division. *1st place in Scandinavian Open (2002), 73 kg (161 lb) division. *Scandinavia Wrestling Submission Wrestling Champion (1999 and 2000).


Mixed martial arts

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** DREAM Lightweight Championship (1 time, first) ** 2008 DREAM Lightweight Grand Prix Champion * Professional Shooto Japan **Shooto Welterweight Champion (1 time)


Kickboxing record

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Mixed martial arts record

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Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
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Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
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Jani Lax Jani Lax (born October 26, 1977) is a Swedish professional mixed martial artist and occasional kickboxer, who competes in the Lightweight division. He has fought around the world in a number of promotions including Finnfight, K-1, M-1 Global and ...
, Submission (rear-naked choke) , Finnfight 4 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 9:25 ,
Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
, Finland , , - , Win , align=center, 1–0 , Marcus Peltonen , TKO , Finnfight 3 , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 1:38 ,
Turku Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a city and former capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River, in the region of Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; ...
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List of male mixed martial artists This is a list of notable professional male mixed martial arts fighters in alphabetical order. __NOTOC__ A * Shamil Abdurakhimov - ( M-1, UFC) * Daichi Abe - ( UFC, Pancrase) * Hiroyuki Abe - (Shooto, KOTC, Cage Rage, DEEP, Pride) * ...


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