Rony Sefo (born 10 April 1972 in New Zealand) is a former two-time World Champion New Zealand

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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 ...

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Pride Fighting Championships PRIDE Fighting Championships (Pride or Pride FC, founded as KRS-Pride) was a Japanese mixed martial arts promotion company. Its inaugural event was held at the Tokyo Dome on October 11, 1997. Pride held more than sixty mixed martial arts even ...

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Ricardo Van Den Bos Ricardo van den Bos (born 17 November 1984) is a Dutch kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Zwolle. He is a four time WBC International Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion and the Dutch Amateur Boxing Heavyweight Champion of 2010. Career Van den Bo ...

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Muay Thai Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...

World champion

Ray Sefo Ray Sefo (born 15 February 1971) is a New Zealand fight promoter and retired kickboxer, boxer, and mixed martial artist of Samoan descent. He was the K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Runner Up, is a six-time Muay Thai World Champion, and was an eigh ...

. Sefo is married to Kara, and they have two children.http://www.pridefc.com/pride2005/index.php?mainpage=fighters&fID=222

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

1996 UTC World Heavyweight Champion
1998 ISKA World Heavyweight Champion * K-1 ** K-1 Oceania 2000 (3rd) ** K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2000 Finalist ** K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 Finalist ** K-1 Oceania 2001 (5th)

Records

Kickboxing record

Mixed martial arts record

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Kiyoshi Tamura is a Japanese retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist. Once a student of legendary professional wrestlers Billy Robinson, Lou Thesz and Akira Maeda, Tamura was known for his skills in catch wrestling and is considered to be one of ...

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sefo, Rony New Zealand male mixed martial artists New Zealand male kickboxers Living people 1972 births Sportspeople from Auckland