Dewey Cooper (born November 10, 1974) is an American former

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and

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who competed in the cruiserweight and

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divisions. After becoming a two-time world champion in 2000 by taking the WKC heavyweight and WKF cruiserweight titles, he would go on to become a regular competitor in the

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promotion's US events. He came close to winning a K-1 Grand Prix Tournament when he defeated

Nobu Hayashi Nobu Hayashi ( ja, 林伸樹; born April 27, 1978) is a professional Japanese Heavyweight karateka and kickboxer. He is a two-time K-1 Japan tournament runner-up and holds notable wins over Ben Edwards, Sander Thonhauser and Faisal Zakaria. Ha ...

and Samoan power puncher Mighty Mo, but lost out to Michael McDonald in the final of the ''

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'' all in the same night.

Career

Born in Los Angeles, California, Cooper started practicing Muay Thai as a youngster and began training under Nick "One Kick" Blomgren at One Kick's Gym in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994. After making a name for himself on the American circuit by racking up a record of 15-2 (10 KOs), winning the USMTF and UKC national titles in the process, his services were recruited by

, the world's premier kickboxing organization. Debuting on January 22, 1999 at '' K-1 The Challenge '99'' in Tokyo, Japan, Cooper was knocked out in the second round by

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. Despite this setback, he went on to have a break-out year in 2000 when he won the WKC World Heavyweight Championship and WKF World Cruiserweight Championship. He also faced the legendary and recently un-retired

Don "The Dragon" Wilson Donald Glen Wilson (born September 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Dragon", is an American martial artist, film actor, and former professional kickboxer. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR ...

for the

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North American Cruiserweight (-88.2 kg/194.4 lb)

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Championship at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on March 17, 2000, losing out via

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after ten rounds. Returning to K-1 at the ''

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'' on August 5, 2000, Cooper dropped a razor-thin

split decision A split decision (SD) is a winning criterion in boxing, most commonly in full-contact combat sports, in which two of the three judges score one particular competitor as the winner, while the third judge scores for the other competitor. A split dec ...

to Giuseppe De Natale after two extension rounds. 2001 fared better for Cooper, as he defeated Arne Soldwedel by

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at the ''

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'' in May and Mark Miller by technical knockout at the ''

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'' in August. These wins earned him a place among North America's eight best heavyweights in the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA'' tournament held on May 3, 2002 in Las Vegas. Cooper was drawn against

Jean-Claude Leuyer Jean-Claude Leuyer (born November 30, 1970), or simply Jean Claude, is an American former heavyweight kickboxer. He was a six-time world champion, holding titles in four different organizations, and competing in sixteen world title fights. He hold ...

at the quarter-final stage and floored the four-time world champion in the third round en route to a unanimous decision. In the semi-finals, he came up against one of the United States' most accomplished kickboxers in

Rick Roufus Rick John Roufus (born June 3, 1966) is an American retired kickboxer. He is one of the most famous kickboxers in America, and has also competed professionally in boxing and mixed martial arts. An accomplished professional fighter throughout h ...

. Roufus attacked Cooper's lead leg, which was already battered from the Leuyer fight, with

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s from the first bell, taking away his mobility and offence. Roufus took the judges decision after three rounds. Cooper was invited back to the Las Vegas Grand Prix the following year, going up against Japanese representative

Yusuke Fujimoto Yusuke Fujimoto ( ja, 藤本祐介 ; born July 22, 1975) is a Japanese former heavyweight kickboxer who competed in K-1 and was the K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong tournament champion. He is nicknamed "Bun Bun Maru" because of his tendency to thro ...

in the opening round of the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas'' on May 2, 2003. He dropped Fujimoto with a left hook in the first round, but took a beating from his opponent's kicks in rounds two and three and lost via unanimous decision and was eliminated from the tournament. In his next outing in the promotion, Cooper went up against the reigning K-1 Las Vegas champion Carter Williams in a non-tournament match at the ''

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'' on August 15, 2003. Cooper fought well, constantly moving while scoring on the larger Williams, who landed the harder shots. The crowd voiced its disapproval when Williams was announced as the winner on the judges' scorecards (30–27, 30–28, and 29.5–29). Following a unanimous decision loss at the hands of

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at '' K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb'' on October 31, 2003, he competed in his third K-1 tournament, the ''

'', on April 30, 2004. He was able to beat Seido karate stylist

by unanimous decision in the quarter-finals by staying the more active of the two. Then, in the semis, he became the first man to defeat Samoan knockout artist Mighty Mo. Despite giving up 37 kg/82 lb in weight to his opponent, Cooper used superior ring skills and took a unanimous decision (30–28.5, 29.5–29, and 29.5–29) after three rounds. He would then go up against Michael McDonald, a two-time K-1 USA tournament winner, in the final. McDonald

outpoint Outpoint is a term frequently used in boxing to describe a situation in which one boxer is awarded more points than his or her opponent by the judges, but does not knock out A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning cri ...

ed Cooper on all three judges' scorecards (29–28, 30–28, and 30–27.5) to win his third North American Grand Prix. Despite coming so close to claiming a K-1 tournament title, Cooper would not win another bout in the promotion. A split decision loss to Trinidadian brawler

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on August 7, 2004 at the ''

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'' was followed up with two consecutive quarter-final defeats in the next two tournaments he entered;

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fighter

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beat him at the April 30, 2005 '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas'' and Scott Lighty outpointed him at the ''

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'' a year later. In what would be his last K-1 bout for six years, Cooper dropped a unanimous decision to

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at the ''

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'' on August 5, 2006. 2006 saw Cooper return to his career in professional boxing, in which he had notched up an undefeated record between 2001 and 2004. Despite tasting defeat in 2007 at the hands of Mike Alderete, who he would later defeat in a rematch, Cooper's boxing career culminated in a duo of fights with Arthur Williams for the WBC United States Cruiserweight (-90.7 kg/200 lb) Championship. In his first fight with Williams, which took place in Lemoore, California on October 23, 2008, the match was stopped in the fifth of a scheduled ten rounds due to an accidental

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which caused a large gash on Williams’ forehead and Williams was named the winner on a

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. In their rematch on February 6, 2009 in the same city, Williams again walked away with the victory, a unanimous decision after the full ten rounds. On July 17, 2009, Cooper competed at ''Kung Fu King 2009'', an eight-man sanshou tournament in Guangzhou, China featuring such notables as

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Steve McKinnon Steve "The Smashing Machine" Mckinnon (born 23 November 1976 in Scotland) is a WBC Hall of Fame, 8 time world champion Australian, Heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of the Bulldog Gym in Sydney. He competed in Glory and is the former WBC Mua ...

and

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. He was eliminated at the quarter-final stage after losing a decision to Yu Jin. He made a return to

in 2012 at thirty-seven years of age, headlining the card at the ''

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'' on September 8, 2012 against promotional newcomer

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with a place at the 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix at stake. Despite outweighing his opponent for the first time in his K-1 career, Cooper was unable to defeat the younger Blake and lost via unanimous decision after three rounds. Cooper was initially set to fight

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for the vacant WPMF World Heavyweight (-95.454 kg/210.4 lb) Championship at ''Muaythai Superfight'' in Pattaya, Thailand on May 13, 2013. The event was pushed back to June 14, 2013, however, and he lost by unanimous decision. Cooper fought to a draw in a clinch-heavy affair with Peter Aerts at GFC Series 1 in

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, United Arab Emirates on May 29, 2014. Also a trainer, Cooper's students include Daniel Strauss, Sanjar Rakhmanov, Roy Nelson,

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, Makhmud Muradov."Rising MMA star Makhmud Muradov talks with Dewey Cooper about his move to the Mayweather Boxing Club"
''The Mayweather Channel'', USA, 2018/01/16. Retrieved on 28 September 2019.

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

** K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I Runner-up ** K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA Semifinalist *United States Muay Thai Federation **USMTF United States Championship *Universal Kickboxing Council **UKC United States Championship *World Kickboxing Council **WKC World Heavyweight Championship *World Kickboxing Federation **WKF World Cruiserweight Championship *Inducted in 2008 Martial Arts Hall of Fame *United States Muay Thai Association, Official Member 2016 Certified Arjarn (Master) Instructor Certificate Award. Registered Member USMTA 01990010170592US

Boxing record

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Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

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, , K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb , , Zagreb, Croatia , , Decision (unanimous) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2003-08-15 , , Loss , , align=left, Carter Williams , ,

, , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2003-05-02 , , Loss , , align=left,

, , K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas, Quarter Finals , , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2002-05-03 , , Loss , , align=left,

, , K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA, Semi Finals , , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2002-05-03 , , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA, Quarter Finals , , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2001-08-11 , , Win , , align=left, Mark Miller , ,

, , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , TKO , , 2 , , N/A , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2001-05-05 , , Win , , align=left, Arne Soldwedel , ,

, , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2000-08-05 , , Loss , , align=left, Giuseppe De Natale , ,

, , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Extra round decision (split) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2000-07-08 , , Win , , align=left, Marcio Castillo , , ISKA Kickboxing , , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , TKO , , 1 , , 2:33 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2000-03-17 , , Loss , , align=left, Don Wilson , , N/A , , Las Vegas, Nevada, US , , Decision (majority) , , 10 , , 2:00 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1999-10-23 , , Loss , , align=left,

Jeff Roufus Jeffrey Ryan "Duke" Roufus (born February 19, 1970) is an American former kickboxer and head coach of the Roufusport based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He is a well-known striking coach in North America. Career Duke Roufus started ...

, , N/A , , Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US , , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1999-03-22 , , Loss , , align=left,

, , K-1 The Challenge '99 , ,

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, , KO (right high kick) , , 2 , , 2:44 , - , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Mixed martial arts record

, - , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 2007-10-18 , , Loss , , align=left, Jimmy Dexter , , PFC 4: Project Complete , , United States , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , , 2–1 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2007-09-29 , , Win , , align=left, Adam Smith , , Strikeforce: Playboy Mansion , , Los Angeles, California, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , , 2–0 , - , - bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2007-07-19 , , Win , , align=left, Adam Smith , , PFC 3: Step Up , , Lemoore, California, US , , Decision (unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , , 1–0 , - , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

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References

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