Media Olympians Who Have Competed In MMA

[Mackenzie Dern's Accent]

Great work, very cool and interesting thread!

 

[Feniamin]

Spoiler: Judo

Ivo dos Santos
Rhadi Ferguson
Svetlana Goundarenko
Kayla Harrison
Rick Hawn
Satoshi Ishii
Hiroshi Izumi
Bu Kyung Jung
Dan Kelly
David Khakhaleishvili
Ferrid Kheder
Min Soo Kim
Natasha Kuziutina
Hector Lombard
Pawel Nastula
Naoya Ogawa
Ronda Rousey
Ben Spijkers
Makoto Takimoto
David Tercero
Naranjargal Tsendayush
Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg
Hidehiko Yoshida
Rizlen Zouak

Ivo dos Santos, Australia
Half-Lightweight (≤66 kg)
Olympics
17th 2012 London
MMA
3-3


Rhadi Ferguson, USA
Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kg)
Olympics
2004 Athens
MMA
3-0


Svetlana Goundarenko, Russia/EUN
Heavyweight (>72 kg)
Olympics
7th 1992 Barcelona
5th 1996 Atlanta
MMA
6-2


Kayla Harrison, USA
Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kg)
Olympics
Gold 2012 London
Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro
MMA
PFL Lightweight Champion
15-1


Rick Hawn, USA
Half-Middleweight (≤81 kg)
Olympics
9th 2004 Athens
MMA
21-5


Satoshi Ishii, Japan
Heavyweight (>100 kg)
Olympics
Gold 2008 Beijing
MMA
25-12-1


Hiroshi Izumi, Japan
Middleweight (≤90 kg)
Olympics
Silver 2004 Athens
15th 2008 Beijing
MMA
4-2


Bu Kyung Jung, South Korea
Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kg)
Olympics
Silver 2000 Sydney
MMA
0-4


Dan Kelly, Australia
Middleweight (≤90 kg), Half-Middleweight (≤81 kg) & Half-Heavyweight (≤100 kg)
Olympics
9th 2000 Sydney
7th 2004 Athens
20th 2008 Beijing
17th 2012 London
MMA
13-4


David Khakhaleishvili, EUN
Heavyweight (>95 kg)
Olympics
Gold 1992 Barcelona
MMA
1-2


Ferrid Kheder, France
Lightweight (≤73 kg)
Olympics
7th 2000 Sydney
MMA
22-11-0-1


Min Soo Kim, South Korea
Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kg)
Olympics
Silver 1996 Atlanta
MMA
3-7


Natasha Kuziutina, Russia/ROC
Half-Lightweight (≤52 kg)
Olympics
17th 2012 London
Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro
9th 2020 Tokyo
MMA
1-0


Hector Lombard, Cuba
Lightweight (≤73 kg)
Olympics
2000 Sydney
MMA
Bellator Middleweight Champion
34-10-1-3


Pawel Nastula, Poland
Half-Heavyweight (≤95 kg)
Olympics
5th 1992 Barcelona
Gold 1996 Atlanta
2000 Sydney
MMA
5-6


Naoya Ogawa, Japan
Heavyweight (>95 kg)
Olympics
Silver 1992 Barcelona
5th 1996 Atlanta
MMA
7-2


Ronda Rousey, USA
Middleweight (≤70 kg) & Half-Middleweight (≤63 kg)
Olympics
9th 2004 Athens
Bronze 2008 Beijing
MMA
UFC Bantamweight Champion
12-2


Ben Spijkers, Netherlands
Middleweight (≤86 kg)
Olympics
10th 1984 Los Angeles
Bronze 1988 Seoul
9th 1992 Barcelona
MMA
0-2


Makoto Takimoto, Japan
Half-Middleweight (≤81 kg)
Olympics
Gold 2000 Sydney
MMA
6-5


David Tercero, Costa Rica
Extra-Lightweight (≤60 kg)
Olympics
2004 Athens
Amateur MMA
2-0


Naranjargal Tsendayush, Mongolia
Middleweight (≤70 kg)
Olympics
17th 2016 Rio de Janeiro
MMA
2-0

Mönkhbatyn Urantsetseg, Mongolia
Extra-Lightweight (≤48 kg)
Olympics
7th 2012 London
5th 2016 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze 2020 Tokyo
Amateur MMA
0-1


Hidehiko Yoshida, Japan
Middleweight (≤90 kg) & Half-Middleweight (≤78 kg)
Olympics
Gold 1992 Barcelona
5th 1996 Atlanta
9th 2000 Sydney
MMA
9-8-1


Rizlen Zouak, Morocco
Half-Middleweight (≤63 kg)
Olymics
17th 2012 London
17th 2016 Rio de Janeiro
MMA
7-5-0-1
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Your link is to David Tercero that is 18 years old so he wasn’t able to compete at Olympics in 2004.

 

[BowserJr]

Swimming is a base for mma?

 

[AfroBanana]

Would love to see Yoel and Hendo fight at their best career points. We need a to be the org that invents time travel and settle all the what if’s.

fighting out on the blue corner, from 2004 Fedorrrrrrr……..

 

[Y2Khaos]

Your link is to David Tercero that is 18 years old so he wasn’t able to compete at Olympics in 2004.

Good catch! How careless of me. It looks like he doesn't have an MMA record but he does have an MMA fight.
Judo vs Muay Thai in MMA Fight - MMA Underground (mixedmartialarts.com)

 

[Feniamin]

More upcoming fights:
March 15, Invicta FC 52
Natasha Kuziutina vs. Fatima Kline

April 21, Bellator 294
Sara McMann vs. Arlene Blencowe

Good catch! How careless of me. It looks like he doesn't have an MMA record but he does have an MMA fight.
Judo vs Muay Thai in MMA Fight - MMA Underground (mixedmartialarts.com)

I think you should keep him. Ali and Kandelaki doesn't have Sherdog pages but they are on the list and we have video of the fight of Tercero.

 

[Feniamin]

Javad Mahjoub is gonna make his mma debut March 11 versus Kacper Miklasz at Hexagone MMA 7
Henry Cejudo vs. Aljamain Sterling May 6 at UFC 288

 

[HuskySamoan]

Javad Mahjoub is gonna make his mma debut March 11 versus Kacper Miklasz at Hexagone MMA 7
Henry Cejudo vs. Aljamain Sterling May 6 at UFC 288

Did Mahjoub compete in the Olympics?

 

[Feniamin]

Did Mahjoub compete in the Olympics?

According to Olympedia in 2016 represented Iran and in 2020 refugee team.

 

[Feniamin]

Usama Aziz is missing from thread.

 

[AmonTobin]

Bobsleigh best base for MMA confirmed?

Who would have thought? Maybe the fast reflexes carries over.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

Has Dan Kelly been mentioned? He represented Australia 4 times at the Olympics in Judo

 

[Project 2501]

What a damn shame we never got to see these olympians compete in high tier MMA:

 

[CerebralKnievel]

This thread sucks dick

 

[Rationality]

It doesn't matter what he was on, for Karelin to win 3 straight golds plus a silver is an all-time great achievement.

 

[Feniamin]

Usama Aziz is missing from thread.

https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/60011
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usama_Aziz
https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Sami-Aziz-13071

 

[Feniamin]

Ismail Musukaev
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/143699
https://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/fighters/319252-ismail-musukaev

 

[Feniamin]

Upcoming
Shinobu Ota vs. Kazuma Kuramoto, Rizin Landmark 5, April 30

Rizlen Zouak vs. Klaudia Sygula, Ares FC 15, May 12

Yoel Romero vs. Vadim Nemkov, Bellator 297, June 16

 

[Y2Khaos]

Ben Spijkers, Netherlands
Middleweight (≤86 kg)
Olympics
10th 1984 Los Angeles
Bronze 1988 Seoul
9th 1992 Barcelona
MMA
0-2
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Unfortunately for Ben Spijkers he is best known for being the guy Renzo stepped on.

 

[Feniamin]

Piotr Swierczewski
https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26984
https://www.sherdog.com/fighter/Piotr-Swierczewski-357997