| Jan Nortje | |
| Birth Name: | Johannes Nortje |
| Other Names: | The Giant |
| Nationality: | South African |
| Birth Date: | 1975 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Fighting Out Of: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Residence: | Grand Baie, Mauritius (current) Gustavia, St. Barts (previous) |
| Height: | 2.11 m |
| Weight: | 151 kg |
| Weight Class: | Super Heavyweight Heavyweight |
| Style: | Kickboxing, Boxing |
| Stance: | Southpaw |
| Team: | Xtreme Couture[1] Steve's Gym Team Nortje |
| Trainer: | Steve Kalakoda Randy Couture Ray Sefo Fai Falamoe (2007, 2013) |
| Years Active: | 1998–2008, 2013 (Kickboxing) 1999–2001 (Boxing) 2001–2003, 2007–2009, 2013 (MMA) |
| Kickbox Win: | 9 |
| Kickbox Kowin: | 8 |
| Kickbox Loss: | 16 |
| Kickbox Koloss: | 11 |
| Mma Kowin: | 2 |
| Mma Koloss: | 2 |
| Mma Subloss: | 4 |
| Box Win: | 11 |
| Box Kowin: | 10 |
| Box Loss: | 0 |
| Boxrec: | 14124 |
| Sherdog: | 2325 |
Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and undefeated professional boxer[2] who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
He has fought the likes of Jérôme Le Banner, Gary Goodridge, and K-1 Champions Mirko Cro Cop, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts and Semmy Schilt. His last MMA fight was a loss against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at DREAM.9.
He lost to Lechi Kurbanov by way of an extension round split decision on 29 June 2013 in Grozny, Chechnya.[3]
|-| Loss| align=center| 2–6| Sokoudjou| TKO (punches)| DREAM 9| | align=center| 1| align=center| 2:30| Yokohama, Japan| DREAM Super Hulk Grand Prix Opening Round; Super Heavyweight bout.|-| Win| align=center| 2–5| Bob Sapp | TKO (punches)| | | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:55| Tacoma, Washington, United States| Super Heavyweight bout.|-| Loss| align=center| 1–5| Gary Goodridge | TKO (punches) | Hero's 8 | | align=center| 1| align=center| 3:00| Nagoya, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 1–4| Masayuki Naruse | Submission (rear-naked choke) | K-1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 4:40| Nagoya, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 1–3| Shinsuke Nakamura | TKO (submission to strikes)| NJPW Ultimate Crush| | align=center| 2| align=center| 3:12| Tokyo, Japan| |-| Win| align=center| 1–2| Tadao Yasuda | TKO (corner stoppage) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002| | align=center| 2| align=center| 0:57| Saitama, Saitama, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 0–2| Yoshihisa Yamamoto| Submission (armbar) | PRIDE 18| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:43| Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan| |-| Loss| align=center| 0–1| Gary Goodridge | Submission (armbar) | K-1 Andy Memorial 2001 Japan GP Final| | align=center| 1| align=center| 1:11| Saitama, Saitama, Japan| [4]
| 9 Wins (8 (T)KO's, 1 decision), 16 Losses (11 (T)KO's, 5 decisions) | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Record | Opponent | Event | Method | Round | Time | |
| 06/29/2013 | Loss | 9–16 | Lechi Kurbanov | K-1 World Ichigeki Cup 2013 | Ext. R Decision (split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| 08/16/2008 | Win | 9–15 |  Tom Erikson | Deep: Gladiator | KO (left hook) | 1 | 1:05 | |
| 06/29/2008 | Loss | 8–15 |  Peter Aerts | K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka | TKO (referee stoppage) | 3 | 2:49 | |
| 03/26/2008 | Loss | 8–14 | Bjorn Bregy | K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam | KO (punches) | 1 | 1:10 | |
| 12/08/2007 | Win | 8–13 |  Dong Wook-Kim | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Final | TKO (overhand right) | 2 | 0:11 | |
| 04/28/2007 | Loss | 7–13 | Mighty Mo | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii | KO (right cross) | 2 | 1:50 | |
| 04/28/2007 | Win | 7–12 | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii | TKO (low kicks) | 2 | 1:56 | ||
| 08/13/2005 | Loss | 6–12 | Imani Lee | K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas II | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 11/06/2004 | Loss | 6–11 | Semmy Schilt | K-1 Titans 1st '04 | TKO | 2 | 0:57 | |
| 08/07/2004 | Loss | 6–10 |  Alexander Ustinov | K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 06/06/2004 | Loss | 6–9 | Tom Erikson | K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Nagoya | TKO (referee stoppage) | 1 | 0:55 | |
| 03/27/2004 | Win | 6–8 | Mike Bernardo | K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Saitama | TKO (punch rush/3 knockdowns) | 1 | 2:32 | |
| 12/06/2003 | Loss | 5–8 |  Martin Holm | K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 | KO | 1 | 1:06 | |
| 11/03/2003 | Win | 5–7 | Ivan Rudan | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:19 | ||
| 07/13/2003 | Loss | 4–7 |  Alexey Ignashov | K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Fukuoka | KO | 1 | 2:49 | |
| 03/03/2003 | Win | 4–6 | Evgeny Orlov | K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Saitama | Decision (unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
| 08/17/2002 | Loss | 3–6 | Ernesto Hoost | K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas | KO | 3 | 1:29 | |
| 03/03/2002 | Win | 3–5 | Jörgen Kruth | K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Nagoya | KO (right hook) | 2 | 1:38 | |
| 07/20/2001 | Win | 2–5 | Sergei Matkin | K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Nagoya | KO (punches) | 2 | 1:01 | |
| 04/29/2001 | Loss | 1–5 |  Peter Graham | K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka | Ext. R Decision (split) | 4 | 3:00 | |
| 05/28/2000 | Loss | 1–4 |  Jérôme Le Banner | K-1 Survival 2000 | KO (punch) | 1 | 1:07 | |
| 06/21/1999 | Loss | 1–3 | Matt Skelton | K-1 Braves '99 Quarter Finals | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 04/25/1999 | Loss | 1–2 | Mirko Cro Cop | K-1 Revenge '99 | KO (left hook) | 4 | 1:58 | |
| 10/28/1998 | Win | 1–1 |  Mitsuya Nagai | K-1 Japan '98 Kamikaze | TKO (3 knockdowns) | 1 | 2:51 | |
| 04/09/1998 | Loss | 0–1 | Matt Skelton | K-1 Kings '98 | TKO | 3 | 0:47 |
| 11 Wins (10 (T)KO's, 1 decision), 0 Losses | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method | Round | Time | ||
| 06/16/2001 | Win | Curtis McDorman | Cintas Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States | TKO | 2 | 3:00 | ||
| 06/02/2001 | Win | JC Hilliard | Miccosukee Resort & Gaming, Miami, Florida, United States | TKO | 2 | 0:17 | ||
| 02/27/2001 | Win |  Monthee Honore | Parow Civic Centre, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | TKO | 8 | 3:00 | Wins Vacant All-African Heavyweight Title. | |
| 08/05/2000 | Win | Mario Sailor | The Moon, Tallahassee, Florida, United States | TKO | 1 | 3:00 | ||
| 07/08/2000 | Win |  Ricky Peters | George, Western Cape, South Africa | TKO | 1 | 1:15 | ||
| 07/02/2000 | Win | Clinton Nortje | Rygersdal Sports Complex, Rondebosch, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | TKO | 1 | 3:00 | ||
| 04/30/2000 | Win | Clinton Nortje | Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | TKO | 2 | 3:00 | ||
| 02/22/2000 | Win | Armstrong M'bete | Bellville Velodrome, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | KO | 1 | N/A | ||
| 12/18/1999 | Win | Egan Norman | Club Mykanos Holiday Resort, Langebaan, Western Cape, South Africa | KO | 1 | 0:10 | ||
| 09/25/1999 | Win | Jacob Lolwane | Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa | PTS | 4 | 3:00 | ||
| 05/16/1999 | Win | James Thompson | Cape Town, South Africa | KO | 1 | 0:16 |