Orlando Wiet Explained

Orlando Wiet
Birth Date:October 24, 1965
Birth Place:Paramaribo, Suriname
Nationality:Dutch
Weight:170lb
Weight Class:Welterweight
Style:Muay Thai
Fighting Out Of:France
Team:Team Wiet
Years Active:1994–1998
Mma Kowin:1
Mma Koloss:1
Mma Subloss:4
Sherdog:31

Orlando Wiet (born 24 October 1965) is a Surinamese-Dutch former world champion kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist.

Kickboxing

Orlando Otmar Wiet started his career in Purmerend with Cees van der Velden and then trained in Breda with Ramon Dekkers and Cor Hemmers. He also trained in Thailand in Buriram Nonkee Payuthe with Mr. Pramote and fought in the Old Lumpini Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand for the promoter Mr. Songchai Ratanasuban, the first non-Thai fighter to win a fight by decision. Wiet has fought at K-1 and It's Showtime tournaments. In 1985, Wiet defeated Stephane Nikiema and won a European Muay Thai championship. In 1989, he defeated Omar Benamar and won a world title.[1] [2] [3] [4] Wiet defeated Ivan Hippolyte in April 1995. He then defeated Azem Maksutaj and after that he took part in the K-1 Grand Prix tournament in July 1995, beating Franz Haller in the first round and losing to Taiei Kin in the second round. Ivan Hippolyte, who lost to Wiet in a previous match, won the tournament.[5]

Mixed martial arts

In 1994, Wiet decided to take part in the tournament UFC 2, as the first fighter living in France. UFC 2 was a tournament with fighters of different styles. Wiet represented Muay Thai. He was the lightest fighter among the sixteen participants of the tournament, weighting 170 pounds. However, in the opening round, he could use his Muay Thai techniques and defeated 6.2 tall and 245 pounds Robert Lucarelli by TKO (Corner Stoppage) with elbow, knee strikes and punches. Then, in the quarterfinals, he faced the tallest and heaviest judo fighter of that tournament, 6.4 tall and 260 pounds Remco Pardoel. Pardoel could use his weight advantage and Wiet lost by TKO and got seriously injured. After he lost to Todd Bjornethun a year later, Wiet decided to focus on boxing and kickboxing.

Boxing

Wiet started his boxing career with Jean Robert Pujol in 1996. He participated in boxing matches in parallel with kickboxing. After a four win streak, he was defeated by Aziz Daari. His next fights were not so successful as in kickboxing. He had matches against opponents such as Byron Mitchell and Bruno Girard.[6]

After retiring

Wiet's career ended in 1999 when he sustained a critical groin injury throwing a high kick in training. Wiet retired from fighting in 1999 after 180 fights and number of injuries. However, he came back once in 2005, once in 2008 and once in 2011 to fight in MMA. He lost all three fights by submission. Wiet has subsequently worked as a coach, training fighters such as Karim Souda .[7]

Personal life

Orlando Wiet was married to Valérie Hénin, female boxer with 2-0-1 record in professional boxing and kickboxer with 0–2 record. Valerie helped her husband in training for part of his matches. The couple broke up a little later. Orlando has two daughters, Magda Wiet-Hénin and Lena Wiet Mathisdaughter of Anne Sophie Mathis 8 times world boxing champion . Magda Wiet is a taekwondo world champion.[8] [6]

Titles and achievements

Mixed martial arts record

|-| Loss| align=center| 1–5| Zoran Milovic| Submission (armbar)| GCP - Greater Champion Podgorica| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:43| Podgorica, Montenegro|-| Loss| align=center| 1–4| Paul Jenkins| Submission (americana)| NGT 5 - Iustitia Divina| | align=center| 2| align=center| 1:50| Milan, Italy|-| Loss| align=center| 1–3| Mario Stapel| Submission| S-1 - European Grand Prix 2005| | align=center| 1| align=center| 0:00| Germany|-| Loss| align=center| 1–2| Todd Bjornethun| Submission (triangle choke)| UFCF - United Full Contact Federation 1| | align=center| 1| align=center| 5:43| United States| |-| Loss| align=center| 1–1| Remco Pardoel| KO (elbows)| rowspan=2|| rowspan=2|| align=center| 1| align=center| 1:29| rowspan=2|Denver, Colorado, United States| |-| Won| align=center| 1–0| Robert Lucarelli| TKO (knees)| align=center| 1| align=center| 2:50| |}

Kickboxing and Muay Thai record (incomplete)

|- bgcolor="#c5d2ea"| 1999-10-24 || Draw ||align=left| Perry Ubeda || It's Showtime - It's Showtime || Haarlem, Netherlands || Decision Draw || 5 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1997-06-07 || Loss||align=left| Taiei Kin || K-1: Fight Night '97 || Zurich, Switzerland || Decision || 5 || 3:00|-|- bgcolor="#fbb"| 1996 || Loss||align=left| Aurélien Duarte || || France || Decision|| 5 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| 1996-06-02 || Win||align=left| Toshiyuki Atokawa || K-1 Fight Night || Zurich, Switzerland || TKO || 2 || 0:30|-|- bgcolor="#fbb"| || Loss||align=left| Aurélien Duarte || || Paris, France || Decision|| 5 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#c5d2ea"| || Draw||align=left| Aurélien Duarte || || Nancy, France || Decision|| 5 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1995-07-16 || Loss||align=left| Taiei Kin || K-1: Legend 95 || Nagoya, Japan || Decision · Majority|| 3 || 3:00|-|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| 1995-07-16 || Win||align=left| Franz Haller || K-1: Legend 95 || Nagoya, Japan || Decision || 3 || 3:00|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| 1995-06-10 || Win||align=left| Azem Maksutaj || K-1 Fight Night || Zurich, Switzerland || KO (left punch) || 2 || 2:45|-|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| 1995-04-02 || Win||align=left| Ivan Hippolyte || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision || 5 || 3:00|-|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1994-12-10 || Loss ||align=left| Taro Minato || K-1: Legend 94 || Nagoya, Japan || Decision || 5 || 3:00|-|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1994-09-18 || Loss ||align=left| Taiei Kin || K-1 Revenge || Yokohama, Japan || KO (Right high kick)|| 4 || 0:08|-|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1992-06-21 || Loss ||align=left| Farid Kenniche || || Paris, France || Decision || 5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1992-04-09 || Loss ||align=left| Stephane Nikiema || Paris Fight Night 1992 || Paris, France || Decision || 5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1992|| Loss ||align=left| Changpuek Kiatsongrit || || Olham, England, UK || Decision(split) || 5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1992|| Loss ||align=left| Jomhod Kiatadisak || || Germany || || || |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1991-04-21 || Loss ||align=left| Ivan Hippolyte || Kickboxing "Holland vs Canada" || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision || 5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| 1989 || Win||align=left| Omar Benamar || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision ||5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1988-11-20 || Loss ||align=left| Ivan Hippolyte || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision || 5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1987-11-17 || Loss ||align=left| Luc Verheye || || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Ko || 2 || 1:27|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb"| 1986 || Loss ||align=left| Krongsak Sakkasem || || France || Decision|| 5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| 1985-12-28|| Win||align=left| Stéphane Nikiéma || European Muaythai Championship || Amsterdam, Netherlands || Decision ||5 || 3:00|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| || Win||align=left| Keith Nathan || || || KO || 4 || 1:47|- bgcolor="CCFFCC"| || Win||align=left| Bayram Colak || || || Decision || 5 || 3:00

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRoundDateLocationNotes
14Win8–6 Andreas MarksDecision1999-Feb-2Pont-Sainte-Maxence,France
13Win7–6 Andras GalfiDecision1998-Jun-2Saverne,France
12Loss6–6 Olivier BeardTKO1998-Feb-7Le Havre,France
11Loss6–5 Bruno GirardDecision1997-Dec-6 Dombasle-sur-Meurthe,France
10Loss6–4 align=left Byron MitchellDecision1997-Jul-8 Palais des Sports, Marseille,France
9Loss6–3 Didier PoujolDecision1997-Jun-20 Marignane,France
8Win6–2 Wilhem ThelineauKO1997-May-24 Nancy,France
7Win5–2 Allaoua AnkiTKO1997-Apr-19 Lingolsheim,France
6Loss4–2 Youssef TemsouryDecision1997-Apr-4 Cahors,France
5Loss4–1 Aziz DaariKO1997-Feb-7 Chateauroux,France
4Win4–0 Francesco PassananteDecision1996-Nov-19 Chenove,France
3Win3–0 Youssef TemsouryDecision1996-Jun-29 Brive,France
2Win2–0 Christophe CochetTKO11 May 1996
1Win1–0 Halim BadaniTKO06 Jan 1996

References

  1. Web site: Orlando Wiet ("The Gladiator") | MMA Fighter Page. Tapology.
  2. Web site: The epic of Dutch Muay Thai champions. Serge. Trefeu. February 3, 2020.
  3. Web site: orlando. le blog thai. 25 September 2005 .
  4. Web site: fighter's profile - Orlando Otmar Wiet | K-1sport.de. k-1sport.de.
  5. Web site: Tournament Overview - | K-1sport.de. k-1sport.de.
  6. Web site: BoxRec: Login. boxrec.com.
  7. "Boxe : le Nancéien Souda refait le monde" (in French), L'Est Républicain, November 27, 2015.
  8. Web site: Portrait. Valérie Hénin, championne du monde de kick-boxing, de full contact et de boxe anglaise, première femme au combat. www.estrepublicain.fr.