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Denis Kang (born September 17, 1977) is a Canadian mixed martial artist of Korean French descent. He was the PRIDE FC welterweight grand prix finalist in which he lost to Kazuo Misaki. Kang is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, originally trained and mentored by Marcus Soares.
[edit] BiographyDenis Kang was born in the French overseas colony of Saint Pierre and Miquelon to a Korean father and French mother.[2] He and his family relocated to the Canary Islands and finally North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1988. Kang speaks fluent French and English, and is also said to be fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, which he learned via constant relocation.[citation needed] [edit] MMA careerDenis Kang's MMA career began in 1998 at the Ultimate Warrior Challenge in Vancouver, Canada. Kang was successful in his debut fight, winning by submission (rear naked choke) over Eric Harcrow. Kang would go on to win his next 2 fights before going 2–5 over his next 8 with one no contest against Dennis Hallman. He would go 7–7 with one no contest in his first 15 fights, with a few convincing defeats. After winning 5 of his next 6 fights, Kang signed a contract with Spirit MC, a South Korea MMA organization. Denis went 5–0 while fighting in Korea and was crowned the Spirit MC Heavyweight Champion. Following this, Denis relocated to Florida and joined American Top Team. It was at this time that Kang caught the attention of the PRIDE Fighting Championships. Kang signed a contract with PRIDE and made his debut at PRIDE Bushido 6, where he defeated Japanese opponent Takahiro Oba via armbar at 4:24 of round one. Under the Korean banner, Denis went on to win his next two fights in PRIDE, with a victory coming over Englishman Mark Weir at PRIDE Bushido 10. In between fights for Pride, Denis fought American Albert Basconcelles and knocked him out within 12 seconds of the opening bell. At Bushido 11, Denis Kang continued his winning streak by knocking out Chute Boxe member Murilo "Ninja" Rua in 15 seconds in the first round of the PRIDE Bushido Welterweight (183 lb) Grand Prix. At Bushido 12, Denis submitted Armenian Amar Suloev via rear naked choke to advance to the semi-final round of the Welterweight Grand Prix. With this win, Kang was then 18–0–1 in his last 19 contests. However, after advancing through the semi-final round of the Bushido tournament and beating Akihiro Gono on November 5, 2006 he was defeated by Kazuo Misaki in the final at Bushido 13. Kang had torn his right biceps muscle earlier that night in his win over Gono.[3] Kang's longtime girlfriend and stable-mate Shelby Walker had killed herself shortly before Bushido 13. Kang had only one match in 2007 after breaking his hand (an injury that will reappear over and over again) in a match against Jungkyu Choi for the Spirit MC Heavyweight Championship on March 11. Kang won via unanimous decision but was unable to compete for several months.[citation needed] After the contract termination of PRIDE, Kang moved to K-1 Hero's maintaining the championship of Spirit MC. Kang made his K-1 Hero's debut on October 28, 2007, in "K-1 Hero's in Seoul". His opponent was Yoshihiro Akiyama who was returning to MMA after a 10 month suspension. Kang lost via TKO. Kang next fight was on April 29, 2008, in the opening round of the DREAM Middleweight Granx Prix, losing to Gegard Mousasi via triangle choke. On August 30, 2008, Kang defended his Spirit MC Heavyweight Championship by defeating Kim Jae Young by TKO due to strikes at 1:31 of the first round.[4] Kang defeated UFC veteran Marvin Eastman by TKO on October 25, 2008, at “Raw Combat: Redemption” in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The fight lasted 48 seconds. [edit] UFCDenis Kang made his UFC debut on January 17, 2009 against Alan Belcher despite suffering from ankle injury[5]. Although Kang controlled the fight, he lost by guillotine choke at the end of round two after a takedown attempt. Kang redeemed himself with a victory over Xavier Foupa-Pokam at UFC 97 by unanimous decision. In his most recent fight, Kang faced Michael Bisping on November 14, 2009 at UFC 105.[6]. In an interview about his fight with Bisping, Kang revealed he wanted a title fight with Anderson Silva.[7]Bisping TKO'd Kang in the 2nd round.[8] Even though Bisping was the crowd favorite in in his home town Manchester and Kang was being booed on, Kang dropped Bisping with a right hand in the first round which rocked Bisping.[9] Kang followed Bisping to the floor and attempted submissions, but Bisping defended well and neutralised Kang's attacks despite Kang briefly having full mount.[10] In the 2nd round Bisping secured a single-leg takedown and the complexity of the fight changed. He unleashed a viscious ground and pound attack on the Canadian, which Kang failed to recover from.[11] The fight was awarded fight of the night. Giving both Kang and Bisping a $40,000 bonus check.[12] Denis Kang has been cut from the UFC as of Dec. 9 2009, however, has been rumored to be in talks with rising promotion Strikeforce. Kang could also head back to Japan where he made a name for himself in DREAM and the now defunct PRIDE promotion.[13] [edit] Mixed martial arts record
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