Bas Rutten is a professional Dutch-American kickboxer and wrestler. Bas Rutten is an actor and retired mixed martial artist as well. The inductee of UFC Hall of Fame is also a UFC Heavyweight Champion and also a three-time King of Pancrase world champion. Fans have nicknamed him as ‘El Guapo’, which means The Tough One.
Early life
Bas Rutten was born on 24 February, 1965, in Tilburg, Netherlands. This makes him 56 years old as of 2021. His full name is Sebastian’Bas’Rutten. There is no information regarding the names and professions of his folks and kind. He holds American nationality. According to astrology, he has Pisces as his zodiac sign. He follows Christianity. Further, there is no exact information about his ethnicity. And, he also has not revealed his education journey in the public domain.
Caption: Bas Rutten with his mother (Source: Facebook)
Professional life
Bas has been established today as one of the successful wrestlers and kickboxers as well as a fighter. But the journey was not smooth as expected. Bas suffered from extreme eczema and severe asthma in childhood, which led him to be bullied by other children during the time. In the meantime, he started practicing taekwondo too after being inspired by Bruce Lee. He started doing it despite his parent’s prohibition. He later went on to earn a 2nd-degree black belt.
During his early 20’s, he worked as a bouncer and model. He also continued doing kickboxing. He later fought at Fighting Network RINGS as a mixed martial artist. It was in the year 1993. The journey also saw him debuting in UFC Heavyweight Championship in 1999. He became UFC Heavyweight Champion that year. The sojourn of the UFC came to an end in 2006 with a win against Kimo Leopoldo as well. He has 28 wins, four losses, and one draw in the Championship. He also has an amazing feat of 22 games unbeaten streak.
Caption: Bas Rutten during a match (Source: MMA Canada)
After retiring from wrestling, he featured and appeared in different television and shows. He was seen in the shows like; Martial Law, 18 Wheels of Justice, The King of Queens, Freedom, etc. The former wrestling champion also did commentary at Pride Fighting Championships events. Similarly, he also did a cameo in the GTA IV video game. Further, he remained busy with the sports comedy movie “Here Comes the Boom”, which came in 2012.
Net worth
Bas Rutten, then also earned enough amount of money as a professional wrestler during his youth. Later also after retiring, he is earning a good amount of money through different projects. The net worth of Bas is about $1 million US Dollars. He was also inducted into the UFC hall of fame for his outstanding career as a UFC fighter in 2018.
Personal life
Bas has perfectly managed his professional and personal life. The wrestler is enjoying good marriage life with Karin Rutten. He married on 2nd December 2002. They also have 3 children together. They are Rachele Rutten, Sabine Rutten, and Bianca Rutten. Obviously, he is straight regarding gender choices. Further, he has not been involved in any kind of controversies yet.
Caption: Bas Rutten lifestyle (Source: UFC)
Body measurement and Social media
The wrestler and kickboxer have 6 feet and 1 inch in height. His weight is around 86 kg. He has not got any hair and the color of his eyes are brown. We are yet to have any facts on the figure of his total body measurement.
Bas Rutten is equally popular in social media as well. He has his Facebook account under his own name with 638k followers. Similarly, his Instagram account @basruttenmma has 289 k followers. Likewise, the Twitter handle of Bas, @BasRuttenMMA has 210.5k followers. Let us not forget his YouTube channel OfficialBasRutten which has 158 subscribers.
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