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Bas Rutten

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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 the 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 58 years old as of now . 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.

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Caption: Bas Rutten with his mother (Source: Facebook)

Bas Rutten – Body Measurements

The wrestler and kickboxer are 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 is brown. We are yet to have any facts on the figure of his total body measurement.

Bas Rutten – Net Worth 2024

Bas Rutten, then also earned enough amount of money as a professional wrestler during his youth. Later after retiring, he earned 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.

Professional Life

Bas has been established today as one of the most successful wrestlers and kickboxers as well as a fighter. But the journey was not as smooth as expected. Bas suffered from extreme eczema and severe asthma in childhood, which led him to be bullied by other children during that 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 the UFC Heavyweight Championship in 1999.

He became the 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.

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Caption: Bas Rutten during a match (Source: MMA Canada)

After retiring from wrestling, he featured and appeared in different television shows. He was seen in 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.

Personal Life

Bas has perfectly managed his professional and personal life. The wrestler is enjoying a good married 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. He is straight regarding gender choices. Further, he has not been involved in any kind of controversies yet.

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Caption: Bas Rutten lifestyle (Source: UFC)

Social Media

Bas Rutten is equally popular in social media as well. He has a Facebook account under his name with 638k followers. Similarly, his Instagram account @basruttenmma has 289k followers.

Likewise, the Twitter handle of Bas, @BasRuttenMMA has 210.5k followers. Let us not forget his YouTube channel OfficialBasRutten which has 158 subscribers.