Matt Skelton vs Jan "The Giant" Nortje

マット･スケルトン vs ヤン"ザ・ジャイアント"ノルキヤ
K-1 Kings 1998 (1998.04.09)
K-1 debut match of Jan & Skelton
Matt Skelton was defeated at Ruslan Chagaev in 2008.

Name：Matt Skelton
Nickname：Heavy tank
Day of birth: 1967.01.23
Height: 190cm
Weight: 116kg
Country: United Kingdom
Titles:K-1 UK Grand Prix 2001 Champion
WBU Boxing World Heavyweight Champion

Name: Jan Nortje
Nickname: The Giant
Day of birth: 1975.04.11
Height: 211cm
Weight: 148kg
Country: South Africa
Titles: Boxing All-African Heavyweight Champion
South African Kickboxing Super Heavyweight Champion

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• K-1
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• WBU
• PRIDE
• MMA
• UFC
• WBA
• Matt
• Skelton
• Jan
• Nortje
• Gigant
• KO

[Reignman007]

is this a brainless fight or what?oh no wait....matt had a tactic...low kicks....and yes nortje had a tactic also...food

[atomant66613]

How weird is this?!! a slim Matt skelton!!! lol

[halflitre]

Skeltons had a great fighting career he's had a few belts in boxing having had about 30 pro fights an I think about 70 kick boxing matches he's even fought peter aerts an ernisto hoost and to top that off he's even fought in pride once so all in all he's a legend in my eyes might never have got to the top but you've got to give it to him for trying

[salemkid1979]

Matt Skelpted him!

[JannesHuizing]

@billysue2 well they did book him ... strangly enought ....

[billysue2]

@JannesHuizing he was a fucking useless boxer in anyones book

[billysue2]

@Blahb27 all heavy male athletes are overweight on BMI ,body fat % is how you measure fatness ,sem is pretty lean.

[idl4587]

these guys SUCK with their hands.

[Blahb27]

@Novantii If you calculate Schilt's weight-size ratio, you'll find that on paper, he's overweight. That measure is meant for regular muscle ratio, so for Schilt it doesn't quite apply, but it's still an excellent example of how you can be superheavy, but still fast and flexible.

Point I'm making is people hate on Nortje for his size. That's wrong, hate him for lack of skill.

Nortje could kick ass too you see. That is, if he started training at a gym rather than a restaurant. ^_^

[Novantii]

@Blahb27

umm wtf are you talking about? semmy overweight? hes like 7 feet tall and sometines comes in with abs

if he was normal height he would be a pretty skinny guy

nortje is not only overweight but has the reflexes of a sloth

[Blahb27]

Being fat doesn't necessarily exclude being able to have muscles. Nortje is pretty bad, but still. Take Sem Schilt for example, 132 kilo's, slightly overweight for his height, but still the best. What you lack in speed compared to small fighters, you can make up for in reach, power and weight.

It's actually quite difficult to fight someone who's very tall. Worst case scenario they manage to always keep the distance, and you don't touch them while being demolished yourself.