He was 16-2 with like 14 KOs before he switched over to Pancrase. He lost his biggest fight by TKO for a European title.
According to an interview by Bas, he was 14-2.
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online...aining_performance_interviews/two_fisted_tman
He never really fought outside of Holland. He was 14-0 until he faced Lobman, who he agreed to fight despite not knowing how bad of a dude Lobman was (he ended up being 110-6, with 100 knockouts). His next fight he apparently got DQed for kneeing the guy in the balls after he bit Bas' ear according to this same article, and that was the end of it.
As far as who he trained in Muay Thai with, I can't really see. I know he was training in boxing and Kyokushin, which a lot of Dutch kickboxers were influenced by when they began getting into Muay Thai.
Damn dude I never knew Lobman vs Bas happened. I gotta dig that up somewhere.
He is Dutch and came up in 90's fighting so we assume he's just a great kick boxer. 80's /90's Dutch could kickbox!
TBH - Bas's kickboxing credentials are a mystery - we assume he's a decent kickboxer because he was their in the late 80's, early 90's - but judging from this particular performance against Lobman although it's him - we can say he was an average kickboxer nothing special - in mma/pancrase a past legend.
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No, but he has touted the merits of using opened handed strikes when not using gloves. Something he brought over from his time fighting in Pancrase.So since rutten believes in open hand strikes does he throw punches like calzaghe or Tyson fury with gloves on?