Lee Hasdell

Lee Hasdell
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Born	Lee John Hasdell (1966-12-13) 13 December 1966 Northampton, England
Other names	リー・ハスデル, Kagemusha, Godfather of UK MMA, The Gatekeeper
Nationality	British
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Division	Super-Welterweight-Super-Heavyweight (Kickboxing) Heavyweight-Light-Heavyweight (Mixed martial arts)
Style	Karate, Kickboxing, Japanese Catch Wrestling and Jujitsu
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Milton Keynes, England
Team	SSJ
Rank	7th Dan Black Belt in Kickboxing ( I.S.K.A.)      Black Belt in Jujutsu (W.C.J.J.O)      7th Dan Black Belt in Karate (BCKA)      2nd Dan Black Belt in Kudo Daido-Juku (KIF)      Balck Belt in Japanese Submission Arts (SAW/AJJTF)
Years active	1989–2002 Kickboxing 1995–2007 MMA
Website	http://www.ssjstudio.net/
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: 12 November 2015

Lee Hasdell (born 13 December 1966, in Northampton, England) is a British Mixed martial artist, Kickboxer and Promoter. He promoted the first professional Mixed martial arts events in the United Kingdom. Lee Hasdell started his professional career in 1989, as a Kickboxer and between 1991-1992, he won three British titles in Kickboxing and Thai Boxing. Then in 1996, he became a World champion in Shootboxing, after winning the World FENASCO OKTAGON Challenge in Milan, Italy. Hasdell fought in a further two Kickboxing bouts, in 2000 and 2002.

In 1995, Hasdell began transitioning into Mixed martial arts and on 18 February 1996, he made his RINGS debut. He is a veteran for the company, having fought for them between 1996–2001, for Fighting Network RINGS in Japan, RINGS Holland, RINGS Russia and also under RINGS UK. After the company's dissolution in 2002, Lee Hasdell made a successful Mixed martial arts return in 2004 and would later make an unsuccessful comeback in 2007.

Throughout his career, Hasdell has won titles in Kickboxing, Thai Boxing, Shootboxing, Shootfighting, Vale Tudo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and Submission Grappling. He has also fought in organisations and events such as K-1, IAFC - Absolute Fighting Championships, Cage Rage and fought in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship.

Martial arts background

Hasdell began martial arts in 1979 at the age of 12, he learned taekwondo under Morris Young who was the European Full Contact taekwondo Heavyweight champion. Lee Later took up boxing and then karate as he felt that it was more of a mixed style that suited his stand up. After winning a number of local tournaments he decided to study full-contact Karate. In 1985 when he was 18 he started weight training and kickboxing. In 1987 he moved to Milton Keynes from Northampton where he began training in Thai Boxing and began his competitive Amateur Kick Boxing career.

Kickboxing (1989–2002)

Domestic career (1989–1993)

Lee Hasdell began his professional Kick Boxing career as a Light-Middleweight in 1989 at the age of 22. Taught by Brian Walker, one of Master Toddy's first generation instructors. Hasdell met his instructor in 1987. Hasdell failed in his first two title attempts in 1990, both for British Thai Boxing titles.

In 1991, Lee went over to study in the Netherlands at the Gym International and the Chakuriki Gym in Amsterdam, this is where Lee was first introduced to Japanese Kickboxing and Kyokushin methods. This transformed Lee's approach to his Kick Boxing training and tuition. This became his foundation for his Mixed martial arts style.

On 9 March 1991, Hasdell captured the WKA British Super-Middleweight Kickboxing title, defeating Tony Manterfield by a seventh round TKO. On 26 April 1991, Hasdell defeated Nick Pavlovic for the BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight Thai Boxing title. On 3 July 1992, Hasdell won the BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight Free Style title with a second round knock-out of Bertil Queely. Hasdell had a record of only 5 defeats in 25 bouts and was undefeated as British champion for two years.

International career (1993–1996)

Hasdell's quest for the European title began on 28 May 1993, against Paval Rumas for the ISKA European Light-Heavyweight Full Contact title. The fight was held in Katowice, Poland. Scheduled for 10 rounds, Hasdell lost the fight by split decision. Kick Boxing representatives from all over Europe were in attendance, they were impressed with Hasdell's performance, Hasdell was later offered a four fight package to fight in the Netherlands, France, Russia and Germany.

In October 1993, Lee Hasdell suffered back to back stoppages due to cuts. The first was against Perry Telgt, a Thai Boxing match held in the Netherlands on 2 October 1993, the second was when he fought for the WKA Commonwealth Super Light-Heavyweight Thai Boxing title against Duncan Airlie James a week later.

On 22 January 1994, Hasdell who was ranked number one in Britain, got a shot at the WKA European Super Light-Heavyweight Thai Boxing title against Bob Schrijber from the Netherlands. The fight was held at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in front of over 15,000 spectators. Hasdell was stopped near the end of the last round due to leg kicks.

After his fight against Bob Schrijber, Hasdell continued to fight in the Super Light-Heavyweight division and on 10 April 1994, Hasdell defeated Bertil Queely in the third round by knock out. On 17 October 1994, Hasdell made a move to Cruiserweight, defeating Bruno Fariot by a first round knock out. On 16 November 1994, Hasdell returned to Amsterdam to train at the Chakuriki Gym to prepare for his future fights. On 27 November 1994, Lee Hasdell, who was now ranked number one in the Commonwealth ratings, fought Danny Norton for the WKA Commonwealth Super Light-Heavyweight Full-Contact title.

On 15 April 1995, Hasdell fought Undefeated Curtis Schuster for the ISKA World Super-Heavyweight Thai Boxing title. Hasdell had moved up in weight and was a very small Heavyweight. This was Schuster's first defence of his title. The fight ended in the first round after Schuster won by TKO due to clinch knees.

K-1 Revenge II (1995)

In April 1994, Hasdell trained at the Seidokaikan Dojo in Japan, the headquarters for the K1 organisation. He also attended the K-1 Grand Prix '94 on 30 April 1994, as a stand by fighter. On 3 September 1995, he became one of the first English fighters to compete in K-1 when he fought Duane Van Der Merwe at K-1 Revenge II in Yokohama, Japan. Hasdell was defeated thirty seconds into the first round by a knock out from a knee while in a clinch. K-1 since banned strikes while in the clinch.

World OKTAGON Shootboxing Challenge (1996)

On 20 April 1996, Hasdell entered the FENASCO OKTAGON Challenge, an eight-man Shootboxing tournament held at the Palatrussardi Arena in Milan, Italy in front of 12,000 spectators. The tournament featured eight fighters from UK, USA, Israel, Spain, Holland, Nigeria, Italy and France, all representing eight different martial arts, Hasdell represented the art of Freestyle fighting.

Hasdell went through to the final with two knockouts over American Scott Dobbs and Italian Judo champion, Paulo Di Clemente. In the final he faced and defeated Andre Mannaart by decision to become the new World FENASCO OKTAGON Shootboxing champion. This victory raised his profile and Fighting Network RINGS president Akira Maeda eventually offered Hasdell a one-year contract with RINGS as a professional shootfighter.

K-1 UK Battle of Britain (2000)

On 16 April 2000, Hasdell made his return to kick boxing at the K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000 held in Birmingham, England. Hasdell fought WKA World Heavyweight Kick Boxing champion Simon Dore in a non-tournament fight. Hasdell won by flying knee at thirty seconds of round three. This was Hasdell's first kickboxing bout in four years.

Shoot Boxing: S Volume 1 (2002)

Lee Hasdell competed in a Shoot Boxing fight on 2 February 2002, held in Tokyo, Japan. The fight was against French fighter Cyrille Diabate at Shoot Boxing: S Volume 1. Hasdell lost by TKO at 2:18 of the fourth round.

Mixed martial arts career (1995–2007)

Origins (1992-1995)

In 1992, while teaching Kickboxing at a Japanese Boarding School, Hasdell began cross training with his students between Kickboxing, submission wrestling and Jujutsu. While as a standby fighter for K-1 in 1994 and while competing at K-1 Revenge II in September 1995, Hasdell witnessed Rings rules and Shootfighting bouts on the same card. On 15 October 1995, Hasdell promoted a Kickboxing event in Milton Keynes, England which featured three shootfights. The main event was a bout between Lee Hasdell and American free fighter, Boston Jones in a shootfight. The bout was billed as the first ultimate shootfight in Britain. Hasdell won the fight by Technical-Knockout due to a cut from a Knee in the 2nd round.

Early career (1996–1998)

On 18 February 1996 at the age of 29, Lee Hasdell made his RINGS debut at RINGS Holland-Kings of Martial Arts. His opponent was Dutch fighter Andre Mannaart. Although the fight ended in a draw, it brought Hasdell to the attention of Akira Maeda, the president of Fighting Network Rings, a major Japanese promotions company. Akira Maeda was impressed by Hasdell's performance and invited Hasdell to train at Akira Maeda's private Dojo in Yokohama, Japan.

On 26 October 1996, Hasdell fought Cees Bezems in a no holds barred match at IMA – Battle of Styles held in Amsterdam, Holland. Hasdell lost by Technical knockout due to a cut.

On 2 February 1997, Hasdell returned to RINGS Holland where he fought Dutch fighter, Hans Nijman at RINGS Holland-The Final Challenge. This bout ended up having a controversial finish. In the match Nijman had Hasdell in a guillotine choke, Hasdell grabbed the ropes for a rope escape although the referee did not see it, forcing Hasdell to tap out to break the hold at 51 seconds of round 2.

On 4 April 1997, Hasdell made his mixed martial arts debut in Japan at RINGS: Battle Genesis. He defeated American fighter, Sean McCully within four minutes by guillotine choke. In his second bout in Japan, on 21 June 1997, Hasdell was entered into the RINGS Light-Heavyweight Title Tournament, for fighters under 95 kg. In the first round of the tournament, Hasdell lost to Masayuki Naruse by submission. Naruse ended up winning the tournament to become Rings's first Light-Heavyweight champion.

Hasdell then went on to defeat Peter Dijkman by rear naked choke on 5 October 1997 at Total Fight Night. This bout was for the vacant Universal Total-Fight (UTF) Forum Super-fight Heavyweight Shootfighting title. On 25 October 1997, he fought and lost by submission to Joop Kasteel in the first round of the RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament in Japan.

On 7 March 1998, Hasdell fought and defeated Sander Thonhauser by armbar at 0:55 of round 1. This was a vale tudo match for the vacant UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight Vale Tudo title. Hasdell then fought Hiromitsu Kanehara for thirty minutes in Japan on 29 May 1998, Hasdell lost on points. On 7 June 1998, he fought Dutch fighter, Dave van der Veen in the Netherlands. Hasdell was knocked down in the first round before forcing Dave van der Veen to make two rope escapes. Hasdell then won the match by knockout in the second round.

Gatekeeper (1998–2000)

Hasdell was promoted to the shooter category and was given the nickname The Gatekeeper, meaning if a fighter from another organisation wanted to join RINGS they had to beat Hasdell first. On 21 September 1998, Hasdell (with a new clean shaven head) lived up to his name when he knocked out UFC Japan Tournament Champion, Kenichi Yamamoto, after eleven minutes.

On 11 October 1998, Hasdell fought Hiromitsu Kanehara in a rematch at Night of the Samurai II held in Milton Keynes, England. Hasdell made two rope escapes in the fight and eventually lost by decision after 15 minutes. He then fought Gilbert Yvel, in his second fight of October 1998. Hasdell lost the fight by TKO, due to a cut.

On 20 November 1998, Hasdell began what would be a trilogy of fights with Japanese fighter, Yasuhito Namekawa. Their first confrontation was held in Osaka, Japan and after twenty minutes, it ended in a draw. Their second bout was held on 23 January 1999 at the Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan. Hasdell lost on points after receiving a yellow card for an illegal punch during the fight. Their first two bouts in Japan went the full twenty minutes, without a break. Their third and final bout was held in Milton Keynes, England at Night of the Samurai 3, on 7 March 1999. Hasdell was trailing the fight by two points before knocking Namakawa out with a knee at 5:55.

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Lee Hasdell in 1999.

He returned to Japan on 23 April 1999, defeating Ryuki Ueyama due to disqualification and submitting Ricardo Fyeet four months later. On 15 September 1999, Hasdell fought Satoshi Honma in Tokyo, Japan. After twenty minutes, the bout ended in a draw. The following month, Hasdell faced Dave van der Veen for a second time, this time in Milton Keynes, England. Hasdell won by armbar at 1:47 to retain his UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight Shootfighting title.

RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999

On 28 October 1999, Hasdell entered the RINGS King of Kings Tournament 1999, Lee Hasdell was placed in Block A of the tournament, in the Round of 32 he defeated Achmed Labasanov by TKO at 3:33 of round 2. Hasdell was then eliminated in the Round of 16 by Brazilian fighter, Renato Sobral by unanimous decision. This was the first event in RINGS to introduce the now familiar Mixed martial arts rules. Previous events had used Shootfighting rules.

Later Career (2000-2001)

On 29 April 2000, after a six-month break from the sport, Hasdell travelled to Russia where he fought in the Absolute Fighting Challenge's Pankration World Championship 2000. The fight was scheduled for one thirty-minute round in an octagon cage. Hasdell lost to Mikhail Avetisyan after tapping out due to strikes. Hasdell began a losing streak upon returning to RINGS. His first fight back was against Mikhail Illoukhine, at RINGS Russia on 20 May 2000. Hasdell dominated the first round with strikes, the second round was much the same but with Illoukhine going for submissions. After two rounds, an extra third round was called for and Illoukhine eventually won by split decision. He then fought Joop Kasteel for a second time, this time at RINGS King of Kings Holland on 4 June 2000. Hasdell floored Kasteel twice in the opening minute before ultimately losing due to a dislocated shoulder at 1:18 of round one.

At this point, Hasdell had competed in four different fighting styles within only three months; ADCC Submission Wrestling, K-1, Pankration and two Rings King of King rules bouts. On 12 June 2000, Hasdell stated: Taking on 5 matches in 3 months was little bit to much for me I think. Most pro fighters carefully select there fights I did not ever choose the style or fighter so I feel that I took unnecessary risks that most fighters wouldn't.

RINGS King of Kings Tournament 2000

Hasdell had taken six months off to heal his injuries. He returned on 22 December 2000 and took on Volk Han in the Round of 32 at the RINGS: King of Kings tournament. Hasdell lost due to TKO at 0:08 of the second round, Hasdell suffered an eye injury from one of the punches. This was Hasdell's fourth loss in a row under RINGS.

No Contest with Thonhauser & break from MMA (2001)

On 28 January 2001, Hasdell travelled to the Netherlands to fight Sander Thonhauser for a second time. Thonhauser kneed Hasdell clean in the face while Hasdell was still on the floor, an illegal move. Due to the following retaliation by Hasdell, the fight was declared a no contest in round 1. Hasdell was then scheduled to face British fighter James Zikic on 11 March at Millennium Brawl 2, but pulled out due to an eye injury received in training. After this incident Hasdell took most of the year off. During this time Hasdell appeared in a music video for American singer Shea Seger.

In 2001, Hasdell was given an award from Akira Maeda in Japan for his hard work, dedication and contribution to the martial arts worldwide.

RINGS Absolute Class Tournament 2001

On 20 October 2001, Hasdell returned to winning ways when he fought Bulgarian, Georgi Tonkov at RINGS: World Title Series 4. Hasdell won the match with a flying knee at four minutes and twenty-two seconds of round one. This bout was the first round of the RINGS Absolute Class Tournament 2001. In the semi-final of the tournament, on 21 December 2001, Hasdell fought and lost to Fedor Emelianenko by Guillotine Choke at four minutes and ten seconds of the first round. The RINGS company eventually folded in 2002 due to the growing success of Pride FC, making this Hasdell's final fight for RINGS.

Comebacks

Pain & Glory (2004)

After almost two and a half years away from Mixed martial arts, Hasdell returned on 24 April 2004. Now fighting at 92 kg, around 10 kg lighter than his fighting weight in RINGS. His fight was against Japanese fighter, Hiroyuki Ito at Pain and Glory, held at the NEC in Birmingham, England. Hasdell won by Knock-out at 0:32 of round 1.

Cage Rage (2007)

At the age of 40, after a 3-year hiatus from the sport, Hasdell made an unsuccessful return to Mixed martial arts. On 14 July 2007, he fought Brazilian, Mario Sperry, in the Light-Heavyweight division. The event was Cage Rage 22: Hard as Hell, held in Wembley arena, London. Hasdell lost by Rear naked choke in the first round.

Lee Hasdell's last Mixed martial arts fight to date was against Ivan Serati on 1 December 2007, at Cage Rage 24: Feel the Pain. Hasdell began the fight hesitant to throw strikes with Serati dominating the first round with takedowns. Hasdell defended well on the ground until Serati unloaded his ground and pound tactics. Hasdell was lucky to escape the first round after Serati had hyper extended Lee's arm in an armbar at the end of the round.

Hasdell came into the second round with a now injured arm and the round began much the same as the first. To evoid Serati's ground and pound, Hasdell gave up his back to the Italian to set up the Rear naked choke at 1:34 of round 2. Hasdell has now lost 7 out of his last 10 Mixed martial arts fights since 2000.

Other martial arts

In 2000, Hasdell was awarded his blackbelt in Ju Jutsu and personally invited by the Prince of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to compete in the ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship on 1 March 2000. Hasdell competed in the +99 kg category and was eliminated by Mark Robinson after the bout went the distance.

On 21 January 2001, Hasdell won the Kamon European Brazilian Jujitsu tournament in London.

Lee Hasdell studied the mixed martial arts of Kudo. Lee received his black-belt directly from Kudo's founder Azuma. In February 2008, Lee Hasdell became the first Kudo (also known as Daido Juku) black belt in the UK, under Azuma. On 18 November 2008, Lee Hasdell achieved his second Kudo black belt.

On 23 May 2009, Lee Hasdell took part in the U.M.A. International Open Groundfighting and Grappling Championships. Hasdell achieved Gold in the open weight masters division.

As Promoter

RINGS UK

While fighting in RINGS, Hasdell formed Universal Total-Fight Forum (UTF), later known as Total Fight Forum (TFF) and promoted the first Mixed martial arts events in the UK, all held in Milton Keynes, England. The first event was on 5 October 1997 called Total Fight Night. The show featured Vale Tudo and (Rings rules) Shoot fighting matches. Hasdell also promoted five RINGS rules Amateur events between 1998 and 1999.

Lee's vision for a UK pro-mma scene materialised in 1998, the first in a trilogy of professional MMA events in the UK called Night of the Samurai which featured international fighters from Japan, USA, the Netherlands, France and Spain. These were among the first mixed martial arts events in Britain. Lee Hasdell also became the representative for RINGS UK in 1998. The first was held on 7 March 1998, Night of the Samurai II was held on 11 October 1998 and Night of the Samurai III was held exactly one year after the first.

Hasdell promoted his fifth official Mixed martial arts event on 3 October 1999 called KRG 5. All five events were under the RINGS Banner, as Hasdell was the president for RINGS UK and fought on all five events.

Combudo

The Combudo organisation was founded by Lee Hasdell in 2000. Lee's vision was to create an MMA game that would challenge the mind, body and fighting spirit of the participants in a safe, disciplined and respectful environment. Combudo was developed after Lee spent many years staging MMA events in the UK throughout the 90's.

Lee Hasdell has promoted multiple Amateur Combudo events in Milton Keynes, the first being on 2 April 2000. On 5 July 2008, Hasdell promoted a Professional Combudo event called COMBUDO 1. The event featured K-1, Kickboxing and Thai Boxing rules. COMBUDO 2 was held on 18 July 2009, which featured mixed martial arts matches.

Other Events

Lee Hasdell has promoted Amateur and Professional events since 1993. Promoting multiple Kickboxing and Thaiboxing shows between 1993 and 1995. Hasdell later promoted and fought in the first Shootfight in Britain on 15 October 1995 at Fighting Arts Gala in Milton Keynes. This was the first of three Shootfights on a Kickboxing stacked card and would set the stage for his first official Mixed martial arts event in 1997.

Lee Hasdell would then promote the Ring of Truth series, which was tournament based. These events were held on 12 March, 9 July and 8 October, respectively and all in 2000. On 30 November 2002, Hasdell promoted UZI-Cage Combat Evolution, a Mixed martial arts and Kickboxing event held in a Cage. He then promoted a second event on 8 March 2003.

In 2009, Lee Hasdell became the new and first ISKA UK National Director for MMA. In 2013, Hasdell became a consultant for the ISKA sanctioned KT-MMA promotion.

Media criticism

The events was the source of some criticism in the UK with critics arguing for an outright ban or better regulation of the events. Hasdell responded to the complaints, arguing "In Japan you are seen as an athlete. [...] Here there is this taboo. It's always on the fringe. I admit it's dangerous but that adds to the thrill of taking part and watching. [...] The sport's appeal is the fact that it is the most dangerous martial art in this country which is a pull for audiences, half of which are women. [...] But all the fighters are properly trained, the rule book is 32 pages long, and there is not much contact to the head.".

Hasdell's events were also criticised on Trevor McDonald's Tonight programme on 22 July 1999. During this time Hasdell featured on Nightlife LWT and other News programmes. The events were often compared to the Ultimate Fighting Championships, which at the time had very few rules compared to Hasdell's "Total Fighting", which was based on Vale Tudo and RINGS rules matches. Criticism of Hasdell's events continued and on 15 March 2000, Lee Hasdell, Dexter Casey and Lee Murray appeared on Johnny Vaughan's The Big Breakfast.

Mixed martial arts record

• Sherdog lists Hasdell's Professional Mixed martial arts record at 9 Wins, 14 Losses, 1 Draw and 1 No Contest. There are also an additional 8 documented fights, a record of 4 Wins, 2 Losses and 2 Draws. One fight was an early Shootfight in 1995, one was on Hasdell's first official Mixed martial arts event Total Fight Night in 1997, the other 6 bouts where in Fighting Network RINGS.

• This Mixed martial arts record includes the rules of; Shootfighting, No Holds Barred, Vale Tudo, RINGS King of Kings, IAFC and Unified Rules of MMA.

Professional record breakdown
33 matches	13 wins	16 losses
By knockout	7	4
By submission	5	7
By decision	0	5
By disqualification	1	0
Draws	3
No contests	1

Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	13–16–3 (1)	Ivan Serati	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Cage Rage 24	1 December 2007	2	1:34	London, England
Loss	13–15–3 (1)	Mario Sperry	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	Cage Rage 22	14 July 2007	1	1:39	London, England
Win	13–14–3 (1)	Hiroyuki Ito	KO (Strikes)	Pain and Glory 2004	24 April 2004	1	0:32	Birmingham, England
Loss	12–14–3 (1)	Fedor Emelianenko	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	RINGS: World Title Series 5	21 December 2001	1	4:10	Kanagawa, Japan	Semi-finals of the Absolute Class Tournament 2001.
Win	12–13–3 (1)	Georgi Tonkov	KO (Flying Knee)	RINGS: World Title Series 4	20 October 2001	1	4:22	Tokyo, Japan	Quarter-finals of the Absolute Class Tournament 2001.
NC	11–13–3 (1)	Sander Thonhauser	No contest	RINGS Holland: Heroes Live Forever	28 January 2001	1	N/A	Utrecht, Netherlands	Originally a Disqualification victory for Hasdell, overturned to a No contest after an altercation erupted.
Loss	11–13–3	Volk Han	TKO (Eye Injury)	RINGS: King of Kings 2000 Block B	22 December 2000	2	0:08	Osaka, Japan	King of Kings Tournament 2000 (Round of 32), Referee declares the bout a TKO for Volk Han after Hasdell receives an eye injury.
Loss	11–12–3	Joop Kasteel	TKO (Shoulder Injury)	RINGS Holland: Di Capo Di Tutti Capi	4 June 2000	1	1:18	Utrecht, Netherlands	Referee stops bout after Hasdell dislocates his Shoulder.
Loss	11–11–3	Mikhail Illoukhine	Decision (Split)	RINGS Russia: Russia vs. The World	20 May 2000	3	5:00	Ekaterinburg, Russia
Loss	11–10–3	Mikhail Avetisyan	Submission (Strikes)	IAFC – Absolute Fighting Championship 2000 (Day 2)	29 April 2000	1	N/A	Moscow, Russia	Quarter-finals of the Absolute Fighting Championship 2000.
Loss	11–9–3	Renato Sobral	Decision (Unanimous)	RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block A	28 October 1999	2	5:00	Tokyo, Japan	King of Kings Tournament 1999 (Round of 16).
Win	11–8–3	Achmed Labasanov	TKO (Kick)	RINGS: King of Kings 1999 Block A	28 October 1999	2	3:33	Tokyo, Japan	King of Kings Tournament 1999 (Round of 32).
Win	10–8–3	Dave van der Veen	Submission (Armbar)	TFF (RINGS UK) - KRG 5	3 October 1999	1	1:47	Milton Keynes, England	Retained UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight Shootfighting title.
Draw	9–8–3	Satoshi Honma	Draw	RINGS: Battle Genesis Vol. 5	15 September 1999	1	20:00	Tokyo, Japan	No points scored.
Win	9–8–2	Ricardo Fyeet	Submission (Toe Hold)	RINGS: Rise 5th	19 August 1999	1	15:01	Yokohama, Japan
Win	8–8–2	Ryuki Ueyama	Disqualification (Eye-gouging)	RINGS: Rise 2nd	23 April 1999	1	4:18	Osaka, Japan
Win	7–8–2	Yasuhito Namekawa	KO (Knee)	TFF (RINGS UK) - Night of the Samurai 3	7 March 1999	1	5:55	Milton Keynes, England
Loss	6–8–2	Yasuhito Namekawa	Decision	RINGS: Mega battle Tournament 1998	23 January 1999	1	20:00	Tokyo, Japan	Hasdell lost points for an illegal punch.
Draw	6–7–2	Yasuhito Namekawa	Draw	RINGS: Mega battle Tournament 1998	20 November 1998	1	20:00	Osaka, Japan	No points scored.
Loss	6–7–1	Gilbert Yvel	TKO (Cut)	RINGS Holland: The Thialf Explosion	24 October 1998	1	N/A	Heerenveen, Netherlands
Loss	6–6–1	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision	TFF (RINGS UK) - Night of the Samurai 2	11 October 1998	1	15:00	Milton Keynes, England	Lost by two points.
Win	6–5–1	Kenichi Yamamoto	KO (Palm Strikes & Knee)	RINGS: Fighting Integration 6th	21 September 1998	1	10:56	Yokohama, Japan	Hasdell lost points for an illegal punch.
Win	5–5–1	Dave van der Veen	KO (Palm Strikes)	RINGS Holland: Who's the Boss	7 June 1998	2	4:47	Utrecht, Netherlands
Loss	4–5–1	Hiromitsu Kanehara	Decision	RINGS: Fighting Integration 3rd	29 May 1998	1	30:00	Sapporo, Japan
Win	4–4–1	Sander Thonhauser	Submission (Armbar)	TFF (RINGS UK) - Night of the Samurai 1	7 March 1998	1	0:55	Milton Keynes, England	Won vacant UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight Vale Tudo title.
Loss	3–4–1	Joop Kasteel	Submission (Headlock)	RINGS: Mega Battle Tournament 1997	25 October 1997	1	8:55	Tokyo, Japan	First round of the Mega Battle Tournament 1997.
Win	3–3–1	Peter Dijkman	Submission (Rear Naked Choke)	TFF (RINGS UK) - Total Fight Night	5 October 1997	1	4:46	Milton Keynes, England	Won UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight Shootfighting title.
Loss	2–3–1	Masayuki Naruse	Submission (Shoulder Necklock)	RINGS: Fighting Extension Vol. 4	21 June 1997	1	12:58	Tokyo, Japan	Quarter-finals of the Light-Heavyweight Title Tournament
Win	2–2–1	Sean McCully	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	RINGS: Battle Genesis Vol. 1	4 April 1997	1	3:59	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	1–2–1	Hans Nijman	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	RINGS Holland: The Final Challenge	2 February 1997	2	0:51	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Hasdell made a rope escape but referee failed to see it and declared the contest Submission victory for Nijman.
Loss	1–1–1	Cees Bezems	TKO (Cut)	IMA – Battle of Styles	26 October 1996	1	N/A	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Draw	1–0–1	Andre Mannaart	Draw	RINGS Holland: Kings of Martial Arts	18 February 1996	2	5:00	Amsterdam, Netherlands	No points scored.
Win	1–0–0	Boston Jones	TKO (Cut)	Fighting Arts Gala	15 October 1995	2	2:30	Milton Keynes, England

Kickboxing record

• This In-complete Kickboxing record includes the rules of; Full Contact, Thai Boxing, Kickboxing/Freestyle (Low Kick), Shoot Boxing and K-1/Oriental.

Kickboxing Record

43 wins (28 (T)KO's), 16 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Rules 2002-02-01 Loss Cyrille Diabate The Age of S: Volume 1 Tokyo, Japan TKO (Doctor Stoppage) 4 2:18 Shootboxing 2000-04-16 Win Simon Dore K-1 UK Battle of Britain 2000 Birmingham, England KO (Flying Knee) 3 0:30 K-1 1996-04-20 Win Andre Mannaart World FENASCO OKTAGON Shootboxing Challenge 1996, Final Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Shootboxing Wins World FENASCO OKTAGON Shootboxing Challenge 1996. 1996-04-20 Win Paulo Di Clemente World FENASCO OKTAGON Shootboxing Challenge 1996, Semi-Finals Milan, Italy KO (Knee) 2 1:02 Shootboxing 1996-04-20 Win Scott Dobbs World FENASCO OKTAGON Shootboxing Challenge 1996, Quarter-Finals Milan, Italy TKO (Kicks) 1 1:08 Shootboxing 1995-12-13 Loss Mirko Filipović 8-Man Selection Tournament, Quarter-Finals Prague, Czech Republic TKO (Cut) 2 N/A Oriental 1995-09-03 Loss Duane Van Der Merwe K-1 Revenge II Yokohama, Japan KO (Clinch Knees) 1 0:30 K-1 1995-04-15 Loss Curtis Schuster Gala de Levallois-Perret Paris, France TKO (Clinch Knees) 1 1:03 Thai Boxing For the ISKA World Super-Heavyweight (96kg+) Thai Boxing title. 1994-10-17 Win Bruno Fariot Kusala Battles France Northampton, England KO (Left Hook) 1 1:20 N/A Cruiserweight (-88kg) debut. 1994-04-10 Win Bertil Queely Kusala vs. Best of the Rest Milton Keynes, England TKO (Referee Stoppage) 3 N/A Thai Boxing 1994-01-22 Loss Bob Schreiber WKA Championships Moscow, Russia TKO (Leg Kicks) 5 N/A Thai Boxing For the WKA European Super Light-Heavyweight (-83kg) Thai Boxing title. 1993-10-09 Loss Duncan Airlie James WKA Kickboxing England TKO (Cut) 1 N/A Thai Boxing For the WKA Commonwealth Super Light-Heavyweight (-83kg) Thai Boxing title. 1993-10-02 Loss Perry Telgt NKBB Kickboxing Arnhem, Netherlands TKO (Cut) 2 N/A Thai Boxing 1993-06-25 Loss Paul Senior Championship Kickboxing Bedford, England Decision (Split) 7 2:00 Full Contact For the WKA British Light-Heavyweight (-79kg) Full Contact title. 1993-05-28 Loss Paval Rumas N/A Katowice, Poland Decision (Split) 10 2:00 Full Contact For the ISKA European Light-Heavyweight (-81kg) Full Contact title. 1992-10-25 Win Jerrell Vjent N/A Bromley, England N/A N/A N/A N/A 1992 Win Everton Crawford N/A Bedford, England Decision 5 2:00 Thai Boxing Retains BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight (-79kg) Thai Boxing title. 1992-07-03 Win Bertil Queely N/A Bedford, England KO (Leg Kicks) 2 N/A Freestyle (Low Kicks) Wins BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight (-79kg) Freestyle title. 1991-04-26 Win Nik Pavlovic N/A Bedford, England Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 Thai Boxing Wins BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight (-79kg) Thai Boxing title. 1991-03-09 Win Tony Manterfield An Evening of WKA Kickboxing Barnsley, England TKO (Threw in the Towel) 7 N/A Kickboxing (Low kicks) Wins WKA British Super-Middleweight (-76kg) Kickboxing title. 1990 Loss Eugene Valerio N/A North Wales, Wales Decision 5 2:00 Thai Boxing For the IFCF British Super-Middleweight (-76kg) Thai Boxing title. 1989/1990 Loss Richard Baxter World Championship Kickboxing England Decision (Unanimous) 4 2:00 Kickboxing (Low Kicks) 1989 Win Dave Gonquin A Kickboxing Spectacular Northampton, England KO (Punches) 3 N/A Thai Boxing 1989-04-09 Win Graham Chester N/A Milton Keynes, England TKO 2 N/A Thai Boxing 1989 Win Graham Rookley N/A Milton Keynes, England Decision 4 2:00 Thai Boxing 1989-02-10 Win Chris Haines N/A Nantwich, England TKO 2 N/A Thai Boxing 1989 Loss Brian Harris N/A Winsford, England Decision 3 2:00 Kickboxing (Low Kicks) Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Submission grappling record

Result	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Win	Ian Bromley	N/A	U.M.A. International Open Groundfighting and Grappling Championships	23 May 2009	N/A	N/A	Stoke-on-Trent, England	Masters Ope-weight Division (No-Gi).
Win	Sean Smith	N/A	U.M.A. International Open Groundfighting and Grappling Championships	23 May 2009	N/A	N/A	Stoke-on-Trent, England	Masters Ope-weight Division (No-Gi).
Win	Martin O' Halloran	N/A	Kamon European Brazilian Jujitsu tournament (Copa Luiz Carlos Guedes)	21 January 2001	N/A	N/A	London, England	Male Master White to Green Belt (Super-Heavyweight Division).
Loss	Mark Robinson	Points	ADCC Submission Wrestling World Championship	1 March 2000	1	10:00	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.	Elimination round (+99kg Division).

Championships & accomplishments

Kickboxing

• World Kickboxing Association
  • WKA British Super-Middleweight (-76 kg) Kickboxing champion (1991)
• British & International Kickboxing & Martial Arts Association
  • BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight (-79 kg) Thai Boxing champion (1991)
  • BIKMA British Light-Heavyweight (-79 kg) Freestyle champion (1992)
• FENASCO OKTAGON
  • World FENASCO OKTAGON Shoot Boxing champion (1996)

Mixed martial arts

• Universal Total-Fight Forum
  • UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight (90 kg+) Shootfighting champion (1997)
  • UTF Super-Fight Heavyweight (95 kg+) Vale Tudo champion (1998)

Submission grappling

• Kamon European Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu open winner (2001)
• UMA 'No Gi' Groundfighting Championships (Men's Masters Division Open Weight) winner (2009)

Belts and Honours

• Kickboxing ( I.S.K.A.) - 7th Dan Black Belt
• Jujutsu (W.C.J.J.O) - Black Belt
• Karate (BCKA) - 7th Dan Black Belt
• Kudo Daido-Juku (KIF) - 2nd Dan Black Belt - Master Azuma
• Japanese Submission Arts (SAW/AJJTF) - Balck Belt - Master Aso
• AMA Shin Karate - Black Belt
• Combat Magazine Hall of Fame
• Martial Arts Illustrated Magazine Hall of Fame

External links

• SSJ Studio
• SSJ Karate
• Professional MMA record for Lee Hasdell from Sherdog
• Profile at K-1
• RINGS fight history
• Official Kudo UK website
• Combudo website
• A Brief History Of British MMA
• Interview by Idai Makaya
• The British are Coming

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