Patrick Barry (kickboxer)

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Patrick Barry
Full name	Patrick Joseph Barry
Nickname	Get Hype
Nationality	United States
Date of birth	July 7, 1979 (1979-07-07) (age 28)
Place of birth	New Orleans East, Louisiana
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	105 kg (231.5 lb/16.5 st)
Style	Sanshou, Muay Thai
Team	Team Hoost Duke Roufus Gym
Trainer	Ernesto Hoost Jeff Roufus
Years active	6 (2002-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	23
Wins	16
By knockout	9
Losses	6
Draws	1
Other information

Patrick "Get Hype" Barry (born July 7, 1979) is a professional Super Heavyweight American kickboxer and martial artist, from New Orleans, Louisiana. He's currently competing in K-1 and WCL and is trained by four time K-1 World Champion Ernesto Hoost.^[1]

1 Biography & career
2 Titles
3 Kickboxing record
4 See also
5 References
6 External link

[edit] Biography & career

Barry started training professionally at the age of 21 when he was junior sociology major at LSU and walked into Russell Jones's Kickboxing Gym in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He made his pro debut on November 2, 2002 at U.S. Open International Martial Arts championships, winning by KO over Robert Parham. A year later Barry participated at Kung-fu World Championships in China, winning a silver medal.

In 2004 he took part of K-1 tryouts held in Las Vegas, NV and made his K-1 debut on April 30, 2005 at K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas, losing by split decision to Scott Lighty. Barry tragically lost a grandmother and his family home when Hurricane Katrina hit his native New Orleans in 2005.^[2]

In 2006 Barry moved to Amsterdam, Netherlands to train with Ernesto Hoost. In 2007 he participated in two K-1 World GP tournaments held in Honolulu, Hawaii and Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 2008 he will be making his World Combat League debut in the 235lb weight class fighting for the New York Clash.

[edit] Titles

2005 Kings of Kickboxing tournament champion.
2004 U.S. Open Sanshou champion.
2003 U.S. Open Sanshou champion.

[edit] Kickboxing record

16 Wins (9 (T)KO's, 6 decisions), 6 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
05/03/2008	Loss	Jarrel Miller	WCL Eastern & Western conference finals, San Antonio, TX	Decision
05/03/2008	Win	John James	WCL Eastern & Western conference finals, San Antonio, TX	Decision
12/15/2007	Loss	Freddy Kemayo	K-1 Fighting Network 2007 Prague, Czech	TKO (Doctor stoppage)	1	1:00
08/11/2007	Loss	Zabit Samedov	K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas	Split decision	3	3:00
08/11/2007	Win	Rickard Nordstrand	K-1 World GP 2007 in Las Vegas	TKO (Low kicks)	2	2:16
04/28/2007	Loss	Alexander Pitchkounov	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii	Decision	3	3:00
04/28/2007	Win	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii	KO (Left high kick)	1	1:07
12/08/2006	Win	Scott Lighty	Shin Do Kumate XI, Tampa, FL	KO (Right high kick)	3
04/29/2006	Loss	Alexander Pitchkounov	K-1 World GP 2006 in Las Vegas	Split decision	3	3:00
11/19/2005	Draw	Alexander Pitchkounov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005, Japan	Decision draw	3	3:00
10/21/2005	Win	Dustin Hanning	Heavyweight Gladiators, Milwaukee, WI	TKO (Low kicks)	1
08/13/2005	Win	Mark Selbee	K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas II	KO	1
04/30/2005	Loss	Scott Lighty	K-1 World GP 2005 in Las Vegas	Split decision	3	3:00
01/22/2005	Win	Marshall Berger	Kings of Kickboxing, Gulfport, MS	TKO (Low kicks)	1
12/18/2004	Win	John Dixon	U.S. Open Fighting Challenge, New Orleans, LA	KO
05/29/2004	Win	Marcel Donk	Zonnehuis, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
2003	Win	Paul Gurevidius	China Comes to Atlanta: Art of War	KO (High kick)	2
11/02/2002	Win	Robert Parham	U.S. Open Martial Arts Championships,	KO (Punches)	4