Peter Graham (kickboxer)

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Peter Graham
Nickname	The Chief
Nationality	Australian
Date of birth	August 5, 1975 (1975-08-05) (age 32)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	114 kg (251.3 lb/18.0 st)
Style	Karate, Kickboxing
Team	Redfern Gym Spirit Gym
Years active	10 (1998-present)
Boxing record
Total	10
Wins	6
By knockout	3
Losses	3
Draws	1
Kickboxing record
Total	66
Wins	54
By knockout	29
Losses	11
Draws	1
MMA record
Total	1
Losses	1
By submission	1
Other information
Career boxing record from Boxrec
Career mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Peter "The Chief" Graham (born August 5, 1975) is a professional Australian kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist. He jogs to the ring to AC/DC's Thunderstruck and has trademarked his special moves like his somersault kick, The Rolling Thunder.

Contents 1 Biography & Career 2 Titles 2.1 Kickboxing Record 2.2 Professional Boxing 3 MMA Record 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Biography & Career

Graham started his career in Kyokushin Karate and won the Amateur Australian title in 1999, in the open weight division. Before turning pro Graham captured the WKBF World Amateur Heavyweight title from New Zealand's Shane Wijohn, finishing his amateur career undefeated (12-0). He turned pro in 2000 and attained instant success. He defeated Ben Hamilton in K-1 Oceania Revenge by TKO and then Clay Aumitagi.

On November 19, 2000 he became the first Australian to go ten rounds with the legendary Stan "The Man" Longinidis. Though losing first fight of his career, Graham learnt more from that fight than any other of his young career.

In 2006, Peter did also had a feud with Badr Hari in K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland. Hari mocked Graham that he is a has-been, and Hari is the future. A brawl at the press conference instigated by Hari kissing Graham hyped up their match. The real match was won by Peter, via his trademark "Rolling Thunder" spinning kick, which broke Hari's jaw in 3 places. Hari was sidelined for almost a year.

On December 31, 2006 at K-1 PREMIUM 2006 Dynamite!! Peter Graham fought against the two time K-1 heavyweight champion Semmy Schilt in a 5 round match and lost by unanimous decision (3-0).

On August 5, 2007, Sunday, Graham and Hari were tied for a revenge fight in K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong as one of the three super bouts of the event which was held in Hong Kong for the very first time. In this occasion, Hari was more alert in case of any KO defeat of a Rolling Thunder by Graham. Both fighters could not show their top performances as Hari won the fight by points. Graham tried Rolling Thunder Kick twice in the last moments of the fight but he could not connect Hari.^[1]

On March 5, 2008 Peter made his MMA debut in World Victory Road against Kazuyuki Fujita and lost the fight by Submission.

[edit] Titles

• 2004 Kings of Oceania Champion
• 2003 K-1 World GP in Melbourne Champion
• 2002 WKBF World Super Heavyweight Champion
• 2001 K-1 World GP Oceania Elimination Tournament Finalist
• 2000 WKBf Amateur Super Heavyweight Champion
• South Pacific Karate Champion
• 1999 Australian Kyokushin Openweight Champion

[edit] Kickboxing Record

54 Wins (29 (T)KO's, 25 Decisions), 11 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
08/05/2007	Loss	Badr Hari	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong	Decision	3	3:00
04/28/2006	Win	Jerrel Venetiaan	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, USA	Decision	3	3:00
12/31/2006	Loss	Semmy Schilt	K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!!, Japan	Decision	5	3:00
11/18/2006	Loss	Doug Viney	K-1 Kings of Oceania Round 3, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
11/11/2006	Win	Yuki Kamikaze	Macau X-plosion, Macau	TKO (Low kicks)	2
09/16/2006	Win	Andrew Peck	K-1 Kings of Oceania Round 2, New Zealand	TKO (Low kicks)	2
08/18/2006	Win	Andrei Malchanau	X-plosion 13, Sydney, Australia	KO (Referee stoppage)	1
06/24/2006	Win	Matt Samoa	K-1 Kings of Oceania Round 1, New Zealand	KO (Right hook)	1	2:16
03/05/2006	Loss	Paul Slowinski	K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand	TKO (Low kicks)	2	1:42
03/05/2006	Win	Badr Hari	K-1 World GP 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand	KO (Rolling thunder)	3	2:54
12/10/2005	Win	Ricardo Van Den Bos	K-1 Kings of Oceania Round 3, Australia	KO (Punches)	1	1:19
10/08/2005	Win	Jay Hepi	K-1 Kings of Oceania Round 2, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
07/30/2005	Win	Rony Sefo	K-1 Kings of Oceania Round 1, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
04/30/2005	Win	Alexey Ignashov	Battle of The Anzacs II, New Zealand	2 Ext. R Split Decision	5	3:00
11/05/2004	Loss	Jason Suttie	K-1 MAX Oceania 2004, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
07/16/2004	Win	Jason Suttie	Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
07/16/2004	Win	Paul Slowinski	Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand	Decision	3	3:00
07/16/2004	Win	Hiriwa Te Rangi	Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand	KO (Rolling thunder)
03/06/2004	Loss	Xhavit Bajrami	Kings Of The Ring, Pristine, Kosovo	Decision	5	3:00
12/06/2003	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	TKO (Right knee)	1	2:58
10/11/2003	Win	Sam Greco	K-1 World GP 2003 in Osaka, Japan	TKO (Leg injury)	2	0:30
07/27/2003	Win	Jason Suttie	K-1 World GP 2003 in Melbourne, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
07/27/2003	Win	Mitch O'Hello	K-1 World GP 2003 in Melbourne, Australia	Ext.R KO (Punch)	4	0:47
07/27/2003	Win	Josip Bodrozic	K-1 World GP 2003 in Melbourne, Australia	Split Decision	3	3:00
04/27/2003	Win	Chris Chrispoulides	License to Thrill, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
04/24/2003	Win	Mike Angove	Fights in Dunedin, New Zealand	TKO (Knees)	2
08/31/2002	Win	Hiriwa Te Rangi	WKBF World Super Heavyweight Title, Dunedin, NZ	Decision	5	3:00
07/12/2002	Loss	Jason Suttie	KB4 Fightnight, Sydney, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
07/12/2002	Win	Chris Chrispoulides	KB4 Fightnight, Sydney, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
09/01/2001	Draw	Jason Suttie	JNI Promotions, Star City, Australia	Decision Draw	3	3:00
07/21/2001	Win	Mark Hunt	K-1 New Zealand GP 2001	Decision	5	3:00
04/29/2001	Loss	Adam Watt	K-1 World GP 2001 in Osaka, Japan	KO (Left Punch)	2	1:29
04/29/2001	Win	Jan Nortje	K-1 World GP 2001 in Osaka, Japan	Ext. R Decision	4	3:00
04/07/2001	Win	Fadi Hadara	Australia vs USA, Sydney, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
02/24/2001	Loss	Mark Hunt	K-1 Oceania GP 2001 in Melbourne, Australia	KO (Right uppercut)	3	2:10
02/24/2001	Win	Rony Sefo	K-1 Oceania GP 2001 in Melbourne, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
02/24/2001	Win	Phil Fagan	K-1 Oceania GP 2001 in Melbourne, Australia	TKO (2 knockdowns)	2
11/19/2000	Loss	Stan Longinidis	K-1 Oceania Star Wars 2000, Australia	Decision	10	3:00
09/10/2000	Win	Gurkan Ozkan	K-1 Oceania Dream 2000, Australia	Ext.R TKO	4
06/24/2000	Win	Clay Aumitagi	Bradford's Show, Sydney, Australia	Decision	3	3:00
05/14/2000	Win	Ben Hamilton	K-1 Revenge Oceania, Australia	TKO (Doctor stoppage	2
04/08/2000	Win	Shane Wijohn	Bound for Glory, NSW, Australia	TKO

[edit] Professional Boxing

6 Wins (3 TKOs), 3 Losses.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round
11/15/2002	Win	Pat Kennedy	Club Nova, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	TKO	5
08/09/2002	Win	Pat Kennedy	Club Nova, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Decision	6
05/10/2002	Win	Joseph Semeatu	Mayfield Ex Services Club, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	KO	1
04/01/2002	Draw	Phil Gregory	Sports Complex, Carrara (Gold Coast), Queensland, Australia	Decision draw	8
03/04/2002	Win	Paul Withers	Entertainment Centre, Townsville, Queensland, Australia	KO	6
02/15/2002	Win	Andrew Fepuileai	Woonona Bulli RSL Club, Wollongong, NSW, Australia	Decision	4
10/12/2001	Win	Glen Sewell	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Decision	4
09/28/2001	Loss	Simon Paterson	The Octagon, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Decision (Majority)	4
07/21/2000	Loss	Caine Melbourne	Hornsby RSL Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia	KO	2
04/23/2000	Loss	Caine Melbourne	Wyong Leagues Club, Wyong, NSW, Australia	Decision	4

[edit] MMA Record

0 Wins (0 (T)KOs, 0 Decisions), 1 losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
03/05/2008	Loss	Kazuyuki Fujita	Sengoku, Tokyo, Japan	Submission (North-South Choke)	1	1:23

[edit] See also

• List of male kickboxers
• List of K-1 events
• List of kickboxing organizations

[edit] References