Joerie Mes

Joerie Mes
Born	(1979-03-16) March 16, 1979
Other names	The Shark
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb; 11.7 st)
Division	Welterweight
Style	Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Mike's Gym (2005-2009) Gym Alkmaar (-2005)
Trainer	Mike Passenier Edwin van Os
Years active	1996–2009
Kickboxing record
Total	66
Wins	50
By knockout	29
Losses	12
By knockout	5
Draws	4
last updated on: July 14, 2009

Joerie "The Shark" Mes (born March 16, 1979) is a Dutch former welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is former Dutch and European Muay Thai champion who later competed in K-1 MAX. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest combination specialists in kickboxing history. Now he is working as a history teacher in Amsterdam.^[1]

Biography and career

Joeri grew up in Amsterdam (Amsterdam Noord). As a kid, he excelled in field hockey, as a goalie. As he felt field hockey was not for him, he tried soccer for a short while, before he got involved in kick boxing.

Titles

• 2005 It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Tilburg Pool A winner
• WMTO European champion
• IPMTF Dutch (79 kg) champion
• 2000 MTBN Dutch (76 kg) champion

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

50 Wins (29 (T)KO's, 21 decisions), 12 Losses, 4 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2009-07-13 Loss Yoshihiro Sato K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8, Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan Ext R. Decision (Split) 4 3:00 2009-06-13 Win Mohammed Medhar Gentleman Promotions Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-05-16 Win Shane Campbell It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Referee stoppage) 3 2009-02-09 Win Jan van Denderen Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 Antwerpen, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2008-11-29 Win Chris Ngimbi It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands KO (Left hook) 2 2:08 2008-10-01 Win Takayuki Kohiruimaki K-1 World MAX 2008 Final Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 3 2:59 2008-04-26 Loss Nieky Holzken K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Spinning back kick) 2 2:21 2008-03-08 Loss Kenneth van Eesvelde Fights at the Border 6 Lommel, Belgium TKO (Doctor stoppage) 3 2008-02-17 Loss Marco Pique K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Ext. R) 4 3:00 2007-09-23 Win Imro Main Rings "Risky Business" Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2007-06-23 Loss Murat Direkci K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Doctor stoppage/cut) 1 1:40 2007-05-06 Loss Andy Souwer SLAMM "Nederland vs Thailand III" Haarlem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2007-03-24 Win Jan de Keyzer It's Showtime Trophy 2007 Lommel, Belgium KO (Left hook) 1 1:03 Qualifies for It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2008 but later withdraws due to dropping down in weight to -70 kg. 2006-11-12 Loss Tyrone Spong Pride & Honor Ahoy 2006 Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Knee strike) 5 1:12 2006-09-23 Loss Ondrej Hutnik It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006, Semi Finals Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2006-09-23 Win Emil Zoraj It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006, Quarter Finals Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2006-05-13 Win Ramon Dekkers K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2006-02-12 Win Ruben van den Giesen Muay Thai Gala in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2005-10-02 Win Yücel Fidan It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy, 1st Round - Tilburg, Pool A Final Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Qualifies for It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Final 2006. 2005-10-02 Win Cedric Copra It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy, 1st Round - Tilburg, Pool A Semi Finals Tilburg, Netherlands TKO (Referee stoppage) 1 0:40 2005-06-12 Win Rayen Simson It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2005-02-13 Win Sem Braan Muaythai in de Hoornse Vaart Alkmaar, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2004-12-18 Win Moises Baptista De Sousa SuperLeague Netherlands 2004 Uden, Netherlands KO (Left Hook) 1 2004-10-10 Win Vincent Vielvoye 2Hot2Handle 17 Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO 2004-05-20 Loss Pajonsuk It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00 2004-03-20 Win Attila Nagy SuperLeague Italy 2004 Padova, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2003-12-06 Loss Dmitry Shakuta SuperLeague Netherlands 2003 Rotterdam, Netherlands KO (Right high kick) 2 2:19 2003-09-27 Win Roberto Cocco SuperLeague Germany 2003 Wuppertal, Germany KO 4 2003-06-08 Win Perry Ubeda It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2003-04-28 Win Jindrich Velecky Tulp Muay Thai Gala Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO 4 2003-03-16 Win Rayen Simson Victory or Hell Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2003-02-15 Win Perry Ubeda Xena Sports "Heaven or Hell 8" Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2002-11-24 Win Khalid Hanine Xena Sports Victory Or Hell Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (High kick) 1 2002-09-29 Win Rayen Simson It's Showtime – As Usual / Battle Time Haarlem, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 4 2002-04-27 Loss Şahin Yakut Gala in Schremerhorn Schermerhorn, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2002-02-12 Win Donald Berner WPKL Thaiboks Gala Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00 2001-10-21 Win Habib Ben-Salah It's Showtime - Original Haarlem, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 4 3:00 2001-04-22 Win Fouad Tijarti Veni, Vidi, Vici Veenendaal, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00 2000-12-12 Win Gerbrand Takens It's Showtime - Christmas Edition Haarlem, Netherlands KO (Left body shot) 3 1:30 2000-10-22 Win Şahin Yakut It's Showtime - Exclusive Haarlem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 2000-05-20 Win Tommy Walraven Thaiboxing -Thrill of the Year Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 Wins M.T.B.N. Dutch title -76kg. Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

• List of K-1 events
• List of It's Showtime events
• List of It's Showtime champions
• List of male kickboxers

External links

• Joerie Mes K-1 profile
• Mike's Gym Official site

References