Peter Graham

Peter Graham (born 5 August 1975) is an Australian former karateka, kickboxer, boxer and mixed martial artist.

Background Originally from North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Graham began training in Kyokushin Karate at the age of 18. Graham quickly demonstrated his talents, winning his first tournament in an under yellow belt division about half a year later. In 1999 at the age of 23, Graham won the Amateur Australian and New Zealand Open Weight Championships and soon also became the South Pacific Champion. Graham then moved to Ikebukuro in Tokyo, Japan to further hone his skills and live in a dojo. However, Graham only completed three months of this rigorous training before having to return to Australia after his brother Matthew died of a heroin overdose. Graham would earn his black belt in only five years.

In 2001 he defeated Mark Hunt, the K-1 World GP Champion of the year. He won his second WKBF Super Heavyweight title the next year, and won the Kings of Oceania 2004 championship after defeating his long-term rival Jason Suttie. The real match was won by Peter, who won by knockout via his trademark "Rolling Thunder" spinning kick, which broke Hari's jaw. Hari was sidelined for almost a year.

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

On 5 August 2007, Graham and Hari met for a revenge fight in K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong as one of the three super bouts of the event, held in Hong Kong for the very first time. This time, Hari was more alert to the threat of a Rolling Thunder by Graham. Both fighters could not show their top performances as Hari won the fight by points. Graham tried the Rolling Thunder Kick twice in the last moments of the fight, but could not connect with Hari.

In a rematch with Doug Viney at Kings of Kombat in Keysborough, Victoria on 29 August 2010, Graham won via TKO in the fifth round to claim the ISKA World Heavyweight Championship. Graham lost the title to Paul Slowinski, in the third fight between them, when he lost by a third-round KO at King of Kombat 4 on 20 August 2011.

He has returned to kickboxing to fight Prince Ali at HEAT 24 in Nagoya, Japan on 7 October 2012, winning the fight via decision.

He is competed in a Heavyweight Tournament at GFC Series 1 in Dubai on 29 May 2014, defeating Arnold Oborotov via an extension round majority decision in the semi-finals before losing to Badr Hari by first-round TKO in the final.

Mixed martial arts career After training with PRIDE veteran Akira Shoji, Graham undeterred by the loss returned to for the World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 4, where he again he fought valiantly in a much closer match against French grappler Moise Rimbon but Graham was submitted early in the second round.

Over the course of the following two years Graham proceed to hone his BJJ skills in Brazil, earning a blue belt, and continued to fight at elite level matches around the globe matched against the likes of Rolles Gracie Jr. In July 2010 Graham defeated American K-1 Champion Carter Williams.

On 8 December 2010, Graham defeated Alexander Emelianenko by TKO via leg kicks halfway through the second round. This marks Graham's biggest win in MMA to date.

In 2012, Graham defeated Konstantin Gluhov twice by KO & TKO.

Following the second Gluhov fight, he returned home to fight at Australian Fighting Championship (AFC) 4, defeating Donnie Lester by TKO 1:50 of Round 1, in December 2012.

Graham was scheduled to fight upcoming MMM star Tai Tuivasa in Combat8 at C8:03, a Mixed Rules Australian MMA organization. Graham defeated Tai Tuivasa by TKO in the second round in a back and forth fight, making that his eighth KO/TKO MMA win so far.

Graham Beat Salimgirey Rasulov by TKO due to injury of Rasulov's broken arm in Russia on 2 June.

Bellator MMA He signed with Bellator MMA in July 2013. He debuted at Bellator 104 on 18 October 2013 when he faced Eric Prindle. He won the fight by unanimous decision which marks the first MMA fight Graham had that went the distance.

In late October, Graham was announced as the injury replacement in the Bellator Season Nine Heavyweight Tournament. He faced Cheick Kongo on 8 November 2013 at Bellator 107. He lost the fight via unanimous decision.

On 7 March 2014, Graham faced Mighty Mo in the Bellator Season Ten Heavyweight Tournament at Bellator 111. Despite winning the first 2 rounds, Graham would lose via submission in the third round.

Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki After going 1–2 in Bellator MMA, Graham returned to MMA competition in Poland at KSW 28 versus Marcin Rózalski on 4 October 2014. He won via TKO due to a leg injury in the second round. Graham next faced Karol Bedorf at KSW 31 on May 23, 2015. He lost the fight via unanimous decision. Graham faced Mariusz Pudzianowski at KSW 32: Road to Wembley on Halloween night 2015. Held at the Wembley Arena in London, the event was the first produced by KSW to take place outside of Poland. Graham won the fight via TKO in the second round.

Fight Nights Global On June 17, 2016, Graham faced Vitaly Minakov at Fight Nights Global 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado. He lost the bout via armbar submission at just over a minute into the first round.

Championships and achievements

Boxing Australian National Boxing Federation Australian Heavyweight Championship (One time) New South Wales State Heavyweight Championship (One time) World Boxing Foundation World Boxing Foundation World Heavyweight Championship (One time) 2016 World Boxing Organization WBO Asia Pacific Heavyweight Championship (One time)

Karate South Pacific Karate Champion 1999 Australian Kyokushin Openweight Champion 1999 New Zealand Kyokushin Openweight Champion

Kickboxing International Sport Karate Association ISKA World Heavyweight Championship (One time) K-1 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix Preliminary Melbourne Runner-up 2003 K-1 World Grand Prix in Melbourne Champion 2004 Kings of Oceania Champion World Kick Boxing Federation WKBF Amateur Super Heavyweight Championship (One time) WKBF World Super Heavyweight Championship (One time)

Mixed martial arts Bellator MMA Bellator MMA Season 9 Heavyweight Tournament Runner-up

Personal life Peter Graham grew up in Sydney NSW Australia he was a street kid that lived in youth refuges till he was 20. Starting karate at 18, in just two short years and with the help from this karate dojo and his own savings, Graham moved to Tokyo that same year, to study Kyokushin as an elite karate prospect. After the tragic heroin overdose of his older brother he returned to Australia to bury him and start his journey back to Japan and to K1 kickboxing greatest heights. Five years later he won the amateur kickboxing world titles undefeated and turning pro he returned to Japan to fight K1 and eventually to married a Brazilian woman living in Tokyo on 22 June 2008. He got a tattoo on his right arm reading her name, "Silvia". They have two daughters together, and in 2010, Graham appeared on the TV program "Find My Family" where he was re-united with his younger brother who he had lost contact with and hadn't seen in 20 years. In 2012 he opened up his own full-time martial arts and combat sports school Prospect IMC at Prospect New South Wales, Australia.

Mixed martial arts record Loss

Vitaly Minakov Submission (armbar) Fight Nights Global 50: Fedor vs. Maldonado

St. Petersburg, Russia Win

Mariusz Pudzianowski TKO (punches and elbows) KSW 32: Road to Wembley

London, England Loss

Karol Bedorf Decision (unanimous) KSW 31: Materla vs. Drwal

Gdańsk, Poland Loss

Denis Goltsov Submission (kimura) Tech-Krep FC – Ermak Prime Challenge

Krasnodar, Russia Win

Marcin Różalski TKO (Knee Injury) KSW 28: Fighters Den

Szczecin, Poland Loss

Mighty Mo Submission (arm-triangle choke) Bellator 111

Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States Bellator Season 10 Heavyweight Tournament Quarterfinal Loss

Cheick Kongo Decision (unanimous) Bellator 107

Thackerville, Oklahoma, United States Win

Eric Prindle Decision (unanimous) Bellator 104

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States Win

Salimgirey Rasulov TKO (injury) K-1 Global MMA

Krasnodar Krai, Russia Win

Donnie Lester TKO (corner stoppage) AFC 4

Melbourne, Australia Win

Konstantin Gluhov TKO (punches) Draka 11

Khabarovsk, Russia Win

Konstantin Gluhov KO (punch) Governor's Cup 2012

Khabarovsk, Russia Win

Alexander Emelianenko TKO (leg kicks) Draka 5

Khabarovsk, Russia Special rules allowing :30 on the ground. Win

Yusuke Kawaguchi TKO (elbows) Xtreme MMA 3

Sydney Win

Carter Williams TKO (strikes) Xtreme MMA 2

Sydney Loss

Jim York Submission (rear naked choke) Impact FC 2

Sydney Loss

Dion Staring Submission (armbar) Fury 1: Clash of the Titans

Macau, China Win

Felise Leniu TKO (punches) RPA: Return of the Chief

Keysborough, Australia Loss

Rolles Gracie Submission (arm-triangle choke) Art of War 14

Macau, China Loss

Moise Rimbon Submission (rear naked choke) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku 4

Saitama, Saitama, Japan Loss

Kazuyuki Fujita Submission (north-south choke) World Victory Road Presents: Sengoku First Battle

Tokyo, Japan MMA mixed rules record Win

Tai Tuivasa TKO (punches) Combat8:03

Big Top Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Kickboxing record 59 Wins (31 (T)KO's, 25 Decisions), 14 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time 13 April 2018 Loss Marcin Różalski DSF Kickboxing Challenge 14 TKO 29 May 2014 Loss Badr Hari GFC Fight Series 1 – Heavyweight Tournament, Final, Dubai, UAE TKO (punches) 1 1:33 29 May 2014 Win Arnold Oborotov GFC Fight Series 1 – Heavyweight Tournament, Semi-finals, Dubai, UAE Extension round decision (majority) 4 3:00 23 March 2013 Win Erik Nosa Capital Punishment 7, Canberra, Australia KO (right low kick) 1 1:43 7 October 2012 Win Prince Ali HEAT 24, Nagoya, Japan Decision 3 3:00 20 August 2011 Loss Paul Slowinski Kings of Kombat 4, Keysborough, Australia, I.S.K.A. Heavyweight World Title KO 3 2 April 2011 Win Andre Meunier Kings of Combat 3, Keysborough, Australia TKO (low kicks and punches) 3 29 August 2010 Win Doug Viney Kings of Combat, Keysborough, Australia, I.S.K.A. Heavyweight World Title TKO (leg kicks) 5 5 August 2007 Loss Badr Hari K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hong Kong Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 28 April 2007 Win Jerrel Venetiaan K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Hawaii, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31 December 2006 Loss Semmy Schilt K-1 Premium 2006 Dynamite!!, Japan Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 18 November 2006 Loss Doug Viney K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 3, New Zealand Decision 3 3:00 11 November 2006 Win Yuki Kamikaze Macau X-plosion, Macau TKO (low kicks) 2 16 September 2006 Win Andrew Peck K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 2, New Zealand TKO (low kicks) 2 18 August 2006 Win Andrei Malchanau X-plosion 13, Sydney, Australia TKO (referee stoppage) 1 24 June 2006 Win Matt Samoa K-1 Kings of Oceania 2006 Round 1, New Zealand KO (right hook) 1 2:16 5 March 2006 Loss Paul Slowinski K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand TKO (low kicks) 2 1:42 5 March 2006 Win Badr Hari K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland, New Zealand KO (rolling thunder) 3 2:54 10 December 2005 Win Ricardo van den Bos K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 3, Australia KO (punches) 1 1:19 8 October 2005 Win Jay Hepi K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 2, New Zealand Decision 3 3:00 30 July 2005 Win Rony Sefo K-1 Kings of Oceania 2005 Round 1, New Zealand Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 30 April 2005 Win Alexey Ignashov K-1 Battle of Anzacs II, New Zealand 2nd Ext. R Decision 5 3:00 5 November 2004 Loss Jason Suttie K-1 Oceania MAX 2004, New Zealand Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 16 July 2004 Win Jason Suttie Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 16 July 2004 Win Paul Slowinski Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 16 July 2004 Win Hiriwa Te-Rangi Kings of Oceania 2004, New Zealand KO (rolling thunder)11:59 6 March 2004 Loss Xhavit Bajrami Kings of the Ring, Pristina, Kosovo, Serbia Decision 5 3:00 6 December 2003 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan TKO (referee stoppage) 1 2:58 11 October 2003 Win Sam Greco K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Final Elimination, Japan TKO (leg injury) 2 0:30 27 July 2003 Win Jason Suttie K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne, Australia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 27 July 2003 Win Mitch O'Hello K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne, Australia Ext.R TKO (punch) 4 0:47 27 July 2003 Win Josip Bodrozic K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Melbourne, Australia Decision 3 3:00 27 April 2003 Win Chris Chrispoulides License to Thrill, Australia Decision 3 3:00 24 April 2003 Win Mike Angove Fights in Dunedin, New Zealand TKO (knees) 2 0:55 31 August 2002 Win Hiriwa Te-Rangi WKBF World Super Heavyweight Title, Dunedin, NZ Decision 5 3:00 12 July 2002 Loss Jason Suttie KB4 Fightnight, Sydney, Australia Decision 3 3:00 12 July 2002 Win Chris Chrispoulides KB4 Fightnight, Sydney, Australia Decision 3 3:00 1 September 2001Draw Jason Suttie JNI Promotions, Star City, Australia Draw 3 3:00 21 July 2001 Win Mark Hunt K-1 New Zealand Grand Prix 2001 Decision 5 3:00 29 April 2001 Loss Adam Watt K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka, Japan KO (left punch) 2 1:29 29 April 2001 Win Jan Nortje K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka, Japan Ext. R Decision 4 3:00 7 April 2001 Win Fadi Hadara Australia vs USA, Sydney, Australia Decision 3 3:00 24 February 2001 Loss Mark Hunt K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Melbourne, Australia KO (right uppercut) 3 2:10 24 February 2001 Win Rony Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Melbourne, Australia Decision 3 3:00 24 February 2001 Win Phil Fagan K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary Melbourne, Australia TKO (2 knockdowns) 2 19 November 2000 Loss Stan Longinidis K-1 Oceania Star Wars 2000, Australia Decision (unanimous) 10 2:00 10 September 2000 Win Gurkan Ozkan K-1 Oceania Dream, Australia Ext.R TKO (3 knockdowns) 4 24 June 2000 Win Clay Aumitagi Bradford's Show, Sydney, Australia Decision 3 3:00 14 May 2000 Win Ben Hamilton K-1 Revenge Oceania, Australia TKO (doctor stoppage) 2 8 April 2000 Win Shane Wijohn Bound for Glory, NSW, Australia TKO (leg kicks and punches) 1

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