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Dewey Cooper (born November 10, 1974) is an American kickboxer and boxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. After becoming a two-time world champion in 2000 by taking the WKC heavyweight and WKF cruiserweight titles, he would go on to become a regular competitor in the K-1 promotion's US events. The closest he would come to promotional gold was when he lost out to Michael McDonald in the final of the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I''. ==Career== Born in Los Angeles, California, Cooper started practicing Muay Thai as a youngster〔(Dewey Cooper promises to be the dopest Black Cobra ever )〕 and began training under Nick "One Kick" Blomgren at One Kick's Gym in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1994.〔(Dewey Cooper Ready to Win it All in K-1 Rising’s Heavyweight US Grand Prix )〕 After making a name for himself on the American circuit by racking up a record of 15-2 (10 KOs), winning the USMTF and UKC national titles in the process, his services were recruited by K-1, the world's premier kickboxing organization. Debuting on January 22, 1999 at ''K-1 The Challenge '99'' in Tokyo, Japan, Cooper was knocked out in the second round by Tsuyoshi Nakasako. Despite this setback, he went on to have a break-out year in 2000 when he won the WKC World Heavyweight Championship and WKF World Cruiserweight Championship.〔(K-1 announces lineup for Sept 8 in Los Angeles )〕 He also faced the legendary and recently un-retired Don "The Dragon" Wilson for the ISKA North American Cruiserweight (-88.2 kg/194.4 lb) Full Contact Championship at the MGM Grand Las Vegas on March 17, 2000, losing out via majority decision after ten rounds.〔(Don "The Dragon" Wilson Mini Biography )〕 Returning to K-1 at the ''K-1 USA Championships 2000'' on August 5, 2000, Cooper dropped a razor-thin split decision to Giuseppe De Natale after two extension rounds.〔(Giuseppe "The Godfather" DeNatale defeats Dewey Cooper on K-1 USA undercard )〕 2001 fared better for Cooper, as he defeated Arne Soldwedel by unanimous decision at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 Preliminary USA'' in May and Mark Miller by technical knockout at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas'' in August.〔(LEKO VICTORIOUS AT K-1 WORLD GRAND PRIX SEMFINALS )〕 These wins earned him a place among North America's eight best heavyweights in the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary USA'' tournament held on May 3, 2002 in Las Vegas. Cooper was drawn against Jean-Claude Leuyer at the quarter-final stage and floored the four-time world champion in the third round en route to a unanimous decision. In the semi-finals, he came up against one of the United States' most accomplished kickboxers in Rick Roufus. Roufus attacked Cooper's lead leg, which was already battered from the Leuyer fight, with low kicks from the first bell, taking away his mobility and offence. Roufus took the judges decision after three rounds.〔(K-1 North American Elimination Tournament )〕〔(Canada's Mike McDonald Claims K-1 North America Crown )〕〔(K-1 USA Quarterfinals )〕 Cooper was invited back to the Las Vegas Grand Prix the following year, going up against Japanese reprasentative Yusuke Fujimoto in the opening round of the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas'' on May 2, 2003. He dropped Fujimoto with a left hook in the first round, but took a beating from his opponent's kicks in rounds two and three and lost via unanimous decision (28-28, 29-28.5, 29-28.5) and was eliminated from the tournament.〔(There's A New BEAST! Former IKF USA National Champion Carter Williams Wins K-1 USA! )〕 In his next outing in the promotion, Cooper went up against the reigning K-1 Las Vegas champion Carter Williams in a non-tournament match at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Las Vegas II'' on August 15, 2003. Cooper fought well, constantly moving while scoring on the larger Williams, who landed the harder shots. The crowd voiced it's dissaproval when Williams was announced as the winner on the judges' score cards of 30-27, 30-28 and 29.5-29.〔(Bob Sapp confronts Mike Tyson at K-1 event )〕 Following a unanimous decision loss at the hands of Vitali Akhramenko at ''K-1 Final Fight Stars War in Zagreb'' on October 31, 2003,〔(Heavyweights To SUPER Heavyweights! Where Are The WORLD CHAMPIONS? )〕〔(K-1 Zagreb report )〕 he competed in his third K-1 tournament, the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas I'', on April 30, 2004. He was able to beat Seido karate stylist Nobu Hayashi by unanimous decision (29.5-28, 29.5-29.5, 29.5-28) in the quarter-finals by staying the more active of the two. Then, in the semis, he became the first man to defeat Samoan knockout artist Mighty Mo. Despite giving up 37 kg/82 lb in weight to his opponent, Cooper used superior ringmanship and took a unanimous decision (30-28.5, 29.5-29, 29.5-29) after three rounds. He would then go up against Michael McDonald, a two-time K-1 USA tournament winner, in the final. McDonald outpointed Cooper on all three judges' scorecards (29-28, 30-28, 30-27.5) to win his third North American Grand Prix.〔(K-1 Las Vegas Grand Prix 2004 run-down )〕 Despite coming so close to claiming a K-1 tournament title, Cooper would not win another bout in the promotion. A split decision loss to Trinidadian brawler Gary Goodridge on August 7, 2004 at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Las Vegas II'' was followed up with two consecutive quarter-final defeats in the next two tournaments he entered; Kyokushin fighter Glaube Feitosa beat him at the April 30, 2005 ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas'' and Scott Lighty outpointed him at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas'' a year later. In what would be his last K-1 bout for six years, Cooper dropped a unanimous decision to Ruslan Karaev at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Las Vegas II'' on August 5, 2006. 2006 saw Cooper return to his career in professional boxing, in which he had notched up an undefeated record between 2001 and 2004. Despite tasting defeat in 2007 at the hands of Mike Alderete, who he would later defeat in a rematch, Cooper's boxing career culminated in a duo of fights with Arthur Williams for the WBC United States Cruiserweight (-90.7 kg/200 lb) Championship. In his first fight with Williams, which took place in Lemoore, California on October 23, 2008, the match was stopped in the fifth of a scheduled ten rounds due to an accidental headbutt which caused a large gash on Williams’ forehead and Williams was named the winner on a technical decision.〔(Williams-Cooper rematch )〕 In their rematch on February 6, 2009 in the same city, Williams again walked away with the victory, a unanimous decision after the full ten rounds. On July 17, 2009, Cooper competed at ''Kung Fu King 2009'', an eight-man sanshou tournament in Guangzhou, China featuring such notables as Kaoklai Kaennorsing, Steve McKinnon and Muslim Salikhov. He was eliminated at the quarter-final stage after losing a decision to Yu Jin. He made a return to K-1 in 2012 at thirty-seven years of age,〔(K-1 announces lineup for Sept 8 in Los Angeles )〕 headlining the card at the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Los Angeles'' on September 8, 2012 against promotional new-comer Randy Blake with a place at the 2012 K-1 World Grand Prix at stake.〔(K-1 releases fight card for September 8th Los Angeles event )〕〔(Cooper vs. Blake Announced as Main Event of K1 US Grand Prix )〕 Despite outweighing his opponent for the first time in his K-1 career, Cooper was unable to defeat the younger Blake and lost via unanimous decision after three rounds.〔(K-1 U.S. Grand Prix in Los Angeles – results )〕〔(K-1 US Grand Prix live results )〕〔(Results and Recap: K-1 Los Angeles Heavyweight GP )〕 Cooper was initially set to fight Fred Sikking for the vacant WPMF World Heavyweight (-95.454 kg/210.4 lb) Championship at ''Muaythai Superfight'' in Pattaya, Thailand on May 13, 2013.〔(American Chike Lindsay Set to Take on Saiyok Pumpanmuang in One of the Most Unusual Cards This Year )〕〔(Riddick Bowe set to make Muay Thai debut on stacked card featuring Simon Marcus, Chike Lindsay, Saiyok, Kaoklai, and more )〕 The event was pushed back to June 14, 2013, however,〔(Riddick Bowe's Muay Thai debut no longer happening, entire event canceled )〕〔(Muaythai Superfight featuring Riddick Bowe's Muay Thai debut not canceled, rescheduled for June 14th )〕 and he lost by unanimous decision.〔(Riddick Bowe Brutalized in Muay Thai Debut )〕〔(Muaythai Superfight Results: Bowe TKO'd, Marcus remains undefeated )〕 Cooper fought to a draw in a clinch-heavy affair with Peter Aerts at GFC Series 1 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 29, 2014.〔(Badr Hari Wins Big in Dubai, Aerts and Cooper Draw )〕〔(Global FC 3 live results )〕 Also a trainer, Cooper's students include John Alessio,〔(John Alessio talks upcoming fight with David Rickels, working w/ Dewey Cooper, more )〕 Kevin Lee,〔(Kevin Lee: The Good Son )〕 Jessica Rakoczy and Beibut Shumenov.〔(Dewey Cooper says not to underestimate Jessica Rakoczy’s world championship pedigree )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dewey Cooper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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