Height: 6'5" (196cm)
Weight: 216 lbs
Kancho Gerard Gordeau (born March 30, 1959) is a mixed martial arts fighter from The Hague, The Netherlands who competed against Teila Tuli in the first televised UFC fight. The match lasted only thirty seconds and was stopped after Gordeau knocked out one of Tuli's teeth with a kick. The event announcers claimed that the tooth landed underneath their table. Gordeau also broke his own hand on Tuli's head after the kick.
Despite the injury, he fought twice more that night. After winning his second match, Gordeau lost to Royce Gracie in the championship bout of UFC 1,During the bout while Gordeau was in Gracies guard he allegedly bit Gracies ear in a intentional foul however Gracie still managed to submit Gordeau to win the fight and tournament.
Gordeau was also the world Savate champion and trainer for UFC fighter Remco Pardoel. He is again remembered for his illegal and intentional eye-gouge of Yuki Nakai in the 1995 Japan Vale Tudo. Nakai went on to beat Gordeau by submission, but lost sight in his right eye from the gouge.
Gordeau, along with his brothers, owns the Kamakura dojo in The Hague.







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