Bart Vale

Bart Vale
Born	(1957-06-04) June 4, 1957 Miami, Florida, United States
Nationality	American
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight	251 lb (114 kg; 17.9 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Kenpō Karate, Shootfighting
Fighting out of	Miami, Florida, United States
Team	Tigers & Dragon Karate Gym
Rank	10th degree black belt in Kenpō Karate
Years active	1993–2000

Kickboxing record
Total	2
Wins	0
Losses	2
By knockout	2
Draws	0

Mixed martial arts record
Total	3
Wins	1
By submission	1
Losses	2
By knockout	2
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Bart Vale (born June 4, 1957) is an American former kickboxer, mixed martial artist and professional wrestler. He is known for his "old school" American martial arts look, consisting of a mustache, mullet and American flag trunks.^[1]

Career

Bart Vale began his martial arts training in 1970 with Kenpo Karate, in which he holds a 10th degree black belt.^[2] He later traveled to Japan where he was a professional wrestler and the Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi (a shoot-style professional wrestling organization) champion for close to three years. In Japan, he also studied a number of other styles and coined the term "shootfighting", a martial art that combines striking and grappling. He co-founded the International Shootfighting Association and in 1992, began the Shootfighting World Championships.^[3]

Vale began participating in events for Fighting Network Rings in March 1993. He appeared in 5 matches for Rings, 4 of which took place during the organization's pro wrestling period. Rings began promoting mixed martial arts bouts rather than shoot-style works in 1995.^[4]

In October 1995, Vale competed in the World Combat Championships. In the first round of the tournament he defeated Mike Bitonio via first-round submission. Fighting at 260 lbs, Vale outweighed Bitonio by 45 lbs.^[5] Bart Vale was to face Renzo Gracie in the semi finals but Vale wasn't able to continue due to head lacerations. He had two further MMA bouts, in which he lost to Kazunari Murakami and Dan Severn. In addition to this, he also competed in the K-1 kickboxing promotion twice. In 1996, he was invited into the K-1 World Grand Prix and was defeated by Andy Hug. His next bout, against Nobuaki Kakuda in 1998, also ended in defeat. In the early days of MMA, back when it was still called NHB, Vale was introduced as the man who beat Ken Shamrock in reference to a pro wrestling bout that occurred in Pro Wrestling Fujiwara Gumi on May 15, 1992.^[6]

Kickboxing record

0 wins, 2 losses

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Loss	0-2	Nobuaki Kakuda	TKO (doctor stoppage)	K-1 Japan '98 Kamikaze	000000001998-10-28-0000October 28, 1998	1	2:09	Tokyo, Japan
Loss	0-1	Andy Hug	TKO (3 knockdowns)	K-1 Grand Prix '96 Opening Battle	000000001996-03-10-0000March 10, 1996	1	2:24	Yokohama, Japan

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest

Mixed martial arts record

1 win (1 submission), 2 losses

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location
Loss	1-2	Dan Severn	TKO (doctor stoppage)	Continental Freefighting Alliance 1: Collision at the Crossroads	000000002000-03-25-0000March 25, 2000	2	0:36	Corinth, Mississippi, USA
Loss	1-1	Kazunari Murakami	TKO (punches)	Extreme Fighting 3	000000001996-10-18-0000October 18, 1996	1	4:37	Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Win	1-0	Mike Bitonio	Submission (arm-triangle choke)	World Combat Championship 1: First Strike	000000001995-10-17-0000October 17, 1995	1	7:10	Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest

References

↑ The Real Captain America: Bart Vale
↑ Bart Vale Tiger and Dragon Boca Archived April 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ BART VALE Archived November 29, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ http://www.tapology.com/fightcenter/promotions/236-fighting-network-rings
↑ Video on YouTube
↑ http://www.cagematch.net/?id=1&nr=23095

External links

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