Jan Nortje (2-6, 2) was born in Cape Town, South Africa on April 11, 1975. At the age of 26 years on August 19, 2001, he made his professional MMA debut against Gary Goodridge, losing the fight via 1st-round submission.
Nortje's last fight was a 1st-round TKO loss to Sokoudjou at DREAM 9 at age 34 on May 26, 2009. He retired from the sport of MMA following this loss.
Some of Jan Nortje's best fights have been against Bob Sapp and Tadao Yasuda.
Nortje has 6 losses on his MMA record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Promotion | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
8  | May 26, 2009 34 years, 1 months 2-6 (2) | 25 years, 1 months 5-4 (4) | DREAM | HW | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches |
7  | Feb 23, 2008 32 years, 10 months 2-5 (2) | 34 years, 5 months 9-2 (9) | Strikeforce | HW | 1 | TKO | WIN Punches |
6  | Mar 12, 2007 31 years, 11 months 1-5 (1) | 41 years, 1 months 22-15-1 (21) | 1 | TKO | LOSS Punches | ||
5 | Dec 31, 2003 28 years, 8 months 1-4 (1) | Masayuki Naruse | K-1 | 1 | SUB | LOSS Rear-naked choke | |
4 | May 2, 2003 28 years 1-3 (1) | Shinsuke Nakamura | 2 | TKO | LOSS Submission to strikes | ||
3  | Dec 31, 2002 27 years, 8 months 1-2 (1) | 39 years, 2 months 2-2 (1) | 2 | TKO | WIN Corner stoppage | ||
2  | Dec 23, 2001 26 years, 8 months 0-2 (0) | 31 years, 5 months 12-14-1 (11) | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar | ||
1 | Aug 19, 2001 26 years, 4 months 0-1 (0) | 35 years, 7 months 13-13 (13) | K-1 | 1 | SUB | LOSS Armbar |
