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Peter Graham
Graham at K-1 World GP 2007 in Hong Kong press conference
Born	(1975-08-05) 5 August 1975 (age 49) Sydney, Australia
Other names	The Chief
Height	6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Weight	247 lb (112 kg; 17 st 9 lb)
Division	Heavyweight
Reach	73 in (185 cm)
Style	Kyokushin, Kickboxing
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Tokyo, Japan
Team	Redfern Gym Spirit Gym Boxing Works IMC
Trainer	Larry Papadopoulos (BJJ MMA) Alex Tui Nicholas Pettas (K1 Kickboxing Thai boxing) Paul Grech (Boxing) Graham Porter Paul Zadro (Kempo karate)
Rank	First degree black belt in Kyokushin Karate Second degree black belt in Kempo Karate Blue belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu Orange belt in Judo
Years active	2000–2002, 2012–2017 (Boxing) 2000–2014 (Kickboxing) 2008–2016 (MMA)
Professional boxing record
Total	16
Wins	11
By knockout	5
Losses	4
By knockout	2
Draws	1
Kickboxing record
Total	74
Wins	59
By knockout	32
Losses	14
Draws	1
Mixed martial arts record
Total	21
Wins	11
By knockout	10
By decision	1
Losses	10
By submission	8
By decision	2
Other information
Spouse	Silvia dos Santos
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
Last updated on: 29 May 2014

Peter Graham (born 5 August 1975) is an Australian 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.

Kickboxing career

Graham began kickboxing and boxing at the age of 21 and before turning professional he captured the World Kickboxing Federation World Amateur Heavyweight Championship from New Zealand's Shane Wijohn, finishing his amateur career undefeated (17–0). Graham turned professional in 2000 and attained instant success, defeating Ben Hamilton in K-1 Oceania Revenge by TKO and then Clay Aumitagi.

On 19 November 2000 he became the first Australian to go ten rounds with the legendary Stan "The Man" Longinidis.

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.

In 2006, Graham had a feud with Badr Hari in K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Auckland. Hari mocked Graham as a has-been, and Hari as the future. A brawl at the press conference instigated by Hari kissing Graham hyped up their match. 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, Peter made his MMA debut in World Victory Road on 5 March 2008 against the seasoned Japanese MMA fighter Kazuyuki Fujita, and was defeated by submission in the first round. 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

MMA mixed rules record

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 2006	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)	1	1:59
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 2001	Draw	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

Professional boxing record

11 Wins (6 TKOs), 4 Losses.
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Note
21 January 2017	Loss	Zhilei Zhang	Hebei Sports Venue, Shijiazhuang, China	KO	1	For vacant WBO Oriental heavyweight title
27 February 2016	Win	Julius Long	Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia	TD	5	Wins vacant World Boxing Foundation World heavyweight title
28 November 2015	Win	Alphonce Mchumiatumbo	Suzhou Sports Center, Suzhou, China	TKO	4	Wins the WBO Asia Pacific heavyweight title
11 July 2015	Win	Ben Edwards	Hellenic Club, Woden, Australian Capital Territory, Australia	SD	10	Wins the Australian heavyweight title
22 February 2013	Win	David Levi	Entertainment Centre, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia	TKO	6	Defended the New South Wales State heavyweight title
19 May 2012	Win	George Poulivaati	Croatian Club, Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia	Decision	5	Won the New South Wales State heavyweight title
15 November 2002	Win	Pat Kennedy	Club Nova, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	TKO (punch to the body)	5
9 August 2002	Win	Pat Kennedy	Club Nova, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Decision	6
10 May 2002	Win	Joseph Semeatu	Mayfield Ex Services Club, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	KO (punches)	1
1 April 2002	Draw	Phil Gregory	Sports Complex, Carrara (Gold Coast), Queensland, Australia	Draw	8
4 March 2002	Win	Paul Withers	Entertainment Centre, Townsville, Queensland, Australia	KO (right hook)	6
15 February 2002	Win	Andrew Fepuileai	Woonona Bulli RSL Club, Wollongong, NSW, Australia	Decision (split)	4
12 October 2001	Win	Glen Sewell	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Decision	4
28 September 2001	Loss	Simon Paterson	The Octagon, Sydney, NSW, Australia	Decision (majority)	4
21 July 2000	Loss	Caine Melbourne	Hornsby RSL Club, Sydney, NSW, Australia	KO (punches)	2
23 April 2000	Loss	Caine Melbourne	Wyong Leagues Club, Wyong, NSW, Australia	Decision	4

See also

• List of mixed martial artists with professional boxing records

References

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External links

• Boxing record for Peter Graham from BoxRec (registration required)
• Professional MMA record for Peter Graham from Sherdog
• Peter Graham at Tapology.com
• Peter Graham at ESPN.com
• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-12-30) (in Japanese)

• 1975 births
• Sportsmen from New South Wales
• Kickboxers from Sydney
• Australian male kickboxers
• Heavyweight kickboxers
• Boxers from Sydney
• Heavyweight boxers
• Australian male mixed martial artists
• Heavyweight mixed martial artists
• Australian male karateka
• Australian practitioners of Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Mixed martial artists utilizing boxing
• Mixed martial artists utilizing American Kenpo
• Mixed martial artists utilizing Kyokushin kaikan
• Mixed martial artists utilizing judo
• Mixed martial artists utilizing Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Australian expatriate sportspeople in Japan
• Living people
• Australian male boxers
• World Boxing Organization champions