History Creator / BasRutten

->''"His kickboxing was devastating. It was something everybody feared. The other thing he had was a basic understanding of real fighting. I consider Pancrase a sporting activity. Bas had that street fighter mentality."''
-->--'''Frank Shamrock''' about Rutten

* SoreLoser: He was, which was the reason of his pursuing of being a better fighter.

* FightingWithChucks: As a teenager, he build a makeshift set of nunchaku and taught himself to use them.

* RaisedCatholic / RealMenLoveJesus: Was born a Catholic but never really took it seriously until he met a priest on the set of ''Film/HereComesTheBoom''.

** It is easy to forget that this fighter who not even Funaki and Suzuki could submit was a guy who learned grappling basically by himself via watching videos. He had some rudmentary training thanks to Chris Dolman and eventually went to train with Funaki, but most of his grappling acumen comes from recording trainings and matches in order to torture his clueless apprentice Van Dijk with their moves until they worked.

* BaldOfAwesome: Possibly the most famous bald in MMA, and one of the most awesome in the world. Even his moniker in the WCW videogame was Thunderdome, meaning both the awesomeness of his bald and his strikes. Interestingly enough, Bas originally started to shave his head because he worked as a model and became tired of contractors messing with his hair style.

As usual, you can find the basics at [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas_Rutten The Other Wiki]].

* CombatPragmatist: Focused in attacking his opponent's liver, via punches, knees and kicks, and was terrifying at it.

* {{Determinator}}: Managed to pull a draw against Osami Shibuya with a freaking broken sternum. Less impressively, he submitted Ryushi Yanagisawa with an injured hand.

** Also, Funaki had done the "I'm going to kill you" thumb throat sign to Bas before the match. For Bas, [[DisproportionateRetribution it meant that Funaki had to die.]]

** Near the end of their second fight, Frank Shamrock stuck his tongue out and made faces to Bas to get him angry, which effectively led to Bas illegally punching him close-fisted in the face, getting the fight restarted on the feet and a pay cut for Bas. However, Rutten made him pay the SchmuckBait by defeating Frank by TKO shortly after.

** Near the end of their third fight, Frank Shamrock stuck his tongue out and made faces to Bas to get him angry, which effectively led to Bas illegally punching him close-fisted in the face, getting the fight restarted on the feet and a pay cut for Bas. However, Rutten made him pay the SchmuckBait by defeating Frank by TKO shortly after.

* RedBaron: "El Guapo" (Spanish for "The Handsome One", inspired for Rutten’s resemblance to Alfonso Arau character in ''Film/ThreeAmigos''). He also was given one for his first instructional tapes as the "Ten Second Killer" based on the Pancrase {{Catchphrase}} "Byousatsu", though the producers (Nikko Tonshogu Press) fudged up the translation and instead called him the "Red Second Killer".

* RedBaron: "El Guapo" (Spanish for "The Handsome One", inspired for Rutten’s resemblance to Alfonso Arau character in ''Film/ThreeAmigos'').

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: And UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, and Kyokushin and Shin-Tai UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}. He later learned shoot wrestling, and also practices UsefulNotes/KravMaga.

* [[IKnowKarate I Know]] UsefulNotes/MuayThai: And UsefulNotes/{{Taekwondo}}, and Kyokushin UsefulNotes/{{Karate}}. He later learned shoot wrestling, and also practices UsefulNotes/KravMaga.

Sebastiaan Rutten (born February 24, 1965) is a [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter, {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and sport commentator. He started his career training in several martial arts and competing in professional UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} in Holland, but he left the business for being mistreated by promoters. Bas then turned his attention to MMA thanks to Chris Dolman of Fighting Network RINGS fame, and got recruited by Japanese wrestlers Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki for their rising promotion [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Pancrase.]] Despite debuting there as a dangerous kickboxer, Rutten found himself struggling against the predominant grapplers of the company, so after his first defeat by submission, he devoted himself to a makeshift grappling training. Over time, his new attitude paid off, and Rutten became one of the strongest fighters of Pancrase, amassing win after win and capturing the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship twice (counting an unification fight). With names like Funaki, Suzuki, Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger and Maurice Smith in his palmares, he left Pancrase unbeaten and went to make himself a name in United States for UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship. His career there, though decorated with another championship, was brief and controversial, and he retired shortly after by injuries and battle wear. Bas then returned to Japan to work as a commentator for PRIDE Fighting Championship, making a memorable pair with Stephen Quadros, and also wrestled in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Currently, he works as a commentator and guest for several media.

Sebastiaan Rutten (born 24 February 1965) is a [[UsefulNotes/TheNetherlands Dutch]] UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts fighter, {{professional wrestl|ing}}er and sport commentator. He started his career training in several martial arts and competing in professional UsefulNotes/{{Kickboxing}} in Holland, but he left the business for being mistreated by promoters. Bas then turned his attention to MMA thanks to Chris Dolman of Fighting Network RINGS fame, and got recruited by Japanese wrestlers Wrestling/MasakatsuFunaki and Wrestling/MinoruSuzuki for their rising promotion [[Wrestling/UniversalWrestlingFederation Pancrase.]] Despite debuting there as a dangerous kickboxer, Rutten found himself struggling against the predominant grapplers of the company, so after his first defeat by submission, he devoted himself to a makeshift grappling training. Over time, his new attitude paid off, and Rutten became one of the strongest fighters of Pancrase, amassing win after win and capturing the King of Pancrase Openweight Championship twice (counting an unification fight). With names like Funaki, Suzuki, Frank Shamrock, Guy Mezger and Maurice Smith in his palmares, he left Pancrase unbeaten and went to make himself a name in United States for UsefulNotes/UltimateFightingChampionship. His career there, though decorated with another championship, was brief and controversial, and he retired shortly after by injuries and battle wear. Bas then returned to Japan to work as a commentator for PRIDE Fighting Championship, making a memorable pair with Stephen Quadros, and also wrestled in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling. Currently, he works as a commentator and guest for several media.

** His third match with Jason [=DeLucia=] had Jason claiming during the fight that Bas was hitting him in the face with closed fists, which cut Bas's payday for that match. Bas proceeded to hit him in the liver so hard that it ''ruptured it''.

* DrunkenMaster: A drunken Bas, as many bouncers across the world know and respect, is not much less dangerous than a sober Bas. He once disarmed and decked a machinegun-toting bouncer who had come to get him out of a Russian club for causing trouble, and not satisfied with that, he returned to the dance floor and continued partying ([[CaptainObvious Bas,]] [[ComicallyMissingThePoint not the bruiser]]). Fortunately for Rutten, he got the club owner in his side, and it avoided more mayhem.

-->--'''Bas Rutten''' reciting his philosophy[[note]][[DontExplainTheJoke Joke explained]]: in traditional Brazilian jiu-jitsu, the rear naked choke is known as "Mataleão" or "Lion Killer".[[/note]]

* ApologeticAttacker: In his first fight in Pancrase, he struck so hard his opponent Ryushi Yanagisawa that he believed he had killed him or something. He had a similar moment after defeating Manabu Yamada with an arm triangle choke, because Yamada remained knocked out with his eyes open and he really looked dead.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: It is easy to forget that this fighter who not even Funaki and Suzuki could submit was a guy who learned grappling basically by himself via watching videos. He had some rudmentary training thanks to Chris Dolman and eventually went to train with Funaki, but most of his grappling acumen comes from recording trainings and matches in order to torture his clueless apprentice Van Dijk with their moves until they worked.

*** Also, Funaki had done the "I'm going to kill you" thumb throat sign to Bas before the match. For Bas, [[DisproportionateRetribution it meant that Funaki had to die.]]

-->"I felt his strength right away - this superhuman, experiences strength. He was very muscular and wiry, and his muscles were incredibly dense. Mine aren't like that. When I get big, I get these full, perfect muscles [...] but they are not that strong. They don't have that density and that super strength. Bas's strength, compared with me, was enormous.

* CurbStompBattle: Has dished these out on occasion, most notably his first Pancrase fight.

* TheDreaded: Everybody in Pancrase was scared by his striking, including a kickboxing champion like Maurice Smith, and even Rickson Gracie refused to face him (or even listen to him, for the matter) when Rutten challenged him to a match upon his retirement.

* LightningBruiser: Very strong and fast, with a hard but incredibly precise striking.

** He was sickly when he was a child and bullied on a daily basis. He then started training in UsefulNotes/Taekwondo then the other martial arts he would come to learn.

* RaisedCatholic / RealMenLoveJesus: Was born a Catholic but never really took it seriously until he met a priest on the set of Film/HereComesTheBoom.

* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Probably less in Rutten’s part than UFC's, but his career there was highly controversial in both of his matches due to the fact that the promoters had pushed him as the next champion and were evidently protecting him. His match against Wrestling/TsuyoshiKohsaka saw the referee standing the fight for no reason to give the advantage back to Rutten, and his title match against Kevin Randleman featured one of the most controversial decisions wins ever, so much that there is no consensus nowadays about it (see YMMV).

* TookALevelInBadass: Started as a unidimensional kickboxer, but eventually learned ground game and became a top contender.

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