Jan Nortje
UFC DebutNickname“The Giant”
Record
Streak
L1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Cape Town
- Born
- South Africa
- Camp
- Steve's Gym
- Weight class
- Super Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'11" · 211 cm
Before the UFC
Jan Nortje makes their UFC debut
Our striking, grappling, and schedule metrics are measured from UFC fights, so they come online after this bout. Here is the career they bring in — and how live the opposition has been.
UFC debut
Aug 19, 2026
Pre-UFC opposition
ModerateOpponents' combined record
97-121-3
.445 win rate
Winning-record opponents
3 of 6
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
8
6 opponents with records on file
A descriptive read of the non-UFC slate from opponents’ full career pro records — not a UFC-grade Schedule Score.
UFC fight history
No UFC bouts on record yet.
Outside the UFC
across 8 bouts · 6 promotions · wins by 2 KOK-1 · DREAM · Strikeforce · NJPW · Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002 +1
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 2:29 | DREAM | May 26, 2009 | |
| W | Bob Sapp12-20 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:55 | Strikeforce | Feb 23, 2008 |
| L | Gary Goodridge23-22-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 3:00 | K-1 | Mar 12, 2007 |
| L | Masayuki Naruse6-14 | Submission | Rear-Naked Choke | R1 | 4:40 | K-1 | Dec 31, 2003 |
| L | Shinsuke Nakamura | Submission | Guillotine Choke | R2 | 3:12 | NJPW | May 2, 2003 |
| W | Tadao Yasuda | KO/TKO | Injury | R2 | 0:57 | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002 | Dec 31, 2002 |
| L | Yoshihisa Yamamoto14-25-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:43 | PRIDE | Dec 23, 2001 |
| L | Gary Goodridge23-22-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:11 | K-1 | Aug 19, 2001 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.