Joop Kasteel
UFC Debut
Record
Streak
W1
Age
Date of birth
- Fighting out of
- Amersfoot
- Born
- Netherlands
- Camps
- Rings Holland·Dolman Gym
- Weight class
- Heavyweight
- Height
- 6'3" · 191 cm
Before the UFC
Joop Kasteel 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.
Pre-UFC opposition
StrongOpponents' combined record
478-286-27
.626 win rate
Winning-record opponents
19 of 30
carried winning pro records
Pro bouts faced
32
30 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 32 bouts · 8 promotions · wins by 8 KO · 8 sub · 1 decRings Holland · Rings · It's Showtime · 2H2H 6 · 2H2H 4 +3
| Res | Opponent | Outcome | Finish | Rd | Time | Promotion | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | Dan Severn101-19-7 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | — | Rings Holland | Dec 11, 2005 |
| L | Cheick Kongo31-12-2 | KO/TKO | Punch | R1 | 4:31 | Rings Holland | Apr 4, 2004 |
| W | Disqualification | — | R1 | 5:00 | It's Showtime | Jun 8, 2003 | |
| L | Jerrel Venetiaan4-3 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 6:28 | 2H2H 6 | Mar 16, 2003 |
| W | Dave Vader12-11-3 | Submission | Scarf Hold | R1 | 4:07 | Rings Holland | Dec 1, 2002 |
| W | Barrington Patterson4-4 | Submission | Side Choke | R1 | 3:43 | It's Showtime | Sep 29, 2002 |
| L | Paul Cahoon13-12 | Submission | Exhaustion | R0 | — | 2H2H 4 | Mar 17, 2002 |
| W | Fatih Kocamis8-8-1 | Submission | Armbar | R1 | 1:57 | Rings Holland | Dec 2, 2001 |
| W | Hubert Numrich1-4 | Submission | Armlock | R1 | 0:00 | BOA 3 | Sep 23, 2001 |
| L | Paul Cahoon13-12 | KO/TKO | Punch | R2 | 4:00 | Rings Holland | Jun 10, 2001 |
| W | Roman Zentsov18-12 | Submission | Shoulder Lock | R0 | 0:00 | MillenniumSports | Apr 22, 2001 |
| W | Yuriy Kochkine7-4-1 | Decision | Unanimous | R2 | 5:00 | Rings Holland | Jan 28, 2001 |
| L | Bobby Hoffman36-10-1 | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 0:43 | Rings | Dec 22, 2000 |
| W | Lee Hasdell9-14-1 | KO/TKO | Shoulder Injury | R1 | 1:18 | Rings Holland | Jun 4, 2000 |
| L | Gilbert Yvel40-16-1 | KO/TKO | Palm Strikes | R1 | 4:16 | Rings Holland | Feb 6, 2000 |
| L | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 4:11 | Rings | Oct 8, 1999 | |
| L | Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3 | Submission | Armbar | R2 | 2:17 | Rings | Aug 19, 1999 |
| W | Submission | Keylock | R1 | 6:01 | Rings | Jun 24, 1999 | |
| L | Mikhail Ilyukhin30-11-1 | Submission | Achilles Lock | R1 | 9:40 | Rings | May 22, 1999 |
| L | Yoshihisa Yamamoto14-25-1 | KO/TKO | Palm Strikes | R1 | 7:32 | Rings | Apr 23, 1999 |
| W | Henk Kuipers | KO/TKO | Palm Strikes | R1 | 0:52 | Rings Holland | Feb 7, 1999 |
| W | Masayuki Naruse6-14 | KO/TKO | — | R1 | 8:33 | Rings | Dec 23, 1998 |
| W | Herman van Tol4-4-1 | KO/TKO | Kick to the Body | R2 | 0:58 | Rings Holland | Jun 7, 1998 |
| L | Submission | — | R1 | 5:54 | Rings | May 29, 1998 | |
| W | Ameran Bitsadze1-4 | Submission | Arm-Triangle Choke | R1 | 2:15 | Rings Holland | Feb 8, 1998 |
| L | Kiyoshi Tamura32-13-3 | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | Rings | Jan 21, 1998 |
| W | Lee Hasdell9-14-1 | Submission | Headlock | R1 | 8:55 | Rings | Oct 25, 1997 |
| L | Pete Williams12-6 | KO/TKO | Knee Injury | R1 | 8:25 | Rings | Sep 26, 1997 |
| W | Pedro Palm2-5 | KO/TKO | Palm Strikes | R1 | 4:17 | Rings Holland | Jun 29, 1997 |
| W | KO/TKO | Points | R1 | 6:27 | Rings | Apr 22, 1997 | |
| W | KO/TKO | Punches | R1 | 5:12 | Rings Holland | Feb 2, 1997 | |
| W | Rusky Rodgers | N/A | — | R0 | 0:00 | Fight Gala | Jun 15, 1996 |
Non-UFC bouts (regional/other promotions) — shown for context only, excluded from Schedule Score, striking/grappling rates, and every UFC-scoped metric.

