Ole ‘Iron Fist’ Laursen is a Filipino-Danish Welterweight Muay Thai fighter, kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
As an amateur Laursen had six fights before turning professional. He lost his first amateur bout, took a year off, and then came back with five straight wins – all by knockout, winning the 1998 Danish amateur kickboxing title in the process. He made his professional debut in 2000 and picked up his first major honour that summer, defeating Eval Denton to win the I.K.F. European title. Laursen relocated from Copenhagen, Denmark to San Diego in the United States, where he won the vacant I.M.T.C. Championship in 2001. However, he was unable to defend his title later that year, losing a controversial decision to the Thai fighter Kongnapa in what many thought was a Laursen victory.
In 2002 Laursen made his first appearance for the K-1 organisation at the K-1 World Max 2002 USA in Denver, Colorado, where he made the final only to lose to U.S rival Duane Ludwig. This defeat meant that Laursen was unable to participate in the inaugural K-1 Max final but he made up somewhat for that defeat by winning the prestigious King’s Cup in Bangkok, Thailand at the end of the year. In 2003 Laursen signed up with the newly formed European promotion SuperLeague where he faced Shane Chapman on his debut only to lose by decision. Despite this defeat Laursen had some initial success in SuperLeague with his Muay Thai style favouring five-round fights, going 4 and 2 with the organisation by the end of 2004 and beating world champions such as Peter Crooke and Kamal El Amrani.
On July 15, 2011 it was announced that Laursen had signed with ONE Championship. On July 18 it was announced that Laursen would be facing fellow Filipino Eduard Folayang at ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on September 3. On August 17, 2011 it was announced that Laursen had injured his knee in training and would be unable to fight Folayang at ONE Fighting Championship: Champion vs. Champion. He was replaced by South Korean fighter A Sol Kwon.
On February 4, 2012 it was announced that Laursen would be facing Felipe Enomoto at ONE Fighting Championship: Battle of Heroes in Jakarta, Indonesia on February 11, 2012.[ He lost the fight via submission in the second round.
Source: Wikipedia.
