Jan Nortje
South African boxer and mixed martial artist
ヤン・ノルキヤ · 얀 노르키아
- Born
- 11 April 1975, Cape Town
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- heavyweight
- Occupation
- boxer, kickboxer, professional wrestler
- Team / club
- Xtreme Couture Mixed Martial Arts
Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
He has fought the likes of Jérôme Le Banner, Gary Goodridge, and K-1 Champions Mirko Cro Cop, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts and Semmy Schilt. His last MMA fight was a loss against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at DREAM.9.
He lost to Lechi Kurbanov by way of an extension round split decision on 29 June 2013 in Grozny, Chechnya.
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q846823 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.