Kit Cope

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kit Cope
Occupation	MMA Fighter
Date Of Birth	Mar 17, 1977(1977-03-17)
Age	47
Birthplace	Arizona
Country	United States
Birth City	Arizona
Horoscope	Pisces

Kit Cope Biography

Kit Cope is one of the most popular and richest MMA Fighter who was born on March 17, 1977 in Arizona, Arizona, United States. Muay Thai IPMTO light heavyweight champion who fought in the UFC in 2005 and World Extreme Cagefighting in 2007.

Kenny Florian submitted him via choke in his UFC debut.

Kit Cope was born on Williams Air Force Base in Williams, Arizona and later relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. He began his fighting career as a Muay Thai kickboxer after having only one amateur bout, becoming professional, going 15-0 and winning, among other titles, the IKKC International Welterweight title, the WMTF World Welterweight title, the WMTA World Welterweight title, the ITBF World Light Welterweight title and the highly regarded IPMTO World Light Heavyweight Championship, which would later be renamed as the WPMF. Cope suffered the first loss of his career on November 22, 1999 when he was knocked out by Akeomi Nitta in the All Japan Kickboxing Federation in Tokyo, Japan. Cope was leading on the scorecards heading into the third round, but was slowing due to an onslaught of low kicks from Nitta, who scored a knockdown at the end of round three. Cope was able to beat the referee’s count but Nitta switched to a high kick which left Cope unable to again beat the referee’s count at the 2:21 mark of round three.

On March 17, 2000, accepting the bout on 1 week notice, Cope defeated reigning ISKA World Super Welterweight (-69.5 kg/153.2 lb) Muay Thai Champion Alex Gong by unanimous decision in a non-title bout in Las Vegas. He also fought in shoot boxing that year, losing a unanimous decision to Kenichi Ogata in Tokyo on May 21, 2000. Cope made his American K-1 debut on August 17, 2002 and stopped Heath Harris with a low kick, breaking Harris’ femur in the opening round on the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 in Las Vegas undercard.

He was once engaged to women’s MMA fighter and actress Gina Carano.

Kit Cope Net Worth

Kit Cope is one of the richest MMA Fighter from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kit Cope 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a two-time Nevada state wrestling champion in high school.

He was a contestant on the competition show “Fear Factor.”

Kristopher Lee “Kit” Cope (born March 17, 1977) is an American Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist who competes in the Featherweight, Lightweight, and Welterweight divisions. A four-time professional Muay Thai World Champion, Cope also fought in the K-1, Ultimate Fighting Championship and World Extreme Cagefighting promotions.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Kit Cope Dating?

According to our records, Kit Cope married to Lacee Casas. As of December 1, 2023, Kit Cope’s is not dating anyone.

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He was expected to make his return to Muay Thai against Jose Palacios for the WBC Muaythai United States welterweight (-66.678 kg/147 lb) title at Lion Fight: Battle in the Desert 4 on November 19, 2011. However, he was not cleared to fight by the Nevada Athletic Commission for unknown reasons and was replaced by Malaipet Sasiprapa. The fight was rescheduled for Lion Fight: Battle in the Desert 5 on February 25, 2012 but he again withdrew.

Facts & Trivia

Kit Ranked on the list of most popular MMA Fighter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Kit Cope celebrates birthday on March 17 of every year.