Kit Cope Biography
Kit Cope is a Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist from the United States who competes in the Featherweight, Lightweight, and Welterweight weight classes. Cope, a four-time professional Muay Thai World Champion, has also competed in the K-1, UFC, and World Extreme Cagefighting competitions.
How old is Kit Cope? – Age
He is 46 years old as of 17 March 2023. He was born in 1977 in Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, USA. His real name is Kristopher Lee Cope.
Kit Cope Wife
Cope was formerly engaged to Gina Carano. He appeared on an episode of Fear Factor, a reality television game show, on March 15, 2004. He also appeared twice on MTV’s True Life, in the episodes “I’m a Muay Thai Fighter” and “I’m a Mixed Martial Arts Fighter.” In 2007, he was one of three presenters of the television show Wild World of Spike, which featured amateur sports video and the hosts’ efforts to recreate them. Lacee Casas and I married on August 28, 2016.
Kit Cope Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Kit Cope Career
He started his battling vocation as a Muay Thai kickboxer subsequent to having just a single novice session, becoming proficient, going 15-0 and winning, among different titles, the IKKC Global Welterweight title, the WMTF World Welterweight title, the WMTA World Welterweight title, the ITBF World Light Welterweight title and the profoundly respected IPMTO World Light Heavyweight Title, which would later be renamed as the WPMF.
Adapt experienced the main loss of his vocation on November 22, 1999, when he was taken out by Akeomi Nitta in the All Japan Kickboxing League in Tokyo, Japan. Adapt was driving on the scorecards heading into the third round, however, was easing back because of a surge of low kicks from Nitta, who scored a knockdown toward the finish of cycle three. Adapt had the option to beat the ref’s count yet Nitta changed to a high kick which left Adapt incapable to again beat the ref’s count at the 2:21 characteristic of cycle three.
On Walk 17, 2000, tolerating the session on multi week notice, Adapt crushed ruling ISKA World Super Welterweight (- 69.5 kg/153.2 lb) Muay Thai Boss Alex Gong by consistent choice in a non-title session in Las Vegas. He likewise battled in shoot boxing that year, losing a consistent choice to Kenichi Ogata in Tokyo on May 21, 2000. Adapt made his American K-1 presentation on August 17, 2002 and halted Heath Harris with a low kick, breaking Harris’ femur in the initial round on the K-1 World Fabulous Prix 2002 in Las Vegas undercard.
He was highlighted in an episode of Genuine Life named “I’m a Muay Thai Warrior”, which chronicled his preparation and excursion to Thailand where he took out Burmese contender Magic Mawadee in an exposed knuckle lethwei match at the Songkran Celebration in Mae Drunkard on April 13, 2004. Of course in 2008 Adapt was highlighted in another Genuine Life episode named “I’m a Blended Combative techniques Contender” whereupon he crushed Dave Cochran in an exceptionally horrendous battle that finished with Unit Adapt constraining Cochran to submit to a triangle gag. Adapt was cornered by UFC title competitor Nate Diaz.
Having started his blended combative techniques profession in 1998, Adapt appeared in A definitive Battling Title at A definitive Contender 2 Finale in his old neighborhood of Las Vegas on November 5, 2005. He was trapped in an armbar toward the finish of cycle one and really tapped out after the ringer flagging the finish of the round had previously rung, notwithstanding, and he went on in cycle two with his arm perceptibly harmed. He submitted to a back stripped gag before long. During the transmission, pundit Mike Goldberg made various questionable and free remarks on Adapt’s Muay Thai achievements, referring to him as “the best of the best in Muay Thai” and “quite possibly of the best” strikers on the planet.
On January 20, 2007, he battled individual Muay Thai beautician Loot McCullough for the empty WEC Lightweight Title at WEC 25 and lost by means of accommodation because of a physical issue. Following the session, he tried positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone which is on the restricted substances rundown of the relative multitude of major athletic commissions and sports associations.
He was supposed to make his re-visitation of Muay Thai against Jose Palacios for the WBC Muaythai US welterweight (- 66.678 kg/147 lb) title at Lion Battle: Fight in the Desert 4 on November 19, 2011. In any case, he was not cleared to battle by the Nevada Athletic Commission for obscure reasons and was supplanted by Malaipet Sasiprapa. The battle was rescheduled for Lion Battle: Fight in the Desert 5 on February 25, 2012 however he again pulled out.
Adapt got back to K-1 decade after his most memorable appearance in the advancement, confronting Chaz Mulkey at the K-1 World Fantastic Prix 2012 in Los Angeles on September 8, 2012. He harmed himself while endeavoring a turning kick in cycle two, and Mulkey had the option to thump him down three time by going after his harmed leg, which caused official Vichai “Rex” Supkitpol to stop the session and declare Mulkey as the victor by technical knockout.