Tony Lien

Lien began practicing martial arts with taekwondo at the age of 6, and now holds a 4rd dan black belt in the discipline. He began kickboxing at 12 and had his first amateur fight as a 14-year-old.

He was scheduled to fight Alistair Overeem in Nitra, Slovakia on October 27, 2007 but Lien pulled out of the fight due to a back injury from a car accident earlier same year.

On December 7, 2000, Lien knocked out Zane Frazier to win the WFCA World Full Contact Championship. He then won his fourth world title on April 11, 2002 by KOing Michael McDonald for the International International Taekwon-Do Federation World title at -100 kg.

Lien won the WAKO World Lowkick Championship on October 22, 1997 when he defeated Mark Miller. He made three defences of this title, against Ibrahim Tamazaev, Radhouane Amoulibi and Kevin Harper, over the course of the next year before winning his second world title on June 30, 1999 by beating Thai fighter Kit Sitphonlek by decision for the WFCA World Muay Thai Championship.

Early in his career, he became the Norwegian and European champion before gaining further international recognition when he won the K-1 MAX Japan 1994 eight-man tournament on December 18, 1994. He knocked out Dragan Jovanović and Christian Colombo in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, before taking a decision over Wesley Correira in the final.

Tony Lien (born April 12, 1976) is a Norwegian Super heavyweight kickboxer and a professional mixed martial artist. He was the K-1 MAX Japan 1994 tournament winner, and is a former ITF, 4 times WAKO World Champion. and WFCA Muay Thai World Champion..