Bernard Ackah
Bernard Ackah (born April 9, 1972) is a *anese-based Ivorian taekwondo prac*ioner, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and comedian.
Contents
- 1 Biography
- 1.1 Martial arts career and background
- 1.2 Television career
- 1.3 Professional wrestling career
- 2 Personal life
- 3 Mixed martial arts record
- 3.1 Kickboxing
- 4 References
- 5 External links
Biography
Martial arts career and background
Ackah was born in Bonn Germany to Ivorian Parents and moved to *an at the age of 2. He practiced judo during his middle school and high school days. In 1998, he went to South Korea and stayed there for 3 years to practice taekwondo at the prestigious Yonsei University.
He made his professional mixed martial arts debut in March 2007 with a first-round knockout victory over Hyun Pyo Shin at K-1 Hero's 8. He entered the spotlight later that year at Dynamite!! USA when he also knocked out former NFL player-turned-mixed martial artist Johnnie Morton. He then went on to lose his next three fights, however, including one to Dutch kickboxer Melvin Manhoef. He ended this losing streak seven seconds into his fight with Ryūshi Yanagisawa at Deep: 43rd Impact with a KO victory. He has since won two fights, both in the Deep promotion.
He entered kickboxing in December 2007 when he faced *anese legend Musashi at K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!. He lost the fight via knockout in the third round. He also fought at K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in *uoka and took on Tsuyoshi Nakasako, who defeated him via decision. His kickboxing record stands at two wins and three losses.
Television career
In 2001, he formed the comedy duo "Sio-Koshō"(Solt Pepper) with Rex Jones, which was active until 2008.
He is known to anime fans as the voice of the Master of Ceremonies in the original *anese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. He also made an appearance on the 19th Sasuke compe*ion and failed the "Jumping Spider" in the First Stage. He recently made in appearance in Kamen Rider series, starting Kamen Rider Wizard as the Phantom Caitsith and Kamen Rider Drive as the Gunman Roidmude.
Professional wrestling career
On November 30, 2014, Ackah made his professional wrestling debut for the Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) promotion, where he was introduced as Ironman Heavymetalweight Champion LiLiCo's bodyguard. He wrestled his first match on December 13, defeating Kazuki Hirata.
Personal life
He can speak English, French, German, Korean, and *anese.
He is married to a *anese woman, living in his wife's parents' house, and has 3 children.
Mixed martial arts record
Kickboxing
References
External links
- Bernard Ackah Rakuten blog
- Bernard Ackah Ameba blog
- Bernard Ackah official MySpace
- HERO'S
- K-1
- Professional MMA record for Bernard Ackah from Sherdog