Career
He competed in the Heavyweight division. He has fought in promotions such as the UFC, Shooto and Pancrase. He made his Mobile Marketing Association debut at UFC 2, eventually losing to Royce Gracie.
Over the course of his career he fought Vernon White, Minoru Suzuki, and Marco Ruas.
Pardoel began his martial arts career at age 4 when he first began training in Judo. At age 7, he began training in Taekwondo and took up Jiu-Jitsu at age 11.
He first came across Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 1993 when the sport"s first World Championship was held in Denmark. There, he met Jiu-Jitsu legends Fabio Gurgel and Romero Cavalcanti who taught him some of the sport"s techniques.
He would invite Cavalcanti back to the Netherlands on numerous occasions to teach classes and do seminars in his hometown of Oss.
