Eric Esch

Eric Esch
Data
Birth Name	Eric Scott Esch
Fight name	Butterbean
Weight class	Heavyweight
nationality	US-american
birthday	3rd August 1966
place of birth	Bay City
style	Left delivery
size	1.80 m
Combat Statistics
Struggles	91
Victories	77
Knockout victories	58
Defeats	10
draw	4th

Eric Esch (born August 3, 1966 in Bay City , Michigan ), better known by his nickname Butterbean , is a retired American boxer , MMA fighter and wrestler who is also active in other martial arts.

Eric Esch was a factory worker and then got into professional boxing. He bears the title of “super heavyweight world champion” created especially for him and is also called “king of the four rounds”, since most of his fights were only scheduled over a distance of four rounds. Eric Esch got his nickname "Butterbean" because he once went on a diet with lima beans (in English: lima beans or butter beans ). He is now also a fighter in K-1 and Pride .

Match record

In addition to the boxing matches, Esch played five fights in K-1, including two wins, one by knockout and three losses, also one by knockout. On December 31, 2003, he lost his first MMA fight against Genki Sudo at K1 Premium Dynamite. From February 25, 2005 his MMA career began with a draw against Michael Buchkowitsch . On January 20, 2006, he defeated MMA veteran Wesley Correia at Rumble on the Rocks 8 in Hawaii . In an interview with the famous American boxing reporter Benny Henderson Jr , Esch announced his upcoming debut for PRIDE FC, Japan . In October 2005, "Butterbean" then lost its debut fight in PRIDE FC against Japanese MMA pop star Ikuhisa Minowa in the first round by giving up. A little later, however, Eric Esch was able to record his first victory in Pride. After the well-known New Zealand K-1 and PRIDE fighter Mark Hunt had to cancel his duel against "Butterbean" at PRIDE 32 The Real Deal at short notice, the young wrestling shooting star Sean O'Haire stepped in for him. Eric Esch knocked the young American out after only 31 seconds with several blows to the head.

By September 18, 2010, Esch had played 21 MMA fights: twelve wins, eight losses and one draw.

K-1 Match Record

2 wins - 4 losses - 0 draws (1 KO's)
date	Result	opponent	Event	Result	Round, time
08/09/2008	N	Wesley Correira	K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii	KO	round 2
07/29/2005	S.	Marcus Royster	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Hawaii	Rating 0-3	Round 3
06/26/2004	N	Montanha Silva	K-1 Beast 2004 in Shizuoka	Rating 3-0	Round 3
03/14/2004	N	Hiromi Amada	K-1 Beast 2004 in Niigata	Rating 3-0	Round 3
09/21/2003	N	Mike Bernardo	K-1 Survival 2003 Japanese GP Final	KO (Right High Kick)	Round 2, 1:01 min
06/29/2003	S.	Yusuke Fujimoto	K-1 Beast II 2003	KO	Round 1, 1:02 min

MMA match record

11 wins - 7 losses - 1 draw (4 KO's)
date	Result	opponent	Event	method	Round, time
18/09/2010	N	Mariusz Pudzianowski	KSW	task	Round 1, 0:46 min
02/09/2008	N	Matt Blaine	regional MMA event in Muskegon	Task (injury)	Round 2, 1:05 min
12/28/2007	N	Nick Penner	TFC- First Blood	Task (strikes)	Round 1, 2:00 min
12/01/2007	S.	Tom Howard	A&A MMA	Task (strikes)	Round 1, 3:00 min
07/14/2007	N	Tengiz Tedoradze	Cage Rage 22 - Hard as Hell	TKO	Round 1, 4:26 min
04/08/2007	S.	Zuluzinho	PRIDE 34 - Kamikaze	Task (keylock)	Round 1, 2:35 min
02/10/2007	S.	James Thompson	Cage Rage 20 - Born 2 Fight	KO	Round 1, 0:43 min
01/18/2007	S.	Charles Hodges	Palace Fighting Championships - King of the Ring	KO (Right Punch)	Round 1, 0:45 min
09/12/2006	N	Rob Broughton	Cage Rage 19 - Fearless	Task (Tap To Strikes)	Round 2, 3:43 min
10/21/2006	S.	Sean O'Haire	PRIDE 32 - Real Deal	TKO (punches)	Round 1, 0:29 min
08/26/2006	N	Ikuhisa Minowa	PRIDE Bushido 12	Task (armbar)	Round 1, 4:25 min
07/15/2006	S.	Rich Weeks	Fightfest 5 - Korea vs USA	task	Round 1, 1:29
05/20/2006	S.	Matt Eckerle	Fightfest 4	Submission	Round 1, 0:56
04/21/2006	S.	Aaron Aguilera	Rumble on the Rock 9	Task (choke)	Round 2, 1:15 min
04/14/2006	S.	Leo Sylvest	Fightfest 2 - Global Domination	Task (choke)	Round 1,?: ??
01/20/2006	S.	Wesley Correira	Rumble on the Rock 8	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	Round 2, 5:00 min
12/09/2005	S.	Walley Keenboom	Fightfest 1 - Royce Gracie Fightfest	task	Round 1, 2:37 min
02/25/2005	draw	Michael Buchkovich	King of the Cage - Payback	draw	Round 2, 5:00 min
12/31/2003	N	Genki Sudo	K-1 Premium 2003 Dynamite	Submission (Heel Hook)	Round 2, 0:41 min

title

On October 15, 2005 Eric Esch lost the title fight for the NABC super heavyweight title against George Linberger on points. Since April 12, 1997, however, he has defended the insignificant IBA super heavyweight title four times and is still the holder of the belt. However, his opponents were generally below average.

Important events

Eric Esch "Butterbean". New York Comic con 2012

Larry Holmes , world heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1985, insulted Eric Esch in his memoirs for his looks and fighting style. He then challenged the 52-year-old Holmes to a fight. The fight actually took place on July 27, 2002 and the former world champion and 17 year older Holmes defeated Butterbean over ten rounds on points. Holmes was counted in the last lap after slipping without impact and briefly falling to the ground.

He competed twice with what was then WWF (now WWE): on December 7, 1997 in D-Generation X: In Your House against Marc Mero and on March 28, 1999 in Wrestlemania 15 against Bart Gunn in a brawl for all match, which he won. Further fights at WWE did not follow.

On June 26, 1999, the boxing match between Peter McNeeley and Eric Esch took place in Las Vegas . The ten-round encounter lasted only 2 minutes and 59 seconds, as the referee broke off the fight due to several heavy head hits from Esch against McNeeley and declared Esch the winner.

On June 29, 2003, the heavyweight American entered the K-1 ring for the first time and won the fight against Yusuke Fujimoto by knocking out in the first round. After he let the criticism of the press bounce back, however, he lost three consecutive fights in the K-1. Against Mike Bernardo , the American lost a fight for the first time by a knockout because of a kick to the head.

Eric Esch even made a short film debut in 2001 when he knocked out leading actor and stuntman Johnny Knoxville in an extraordinary boxing match in a department store in Jackass: The Movie .

On March 9, 2007, the American rose in Worcester (USA) against his compatriot Joe Siciliano in the boxing ring. After Butterbean had blown the scales with over 189 kilograms the day before, it became clear that this fight would be one of the heaviest in boxing history. His opponent was also a real super heavyweight with a fighting weight of 147 kilograms. There has never been a boxing match with two opponents whose total weight was over 320 kilograms in the USA. In the second of four rounds, Eric Esch sent his opponent down four times before Siciliano's corner threw in the towel.

His son Brandon Esch , called "Babybean", also entered the boxing ring on March 9, 2007 for his professional debut. However, he lost in the first round to knockout. Since then, Butterbean's son has only participated in MMA fights.

On November 7, 2007, Eric Esch was supposed to compete against his compatriot Jimmy Ambriz at the Xcess MMA in a title fight in the super heavyweight division, but he did not show up for the official weigh-in the evening before in Hollywood and was taken off the fight card, although Butterbean had previously attended interviews and photo opportunities .

Since October 18, 2008, the American TV channel CMT has been broadcasting the reality show Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Champion Wrestling , in which Eric Esch competes as a prominent wrestler against other American stars in professional wrestling . Staged wrestling matches take place under the direction of Hulk Hogan , who, along with other professional wrestlers, teaches two different celebrity teams. Eric Esch was the first celebrity to be cast by Hulk Hogan and broadcaster CMT.

Web links

• Eric Esch in the BoxRec database
• Eric Esch in the database of Sherdog (English)
• K-1 USA
• Las Vegas Boxing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eric Esch in the Sherdog database (English)