Simeon Thoresen

Born March 14, 1984 in Sandefjord

Nickname "The Grin"

Residence Oslo, Norway

Height 1,86 (6 ft 1 in)

Weight 77 kg

Division Welterweight

Style Submission wrestling

Simeon Thoresen (born March 14 1984) is a Norwegian cage fighter currently training under Joachim Hansen at Hellboy Hansen MMA.^[1]

He started training karate at an early age, but choose to devote himself to gymnastics instead at the age of 8.^[2] Thoresen started training BJJ and Thai Boxing in 2003 with Jan T. Stange.^[3] With no experience in grappling he was dominated and humiliated by a grappler during a training session. This experience led Thoresen to start training extensively on his ground game.^[2] He trained with Team Valhall and Team Pammachon in Sandefjord for a while and won his first and only amateur MMA match in 2005. After that he moved on to Oslo and Hellboy Hansen MMA in order to train fulltime.^[3] He made his professional debut in August 2006 with a win over Clifford Hall at Intense Fighting 5: Caged. He still maintains close ties with Team Valhall and is usually cornered during his matches by Valhall Gym's main MMA coach Tommy Rasmussen and Jan T. Stange



Simeon with his trainer and friend Jan Tore Stange and with Tommy Rasmussen at Valhall Gym in Sandefjord.



The reason they call Simeon "The Grin"