Joerie "The Shark" Mes (born March 16, 1979) is a Dutch former welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is a former Dutch and European Muay Thai champion who later competed in K-1 MAX. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest combination specialists in kickboxing history. After his kickboxing career he worked as a history teacher in Amsterdam for several years. He is now a fulltime kickboxing coach at Mike's Gym. Biography and career Joeri grew up in Amsterdam (Amsterdam Noord). As a kid, he excelled in field hockey, as a goalie. As he felt field hockey was not for him, he tried soccer for a short while, before he got involved in kick boxing. Titles 2005 It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy Tilburg Pool A winner WMTO European champion IPMTF Dutch (79 kg) champion 2000 MTBN Dutch (76 kg) champion Kickboxing record |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2009-07-13 || Loss ||align=left| Yoshihiro Sato || K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8, Reserve Fight || Tokyo, Japan || Ext R. Decision (Split) || 4 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2009-06-13 || Win ||align=left| Mohammed Medhar || Gentleman Promotions || Tilburg, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2009-05-16 || Win ||align=left| Shane Campbell || It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || TKO (Referee stoppage) || 3 || |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2009-02-09 || Win ||align=left| Jan van Denderen || Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 || Antwerp, Belgium || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-11-29 || Win ||align=left| Chris Ngimbi || It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven || Eindhoven, Netherlands || KO (Left hook) || 2 || 2:08 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2008-10-01 || Win ||align=left| Takayuki Kohiruimaki || K-1 World MAX 2008 Final || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Left hook) || 3 || 2:59 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2008-04-26 || Loss ||align=left| Nieky Holzken || K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam || Amsterdam, Netherlands || KO (Spinning back kick) || 2 || 2:21 |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2008-03-08 || Loss ||align=left| Kenneth van Eesvelde || Fights at the Border 6 || Lommel, Belgium || TKO (Doctor stoppage) || 3 || |- bgcolor="#FFBBBB" | 2008-02-17 || Loss ||align=left| Marco Pique || K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 || Utrecht, Netherlands || Decision (Ext. R) || 4 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2007-09-23 || Win ||align=left| Imro Main || Rings "Risky Business" || Utrecht, Netherlands || Decision (Unanimous) ||