Barrington Renford Patterson

Barrington Renford Patterson (born 25 August 1965) is an English former kickboxer and mixed martial artist. At 18 stone, he competed in the super heavyweight division and once fought for a world International Kickboxing Federation Kickboxing Championship. He is often referred to as one of Britain's "hardest men" and former football hooligan of the known firm Birmingham Zulus.[1][2][3]

Barrington Patterson
Born (1965-08-25) 25 August 1965
Birmingham,
England
NationalityEnglish
Other namesOne Eye Baz, Zulu Warrior
Years active1991–2008

Biography

At an early age as a child Barrington was blinded in one eye through an accident, when his sister threw a can at him. This later earned him the name "One Eye Baz". In the early years of his life while growing up in the tough streets of Handsworth, Birmingham, Barrington adopted a criminal lifestyle with an addiction to violence;[4] this was during the early 1980s when relationships between ethnic communities in the inner cities and the police force were tense. The decision of Barrington and other members of the black community to make a stand resulted in the 1980s Handsworth riots.[5]

In 2006 Barrington was featured in the television documentary The Real Football Factories, broadcast on Bravo. In 2008 a full episode of Danny Dyer's Deadliest men series was based on Barrington's life around Coventry, hosted by British actor Danny Dyer, in which he described Barrington as one of the most intimidating individuals he had ever met.[4] The filming was built up towards his retirement MMA bout against Bob Schrijber and later broadcast on Bravo, Sky and Virgin Media channels.[6]

Since retiring, Barrington has continued training himself and coaching others, including German MMA fighter Nordin Asrih and members of the Team Pride Gym of Germany, as well as current England Test Cricketer, Ian Bell.[1] Barrington is currently based in the West Midlands, where he also heads the toughest doors of Coventry's clubland and has a security business with staff working for him in Coventry and surrounding areas.[4]

Barrington's autobiography One-eyed Baz, was published in 2010 by Pennant Books.The book has attracted positive reviews on Amazon.[7][8]

Kickboxing

During his active years as a professional kickboxer Barrington achieved many awards for fighting all across the globe, including Japan and the USA. Patterson fought Dennis Alexio for the VACANT International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) World title in 1997, but lost by KO. Within his career of over 60 fights, notable opponents Barrington has fought against include former heavyweight WBC boxing world champion Vitali Klitchko and Dennis Alexio.[9]

Mixed martial arts

In October 1999, Barrington made his debut in mixed martial arts (MMA) at an It's Showtime event against Sander Mackilljan, which Barrington won within the first round.

In 2005 at the Strikeforce Cage Warriors Fighting Championship event at Coventry's SkyDome Arena Barrington fought Marc Emmanuel and was defeated in the first round. The result outraged the crowd, which was rumoured to include his fellow Zulu warrior members,[3] and resulted in a riot that forced the police to end the event. A total of 3000 spectators were evacuated from the SkyDome Arena.[10]

After a total of seven fights Barrington announced that he would retire, although he would do one last MMA bout, which was to take place in Rotterdam, Holland, at the "KOE - Tough Is Not Enough" event on 5 October 2008 against Dutch and former pride fighter Bob Schrijber. Barrington won the fight after a judges' decision result, winning the W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" veterans title.[11][12]

Titles

MMA

  • 2008 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" MMA Veterans title +103 kg

Kickboxing

Mixed martial arts record
Professional record breakdown
8 matches 4 wins 4 losses
By knockout 2 3
By submission 1 1
By decision 1 0
Draws 0

[14]

Res. Record Opponent Method Event Date Round Time Location Notes
Win 4-4 Bob Schrijber Decision (unanimous) October 5, 2008 2 5:00 Rotterdam, Netherlands Wins W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" MMA veterans title +103 kg
Loss 3-4 Marc Emmanuel KO (punch) May 21, 2005 1 4:27 Coventry, England
Loss 3-3 Dave Dalgliesh KO It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam May 20, 2004 2 N/A Amsterdam, Netherlands
Loss 3-2 Dick Vrij KO (punch) It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam June 8, 2003 2 1:47 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Loss 3-1 Joop Kasteel Submission (side choke) It's Showtime – As Usual / Battle Time September 29, 2002 1 3:43 Haarlem, Netherlands
Win 3-0 Hans Nijman KO (punches) It's Showtime - Original October 21, 2001 1 1:47 Haarlem, Netherlands
Win 2-0 Stanislav Nuschik Submission (smother choke) It's Showtime - Exclusive October 22, 2000 2 2:30 Haarlem, Netherlands
Win 1-0 Sander MacKilljan KO (punch) It's Showtime - It's Showtime October 24, 1999 1 2:51 Haarlem, Netherlands

References
  1. Davies, Gareth A; Hoult, Nick (5 January 2011). "The Ashes: Ian Bell thanks cagefighter friends for teaching him to stand his ground". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  2. Davies, Gareth A (21 December 2010). "The Ashes 2010: England's 'cagefighter' Ian Bell shows Australia ruthless streak". The Daily Telegraph. London.
  3. "Skydome Brawl Blamed On Blues Thugs. - Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. "Tonight on TFN – Danny Dyer, K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam". Fight Network. 30 November 2009. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. TVGuide. "Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men Episode Guide and Episode List - TV Guide UK TV Listings". Tvguide.co.uk. Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. Patterson, Barrington; Pennant, Cass (28 March 2013). "One-Eyed Baz: The Story of Barrington 'Zulu' Patterson, One of Britain's Dealiest Men". John Blake Publishing Ltd – via Amazon.
  8. "Barrington by Barrington Patterson, Cass Pennant". Waterstones. 28 October 2010. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. "Thursday's Ashes gossip column". BBC News. 6 January 2011.
  10. "Coventry News: The latest Coventry news updates from". The Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. "13^ WAKO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Results - Full Contact Men/Full Contact Women)" (PDF). Wakoweb.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
  14. "Barrington Patterson MMA Stats, Pictures, News, Videos, Biography". Sherdog.com. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
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