Johannes "Jan" Nortje (born 11 April 1975) is a South African professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and boxer who has fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, K-1, Inoki Genome Federation, PRIDE Fighting Championship and New Japan Pro-Wrestling.
He has fought the likes of Jérôme Le Banner, Gary Goodridge, and K-1 Champions Mirko Cro Cop, Ernesto Hoost, Peter Aerts and Semmy Schilt. His last MMA fight was a loss against Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou at DREAM.9.
He lost to Lechi Kurbanov by way of an extension round split decision on 29 June 2013 in Grozny, Chechnya.
|- | Loss | align=center| 2âÂÂ6 | Sokoudjou | TKO (punches) | DREAM 9 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 2:30 | Yokohama, Japan | <small>DREAM Super Hulk Grand Prix Opening Round; Super Heavyweight bout.</small> |- | Win | align=center| 2âÂÂ5 | Bob Sapp | TKO (punches) | | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 0:55 | Tacoma, Washington, United States | <small>Super Heavyweight bout.</small> |- | Loss | align=center| 1âÂÂ5 | Gary Goodridge | TKO (punches) | Hero's 8 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 3:00 | Nagoya, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 1âÂÂ4 | Masayuki Naruse | Submission (rear-naked choke) | K-1 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 4:40 | Nagoya, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 1âÂÂ3 | Shinsuke Nakamura | TKO (submission to strikes) | NJPW Ultimate Crush | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 3:12 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align=center| 1âÂÂ2 | Tadao Yasuda | TKO (corner stoppage) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2002 | | align=center| 2 | align=center| 0:57 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ2 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | Submission (armbar) | PRIDE 18 | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:43 | Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan | |- | Loss | align=center| 0âÂÂ1 | Gary Goodridge | Submission (armbar) | K-1 Andy Memorial 2001 Japan GP Final | | align=center| 1 | align=center| 1:11 | Saitama, Saitama, Japan |