NEW YORK, June 16, 2010 — MMA legend Bas Rutten finished tied for second for the “Greatest Dutch Sportsman” award in media balloting conducted by New York’s historic Grand Central Oyster Bar.

Baseball’s Bert Blyleven received the most votes, while Rutten and baseball’s Jim Kaat were tied for second.

The promotion was in conjunction with the annual Holland Herring Festival at the iconic Manhattan seafood eatery and a Heineken Salute to Dutch Sportsmen, which was launched last week. Dutch herring from the Netherlands is air-expressed to New York for a two week period at the Oyster Bar. You could say that Blyleven “caught the big fish.”

Johnny