Coordinates	9°1′48″N38°44′24″N
company name	K-1
company logo
company type	Private
foundation	1993
founder	Kazuyoshi Ishii
location city	Tokyo
location country	Japan
location
key people	Sadaharu Tanikawa (President)Nobuaki Kakuda (Executive producer)
industry	Martial-arts promotion
parents	SeidokaikenFighting and Entertainment Group
homepage	www.k-1.co.jp
footnotes	}}

K-1 is a world-wide kickboxing promotion based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former Kyokushin karate practitioner, and owned by the Fighting and Entertainment Group (FEG), who organize combat sport events in Japan, and around the world, that include events by the mixed martial arts promotion Dream. K-1 combines stand up techniques from Muay Thai, Karate, Taekwondo, Savate, San Shou, kickboxing, western-style boxing, and other martial arts. Its rules are similar to those of kickboxing but they have been simplified to promote exciting matches that may end in a knockout win. The main difference between K-1 rules and kickboxing is the use of knees, allowed in K-1 but not in International kickboxing.

There are K-1 Regional Elimination Tournaments which qualify fighters for the K-1 World Grand Prix, along with licensed K-1 Fighting Network events designed to develop new talent internationally and there is also a 70 kg (154 lb) Middleweight division called K-1 MAX ("Middleweight Artistic Xtreme"). In 2007, K-1 introduced two new Title belts separate from K-1 World GP Champions, Super Heavyweight World Title for fighters over 100 kg/220 lbs and Heavyweight World Title for fighters under 100 kg/156–220 lbs.

The letter K in K-1 is officially designated by the organisation as a representation of words karate, kickboxing and kung fu.

History

K-1's predecessor Seidokaikan Karate was formed in 1980 by Kazuyoshi Ishii, a former Kyokushin karate practitioner who had formed his own organization to help promote the best stand-up martial artists. Seidokaikan arranged several successful challenge events against other martial arts organizations, originally using rules based on the Kyokushin Knockdown karate rules, but gradually adapting and changing closer to kickboxing rules. In 1993, Mr. Ishii founded the K-1 organization exclusively as a kickboxing organization, closely cooperating with, but independent from Seidokaikan.

Broadcast deal

On November 21, 2008 HDNet Fights announced its partnership with FEG to air K-1 events in North America.

On March 30, 2010 K-1 has teamed up with one of their broadcast partners, Fuji TV, to film the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama in 3D, being the first combat sports show to be filmed fully in 3D.

Financial Problems

Starting in 2010, multiple stories began to surface regarding the financial troubles of K-1 and their parent company FEG. Simon Rutz, the owner of the Dutch-based kickboxing promotion It's Showtime, claimed in January 2011 that some fighters from It's Showtime had not been paid for fights in K-1.

In early 2011, the company publicly announced that they were facing financial problems and would take some months off to restructure. It has been speculated that the financial problems are severe, so FEG can end up losing the ownership of K-1.

K-1 Grand Prix

Throughout the year there are 6 K-1 World Grand Prix tournaments and 4 main K-1 MAX events. The winners will qualify to the K-1 and the K-1 MAX WGP Final Eliminations held in Osaka Dome, Japan. From there the final top 8 fighters will compete in the K-1 World GP Finals in Tokyo Dome, Japan.

List of K-1 events

Every year there are dozens of other K-1 qualifying tournaments and preliminaries all over the world.

To date K-1 has held events in 38 countries.

The following is a list of countries that K-1 has held events in chronological order: Japan (1993-2011) Netherlands (1994, 2001-2003, and 2006-2010) France (1995, 2002-2008, and 2010) Switzerland (1995-1999, 2000, and 2003) United States (1998 and 2000-2008) Australia (2000-2005 and 2010) England (2000, 2002-2004, and 2006-2007) Italy (2000-2008) Germany (2000-2008) Belarus (2000 and 2010) Croatia (2000, 2002, 2007, and 2009-2010) South Africa (2000-2002 and 2006) New Zealand (2000-2006) Czech Republic (2000-2001 and 2006-2009) Denmark (2001) Ukraine (2001-2002, 2006, and 2010) Spain (2002-2004, 2009, and 2011) Brazil (2002-2006) Sweden (2003-2010) Russia (2003, 2006, and 2010) Bosnia and Herzegovina (2003-2004 and 2009) Scotland (2004) Portugal (2004 and 2006) Poland (2004 and 2007-2010) South Korea (2004-2010) Canary Islands (2005-2006 and 2009) Slovenia (2005-2006 and 2008) Hungary (2005-2010) Lithuania (2006-2007 and 2010-2011) Latvia (2006-2008) Turkey (2007 and 2010) Belgium (2007) Estonia (2007 and 2009) Romania (2007 and 2009-2010) Hong Kong (2007) Austria (2008) Taiwan (2008) Moldova (2009-2011)

Qualification and match-ups

The system of K-1 changes from time to time as a response to growing popularity in different parts of the world.

In the beginning, the K-1 series was a single tournament in Japan with fighters participating by invitation. K-1 has now branched out to all parts of the world and has been divided into preliminary Grand Prix-s, Fighting Networks and qualifiers. There are six regional GPs on all continents (except Africa and Antarctica) and all of them have the exclusive right to send the winners to the Final Elimination. Preliminaries are organized in countries with minor attendance and consists of tournaments where the winners qualify to the regional GPs.

K-1 attempted to gain popularity in the United States by holding two GPs, however only a few Americans have ever qualified for the Finals. In 2006 one of the American GPs was relocated to Auckland, New Zealand. Additionally the K-1 Paris GP lost its qualifying right in favor of Amsterdam.

The ''Final Elimination'' is an event where 16 participants compete for the final eight spots in the Finals. The line-up is made up of 6 new GP winners, the eight finalists from the previous year's Final, plus 2 fighters selected by the K-1 organization. In 2006 there were some minor modifications because Peter Aerts was replaced by Glaube Feitosa who reached the final match, therefore he was included in the 2006 Final Elimination.

Match-ups

Usually the combatants of the Elimination 16-men 8-match super fights are paired by drawing. This is done differently at the Tokyo Dome, however. The event is combined with a ceremony where the fighters pull a ball from a glass bowl with a number on it. The balls are marked with numbers 1 through 8, determining fighter order. The fighter with the number 1 ball will choose first "empty" section. This procedure goes on until all the fighters have selected their first quarterfinal opponent.

Restructuring

In 2007 the K-1 organization introduced two new title belts and restructured the qualification system. The two titles can be acquired through single fights. One was created for the heavyweights under 100 kg fighters and the other for the super-heavyweights. Meanwhile, the well-known 8-man tournament system remains and the GP titles are still handed out.

The new tournament qualification system will be: the 8 finalists of last year, 4 new Grand Prix winners and two new single title champions; if some of the fighters hold more than one title, then the extra ones will be chosen by the organization. The last two spots will be selected by K-1 and the votes of fans from around the world.".

Tactics

The principal objective of K-1 is to win either by a knockout or by a split or unanimous decision. Victories are usually achieved by kicks to the legs, head or midsection or using traditional boxing punches, such as the jabs, hooks or uppercuts.

The classic defensive boxing stance is rather ineffective against leg kicks, and fighters are more or less forced to constantly move and counterattack. The traditional clinch, often used in boxing, is not allowed, which has led to a very high knockout ratio in the K-1, since the fighters in other stand-up fighting sports often use the clinch to gain time to recover if they have been hit. The traditional Muai-Thai clinch (two hands grabbing the back of the opponents neck or head) is not allowed in K-1 rules. However, a single handed Muai-Thai clinch is allowed. If a fighter grabs an opponent with the intent of using a knee-technique he must let go after one single blow. In Thai Boxing, the fighters often hold on to each other to continuously use their knees and elbows. The same is said for Karate and Tae Kwon Do, though they consider clinch knees and elbows more circumstantial and only when the opponent is weakened to avoid neck and groin counters.

The rules themselves are constantly adapting and changing to create a competition which allows for participants of different styles to fight in a fairer manner, although these rules accommodate kickboxing rules as the main basis.

Rules

Each match is three or five rounds in duration, with each round lasting three minutes.

The match can end by Knockout, Technical Knockout, Decision, Disqualification, Draw or No Contest.

Both the referee and the ring doctor have full authority to stop the fight.

The fight is scored by three judges on a ten-point must system (The winner of each round receives ten points, and the loser receives nine or less. If the round is even, both competitors receive ten points).

If there is a draw after three rounds, the judges' scores are thrown out and one or two extra three-minute rounds are contested. The judges' decision will then come from the scoring of each extra round only. If, after the extra round(s), there is still a draw, the judges will decide a winner based on the flow of the entire match, considering even the slightest difference. A fight can only end in a draw if both fighters go down at the same time and cannot get up, or in the case of accidental injury in the late stages of the contest.

The three-knockdown rule is in effect (three knockdowns in a round results in a technical knockout).

The mandatory eight count is in effect (the referee must count to at least "eight" on all knockdowns).

The standing eight count is in effect (the referee has the right to declare a knockdown on a fighter who appears to be in a dangerous condition to continue in the match).

A fighter can be saved by the bell only in the last round.

In K-1 single elimination tournament matches:

Each match is three rounds in duration.

The three-knockdown rule becomes a two-knockdown rule for all matches except the final.

One or two reserve fights are held prior to the single elimination matches. If for any reason a fighter who wins and advances through the brackets is unable to continue, a reserve match competitor, or the fighter's opponent from the most recent match, takes his place. There are certain exceptions to this rule (i.e. a fighter who lost a match by knockout might not be eligible to replace another fighter).

''Source: K-1 Website''

Fouls

The following actions in K-1 are considered fouls:

Using the head or elbow to deliver a blow

Attacking the opponent in the groin

Delivering wrestling or judo throwing or submission techniques

Thumbing, choking or biting the opponent

Punching the opponent in the throat

Attacking the opponent while he is down or in the process of getting up

Attacking the opponent after the referee calls a break

Holding the ropes

Using offensive language to the referee

Attacking the back of the head with a punch

Attempting to cause the opponent to fall out of the ring

Voluntarily exiting the ring during the course of a match

Attacking an opponent who turns around and shows his back (unless the opponent loses his will to fight)

Delivering a backspin blow in an unauthorized area

Charging inside the opponent's arms with the head held low (inducing a head-butt)

Fighting in a passive manner (without attacking), including continuous holding and clinching

Attacking more than once while holding the opponent's kicking leg, or while holding the opponent's neck with both hands

A fighter is penalized as follows:

Caution – verbal reprimand by the referee

Warning – fighter is shown a yellow card

Point Deduction – fighter is shown a red card

Two cautions result in one warning. Two warnings result in a point deduction, and three point deductions in one round can result in a disqualification.

A red card is shown automatically if a fighter commits a foul with malicious intent.

Reception

The sport is very popular in Japan, Korea, Brazil and in Europe but enjoys only limited popularity in the United Kingdom and the United States. K-1 is rarely broadcast on English television, and the majority of US states does not sanction fight events, therefore K-1 fights are banned. To date, all K-1 tournaments in the US have taken place in Las Vegas or Honolulu (with one exception: Milwaukee 2001).

The events are frequently shown on Tokyo Broadcasting System and Fuji TV in Japan, XTM in South Korea, Combate, Combate HD and SporTV in Brazil, HDNet ("HDNet Fights") in the United States and on Eurosport in Europe. Reruns of older events are also aired on The Fight Network in Canada and Star Sports in India. Smaller K-1 sanctioned events are also broadcast in other countries by national and local sport channels.

There have been a few alleged nationality biased controversies as well. On May 13, 2006, an all-Dutch judging panel decided in favor of Remy Bonjasky from Netherlands against Jerome Le Banner from France at the K-1 World Grand Prix in Amsterdam. Many thought Jerome Le Banner had won the contest but judges had a slim majority decision in favor of the Dutch fighter Bonjasky (30-30, 29-28, 30-28). Le Banner filed a protest and K-1 officials from Japan and the United States reviewed the match based on current K-1 Grand Prix judging criteria and two weeks later on June 30, 2006, the result was reversed and Jerome Le Banner was officially announced as the new winner.

List of K-1 world champions

Full list of all the K-1 tournament champions see List of K-1 champions.

K-1 World Grand Prix Champions

{| class="wikitable" style="width:35%; font-size:90%" |- !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Year !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Champion !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Nationality !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Runner-up !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Nationality |- | 1993 | Branko Cikatić | | Ernesto Hoost | |- | 1994 | Peter Aerts | | Masaaki Satake | |- | 1995 | Peter Aerts | | Jérôme Le Banner | |- | 1996 | Andy Hug | | Mike Bernardo | |- | 1997 | Ernesto Hoost | | Andy Hug | |- | 1998 | Peter Aerts | | Andy Hug | |- | 1999 | Ernesto Hoost | | Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović | |- | 2000 | Ernesto Hoost | | Ray Sefo | |- | 2001 | Mark Hunt | | Francisco Filho | |- | 2002 | Ernesto Hoost | | Jerome Le Banner | |- | 2003 | Remy Bonjasky | | Musashi | |- | 2004 | Remy Bonjasky | | Musashi | |- | 2005 | Semmy Schilt | | Glaube Feitosa | |- | 2006 | Semmy Schilt | | Peter Aerts | |- | 2007 | Semmy Schilt | | Peter Aerts | |- | 2008 | Remy Bonjasky | | No runner-up (Badr Hari disqualified) |- | 2009 | Semmy Schilt | | Badr Hari | |- | 2010 | Alistair Overeem | | Peter Aerts |

K-2 World Grand Prix Champions

{| class="wikitable" style="width:35%; font-size:90%" |- !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Year !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Champion !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Nationality !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Runner-up !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Nationality |- | 1993 | Ernesto Hoost | | Changpuek Kiatsongrit | |-

K-1 World MAX Champions

{| class="wikitable" style="width:35%; font-size:90%" |- !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Year !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Champion !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Nationality !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Runner-up !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Nationality |- | 2002 | Albert Kraus | | Kaolan Kaovichit | |- | 2003 | Masato | | Albert Kraus | |- | 2004 | Buakaw Por.Pramuk | | Masato | |- | 2005 | Andy Souwer | | Buakaw Por.Pramuk | |- | 2006 | Buakaw Por.Pramuk | | Andy Souwer | |- | 2007 | Andy Souwer | | Masato | |- | 2008 | Masato | | Artur Kyshenko | |- | 2009 | Giorgio Petrosyan | | Andy Souwer | |- | 2010 | Giorgio Petrosyan | | Yoshihiro Sato | |-

K-1 Super Heavyweight Title Champions

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!style="background: #e3e3e3"|Event !style="background: #e3e3e3"|№ of defenses |- | March 4, 2007 – ''present'' | Semmy Schilt - def Ray Sefo | K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama | 4 3 April 2010 Errol Zimmerman - 3 29 June 2008 Jerome Le Banner - 2 13 April 2008 Mark Hunt - 1 23 June 2007 Mighty Mo -

K-1 Heavyweight Title Champions

{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; margin:auto; font-size:90%" |- !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Date !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Champion !style="background: #e3e3e3"|Event !style="background: #e3e3e3"|№ of defenses |- | April 28, 2007 – December 17, 2008 | Badr Hari - def Yusuke Fujimoto | style="text-align:center"|K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii | 1 29 June 2008 Glaube Feitosa - |- | March 28, 2009 – ''present'' | Kyotaro Fujimoto - def Gokhan Saki | style="text-align:center"|K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama | 1 3 April 2010 Peter Aerts - |-

See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

Full contact Karate

Seidokaikan

K-1 Premium Dynamite!!

Pride Fighting Championship

Dream

Bushido FC

References

External links

K-1 Fighters and Tournaments Database

Dutch K1 website

"Kickfighters – K1 World Max 2005", documentary

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Coordinates	9°1′48″N38°44′24″N
name	Alistair Overeem
birth name	Alistair Cees Overeem
other names	Demolition Man, The Reem, The Dutch Cyclone, Ubereem
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birth date	May 17, 1980
birth place	Hounslow, England
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style	Kickboxing
team	Golden Glory
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Alistair Cees Overeem (born on May 17, 1980) is a Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, nicknamed the "Demolition Man". He is the Former Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion, DREAM Interim Heavyweight Champion, and K-1 World Grand Prix Champion, and made history by being the only fighter in combat sports to hold a world title in both MMA and in K-1 kickboxing at the same time. As of November 2010, Overeem is ranked as the #3 best heavyweight mixed martial artist in the world by Sherdog, #3 by MMAWeekly, #3 by Yahoo! Sports and #2 by FightMagazine.com. He holds notable victories over Fabricio Werdum, Brett Rogers, Mark Hunt, Vitor Belfort (2x) and Igor Vovchanchyn.

Biography

Overeem was born on May 17, 1980 in Hounslow, England. to a Jamaican father and Dutch mother. His parents divorced when he was six years old. His mother, Clair, then moved Alistair and his brother Valentijn to the Netherlands, where Alistair has lived ever since.

As a child, Overeem competed in sports like judo, athletics and basketball. At first he didn't like to train, but after training with Bas Rutten, Joop Kasteel and others, he eventually learned to enjoy it.

Mixed martial arts career

Overeem had his first MMA professional fight at 19 years old, defeating Ricardo Fyeet by guillotine choke submission on at ''It's Showtime'', the first event of the eponymously named promotion.

After posting a 10-3 record in promotions such as RINGS, Overeem debuted in PRIDE on July 20, 2002, defeating Yusuke Imamura by TKO in just 45 seconds. Overeem would win two more fights in PRIDE before entering the 2003 PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix at PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 and losing to future UFC light heavyweight champion Chuck Liddell in the quarterfinal match. Overeem rebounded to defeat Tomohiko Hashimoto at the Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 in 36 seconds. On October 31, 2004 he fought Hiromitsu Kanehara, defeating him by TKO part-way through the first round at PRIDE 28: High Octane. He lost his next fight against Brazilian Top Team fighter Antônio Rogério Nogueira.

In 2005, Overeem entered the PRIDE Middle Weight Grand Prix at PRIDE Total Elimination 2005 where he defeated former UFC light heavyweight champion Vitor Belfort by submission in the opening round. Overeem would move on to fight Igor Vovchanchyn in the quarterfinals at PRIDE Critical Countdown 2005 taking under two minutes to win by submission. Overeem lost in the semi-finals to the eventual champion Mauricio Rua.

In February 2006, Overeem fought Russian Top Team favorite Sergei Kharitonov. Overeem won the fight, dislocating Kharitonov's shoulder in the process. With his win over Kharitonov, Overeem secured a spot in the PRIDE 2006 Open Weight Grand Prix at PRIDE Total Elimination Absolute. He fought Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu specialist Fabricio Werdum, losing via kimura in the second round.

After his loss, Overeem traveled to San Jose, California to rematch Vitor Belfort at Strikeforce: Revenge. Despite being the main event, Overeem pulled out a decision win in a lackluster fight. A month later Overeem returned to PRIDE for a highly anticipated rematch with Antônio Rogério Nogueira. Overeem entered the fight with a heavily taped neck. After controlling the first round and a half with his striking, Overeem was stumbled from a punch, Nogueira followed with a flurry of strikes. Worried Overeem would be more severely injured, his corner threw in the towel.

At PRIDE Final Conflict Absolute, he lost to Ricardo Arona. Overeem was on the receiving end of a leg kick that caused a non-serious injury to his nerves, causing him to lose feeling in his foot and leg. Unable to mount an offense or defend against Arona, Overeem tapped out to avoid further injury.

He then suffered another KO loss to Mauricio Rua at Pride 33, but returned in June 2007 with a submission win over Michael Knaap at K-1 Grand Prix in Amsterdam (despite K-1 being a kickboxing promotion, the bout was fought under MMA rules).

On September 17, 2007, at Hero's 10: Middleweight Tournament Final Alistair faced Sergei Kharitonov again. Overeem showed solid movement as soon as the first round began, but he suffered a KO loss just before the end of the first round.

On November 16, 2007, Overeem defeated Paul Buentello for the vacant Strikeforce heavyweight title by submission due to knee strikes.

On June 15, 2008 Overeem won by KO in the first round against Lee Tae-Hyun at DREAM.4. On July 21, 2008, Overeem defeated K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 champion Mark Hunt in the first round by submission at DREAM.5.

His next fight was against Mirko Filipović at DREAM.6 on September 23, 2008. After almost half of the first round which saw Overeem taking down Filipovic multiple times and effectively striking from the top position, cutting his Croatian foe, the bout was stopped and declared a no contest due to Alistair landing multiple knees to the groin of Filipovic.

In a 2008 interview, Overeem has stated that he would like to fight in the UFC in the near future. Overeem would ideally like a rematch with Chuck Liddell to avenge his PRIDE Total Elimination 2003 knockout loss and Mirko Cro Cop to avenge his disappointing no-contest in Dream. Overeem was also seen at UFC 93 in Ireland talking to Dana White and indicating he is "ready" to fight in the UFC.

Overeem was rumored to make his first title defense against Heavyweight Brett Rogers on June 6 at Strikeforce: Lawler vs. Shields, however a hand injury scuttled plans for the fight. According to Golden Glory manager Bas Boon, Overeem had suffered a hand infection following a nightclub brawl early May 2009. According to Boon, Alistair and his brother Valentijn - both heavyweights - had been involved in an altercation that left five security staff needing hospital treatment and nearly cost Alistair his hand.

Overeem was scheduled to make his first Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship defense in a rematch against Fabricio Werdum at Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg, but had to pull out due to a hand injury, most likely caused from his nightclub brawl.

Alistair defeated Tony Sylvester at Golden Glory's 10 year anniversary celebration with a standing guillotine choke. He used the same choke only 8 days later to submit MMA journeyman James Thompson at DREAM.12.

Overeem has stated that he wants a rubber match with Badr Hari, only this time in an MMA bout.

Overeem was set to face Andrei Arlovski at Dynamite!! 2009 but FEG instead opted to have him face, Kazuyuki Fujita to keep with the DREAM Vs. Sengoku theme. Overeem quickly overpowered his opponent and recorded a knockout with a knee to the head.

Overeem then faced Brett Rogers on May 15, 2010 at Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery to defend his Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship. He won the fight via TKO (punches) in the first round. In his post-fight interview, Alistair Overeem declared for another time that he wants to fight Fedor Emelianenko, claiming that Fedor's management can no longer ignore his presence. The majority of Alistair Overeem's pre-fight training camp took place at the newly opened Golden Glory Gym in Pattaya, Thailand, where "The Demolition Man" concentrated on the further improvement of his Muay Thai skills.

Overeem faced Todd Duffee on December 31, 2010 at Dynamite!! 2010. Overeem defeated Duffee by way of knockout 19 seconds into the first round to win the DREAM Interim Heavyweight Championship.

A rematch with Fabricio Werdum took place on June 18, 2011, at Strikeforce: Dallas as part of an eight-man heavyweight tournament. Overeem won by unanimous decision.

On July 17th it was announced Strikeforce heavyweight champion Alistair Overeem was removed from the promotion’s 2011 heavyweight grand prix. Overeem went on to state that he felt the September date was too soon for him to return, and that he needed time to rest and heal after his June 18 quarterfinal decision win over Fabricio Werdum. Overeem swapped out for unbeaten up-and-comer Daniel Cormier. Subsequently, on July 29th, it was announced that Overeem had been released from the Strikeforce organization as Zuffa exercised their right to eliminate the one remaining fight on his contract. Team Golden Glory leader Bas Boon stated that Alistair Overeem could come to the UFC under an exclusive deal, if the right terms are offered. Now it appears that Zuffa and Team Golden Glory are back on speaking terms, and UFC president Dana White is hoping to strike a deal with Overeem. “We’re talking to Overeem,” White confirmed. “Well, they’ve changed their opinions on how they can do business with us, so now we can.”

Kickboxing career

Overeem had his first professional kickboxing fight at 17 years old, in a K-1 rules fight on . After that he fought against Paul Hordijk, winning by decision on . Alistair then moved onto K-1, having two K-1 Kickboxing fights in 6 years against Errol Parris and Glaube Feitosa. Alistair was knocked out in both bouts and stayed with MMA from then on. He did not fight in K-1 for 4 more years.

On December 31, 2008 Overeem faced Badr Hari, one of K-1's top contenders, under K-1 rules. He defeated Hari by way of knockout in the first round. After that, he faced Remy Bonjasky, the defending K-1 champion. Overeem came out aggressive in the first and second rounds, bullying Bonjasky and landing some impressive offense, but in the third was knocked down by a right hook from Bonjasky, who thereby secured a unanimous decision win. All three judges scored the bout 30-28.

On September 26 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16, having been selected by fan voting after his impressive performances against Remy Bonjasky and Badr Hari, Overeem shocked the kickboxing world by achieving a huge upset. He defeated K-1's longest serving member, legendary 3-time champion Peter Aerts by unanimous decision. At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Overeem knocked out Kyokushin Karate Champion, Ewerton Teixeira with a knee strike in the first round, but lost to Badr Hari, via TKO from a head kick in the Semi Finals.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Alistair Overeem defeated Dzevad Poturak via KO (right knee) in Round 1 at 2:40. Overeem defeated Ben Edwards by TKO in the first round on October 2, 2010 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final 16.

On December 11, at the Ariake Coliseum Alistair fought at and won the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final. In the quarter finals he beat Tyrone Spong by Unanimous decision. In the semi finals he came face to face with his teammate Gokhan Saki, who he defeated by first round TKO due to injury, breaking Saki's right arm with a hard left kick. In the finals, he fought Peter Aerts for the second time. Alistair came out aggressively and finished Peter in the first round.

Personal life

Overeem has a daughter named Storm. On a Japanese comedy show, Alistair Overeem claimed that his great-great-grandfather was William III of the Netherlands.

Championships and accomplishments

Mixed martial arts

Strikeforce

*Strikeforce Heavyweight Champion (One time; First)

DREAM

*Dream Interim Heavyweight Championship (One time; First; Current)

PRIDE Fighting Championships

*PRIDE Middleweight Grand Prix Championship (2005; Semi-finalist)

2 Hot 2 Handle

*2H2H Light Heavyweight Champion

*2H2H Light Heavyweight Tournament Champion

World MMA Awards

*2010 International Fighter of the Year

Kickboxing

K-1 Fighting Network

*K-1 2010 World Grand Prix Champion

*K-1 2009 World Grand Prix 3rd Place

Submission grappling

Abu Dhabi Combat Club

*2005 ADCC European Champion

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win | align="center" | 35-11 (1) | Fabricio Werdum | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 5:00 | Dallas, Texas, United States | Strikeforce Heavyweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal |- | Win | align="center" | 34–11 (1) | Todd Duffee | KO (punches) | Dynamite!! 2010 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:19 | Saitama, Japan | Won Dream Interim Heavyweight Championship. |- | Win | align="center" | 33–11 (1) | Brett Rogers | TKO (punches) | Strikeforce: Heavy Artillery | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:40 | St. Louis, Missouri, United States | Defended Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship. |- | Win | align="center" | 32–11 (1) | Kazuyuki Fujita | KO (knee) | Dynamite!! 2009 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:15 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 31–11 (1) | James Thompson | Submission (guillotine choke) | Dream 12 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:33 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 30–11 (1) | Tony Sylvester | Submission (guillotine choke) | Ultimate Glory 11: A Decade of Fights | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:23 | Amsterdam, North Holland | |- | Win | align="center" | 29–11 (1) | Gary Goodridge | Submission (kimura) | Ultimate Glory 10: The Battle of Arnhem | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:42 | Arnhem, Gelderland | |- | NC | align="center" | 28–11 (1) | Mirko Filipovic | NC (groin strike) | Dream 6 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 6:09 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 28–11 | Mark Hunt | Submission (keylock) | Dream 5 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:11 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 27–11 | Lee Tae-Hyun | KO (knee and punches) | Dream 4 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:36 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |- | Win | align="center" | 26–11 | Paul Buentello | Submission (strikes) | Strikeforce: Four Men Enter, One Man Survives | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3:42 | San Jose, California, United States | Won inaugural Strikeforce Heavyweight Championship. |- | Loss | align="center" | 25–11 | Sergei Kharitonov | KO (punch) | Hero's 10 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 4:21 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |- | Win | align="center" | 25–10 | Michael Knaap | Submission (guillotine choke) | K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 4:51 | Amsterdam, North Holland | Moves up to Heavyweight full-time. |- | Loss | align="center" | 24–10 | Mauricio Rua | KO (punches) | Pride 33 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:37 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | |- | Loss | align="center" | 24–9 | Ricardo Arona | Submission (punches) | Pride Final Conflict Absolute | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 4:28 | Saitama, Saitama | |- | Loss | align="center" | 24–8 | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | TKO (corner stoppage) | Pride Critical Countdown Absolute | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 2:13 | Saitama, Saitama | Returns to Light Heavyweight. |- | Win | align="center" | 24–7 | Vitor Belfort | Decision (unanimous) | Strikeforce: Revenge | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 5:00 | San Jose, California, United States | Fought at catchweight of 210 lb. |- | Loss | align="center" | 23–7 | Fabricio Werdum | Submission (kimura) | Pride Total Elimination Absolute | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3:43 | Osaka, Osaka | Pride 2006 Openweight Grand Prix Opening Round. |- | Win | align="center" | 23–6 | Nikolajus Cilkinas | Submission (armbar) | WCFC: No Guts, No Glory | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:42 | Manchester, England | |- | Win | align="center" | 22–6 | Sergei Kharitonov | TKO (knees) | Pride 31 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 5:13 | Saitama, Saitama | Moves up to Heavyweight. |- | Loss | align="center" | 21–6 | Mauricio Rua | KO (punches) | Pride Final Conflict 2005 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 6:42 | Saitama, Saitama | Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Semifinal. |- | Win | align="center" | 21–5 | Igor Vovchanchyn | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Critical Countdown 2005 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:20 | Saitama, Japan | Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |- | Win | align="center" | 20–5 | Vitor Belfort | Submission (guillotine choke) | Pride Total Elimination 2005 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 9:36 | Osaka, Japan | Pride 2005 Middleweight Grand Prix Opening Round. |- | Loss | align="center" | 19–5 | Antônio Rogério Nogueira | Decision (unanimous) | Pride 29 | | align="center" | 3 | align="center" | 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 19–4 | Hiromitsu Kanehara | TKO (doctor stoppage) | Pride 28 | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 3:52 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 18–4 | Rodney Faverus | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2 Hot 2 Handle | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | N/A | Rotterdam, South Holland | Wins 2H2H Light-Heavyweight Championship |- | Win | align="center" | 17–4 | Tomohiko Hashimoto | TKO (punches) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:36 | Kobe, Hyōgo | |- | Loss | align="center" | 16–4 | Chuck Liddell | KO (punches) | Pride Total Elimination 2003 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:09 | Osaka, Japan | Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix Quarterfinal. |- | Win | align="center" | 16–3 | Mike Bencic | Submission (knee to the body and punches) | Pride 26 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:44 | Yokohama, Kanagawa | |- | Win | align="center" | 15–3 | Aaron Brink | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2H2H 6: Simply the Best 6 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:53 | Rotterdam, South Holland | |- | Win | align="center" | 14–3 | Bazigit Atajev | TKO (knee to the body) | Pride 24 | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 4:59 | Fukuoka, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 13–3 | Dave Vader | TKO (doctor stoppage) | 2H2H 5: Simply the Best 5 | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | N/A | Rotterdam, South Holland | 2H2H Light Heavyweight Tournament Final |- | Win | align="center" | 12–3 | Moise Rimbon | Submission (guillotine choke) | 2H2H 5: Simply the Best 5 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:03 | Rotterdam, South Holland | 2H2H Light Heavyweight Tournament Semifinal |- | Win | align="center" | 11–3 | Yusuke Imamura | TKO (knee and punches) | Pride The Best Vol.2 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:44 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 10–3 | Vesa Vuori | KO (punch) | 2 Hot 2 Handle: Germany | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2:15 | Krefeld, Germany | |- | Win | align="center" | 9–3 | Sergey Kaznovsky | Submission (armbar) | M-1 Mix-Fight Championship: Russia vs. The World 3 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:37 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |- | Win | align="center" | 8–3 | Roman Zentsov | Submission (keylock) | 2H2H 4: Simply the Best 4 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:26 | Rotterdam, South Holland | |- | Win | align="center" | 7–3 | Stanislav Nuschik | TKO (knees) | 2H2H 2: Simply The Best | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:53 | Rotterdam, South Holland | |- | Win | align="center" | 6–3 | Vladimer Tchanturia | Submission (rear naked choke) | Rings: King of Kings 2000 Final | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:06 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 5–3 | Peter Verschuren | Submission (keylock) | It's Showtime - Christmas Edition | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:06 | Haarlem, North Holland | |- | Loss | align="center" | 4–3 | Bobby Hoffman | KO (punch) | Rings: Millennium Combine 2 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 9:39 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | align="center" | 4–2 | Yuriy Kochkine | Decision (split) | Rings Russia: Russia vs. The World | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 5:00 | Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Oblast | |- | Win | align="center" | 4–1 | Yasuhito Namekawa | Submission (armbar) | Rings: Millennium Combine 1 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 0:45 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 3–1 | Can Sahinbas | KO (knee) | 2 Hot 2 Handle 1 | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 2:21 | Rotterdam, South Holland | |- | Win | align="center" | 2–1 | Chris Watts | KO (knee to the body) | Rings Holland: There Can Only Be One Champion | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 3:58 | Utrecht, Utrecht | |- | Loss | align="center" | 1–1 | Yuriy Kochkine | Decision (majority) | Rings: King of Kings 1999 Block A | | align="center" | 2 | align="center" | 5:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | align="center" | 1–0 | Ricardo Fyeet | Submission (guillotine choke) | It's Showtime - It's Showtime | | align="center" | 1 | align="center" | 1:39 | Haarlem, North Holland |

Kickboxing record

Submission grappling record

|- | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Result | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Record | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Opponent | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Method | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Event | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Date | align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #f0f0f0"|Notes |- |Win |3-0 | Mikael Grothe |(Submission: Guillotine Choke) |ADCC European Trials |January 25, 2005 | -98.9 kg Final |- |Win |2-0 | Andreas Olsen |(Submission: Guillotine Choke) |ADCC European Trials |January 25, 2005 | -98.9 kg |- |Win |1-0 | Arben Latifi |(Submission: Guillotine Choke) |ADCC European Trials |January 25, 2005 | -98.9 kg |-

References

External links

Official web site

Personal life documentary

Profile at K-1

Profile at Strikeforce

Profile at Dream

Profile at Pride

Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch kickboxers Category:Heavyweight kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Dutch mixed martial artists Category:Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Dream champions Category:Strikeforce champions Category:Dutch Muay Thai practitioners Category:Dutch people of Jamaican descent Category:People from Utrecht (city) Category:People from Hounslow

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Coordinates	9°1′48″N38°44′24″N
name	Tyrone Spong
birth name	Tyrone Clinton Spong
other names	King of the Ring
nationality	Dutch Surinamese
birth date	September 03, 1985
birth place	Paramaribo, Suriname
fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
height
weight kg	103.5
weight class	Super Heavyweight Heavyweight Cruiserweight Middleweight
style	Muay Thai
stance	Orthodox
team	Team Mr. Perfect Fighting Factory Carbin
trainer	Ernesto Hoost Lucien Carbin
years active	2001–present (Kickboxing)
kickbox win	67
kickbox kowin	42
kickbox loss	6
kickbox koloss	3
kickbox draw	1
kickbox nc	1
url	http://www.tyronespong.nl
updated	January 11, 2011 }}

Tyrone "King of The Ring" Spong (born September 3, 1985) is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer. He is the reigning WFCA Cruiserweight Muay Thai and the former It's Showtime 95MAX World champion, fighting out of Fighting Factory Carbin in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

As of May 2011, Spong is ranked the #7 heavyweight in the world by LiverKick.com.

Biography and career

Tyrone Spong was born in Suriname. In 1990 at the age of 5, he moved to the Netherlands with his family.

In 2003, his first year as a pro, he made his mark winning 12 fights a year. In 2004, he fought against Rafi Zouheir at the Battle of Zaandam and won his first European Muay Thai Title (WKN). In 2004 Spong also visited Japan to compete in Shootboxing where he lost to Ryuji Goto. Goto suplexed him in the final seconds of the fight to earn a well-received unanimous decision. His next fight in April 2005, was against Belgian Mohammed Ouali for another European Title (WPKL). Spong won the fight by unanimous decision.

In December, 2005 at the A-1 Combat Cup in Duisburg, after three consecutive KO's in one night, Tyrone Spong won his first tournament Championship.

In 2006 Spong had two his biggest victories of his young career, KO wins over Muay Thai veteran Joerie Mes and two weeks later knocking out K-1 superstar Kaoklai Kaennorsing from Thailand in a first round.

On March 28, 2009, Spong participated in the first ever K-1 Heavyweight (-100 kg) Title tournament, held in Yokohama, Japan. He was beaten by Gokhan Saki in semifinals by right hook KO of the extra round.

Spong finally met rival Nathan Corbett at Champions of Champions II in what was widely considered a battle between the two best Muay Thai fighters in the world at their weight class for the W.M.C. world title -93 kg. The fight was a close affair with Spong knocking Corbett down earlier on in the fight only for it to end with a controversial decision. In the third round Corbett managed to knock Spong down with a huge right hook causing the referee to stop the fight. However, due to the referee's misleading hand signals, Corbett rushed back in to knock Spong down once more, not sure that the fight had been stopped. After considerable confusion the fight was declared a no contest instead of a Corbett KO win.

After defeating the Worlds heavyweight champion, Kyotaro he fought Jerome Le Banner in April 2010. Similar to the Nathan Corbett fight Spong broke his right hand in the first round and was knocked down. Despite coming back strongly he lost by decision. At the end of the year he qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final, defeating veteran Ray Sefo in an elimination match, only to lose to eventual winner Alistair Overeem at the quarter final stage in what was a more competitive fight than most initial thought - as Overeem was much the bigger fighter. At the start of 2011, Spong had to vacate the It's Showtime 95MAX world title due to a number of issues such as not having had a title defense in the allocated two years and his management stating that he had moved up in weight to fight as a heavyweight.

Titles

2008 1st It's Showtime World 95MAX champion (Defense: 0)

2008 W.F.C.A. Thaiboxing World Cruiserweight champion (Defense: 1)

2008 KO World Series '08 Oceania winner

2007 1st SLAMM Events 79 kg class champion (Defense: 0)

2005 A1 World League winner

2005 W.P.K.L. European Middleweight champion (Defense: 0)

2004 W.K.N. Thaiboxing European Middleweight champion (Defense: 0)

M.T.B.N. Muay Thai Dutch Junior class -66 kg class champion (Defense: 0)

Personal Life

Spong is married with three children. He is an avid lover of animals, as is evidenced by the majority of his tattoos. He is the owner of several pit bull terriers, which he bred himself.

Fight record

See also

List of K-1 events

List of It's Showtime champions

List of male kickboxers

External links

K-1 Fans

References

Category:Dutch kickboxers Category:Surinamese kickboxers Category:Middleweight kickboxers Category:Cruiserweight kickboxers Category:Heavyweight kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Dutch Muay Thai practitioners Category:Surinamese Muay Thai practitioners Category:Dutch people of Surinamese descent Category:Surinamese people of Black African descent Category:Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands Category:People from Paramaribo Category:1985 births Category:Living people

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Coordinates	9°1′48″N38°44′24″N
name	Peter Aerts
birth name	Peter Aerts
other names	The Dutch Lumberjack
nationality	Dutch
birth date	October 25, 1970
birth place	Eindhoven, Netherlands
fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
height
weight
weight class	Super Heavyweight
style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
stance	orthodox
team	Team Aerts (2004-present) Mejiro Gym (1997-2004) Chakuriki Gym (1991-1997) The Champs (1989-1991) Judoka-Kickboxing (1984-1987)
trainer	Thom Harinck (2009-present) Jan Plas (2004-2009) Andre Mannaart (1997-2004) Thom Harinck (1991-1997) Eddy Smulders (1989-1991) Mikki Benazzouz (1984-1987)
years active	26 (1985–present)
kickbox win	102
kickbox kowin	77
kickbox loss	28
kickbox koloss	17
kickbox draw	1
mma win	1
mma kowin	1
mma loss	1
mma subloss	1
mma draw	0
students	William Diender
url	http://www.peteraerts.com
sherdog	13344
updated	December 16, 2010 }}

Peter "The Dutch Lumberjack" Aerts (born October 25, 1970) is a Dutch super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix and Muay Thai World Champion. Aerts is best known for his powerful strikes and high kicks.

Biography

After playing football for seven years, in 1983 Peter Aerts started to practice taekwondo. His interest in combat sports came from his grandfather and an uncle; both were active in that field. In 1984 he picked up kickboxing and started training in "Judoka-Kickboxing" in Best, Netherlands with Mikki Benazzouz. After a year Aerts fought his first match, and soon one victory succeeded the other. He won his first world championship title when he was nineteen.

Aerts then switched to club "Champs" in Eindhoven, with Eddy Smulders, where he became world champion for the second time. After that he moved to the famous Chakuriki Gym of Thom Harinck, where he had his greatest successes. In 1994 Aerts became the K-1 World Champion for the first time, following up his success in 1995 and 1998. His win in 1998 was the fastest tournament win in K-1 history, when he knocked out all of his opponents in the very first round in a record time of 6:43 minutes, until Semmy Schilt won the World Grand Prix in 2009 in 5:54 minutes. He has competed in more K-1 World Grand Prix than any other K-1 fighter in history. He currently competed in every World Grand Prix except 2009.

In 1997 He broke the work relationship with Thom Harinck. He later moved to train with Andre Mannaart, a former K-1 fighter himself. Currently Aerts has his own Team Aerts, training out of Kops Gym in Amsterdam under Henry Hooft and formerly Jan Plas.

On December 2, 2006, Aerts entered the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 as a reserve fighter, defeating his opponent Musashi by first round knockout. After Remy Bonjasky was forced to withdraw from the tournament due to an injury, Aerts met Glaube Feitosa in the semifinals, winning his fight by TKO in the second round. His opponent in the finals was reigning World Champion Semmy Schilt, Aerts lost the fight by unanimous decision.

On June 23, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam Aerts faced Bob Sapp in a much-anticipated Superfight. Aerts struck Sapp with the left knee, Sapp fell down and the fight was over in 0'25" in a first round. In June 2007, Aerts extended his contract with K-1 for another two years.

On September 29, 2007 Aerts met Ray Sefo at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 in Korea. He won the fight at the end of the first round by TKO corner stoppage when Ray Sefo did not answer the bell and qualified himself for 15th consecutive year to K-1 World GP 2007 Final held on December 8, 2007 at the Yokohama Arena, Japan. In quarterfinals, Aerts knocked out Junichi Sawayashiki from Japan in the first round. In the semi finals, he defeated two time K-1 World Grand Prix winner Remy Bonjasky by unanimous decision. He then moved on to face two time defending champion Semmy Schilt in the finals. Aerts lost the bout by TKO in the first round after suffering a knee injury.

Aerts entered the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final after beating Schilt by majority decision where he was unexpectedly beaten in the second round by Badr Hari.

At the start of 2009 Aerts was back to training again with Thom Harinck. Back with Harinck in his corner Aerts had two very impressive fights, a extra round unanimous decision win to Errol Zimmerman and a 3rd round KO win over Yosuke Nishijima. In both fights Aerts looked as though he would easily capture the K-1 World Grand Prix Title for a fourth time in the awesome shape he was in.

Aerts fought at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 as a huge favourite against MMA heavyweight Alistair Overeem. However in a huge upset Overeem shocked the world by defeating Aerts by unanimous decision. Aerts stated after the fight that after the first minute he had lost virtually all of his power and felt no shame in his first Final 16 defeat. Aerts said he will return to training as usual. After the Overeem fight Aerts dropped more weight under a diet that Harinck set for him, dropping to 103 kg as opposed to his usual 109–112 kg. He was still picked as a reserve fighter where he beat Gokhan Saki by Unanimous decision.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama Peter was in great shape weighing 97 kg. Unfortunately he was knocked down twice in round 1 and KO'd in round 2 by Kyotaro famous right punch. Most notably, the 2nd knock down didn't count, because it was on the bell. Afterwards Thom Harinck explained that Peter had troubles with his left elbow and his eye and the loss of weight was too much.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16 Peter was back in top shape. He defeated Ewerton Teixeira by a close but brilliant extra round decision.

In his 17th appearance at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final he defeated Mighty Mo by first round KO. In the semi finals he came face to face with his arch rival Semmy Schilt, in a fight where he was a huge underdog due to his age and Schilt's success in the 2009 Grand Prix. After been cut above the eye and finishing the fight with a swollen face Peter won a brilliantly fought decision. However he had taken a lot of damage in the fight with Schilt, actually started to cough up blood in his changing room after the fight, which wrecked his plans in the final. He was overwhelmed by a less damaged and much fitter and bigger Alistair Overeem and lost by first round TKO. Though he was defeated he broke three world records in K-1: He became the oldest man, 40 years old to ever make it to the K-1 World Grand Prix Final, he marked the most amount of appearances, 6 times that any fighter had ever made it to the Final and also became the first person to ever beat Semmy Schilt in a tournament.

He also played a minor role in the comedy movie "New Kids Turbo", which is a Dutch production. The protagonists, a group of Dutch guys who always look for trouble and create chaos in a small Dutch village, borrow some money from Peter. He plays himself in the movie and is seen living in a villa. In one scene he KO´s one of the guys for refusing to give him the money back.

Titles

2010 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up

2007 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up

2006 K-1 World Grand Prix runner up

2003 K-1 World Grand Prix Final 3rd Place

2001 K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Las Vegas runner up

1998 K-1 World GP champion

1995 K-1 World GP champion

1995 WMTA World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight champion

1994 K-1 World GP champion

1994 The Night of the Stars tournament champion

1992 MTBN World Muay Thai Heavyweight Champion

1991 WMTA World Muay Thai Heavyweight champion

1990 IKBF World Heavyweight champion

Kickboxing record

See also

List of K-1 events

List of K-1 champions

List of male kickboxers

List of kickboxing organizations

References

External links

Peter Aerts Official Website

K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Peter Aerts

Category:1970 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch kickboxers Category:Super heavyweight kickboxers Category:Dutch mixed martial artists Category:Heavyweight mixed martial artists Category:Dutch Muay Thai practitioners Category:People from Eindhoven

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Coordinates	9°1′48″N38°44′24″N
name	Semmy Schilt
birth name	Sem Schilt
other names	Hightower Supersized Samurai The Dutch Destroyer Semtex
nationality	Dutch
birth date	October 27, 1973
birth place	Rotterdam, Netherlands
fighting out of	Zuidlaren, Netherlands
height m	2.12
weight kg	133
weight class	Super Heavyweight Heavyweight (265 lb)
reach in	83 + 1/2
style	Ashihara Karate, Kickboxing, Pancrase
rank	''black belt in Ashihara kaikan''
team	Golden Glory
trainer	Dave Jonkers
years active	1996–2008 (MMA), 2002-present (Kickboxing)
kickbox win	37
kickbox kowin	17
kickbox loss	6
kickbox koloss	2
kickbox draw	1
mma kowin	14
mma subwin	10
mma decwin	2
mma koloss	2
mma subloss	6
mma decloss	6
mma draw	1
url	http://www.semschilt.com
sherdog	467
updated	October 18, 2009 }}

Semmy Schilt (; born October 27, 1973), also known as Sem Schilt, is a Dutch Ashihara karateka, kickboxer, mixed martial artist and four time (three times consecutive) K-1 World GP champion. He is the first and only fighter in K-1 history to win the championship three times in a row, and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most GPs won, with four. He has also competed in mixed-martial arts fights for the Pride Fighting Championship, UFC and Pancrase organizations. He holds notable MMA wins over Guy Mezger, Bob Schrijber, Ikuhisa Minowa and Gan McGee.

Career

On November 19, 2005 Schilt made his first appearance at the K-1 finals. As an Ashihara Karate fighter, Schilt beat Ray Sefo in the quarter finals and the defending champion Remy Bonjasky by knockout in the semifinals. Schilt then met Glaube Feitosa in the tournament finals and won by knockout due to knee strike to win his first K-1 World Grand Prix title.

On December 31, 2005 at the ''K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!'' event, he defeated former four time K-1 World Grand Prix champion Ernesto Hoost.

Schilt lost twice in 2006 against Peter Aerts and Hong Man Choi but still made it to the finals after beating Bjorn Bregy by knockout. He defended his title after defeating Jerome Lebanner, Ernesto Hoost and Peter Aerts all by unanimous decisions.

On April 3, 2007 he defeated Ray Sefo by 2nd rd. KO to become K-1's first Super Heavyweight Champion at K-1 World GP 2007 Yokohama.

Semmy faced and defeated the ''K-1 Hawaii GP'' Champion Mighty Mo by unanimous decision on June 23, 2007 at the ''K-1 Amsterdam GP'', defending his Super-Heavyweight Title.

At the ''2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Final Eliminations in Seoul'', South Korea, Schilt faced Paul Slowinski. He won by KO in the first round from a knee strike. With the win, he qualified for the World Grand Prix Finals.

In the first round of the ''World Grand Prix 2007 Finals'', Schilt was matched against Brazilian Karate fighter Glaube Feitosa. Semmy survived a near knockdown from a Glaube's famed Brazilian to win by unanimous decision. This marked the third time he had defeated Feitosa in his career.

In the semi finals he met Jerome LeBanner for the second time. Schilt was put on the defensive for most of the first round. Just before time expired, Schilt landed a knee strike which badly hurt LeBanner. Before the second round started, LeBanner was noticeably limping in his corner. Early in the second round, a low kick from Schilt sent him to the canvas in obvious pain. LeBanner was able to make it back to his feet however his corner threw in the towel to avoid further injury.

The final match of the 2007 K-1 World Grand Prix was a rematch from the year before, with Schilt matched up against fellow Dutchman Peter Aerts for the third time. The match came to an abrupt end 1:49 in after Aerts injured his knee and could not continue. With the win Schilt became the third man to win the K-1 World Grand Prix three times, and the only man in history to win three consecutive Grand Prix crowns.

In September 2008, Schilt lost a decision against Peter Aerts at the K-1 World Grand Prix Final 16 in Seoul.

Semmy had a small role in the feature film ''Transporter 3'' as a henchman.

On May 16, 2009, Semmy lost to Badr Hari via first round KO at the Dutch Kickboxing event ''It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam'', Netherlands. The fight was for the It's Showtime World Heavyweight Title.

At the ''2009 Final 16'' Semmy beat the rising Romanian Daniel Ghita by unanimous decision. At the final selection he chose to fight Jerome LeBanner and went on to defeat him for the fourth time in his career in the first round by KO. In the second round he was matched against Remy Bonjasky, whom he also defeated for the third time by KO in the first round, after getting knocked down himself. In the finals he beat Badr Hari by KO in the first to win his fourth GP title, also getting the record of fastest GP win with a total time over all 3 matches of 355 seconds. With the win he became the second man in history to win the WGP Title four times (Ernesto Hoost being the first).

In April 2010, he successfully made his fourth title defense against teammate Errol Zimmerman by unanimous decision. At the ''2010 Final 16'' he beat Hesdy Gerges by a close decision, after sustaining a cut to his shin in the fight that required 4 stitches. In the semi finals of the ''K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final'' he was defeated for the first time in a tournament by Peter Aerts in a gruelling decision.

Titles

K-1

2009 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

2007 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

2007-Present K-1 Super Heavyweight Champion (4 Title Defenses)

2006 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

2005 K-1 World Grand Prix Champion

2005 K-1 World Grand Prix in Paris Champion

Mixed Martial Arts

1999-2000 9th King of Pancrase (2 Title Defenses)

Karate

2 times Daido Juku Hokutoki champion. open-weight division, 1996/1997

2 times IBK (International Budo Kai) European Champion Full contact karate (Knockdown karate rules) 1995/1996

3 times IBK (International Budo Kai) Dutch Champion Full contact karate (Knockdown karate rules) 1993/1994/1995

Black Belt Magazine

2008 Full-Contact Fighter of the Year

Kickboxing record

Mixed martial arts record

|- | Win | 26-14-1 | Mighty Mo | Submission (Triangle Choke) | Dynamite!! 2008 | 2008-12-31 | 1 | 5:17 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | 25-14-1 | Guelmino Nandor | KO | Lord Of The Rings | 2008-01-12 | 1 | 4:25 | Belgrade, Serbia | |- | Win | 24-14-1 | Min Soo Kim | Submission (Triangle Choke) | Hero's 6 | 2006-08-05 | 1 | 4:47 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | 23-14-1 | Sergei Kharitonov | TKO (Punches) | PRIDE Critical Countdown 2004 | 2004-06-20 | 1 | 9:19 | Kobe, Japan | |- | Win | 23-13-1 | Gan McGee | Submission (Armbar) | PRIDE Total Elimination 2004 | 2004-04-25 | 1 | 5:02 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Loss | 22-13-1 | Josh Barnett | Submission (Armbar) | Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2003 | 2003-12-31 | 3 | 4:48 | Kobe, Japan | |- | Loss | 22-12-1 | Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira | Submission (Triangle Choke) | PRIDE 23 | 2002-11-24 | 1 | 6:36 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | 22-11-1 | Fedor Emelianenko | Decision (Unanimous) | PRIDE 21 | 2002-06-23 | 3 | 5:00 | Saitama, Japan | |- | Win | 22-10-1 | Yoshihiro Takayama | KO (Punches) | PRIDE 18 | 2001-12-23 | 1 | 3:09 | Fukuoka, Japan | |- | Win | 21-10-1 | Masaaki Satake | TKO (Strikes) | PRIDE 17 | 2001-11-03 | 1 | 2:18 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 20-10-1 | Akira Shoji | KO (Soccer Kick) | PRIDE 16 | 2001-09-24 | 1 | 8:19 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Loss | 19-10-1 | Josh Barnett | Submission (Armbar) | UFC 32 | 2001-06-29 | 1 | 4:21 | East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA | |- | Win | 19-9-1 | Pete Williams | TKO (Strikes) | UFC 31 | 2001-05-04 | 2 | 1:26 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA | |- | Draw | 18-9-1 | Aleksei Medvedev | Decision Draw | 2H2H II Simply The Best | 2001-03-18 | 2 | 10:00 | Rotterdam, Netherlands | |- | Win | 18-9-0 | Bob Schrijber | Technical Submission (Guillotine Choke) | It's Showtime - Exclusive | 2000-10-22 | 2 | 1:00 | Haarlem, Netherlands | |- | Win | 17-9-0 | Osami Shibuya | TKO (Punches) | Pancrase 2000 Anniversary Show | 2000-09-24 | 1 | 8:55 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | 16-9-0 | Yoshihisa Yamamoto | KO (Knee and Punch) | Rings Holland: Di Capo Di Tutti Capi | 2000-06-04 | 1 | 2:54 | Utrecht, Netherlands | |- | Win | 15-9-0 | Yoshiki Takahashi | TKO (Strikes) | Pancrase: Trans 3 | 2000-04-30 | 1 | 7:30 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | 14-9-0 | Yuki Kondo | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Pancrase: Breakthrough 10 | 1999-11-28 | 1 | 2:28 | Osaka, Japan | |- | Win | 13-9-0 | Ikuhisa Minowa | Decision (Unanimous) | Pancrase 1999 Anniversary Show | 1999-09-18 | 1 | 15:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 12-9-0 | Katsuomi Inagaki | Submission | Pancrase: Breakthrough 8 | 1999-09-04 | 1 | 8:23 | Sendai, Japan | |- | Win | 11-9-0 | Osami Shibuya | Submission | Pancrase: Breakthrough 7 | 1999-07-06 | 1 | 12:06 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | 10-9-0 | Gilbert Yvel | KO (Punches) | Rings Holland: The Kings of the Magic Ring | 1999-06-20 | 2 | 4:45 | Utrecht, Netherlands | |- | Loss | 10-8-0 | Yuki Kondo | Decision (Lost Points) | Pancrase: Breakthrough 4 | 1999-04-18 | 1 | 20:00 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | 10-7-0 | Takafumi Ito | Submission (Choke) | Pancrase: Breakthrough 3 | 1999-03-09 | 1 | 1:45 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 9-7-0 | Masakatsu Funaki | KO (Body Punch) | Pancrase 1998 Anniversary Show | 1998-09-14 | 1 | 7:13 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 8-7-0 | Guy Mezger | TKO (Strikes) | Pancrase: Advance 8 | 1998-06-21 | 1 | 13:15 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 7-7-0 | Yoshiki Takahashi | TKO (Strikes) | Pancrase: Advance 6 | 1998-05-12 | 1 | 5:44 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Win | 6-7-0 | Jason Godsey | TKO (Cut) | Pancrase: Advance 5 | 1998-04-26 | 1 | 1:47 | Yokohama, Japan | |- | Loss | 5-7-0 | Masakatsu Funaki | Decision (Lost Points) | Pancrase: Advance 4 | 1998-03-18 | 1 | 15:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | 5-6-0 | Satoshi Hasegawa | Submission | Pancrase: Advance 3 | 1998-02-06 | 1 | 3:56 | Kobe, Japan | |- | Win | 5-5-0 | Minoru Suzuki | KO (Knee) | Pancrase: Advance 1 | 1998-01-16 | 1 | 9:52 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | 4-5-0 | Yuki Kondo | Decision (Unanimous) | Pancrase: Alive 7 | 1997-06-30 | 1 | 20:00 | Fukuoka, Japan | |- | Win | 4-4-0 | Takaku Fuke | Submission | Pancrase: Alive 5 | 1997-05-24 | 1 | 8:59 | Kobe, Japan | |- | Win | 3-4-0 | Yoshiki Takahashi | TKO | Pancrase: Alive 3 | 1997-03-22 | 1 | 7:00 | Nagoya, Japan | |- | Loss | 2-4-0 | Masakatsu Funaki | Submission (Toe Hold) | Pancrase: Alive 2 | 1997-02-22 | 1 | 5:47 | Chiba, Japan | |- | Loss | 2-3-0 | Guy Mezger | Decision (Lost Points) | Pancrase: Alive 1 | 1997-01-17 | 1 | 20:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 2-2-0 | Osami Shibuya | Decision (Majority) | Pancrase: Truth 10 | 1996-12-15 | 1 | 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Loss | 1-2-0 | Ryushi Yanagisawa | Submission | Pancrase: Truth 7 | 1996-10-28 | 1 | 0:51 | Nagoya, Japan | |- | Loss | 1-1-0 | Yuki Kondo | Decision (Split) | Pancrase 1996 Neo-Blood Tournament Round 1 | 1996-07-22 | 1 | 10:00 | Tokyo, Japan | |- | Win | 1-0-0 | Manabu Yamada | Submission (Rear Naked Choke) | Pancrase: Truth 5 | 1996-05-16 | 1 | 5:44 | Tokyo, Japan |

References

External links

K-1sport.de - Complete Fighters Profile of Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt and K-1 videos

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