Look up Dong in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Dong may refer to:

Asian languages

• Vietnamese đồng (₫), the currency unit of Vietnam
• Dong people (侗族), an ethnic minority group in China
• Dong language
• Dong Lake, a lake in the Hunan Province of China
• Dong quai, a medicinal herb
• Dong (동 or 洞), a section of a city in South Korea, smaller than a gu (ward) and approximately the size of five city blocks
• A Sponge-model Nokia cellular phone
• Dong (film) (东), a documentary film by filmmaker Jia Zhangke
• Dong (name), Vietnamese for the season of winter
• Lá dong, Vietnamese for a type of prayer-plant (Phrynium placentarium)

People

• Long Duk Dong or "the Donger," a character in the 1984 American movie Sixteen Candles
• Dong Fangzhuo (董方卓), a Chinese football player
• Dong Yi Yang (born 1984), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter
• Dong (Chinese surname), a transliteration of Chinese family names 董,東 (in Mandarin pinyin) and 黨 (in Cantonese)
• Dong (Vietnamese surname), an anglicized variation of the surname Đồng or Đổng.

Dong may also mean:

• Penis or dildo (slang)
  • Long Dong Silver, a pornographic actor
• Feces, or excrement
• A language game where words are spelled out and consonants have the syllable -ong added on the end
• A creature in the nonsense poem of Edward Lear, The Dong with a Luminous Nose
• A home run in the sport of baseball
• A hot dog or German sausage
• Dong Open Air, a heavy metal festival in Germany, named after the Dong hill
• Dong (administrative division), a neighborhood division in Korea

DONG can be an abbreviation for:

• DONG Energy, one of Denmark's energy companies
  • DONG Cup, a former name of the Danish Cup trophy, sponsored by the oil company from 2000 to 2004
• Something that you can 'Do Online Now Guys' made popular by YouTube personality 'VSauce'

See also[link]

• Taepodong (disambiguation) and Rodong-1, types of North Korean missiles

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Melvin Manhoef
Born	(1976-05-11) May 11, 1976 (age 36) Paramaribo, Suriname
Other names	No Mercy, Marvelous
Nationality	Surinamese Dutch
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Division	Middleweight (MMA) Light Heavyweight (MMA) Hevyweight Heavyweight (Kickboxing)
Style	Kickboxing
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Mike's Gym (2005-present) Chakuriki Dojo (1998-2005) Rock Gym (1995-1998)
Trainer	Mike Passenier Thom Harinck Dennis Rock
Years active	1995–present (MMA)
Kickboxing record
Total	47
Wins	37
By knockout	27
Losses	10
By knockout	6
Mixed martial arts record
Total	35
Wins	24
By knockout	23
By decision	1
Losses	9
By knockout	3
By submission	6
Draws	1
No contests	1
Other information
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
last updated on: January 28, 2012

Melvin Manhoef (born May 11, 1976) is a Dutch-Surinamese Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, trained by Mike Passenier and fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In kickboxing, he is the current It's Showtime 85MAX World Champion, and in MMA he was the Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion. Manhoef is known for his aggressive fighting style, speed, and knockout power. He is the only man to knock out current Ultimate Fighting Championship contender Mark Hunt in an professional MMA match.

Biography and career[link]

Manhoef was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. When he was three years old his family moved to Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Manhoef was involved in football (soccer) during his youth, and was introduced to Muay Thai by his younger brother, Moreno. He soon joined Choku Gym in Zaandam and started training.^{[citation needed]} At 18, he had his first fight, which he won by decision. He made his comeback in September 2001, as part of Chakuriki Gym. In 2004, Manhoef entered the Cage Rage promotion in London, England. He became the Light Heavyweight World champion by beating Fabio Piamonte at Cage Rage 13. He defended his title for almost two years, until entering the K-1's MMA affiliate promotion Hero's in 2006. He won his first fight at Hero's 4 against Shungo Oyama by technical knockout in first round. Melvin has switched his main focus to MMA over the past couple of years. He lost to Dong-sik Yoon by submission armbar in K-1 Dynamite!! USA, he defeated Bernard Ackah at K-1 Hero's Middleweight Tournament Opening Round, and also got a TKO win against Fabio Silva, a Chute Boxe fighter, by TKO in K-1 Hero's Middleweight GP Final. At Dream 4 Melvin fought Kazushi Sakuraba. Manhoef and Sakuraba circled the ring for the first minute of the fight, before Manhoef dropped Sakuraba with a hard right head kick and finished him via TKO (hammerfists) at 90 seconds into Round 1. With the win, Melvin had advanced to the semifinal round of the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix. At Dream 6 Melvin fought Gegard Mousasi as the tournament dictated. Wary of Manhoef's standup, Mousasi quickly took the fight to the ground despite attempts to shrug him with a sprawl. Mousasi took Manhoef's back until scrambling into a triangle choke at 1:28 of the first round, surviving a powerful slam attempt from Manhoef while he had the submission secured. Mousasi went on to win the DREAM Middleweight Grand Prix^[1].

At Dynamite!! 2008 Melvin fought Mark Hunt as a late alternate at heavyweight, despite usually functioning at two weight classes below his opponent. Regardless of the size disadvantage, he knocked down the iron-jawed Samoan in 18 seconds and followed with punches as he was postured over Hunt, until the referee stopped the fight.^[2] It was the first time Hunt was finished by knockout in his MMA career. He fought former WEC middleweight champion Paulo Filho on July 20, 2009 at Dream 10.^[3] Despite early success on the feet with his striking offensive, Manhoef was taken down and submitted via armbar in the first round. Manhoef recently signed a multi-year fight contract with Strikeforce.^[4] Manhoef made his debut for the organization against Robbie Lawler on January 30, 2010 at Strikeforce: Miami. Despite a strong start with heavy leg kicks and punches, he was knocked out at 3:33 in the first round. Manhoef fought Tatsuya Mizuno at Dream 15 and lost by submission.^[5] Manhoef returned to the United States in March 2011, facing Tim Kennedy at Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson.^[6] He lost the fight via submission in the first round.

ONE Fighting Championship[link]

On January 31st, 2012 it was announced that Manhoef had signed with ONE Fighting Championship and would be fighting Renato Sobral in the main event at ONE Fighting Championship 3.^[7] However, Sobral pulled out of the fight and Manhoef faced Yoshiyuki Nakanishi. The fight ended in a No Contest due to an accidental injury to Manhoef's leg in round 1.

Titles[link]

• 2009 Current It's Showtime 85 KG MAX World champion.
• 2008 Dream Middleweight Grand Prix Semi Finalist.
• 2006 Hero's Light Heavyweight finalist.
• 2005 Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion.

Kickboxing record[link]

Kickboxing Record

37 Wins (27 (T)KO's, 10 decisions), 10 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2012-01-28 Loss Tyrone Spong It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2010-05-29 Loss Gokhan Saki It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Referee Stoppage) 2 2009-09-26 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16 Seoul, Republic of Korea Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 Fails to qualify for K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final. 2009-08-29 Win Dénes Rácz It's Showtime 2009 Budapest Budapest, Hungary TKO (Ref. stop/gave up) 3 0:46 Wins It's Showtime 85MAX World title. 2009-08-11 Win Ramazan Ramazanov K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Tokyo, Quarter Finals Tokyo, Japan KO (Punch) 1 2:16 Despite victory is unable to continue in the tournament due to a shin injury. 2009-05-16 Win Stefan Leko It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref. stop./leg injury) 3 2009-03-28 Loss Kyotaro K-1 World GP 2009 in Yokohama, Semi Finals Yokohama, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 2:02 2008-12-06 Win Paul Slowinski K-1 World GP 2008 Final, Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 2:26 2008-04-26 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Flying right high kick) 3 2:32 2007-06-23 Win Ruslan Karaev K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 in Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Left hook) 1 0:31 2006-12-02 Loss Ray Sefo K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Reserve Fight Tokyo, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 0:40 2006-05-13 Win Tatsufumi Tomihira K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam, Quarter Finals Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Punches) 1 2:10 Despite victory is unable to continue in the tournament due to injury. 2005-04-09 Win Yuji Sakuragi Muay Thai Champions League XIV Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Referee stoppage) 2 2005-02-12 Loss Dzevad Poturak Gala Gym Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands KO (Punches) 3 2:55 2002-04-21 Win Stavros Anastiadis Victory or Hell 3 Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Knee strike) 1 2002-02-24 Loss Remy Bonjasky K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands, Quarter Finals Arnhem, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 1999-03-27 Loss Ashwin Balrak The Fights of the Gladiators Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 1998-09-26 Win Jean Jacques The Fight of the Champions Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Left hook) 2 1996-03-16 Loss Samir Benazzouz Thai/Kickboxing Nijmegen Nijmegen, Netherlands KO 3

Mixed martial arts record[link]

Result	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
NC	24–9–1 (1)	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi	NC (accidental injury)	ONE Fighting Championship: War of the Lions	02012-03-31March 31, 2012	1	2:08	Kallang, Singapore
Loss	24–9–1	Tim Kennedy	Submission (rear naked choke)	Strikeforce: Feijao vs. Henderson	02011-03-05March 5, 2011	1	3:41	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Loss	24–8–1	Tatsuya Mizuno	Submission (kimura)	Dream 15	02010-07-10July 10, 2010	1	7:23	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Dream Light Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinal
Loss	24–7–1	Robbie Lawler	KO (punch)	Strikeforce: Miami	02010-01-30January 30, 2010	1	3:33	Sunrise, Florida, United States
Win	24–6–1	Kazuo Misaki	TKO (punches)	Dynamite!! 2009	02009-12-31December 31, 2009	1	1:49	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Loss	23–6–1	Paulo Filho	Submission (armbar)	Dream 10	02009-07-20July 20, 2009	1	2:35	Saitama, Saitama, Japan
Win	23–5–1	Mark Hunt	KO (punches)	Dynamite!! 2008	02008-12-31December 31, 2008	1	0:18	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Heavyweight bout
Loss	22–5–1	Gegard Mousasi	Submission (triangle choke)	Dream 6	02008-09-23September 23, 2008	1	1:28	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Dream Middleweight Grand Prix semifinal
Win	22–4–1	Kazushi Sakuraba	KO (punches)	Dream 4	02008-06-15June 15, 2008	1	1:30	Yokohama, Japan	Dream Middleweight Grand Prix quarterfinal
Win	21–4–1	Dae Won Kim	TKO (knee and punches)	Dream 3	02008-05-11May 11, 2008	1	4:08	Saitama, Saitama, Japan	Dream Middleweight Grand Prix reserve bout
Win	20–4–1	Yosuke Nishijima	TKO (punches)	K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!	02007-12-31December 31, 2007	1	1:49	Osaka, Japan
Win	19–4–1	Fabio Silva	TKO (punches)	Hero's 10	02007-09-17September 17, 2007	1	1:00	Yokohama, Japan
Win	18–4–1	Bernard Ackah	TKO (punches)	Hero's 9	02007-07-16July 16, 2007	1	2:13	Yokohama, Japan
Loss	17–4–1	Dong Sik Yoon	Submission (armbar)	K-1 Dynamite!! USA	02007-06-02June 2, 2007	2	1:17	Los Angeles, California, United States
Win	17–3–1	Yoshiki Takahashi	TKO (punches)	Hero's 8	02007-03-12March 12, 2007	1	2:36	Nagoya, Japan
Loss	16–3–1	Yoshihiro Akiyama	Submission (armbar)	Hero's 7	02006-10-09October 9, 2006	1	1:58	Yokohama, Japan	Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix final
Win	16–2–1	Shungo Oyama	TKO (punches)	Hero's 7	02006-10-09October 9, 2006	1	1:04	Yokohama, Japan	Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix semifinal
Win	15–2–1	Crosley Gracie	TKO (punches)	Hero's 6	02006-08-05August 5, 2006	1	9:12	Tokyo, Japan	Hero's 2006 Light Heavyweight Grand Prix quarterfinal
Win	14–2–1	Ian Freeman	KO (punches)	Cage Rage 17	02006-07-01July 1, 2006	1	0:17	London, England	Retains Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World title
Win	13–2–1	Shungo Oyama	TKO (cut)	Hero's 4	02006-03-15March 15, 2006	1	2:51	Tokyo, Japan
Win	12–2–1	Evangelista Santos	KO (punches)	Cage Rage 15	02006-02-04February 4, 2006	2	3:51	London, England	Retains Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World title
Win	11–2–1	Fabio Piamonte	KO (punches)	Cage Rage 13: No Fear	02005-09-10September 10, 2005	1	0:51	London, England	Wins Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World title
Win	10–2–1	Paul Cahoon	TKO (punches)	CFC 4 Cage Carnage	02005-07-03July 3, 2005	1	N/A	Liverpool, England
Win	9–2–1	Bob Schrijber	Decision (unanimous)	It's Showtime Boxing & MMA Event 2005 Amsterdam	02005-06-12June 12, 2005	2	5:00	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	8–2–1	Ladislav Zak	KO (punch)	Queens Fight Night	02005-04-30April 30, 2005	1	0:37	Eindhoven, Netherlands
Win	7–2–1	Matthias Riccio	TKO (leg kicks)	Cage Rage 10: Deliverance	02005-02-26February 26, 2005	1	3:01	London, England
Loss	6–2–1	Rodney Faverus	KO (punches)	It's Showtime 2004 Amsterdam	02004-05-20May 20, 2004	2	4:43	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	6–1–1	Slavomir Molnar	KO (punches)	Heaven or Hell 4	02004-04-08April 8, 2004	1	N/A	Prague, Czech Republic
Win	5–1–1	Alexandr Garkushenko	KO (punches)	2H2H 13: Russia vs the World	02003-04-06April 6, 2003	1	6:57	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Loss	4–1–1	Bob Schrijber	TKO (punches)	2H2H 11: Simply the Best	02003-03-16March 16, 2003	1	4:04	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Win	4–0–1	Mika Ilmen	KO (punch)	It's Showtime – As Usual / Battle Time	02002-09-29September 29, 2002	1	0:35	Haarlem, Netherlands
Win	3–0–1	Paul Cahoon	KO (head kick)	Rings Holland "Saved by the Bell"	02002-06-02June 2, 2002	2	2:07	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Win	2–0–1	Husein Cift	KO (punches)	Hoogwoud Free Fight Gala	02001-12-15December 15, 2001	1	1:50	Hoogwoud, Netherlands
vDraw	1–0–1	Rodney Faverus	Draw	Rings Holland "The Kings of the Magic Ring"	01999-06-20June 20, 1999	2	5:00	Utrecht, Netherlands
Win	1–0	Jordy Jonkers	TKO (palm strikes)	Battle of Amstelveen II	01995-12-02December 2, 1995	2	3:37	Amstelveen, Netherlands

See also[link]

• List of K-1 events
• List of K-1 champions
• List of It's Showtime champions
• List of male kickboxers
• List of male mixed martial artists
• List of kickboxing organizations

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website of Melvin Manhoef
• Mike's Gym Official site
• Professional MMA record for Melvin Manhoef from Sherdog
• Profile at K-1