|
Ariel Machado
Ariel Machado, is a Brazilian kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is the K-1 World Grand Prix 2024 Final Champion. Combat Press ranked him as a top ten light heavyweight kickboxer in the world between November 2021 and June 2022, with Machado peaking at #7. Kickboxing career Machado participated in the WGP Kickboxing 26 tournament, facing Junior Alpha in the semifinals. Machado lost the fight by decision. In his next appearance with WGP Kickboxing, he faced Maycon Silva. Machado won the fight by decision. He took part in the 2016 Glory Light Heavyweight tournament. In the semifinals, he defeated Pavel Zhuravlev by a unanimous decision. He lost the final bout to Zinedine Hameur-Lain by a second round KO. Machado next fought in the 2016 Glory Middleweight Contender tournament. He lost the very first bout to Yousri Belgaroui by decision. Machado was scheduled to fight in the 2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender tournament. He won a unanimous decision against Danyo Ilunga i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curitiba
Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,773,718 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region, Brazil, South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 29 Municipalities of Brazil, municipalities with a total population of over 3,559,366, making it the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the country. The city sits on a plateau at Above mean sea level, above sea level. It is located west of the seaport of Paranaguá and is served by the Afonso Pena International Airport, Afonso Pena International and Bacacheri Airport, Bacacheri airports. Curitiba is an important cultural, political, and economic center in Latin America and hosts the Federal University of Paraná, established in 1912. In the 19th century, Curitiba's favorable location between cattle-breeding countryside and marketplaces led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2025 In K-1
The year 2025 is the 32nd year in the history of the K-1, a global kickboxing promotion. The year started with #K-1 World MAX 2025, K-1 World MAX 2025. List of events K-1 World MAX 2025 K-1 World MAX 2025 was a kickboxing event held by K-1 on February 9, 2025, at the Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Background A List of K-1 champions#K-1 Featherweight Championship, K-1 Featherweight title bout between champion Takumi Terada and challenger Takahito Niimi, a List of K-1 champions#K-1 Super Bantamweight Championship, K-1 Super Bantamweight title bout between champion Akihiro Kaneko and challenger Manolis Kallistis, as well as a K-1 Women's Atomweight Grand Prix were all scheduled to take place during the event. 2025 K-1 Atomweight Championship Tournament bracket Fight Card K-1 Beyond K-1 Beyond was a kickboxing event that will be held by K-1 on May 31, 2025, at Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium, Yokohama Buntai in Yokohama, Japan. Background The 2025 K-1 Super Featherweigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders of Russia, land borders with fourteen countries. Russia is the List of European countries by population, most populous country in Europe and the List of countries and dependencies by population, ninth-most populous country in the world. It is a Urbanization by sovereign state, highly urbanised country, with sixteen of its urban areas having more than 1 million inhabitants. Moscow, the List of metropolitan areas in Europe, most populous metropolitan area in Europe, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, while Saint Petersburg is its second-largest city and Society and culture in Saint Petersburg, cultural centre. Human settlement on the territory of modern Russia dates back to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samara
Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara (Volga), Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million residents, up to 1.22 million residents in the urban agglomeration, not including Novokuybyshevsk, which is not conurbated. The city covers an area of , and is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, eighth-largest city in Russia and tenth agglomeration, the Volga#Biggest cities on the shores of the Volga, third-most populous city on the Volga, as well as the Volga Federal District. Formerly a closed city, Samara is now a large and important social, political, economic, industrial, and cultural centre in Russia and hosted the European Union—Russia Summit in May 2007. It has a continental climate characterised by hot summers and cold winters. The life of Samara's citizens has always been intrinsically linked to the V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valeriy Bizyaev
Valeriy Bizyaev (born June 3, 1998) is a Russian kickboxer. As of April 2023, he is ranked as the tenth best light heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Beyond Kick. Kickboxing career Bizyaev faced Florent Kaouachi in the opening round of the 2019 Tatneft Cup +80 kg tournament, held on June 11, 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Advancing to the tournament quarterfinals, Bizyaev faced Claudiu Istrate on July 19, 2019. He lost the fight by decision, after being knocked down by Istrate in the first round. Bizyaev faced Usman Yakhyaev at a November 28, 2020, Fair Fight event. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout. The referee was forced to wave the fight off, as Yakhyaev was unsteady on his feet following a knockdown. Bizyaev faced Nadir Ghadjiev in the penultimate bout of the Tatneft Cup +80 kg tournament on December 13, 2021. He won the fight by decision. Bizyaev advanced to the tournament finals, where the faced the Glory veteran Jhonata Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama, Japan
is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1859 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1872), and power plant (1882). Yokoh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liu Ce
Liu Ce () is a Chinese professional Sanda kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight divisions of Wu Lin Feng and K-1. He is the former K-1 Cruiserweight (−90kg) champion and the K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Tournament winner. Professional kickboxing career Liu started to focus on professional kickboxing full time in 2018. He lost his first two fights of the year on the Glory of Heroes promotion. He lost by decision to Marino Schouten on July 28, 2018 at Glory of Heroes 33: Shanghai. On October 12, 2018, Liu lost to Mikita Shostak by unanimous decision at Glory of Heroes 35: Meishan. On August 9, 2023, it was announced that Liu Ce would be one of eight participants in the 30th Anniversary K-1 Openweight Grand Prix, which took place at K-1 World GP 2023: ReBOOT～K-1 ReBIRTH～ on September 10, 2023. Ce was booked to face Valentin Bordianu in the quarterfinals of the one-day tournament. He won the fight by a first-round knockout, as he was able to floor himn wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The city is located on the Iset River between the Idel-Ural, Volga-Ural region and Siberia, with a population of roughly 1.5 million residents, up to 2.2 million residents in the urban agglomeration. Yekaterinburg is the list of cities and towns in Russia by population, fourth-largest city in Russia, the largest city in the Ural Federal District, and one of Russia's main cultural and industrial centres. Yekaterinburg has been dubbed the "Third capital of Russia", as it is ranked third by the size of its economy, culture, transportation and tourism. Yekaterinburg was founded on 18 November 1723 and named after the Orthodox name of Catherine I of Russia, Catherine I (born Marta Helena Skowrońska), the wife of Russian Emperor Peter the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varna, Bulgaria
Varna (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, third-largest city in Bulgaria and the largest city and seaside resort on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and in the Northern Bulgaria region. Situated strategically in the Gulf of Varna, the city has been a major economic, social and cultural centre for almost three millennia. Historically known as ''Odessos'' (), Varna developed from a Thracian seaside settlement into a major seaport on the Black Sea. Varna is an important centre for business, transportation, education, tourism, entertainment, and healthcare. The city is referred to as the maritime capital of Bulgaria and has the headquarters of the Bulgarian Navy and merchant marine. In 2008, Varna was designated as the seat of the Black Sea Euroregion by the Council of Europe. In 2014, Varna was awarded the title of European Youth Capital 2017. The oldest gold treasure in the world, belonging to the Varna culture, was discovered in the Varna Necropolis and dated to 4600 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giannis Stoforidis
Giannis Stoforidis (Greek language, Greek: Γιάννης Στοφοριδης; born 8 May 1989) is a Greek Kickboxing, kickboxer. He has also fought in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, Glory (kickboxing), Glory, ONE Championship, Enfusion and OSS Fighters. Kickboxing career SuperKombat In 2013, Stoforidis entered the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix after impressing in the SuperKombat New Heroes. Previously, he has won the SUPERKOMBAT Tryouts (heavyweight division) in Athens, Greece on January 26, 2013. Finally, he qualified for the ''SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination''. Stoforidis beat Mathieu Kongolo by third round TKO at the ''SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final Elimination'' in Ploiești, Romania on November 9, 2013. He competed in the ''SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final'' in Galați, Romania on December 21, 2013, losing to Redouan Cairo via TKO because of a broken hand in the semi-finals. Glory Stoforidis was scheduled to face Anderson Silva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guto Inocente
Carlos Augusto "Guto" Inocente Filho (born May 29, 1986) is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and kickboxer. A professional MMA competitor since 2005, Inocente formerly competed for the UFC and Strikeforce in MMA. He signed with Glory Kickboxing in 2016, eventually becoming a contender. In 2017, Inocente was banned for 4 years by the World Association of Kickboxing Organizations after he tested positive for four banned substances from the 2017 World Games. He is ranked as the sixth best heavyweight by Combat Press as of September 2022, and eighth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022. Combat Press previously ranked him as the #10 heavyweight in the world between July and August 2021. Background Originally from Brasília, Brazil, Inocente first began training in striking at the age of four, coached by his father, and then began training in Brazilian jiu-jitsu at the age of seven. Inocente would go on to have accomplished careers in professional boxing and kickbox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
