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Frank Muñoz
Frank Muñoz (born 14 August 1983) is a Spanish heavyweight kickboxer, who has competed in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship, where he is a former 2013 SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Tournament Champion. He is also the former WAKO-Pro K-1 European champion. Biography and career Frank Muñoz was adopted by Menorcan family and spent his first days on the island. He started kickboxing in Barcelona in 2005 at ''Esportrogent'' gym with former fullcontact champion Xavi Moya. He had been inspired after watching Remy Bonjasky fight on television. In 2008 he moved to Amsterdam and joined ''Vos Gym''. He was trained by Ivan Hippolyte and had famous sparring partners like Mirko Filipović, Remy Bonjasky. After that he joined Chakuriki Gym in 2010, trained by Thom Harinck alongside Le Banner, Braddock Silva, Peter Aerts and Hesdy Gerges he faced some top fighters. He was Spanish Muay thai professional champion, in 2010 he fought Brice Guidon for his ''WPMF'' European Heavyweight Muay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish People
Spaniards, or Spanish people, are a Romance languages, Romance-speaking Ethnicity, ethnic group native to the Iberian Peninsula, primarily associated with the modern Nation state, nation-state of Spain. Genetics, Genetically and Ethnolinguistic group, ethnolinguistically, Spaniards belong to the broader Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western European populations, exhibiting a high degree of continuity with other Indo-European languages, Indo-European-derived ethnic groups in the region. Spain is also home to a diverse array of National and regional identity in Spain, national and regional identities, shaped by its complex History of Spain, history. These include various Languages of Spain, languages and dialects, many of which are direct descendants of Latin, the language imposed during Hispania, Roman rule. Among them, Spanish language, Spanish (also known as Castilian) is the most widely spoken and the only official language across the entire country. Commonly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome LeBanner
Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known for his translation of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate) and his commentaries on the whole Bible. Jerome attempted to create a translation of the Old Testament based on a Hebrew version, rather than the Septuagint, as prior Latin Bible translations had done. His list of writings is extensive. In addition to his biblical works, he wrote polemical and historical essays, always from a theologian's perspective. Jerome was known for his teachings on Christian moral life, especially those in cosmopolitan centers such as Rome. He often focused on women's lives and identified how a woman devoted to Jesus should live her life. This focus stemmed from his close patron relationships with several prominent female ascetics who were members of affl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve McKinnon
Steve "The Smashing Machine" Mckinnon (born 23 November 1976 in Scotland) is a WBC Hall of Fame, 8 time world champion Australian, Heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of the Bulldog Gym in Sydney. He competed in Glory and is the former WBC Muaythai Super Cruiserweight World Champion. Career McKinnon began his training in his father's Karate school, Torakan, at the age of 4 in Shotokan Karate, attaining his black belt, fighting and winning Karate tournaments before he began his kickboxing career at 16. He faced many notable opponents such as Ashwin Balrak, Paul Slowinski, Nathan Corbett and Ramazan Ramazanov. He won 8 world titles throughout his career, including winning the WBC world title in 2008 and defending it 3 times. He retired vacating that title. His last fight was a WKBF world heavy weight title win in 2017. In 2020 he was inducted into the WBC Hall of Fame. McKinnon was set to face Nenad Pagonis at '' Glory 7: Milan'' in Milan, Italy, but his opponent change ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Susperregui
Stéphane Ippo Susperregui (born 31 August 1984) is a French kickboxer. He is the current WKN World Oriental Rules Heavyweight and former WKA K-1 World Heavyweight champion. He is ranked as the fifth best light heavyweight in the world by Combat Press as of September 2022, and sixth best by Beyond Kick as of October 2022. Biography and career Susperregui fought two of the best -95 kg Muaythai fighters, Australians 2010, Steve McKinnon for his ''WBC Muaythai'' Super Cruiserweight World title and 2012, Nathan Corbett for his ''W.K.N.'' Muay Thai World title, he lost both fights by decision but put up a good fight. In 2011 he became WKN kickboxing oriental heavyweight champion defeating Spains Damian Garcia, he was also double WKN kickboxing Grand Prix champion. In 2011 he defeated Tefik Bajrami and Nicolas Wamba and in 2012 at ''Le Banner Series'' he defeated Julius Mocka and ''Enfusion Quest for honor'' tournament runner up Frank Muñoz after tough fight and extra round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ondřej Hutník
Ondřej Hutník (born February 19, 1983) is a retired Czech Muay Thai kickboxer. He is a former SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship title challenger. Biography and career On December 30, 2011, Hutník defeated Mohamed Boubkari and Frank Munoz, respectively, to win the Enfusion Kickboxing Tournament '11 at -95 kg in Prague, Czech Republic. He defeated Pacome Assi by unanimous decision at ''Nitrianska Noc Bojovnikov'' in Nitra, Slovakia on October 27, 2012. On November 9, 2013, he defeated Massinissa Hamaili in a SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Title Eliminator bout. He challenged Andrei Stoica for the vacant SUPERKOMBAT Super Cruiserweight Championship (-95 kg/209 lb) at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2013 Final in Galați, Romania on December 21, losing by unanimous decision. On November 19, 2016 in Marseille, France Ondrej Hutnik defeats Fabrice Aurieng by KO in round 4 with spinning backfist and becomes a new World Kickboxing Network super heavyweight w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its Prague metropolitan area, metropolitan area is home to approximately 2.3 million people. Prague is a historical city with Romanesque architecture, Romanesque, Czech Gothic architecture, Gothic, Czech Renaissance architecture, Renaissance and Czech Baroque architecture, Baroque architecture. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV (r. 1346–1378) and Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Rudolf II (r. 1575–1611). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austria-Hungary. The city played major roles in the Bohemian Reformation, Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redouan Cairo
Sergiano Herbert Cairo (born 29 November 1982), better known as Redouan Cairo is a Surinamese- Dutch kickboxer fighting in the Superkombat Fighting Championship where he is the 2013 Superkombat World Grand Prix Tournament Runner-up. Also a Mixed martial artist, he is a former WAKO-Pro world cruiser heavyweight K-1 rules -94.1 kg champion. He is ranked #10 light heavyweight kickboxer of the world by Liverkick.com. Career Cairo was two times WAKO-Pro champion, intercontinental in 2011 and world in 2013. He became WAKO-Pro K-1 rules Intercontinental Champion against Andrei Stoica after five round of fighting. They had a rematch on Superkombat event in Podgorica, Montenegro on February 25, 2012. Originally, it was announced that Stoica defeated Cairo via decision after 3 rounds. However, SK officials overturned the decision to a no contest as the judges actually scored the bout a majority draw. Stoica had also caused controversy by referring to Cairo as "the nigger" in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sahak Parparyan
Sahak "Hak" Parparyan (; born 4 September 1988) is an Armenian kickboxer, who is sometimes referred to as Sahak "Hak" Avetisyan. He’s a former It's Showtime 85MAX world champion and was ranked number one in the world from 2011-2012 before fighting Franci Grajš. Career Sahak made his It's Showtime debut in 2006, winning a C-Klass bout by decision in his home town. In 2010, after almost exclusively fighting on the Dutch circuit, Sahak headed to Paris to face Abdarhmane Coulibaly for the W.P.M.F. European title, losing a decision to the home fighter after five rounds. He would make up for this disappointment the next year, winning the W.F.C.A. world title by KO'ing Yassin Boudrouz in the fourth round of their match in Belgium. In May 2011, Sahak faced Amir Zeyada for the It's Showtime 85MAX world title, vacated by Melvin Manhoef. After five rounds the Armenian was the new world champion, taking the belt by majority decision in what was one of the most exciting world title figh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enfusion
Enfusion is a Dutch kickboxing promotion company based in Alkmaar, Netherlands. Labelled as one of the top kickboxing organizations in the world. It produces events worldwide, which showcase twelve kickboxing weight classes (12 male and 6 female). History In 2002 Edwin Van Os started a new company along with Partner Simon Rutz designed to market kickboxing and manage fighters under the name of Its Showtime. In 2012, Its Showtime was then sold to Glory. Edwin van Os of Its Showtime then started a new reality show concept called ''Enfusion Reality'' which first aired in 2010. In 2013 the next step of Enfusion development emerged by hosting fight events throughout Europe and abroad. In 2018 Enfusion begun organizing Enfusion MMA events. In 2019 Enfusion unveiled two new brands with Enfusion Cage Events (ECE). The two brands included MMA and Extreme Stand-up. Media coverage Enfusion events were previously broadcast on Viceland in the Netherlands, while viewers elsewhere coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rico Verhoeven
Rico Verhoeven (born 10 April 1989) is a Dutch professional kickboxer, former professional boxer and mixed martial artist who currently competes in the heavyweight division of GLORY, where he is the reigning Glory Heavyweight Champion. A professional since 2004, he also competed in the K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions. He is currently ranked the number one heavyweight in the world by Combat Press. Verhoeven has been continually ranked as the number one heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press since September 2014, when the rankings were first established. Early life Rico Verhoeven was born in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. He began learning martial arts at age five, starting with Kyokushin. He was trained by his father, a karate black belt. After transitioning into kickboxing, Verhoeven began training at the age of seven and started competing against adults when he was 16 years old, due to his large size. He has trained mainly in Zevenbergen under Dennis K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's Showtime (kickboxing)
It's Showtime was a kickboxing and mixed martial arts promotion based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It was founded by Simon Rutz in 1998 and held its first show in 1999 and its last near the end of 2012. History It's Showtime events were cross-promoted with K-1 and other European promotions from Italy, Belgium and England. In December 2007, the first season of ''It’s Showtime Reality Show'' was broadcast on Eurosport, featuring 19 fighters from all over the world. K-1 partnership continued until K-1's deepening financial problems and Simon Rutz claimed in January 2011 that some fighters from It's Showtime had not been paid for fights in K-1. In March 2012, It's Showtime announced that EMCOM Entertainment established the new company K-1 Global Holdings Ltd. in Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brice Guidon
Brice Guidon (born July 16, 1985), also known as ''"Nectar"'', is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the W.P.M.F. European Heavyweight and World Super Heavyweight Muaythai Champion, and the 2011 United Glory World Series runner-up. He has competed in the GLORY, K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions. Biography and career Brice Guidon was born on 16 July 1985. He started practicing boxing at the age of 9. He had his first professional fight at the age of 21. Guidon resides and trains at Nectar Boxing Camp in Tours, France and trains at Mejiro Gym, Amsterdam. He rematched Schilt at the opening stage of the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at '' Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam'' in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012. Schilt was much more dominant this time, flooring Guidon with a left jab in the opening seconds of round two before finishing him with the same technique soon after. Schilt would then go on to beat three more opponents that night ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
