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Mladen Brestovac
Mladen Brestovac (born October, 1983) is a Croatian heavyweight Muay Thai kickboxer, currently signed to Final Fight Championship, where he is the current FFC Heavyweight champion, and GLORY. He previously competed in K-1 and SUPERKOMBAT. He was named Croatian K-1 Fighter of the Year in 2013 by a jury of experts made of Fight Channel members, kickboxing coaches and sports journalists. Mirko Filipović, as one of the best Croatian kickboxers of all time, was out of competition. Combat Press has ranked him the #6 heavyweight in the world between December 2019 and January 2021. He's been continually ranked in the heavyweight top ten by Combat Press since December 2016. Career K-1 Brestovac participated in the 2008 K-1 Fighting Network Austria tournament. He achieved stoppage victories against Andreas Peters in the quarterfinal and Renato Sini in the semifinal, before winning the tournament through a unanimous decision against Roman Kleibl in the final. After winning the tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatia
Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro to the southeast, and shares a maritime border with Italy to the west. Its capital and largest city, Zagreb, forms one of the country's Administrative divisions of Croatia, primary subdivisions, with Counties of Croatia, twenty counties. Other major urban centers include Split, Croatia, Split, Rijeka and Osijek. The country spans , and has a population of nearly 3.9 million. The Croats arrived in modern-day Croatia, then part of Illyria, Roman Illyria, in the late 6th century. By the 7th century, they had organized the territory into Duchy of Croatia, two duchies. Croatia was first internationally recognized as independent on 7 June 879 during the reign of Duke Branimir of Croatia, Branimir. Tomislav of Croatia, Tomis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Soukup
Jan Soukup (born September 17, 1979) is a Czech karateka, the branch chief for International Karate Organization World Kyokushin Kaikan in Czech Republic, the president of the Czech Karate Kyokushinkai Association and the vice president of the Czech Fullcontact Karate Organization, and also a retired kickboxer who competed in the heavyweight division. Soukup's first noteworthy accomplishment was a third-place finish at the European Kyokushin Championships in 2003 and he followed this by winning the All-Japan Kyokushin Championships the next year. After finishing as runner-up in the European Championships and in third place in the European Open in 2005, Soukup had his most successful year in 2007 when he won the European Championships and lost to Ewerton Teixeira in the final of the 9th Kyokushin World Open. Beginning in 2008, he embarked on a career in kickboxing which included a stint in K-1. Career Karate career (2001–2007) Jan Soukup began his karate trainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Wamba
Nicolas Wamba-Barzic (born 12 February 1988), is a French people, French heavyweight Boxer (boxing), boxer and former kickboxer, former WKN World Super Heavyweight Kickboxing Champion. As of 2017, he was ranked the #17 heavyweight in the world by Glory (kickboxing), GLORY. He is the son of Anaclet Wamba Biography and career On November 4, 2011 Wamba won Bigger's Better 8 tournament in Lisbon, Portugal. On March 30, 2013 Wamba defeated Sergej Maslobojev by unanimous decision and won WKN European super heavyweight title. Wamba became the first La Nuit des Champions Heavyweight (+100 kg/220 lb) K-1 Rules Champion at ''La 20ème Nuit des Champions'' event in Marseille, France on 23 November 2013, defeating Daniel Sam. He took unanimous decision win, Sam was docked one point in first round for grabbing Wamba's leg, and Wamba scored a knockdown in third round when landed a high kick. He challenged Raoumaru for the vacant ''World Kickboxing Network'' Kickboxing Rules Super ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jahfarr Wilnis
Jahfarr Wilnis (born 26 February 1986) is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer, currently competing in the heavyweight division of Glory. He is the 2015 Kunlun Fight Super Heavyweight Tournament winner and the former Enfusion Heavyweight World Champion. Combat Press ranked him in the heavyweight top ten between July 2015 and December 2017. Professional kickboxing career Early career Winis faced Jairzinho Rozenstruik at K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament on 21 March 2010. The fight was ruled a decision draw. He split wins and losses over his next three appearances, as he suffered a stoppage loss to Mitchell de Ligny at Kickbox gala Amstelveen on 16 May 2010, rebounded with a decision victory over Rowan Tol at Slamm Fighting with the Stars on 29 August 2010, but failed to build on this success as he lost by decision to Brian Douwes at Top Team Gala on 16 October 2011. Wilnis faced Marco Vlieger at Battle Arena (K-1) on 4 February 2012. He won the fight by decision. Wilnis next f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital and largest city of Croatia. It is in the north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb stands near the international border between Croatia and Slovenia at an elevation of approximately above sea level. At the 2021 census, the city itself had a population of 767,131, while the population of Zagreb metropolitan area is 1,086,528. The oldest settlement in the vicinity of the city was the Roman Andautonia, in today's Šćitarjevo. The historical record of the name "Zagreb" dates from 1134, in reference to the foundation of the settlement at Kaptol in 1094. Zagreb became a free royal city in 1242. In 1851, Janko Kamauf became Zagreb's first mayor. Zagreb has special status as a Croatian administrative division—it comprises a consolidated city-county (but separate from Zagreb County), and is administratively subdivided into 17 city districts. Most of the city districts lie at a low elevation a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
