Michael Duut (born 22 January 1990) is a

light heavyweight Light heavyweight, also referred to as junior cruiserweight or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Professional In professional boxing, the division is above and up to , falling between super middleweight and cruis ...

kickboxer Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, gener ...

from the

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. He is known for his aggressive fighting style. He is the 2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Winner,fight of the year 2016 winner. He is ranked a top ten Light Heavyweight. He once again entered the rankings in April 2013, He made brief appearances in the top ten between 2013 until 2021 and November.

Early life

Duut started kickboxing when he was 10 years old after being bullied at school. After a fight at school with an older boy his father made him to go back and fight again. According to him and his father he knocked the guy unconscious. His father sent him to kickboxing classes after that. Duut is fighting out of

Mejiro Gym Mejiro Gym is a kickboxing gym headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The gym is considered the "birthplace" of Dutch kickboxing. History Mejiro Gym was founded in 1978 by Jan Plas, a Dutch kickboxer who learned kickboxing from Kenji Kurosak ...

since his early teens.

Kickboxing career

On 23 March 2013 Duut fought

Dustin Jacoby Dustin Jacoby (born April 4, 1988) is an American mixed martial artist and kickboxer who currently competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. In kickboxing, he has competed for GLORY, and in MMA, he has competed also for Bellator, World Se ...

at Glory 5: London, winning by TKO in the first round. On 20 April 2013 he defeated Australian

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 Mua ...

by unanimous decision at Glory 7: Milan. Duut was part of the Light Heavyweight Tournament Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam on 22 June 2013, losing in the first match to

Tyrone Spong Tyrone Clinton Spong (born 3 September 1985) is a Surinamese- Dutch professional boxer and mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. As a boxer, he held the WBC and WBO Latino heavyweight titles in 2018. In kickboxing, he is the former WFCA crui ...

. Duut created an upset by dropping tournament favourite Spong in the first found, but was KO'd seconds later. On 12 October 2013 he fought at Glory 11: Chicago where he lost in round 1 by TKO due to arm injury to Glory contender

Danyo Ilunga Danyo "Dibuba" Ilunga (born January 31, 1987) is a Congolese-German Muay Thai kickboxer currently competing in GLORY. Ilunga is a four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion - most notably being the former It's Showtime 95MAX World Champio ...

. Duut lost his third fight in a row on 8 March 2014 at Glory 14: Zagreb by KO in round 1 to

Igor Jurković Igor Jurković (born 15 July 1985) is a Croatian heavyweight kickboxer fighting out of Poreč, Croatia. He was 6 times Croatian national champion 2004, 2005, 2006 in Thai boxing, and kickboxing champion 2005 in full contact, 2005 and 2006 in low ...

. He broke the losing streak during the North vs. the Rest event, when he won a unanimous decision over Andre Schmeling. He won his next fight as well, as his opponent Nikolaj Falin suffered an injury in the first round. Duut's next fight was against

during Glory 36. The fight, hailed as the "Fight of the Year" by Croring.com, went into as extra round, where Duut won a decision. Combat Press voted the bout their "2016 Comeback of the Year". Riding a three fight winning streak, Duut fought

Fred Sikking Fred Sikking (born Hilversum, 20 February 1980) is a Belgian or Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. He fights for GLORY and SUPERKOMBAT. As of 12 March 2018, he was ranked the #5 light-heav ...

at WFL - Champion vs Champion. Sikking won the fight by a first round KO. Despite losing his next fight to

Mourad Bouzidi Mourad "The Silent Power" Bouzidi ( ar, مراد بوزيدي) (born November 23, 1984) is Dutch– Tunisian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Dojo Kamakura/Team Aerts in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the current Dutch Heavyweight W.F.C ...

as well, he was granted a berth in the Glory Light Heavyweight Contender tournament. Duut scored KO wins over Dragoș Zubco in the semifinal and Manny Mancha in the final to win the tournament. He is scheduled to fight

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 Comba ...

during Glory 76: Antwerp.

Championships and accomplishments

* 2016 Combat Press "Comeback of the Year" * 2017 Glory Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament Winner

Kickboxing record

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