Tyrone Clinton Spong (born 3 September 1985) is a Surinamese-Dutch

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and mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. As a boxer, he held the WBC and

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Latino

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titles in 2018. In kickboxing, he is the former WFCA cruiserweight champion, Glory 95kg Slam Champion and It's Showtime 95MAX World champion.

Early life

Tyrone Spong was born in Suriname. In 1990 at the age of five, he moved to the Netherlands with his family. Growing up in the

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neighborhood of

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, he was often involved in

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and began training in kickboxing at the age of thirteen, under the guidance of Lucien Carbin. After getting his "ass whooped" in his first day of training, he was motivated to improve. He had his first match at fifteen and won by first-round knockout. Some of his early sparring partners included Alistair and

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, and

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Kickboxing career

In 2003, his first year as a professional, Spong won 12 fights. In 2004, he fought Rafi Zouheir at the Battle of Zaandam, winning his first European Muay Thai Title (World Kickboxing Network). In 2004, Spong visited Japan to compete in Shootboxing, losing to Ryuji Goto via unanimous decision. His next fight, in April 2005, was against Belgian Mohammed Ouali for another European Title (WPKL). Spong won the fight by unanimous decision. In December 2005, at the A-1 Combat Cup in

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, Spong won his first tournament Championship after winning three consecutive fights by knockout. In 2006, Spong had two significant victories, knockout wins over Muay Thai veteran Joerie Mes and, two weeks later,

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, from Thailand. In 2007, Spong won the SLAMM world title up to 79 kg by defeating the Thai Yodchai Wor Petchpun via first-round TKO. In the following match, he defeated the Belarusian Dmitry Shakuta. On 26 January 2008 Spong won the World Full Contact Association (WFCA) World Thaiboxing Cruiserweight Championship by defeating Aurelien Duarte. Following this, he won the ''KO World Series 2008'' by defeating Nikos Sokolis via knockout in the first round, and defended his WFCA Muay Thai title by finishing Ondrej Hutnik with a left liver punch in the second round. On 26 April 2008 Spong faced Azem Maksutaj at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam'', winning by knockout in the second round. He then defeated Gary Turner via TKO in the first round. On 29 November 2008 he became the inaugural It's Showtime 95MAX World champion after beating

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by unanimous decision. On 28 March 2009 Spong participated in the first K-1 Heavyweight (−100 kg) Title tournament, held in

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. He was beaten in the semifinals by Gokhan Saki, who won by KO in the extra round. Spong met

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at Champions of Champions II on 27 June 2009, in what was widely considered a battle between the two best Muay Thai fighters in the world at their weight class, for the W.M.C. world title −93 kg. The fight was close, with Spong knocking Corbett down in the second round, and ended with a controversial decision. In the third round, Corbett knocked Spong out with a right hook causing the referee to stop the fight. However, due to the referee's misleading hand signals, Corbett rushed back in and knock Spong down once more, not sure that the fight had been stopped. After considerable confusion, the fight was declared a no contest. After defeating the Worlds heavyweight champion, Kyotaro, on 5 December 2009, Spong fought Jerome Le Banner in April 2010. Similarly to the Corbett fight, Spong broke his right hand in the first round and was knocked down. Despite coming back strongly, he lost by decision. At the end of the year, he qualified for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final, defeating veteran Ray Sefo in an elimination match, only to lose to eventual winner

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at the quarter final stage in what was a more competitive fight than most had predicted, as Overeem was much the bigger fighter. At the start of 2011, Spong had to vacate the It's Showtime 95MAX world title due to a number of issues, such as not having had a title defense in the allocated two years and his management stating that he had moved up in weight to fight as a heavyweight. Spong knocked out Igor Mihaljevic with a left knee in the first round at ''It's Showtime 2011 Lyon'' on 14 May 2011. He defeated Loren Javier Jorge by unanimous decision at ''It's Showtime Madrid 2011'' on 18 June 2011. Spong faced

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at '' It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden'' on 28 January 2012 and won by unanimous decision. He faced the legendary Dutchman Peter Aerts at an It's Showtime event in Brussels, Belgium, on 30 June 2012 and won by knockout in the third round. Spong fought Remy Bonjasky at '' Glory 5: London'' in London, England, on 23 March 2013. Spong won via one-punch KO with a right hook in the second round. Spong returned to 95 kg to fight in the '' Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam'' in New York City, New York, United States on 22 June 2013. He had a scare in the quarter-finals when he was dropped by Michael Duut soon after the bout started, although it was not counted by the referee. Just moments after returning to his feet, Spong landed a crushing right hand on Duut, knocking Duut out and ensuring Spong's passage to the semifinals against Filip Verlinden. The Verlinden match was a technical battle, with Spong outpointing the Belgian and taking a unanimous decision. A match with Danyo Ilunga awaited him in the final but it ended in a controversial and anticlimactic fashion. As the fight began, both fighters met in the center of the ring and Spong unloaded a flurry of punches. As Ilunga covered up and prepared to counter, referee Mufadel Elghazaoui jumped in and stopped the fight, giving Spong the TKO win at just sixteen seconds of the first round. Although, it was later revealed that there was a "no standing eight count" rule in effect at the event as per the

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's regulations, the stoppage was still deemed premature by much of the kickboxing community. In a long-awaited rematch, Spong fought Corbett again at '' Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States on 12 October 2013. Spong dropped Corbett twice with left hooks and won by second-round TKO . Spong fought in the '' Glory 15: Istanbul - Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 April 2014, competing for the inaugural Glory Light Heavyweight Championship. After defeating Saulo Cavalari via unanimous decision in the semifinals, he then faced Gökhan Saki in a highly anticipated rematch in the final. Midway through the opening round, Spong threw a kick to Saki's left leg. Saki checked the kick, causing Spong's lower right leg to fracture immediately and end the fight via TKO. Spong underwent surgery to repair his broken leg and returned to training in October 2014. On 14 April 2016 he announced that he had retired from kickboxing and was looking forward to new challenges.

Mixed martial arts career

World Series of Fighting

Spong made his highly anticipated MMA debut against Travis Bartlett at World Series of Fighting 1 on 3 November 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada, in the light heavyweight (205 lb) division. For his MMA debut he trained with the Blackzilians for over a year with such fighters as K-1 World Grand Prix winner and former Strikeforce heavyweight champion

and former UFC light heavyweight champions

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and

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. Spong knocked out Bartlett at 3:15 of the first round with a straight right. Spong faced Angel DeAnda at World Series of Fighting 4 on 10 August 2013 in the main event. Spong won via unanimous decision.

Eagle Fighting Championship

Spong was scheduled to face Bigfoot Silva on 28 January 2022 at EFC 44. However, Silva pulled out of the bout and was replaced by Sergei Kharitonov. Spong lost the fight by technical knockout in the second round.

Karate Combat

Spong was seen and interviewed at Karate Combat 52 in Miami and expressed interest in fighting for the promotion, stating that he thinks Karate Combat 'is the future'. He told the interviewer the promotion is 'fan-friendly' and 'perfect for his style of fighting'. During the broadcast of Karate Combat 53, it was announced that Spong would fight for the Karate Combat Heavyweight Championship against the reigning champion Sam Alvey at Karate Combat 54 in Dubai on May 2, 2025. He lost the fight by knockout in the second round.

Boxing career

Spong decided to begin a career in professional boxing at age 29. His first boxing match was on 6 March 2015, beating Gabor Farkas by KO in the first round. Spong defeated Juan Carlos Salas by KO in Round 1 at Brave Warriors in Action PPV event on 27 May 2017 in Mexico. On 7 October 2017 Spong won the WBC Latino Heavyweight Championship.

Spong vs. Silgado

On 31 August 2018 Spong defeated Santander Silago via KO in the first round.

Spong vs. Perea

In his next fight, Spong defeated Ytalo Perea via split decision. The scorecards read 97–93, 96–94 and 94–96 in favor of Spong.

Spong vs. Minda

His following bout came against Jeyson Minda. Spong ended the bout early via a second-round KO. Spong was due to face

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on 12 October 2019 but the bout was called off after Spong tested positive for the banned substance

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. However, his third sample, which was tested by VADA, came back negative.

Titles

Kickboxing

* Glory **2014 Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament Runner-up ** 2013 Glory 95kg Slam Tournament Champion * It's Showtime **2008 1st It's Showtime World 95MAX champion (Defense: 0) *World Full Contact Association **2008 World Full Contact Association (W.F.C.A.) Thaiboxing World Cruiserweight champion (Defense: 1) *KO World Series **2008 KO World Series '08 Oceania winner * SLAMM!! Events **2007 1st SLAMM Events 79 kg class champion (Defense: 0) *A1 World League **2005 A1 World League winner *World Professional Kickboxing League **2005 W.P.K.L. European Middleweight champion (Defense: 0) *World Kickboxing Network **2004 World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) Thaiboxing European Middleweight champion (Defense: 0) *Muay Thai Bond Nederland ** M.T.B.N. Muay Thai Dutch Junior class −66 kg class champion (Defense: 0) Awards *2013 Kickboxingplanet.com Kickboxer of the year *2013 Liver Kick.com Fighter of the Year Boxing *2017 WBC Latino

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Champion *2018

Latino Heavyweight Champion

Personal life

Spong has four children. He is an avid animal enthusiast, as is evidenced by the majority of his tattoos. He is the owner of several pit bull terriers, which he bred himself. Spong has trained in the United States with Floyd Mayweather Sr. He has also been decorated with the

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the highest order of Suriname by President

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Professional boxing record

Kickboxing record

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, , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2004-02-22 , , Win , , align=left, William Diender , , 2H2H , ,

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, , Draw , , 5 , , 3:00 , - align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2003-11-02 , , Win , , align=left, Xavier Gatez , , Immortality , ,

, , KO (strikes) , , 2 , , N/A , - align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2003-10-13 , , Win , , align=left, Rocky Grandjean , , 2H2H in Ahoy , ,

, , TKO (doctor stoppage) , , 2 , , N/A , - align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2003-07-04 , , Win , , align=left, Gregory Costina , , Baas Sports , ,

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, , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - ! style="background:white" colspan=9 , , - , - align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2003-04-19 , , Win , , align=left, Henry Akdeniz , , Beast of The East , , Zutphen, Netherlands , , TKO (corner stoppage) , , 1 , , 3:00 , - align="center" bgcolor="#CCFFCC" , 2003-04-13 , , Win , , align=left, Jan van Denderen , , East Side III , ,

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