Melvin Manhoef

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Melvin Manhoef

Nickname	No Mercy, Marvelous
Nationality	Dutch
Date of birth	May 11, 1976 (1976-05-11) (age 32)
Place of birth	Paramaribo, Suriname
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	90 kg (198.4 lb/14.2 st)
Style	Muay Thai
Team	Mike's Gym
Trainer	Mike Passenier
Years active	14 (1994-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	38
Wins	34
By knockout	25
Losses	4
MMA record
Total	27
Wins	22
By knockout	21
Losses	4
Draws	1
Other information
Official site
Career mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Melvin "No Mercy" Manhoef (born May 11, 1976) is a professional Muay Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist, trained by Mike Passenier and fighting out of Mike's Gym from Amsterdam, Netherlands. He's a Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion and is famous for his aggressive fighting style.

1 Biography & career
2 Titles
3 See also
- 3.1 Kickboxing record
- 3.2 MMA Record
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Biography & career

Manhoef was born in Paramaribo, Suriname. When he was three years old his family moved to Rotterdam. Manhoef was involved in soccer during his youth, and was introduced to Muay Thai by his younger brother, Moreno. He soon joined Choku Gym in Zaandam and started training.^{[citation needed]} At 18, he had his first fight, which he won by decision. After a few injuries and a rocky start as an A-class fighter, he took a few years off from fighting to do time in prison.^{[citation needed]} He made his comeback in September 2001, as part of Chakuriki Gym, in Amsterdam. He made his K-1 debut against Remy Bonjasky in K-1 Holland GP 2002 in Arnhem, Netherlands. Melvin lost the fight by unanimous decision.

In 2004, Manhoef entered the Cage Rage promotion in London. After beating Fabio Piamonte he became the World champion. He successfully defended his title for almost two years, until re-entering the K-1 fighting circuit's, MMA affiliate HERO'S in 2006. He won his first fight at Hero's 4 against Shungo Oyama by technical knockout in first round.

His last kickboxing bout was in K-1 against Ruslan Karaev. Manhoef won via knockout. In 2007, Melvin has already participated in a bunch of MMA matches. Although he lost to Dong-sik Yoon by submission armbar in K-1 Dynamite!! USA, he defeated Bernard Ackah at K-1 HERO'S 9, and also recently got a TKO win against Fabio Silva, a Chute Boxe fighter, by ruthless punch flurries in K-1 Hero's Middleweight GP Final.

In his latest fight, Melvin Manhoef fought Japanese legend, Kazushi Sakuraba, on DREAM.4 and won that fight by TKO in the first round.

[edit] Titles

2006 Hero's Light Heavyweight finalist.
2004 Cage Rage Light Heavyweight World champion.

[edit] See also

[edit] Kickboxing record

34 Wins (25 (T)KO's, 10 decisions), 4 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
04/26/2008	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (Flying right high kick)	3	2:32
06/23/2007	Win	Ruslan Karaev	K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1	0:23
12/02/2006	Loss	Ray Sefo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Japan	KO (Right Punch)	1	0:40
05/13/2006	Win	Tatsufumi Tomihira	K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1	2:10
04/09/2005	Win	Sakuragi	Muay Thai Gala in Amsterdam, Netherlands	TKO	2
02/13/2005	Loss	Dzevad Poturak	Gala Gym Alkmaar, Netherlands	KO (Punches)	3	2:55
06/02/2002	Win	Paul Cahoon	Rings Gala, Amsterdam, Netherlands	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	1
04/21/2002	Win	Anastacio Steferos	in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (Knee)	1
02/24/2002	Loss	Remy Bonjasky	K-1 Holland GP 2002 in Arnhem, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00

[edit] MMA Record

22 Wins (21 (T)KO's, 1 decisions), 4 Losses, 1 Draw
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
05/11/2008	Win	Kazushi Sakuraba	DREAM.4	TKO (Strikes)	1	1:30
05/11/2008	Win	Dae Won Kim	DREAM.3	TKO (Knees and Punches)	1	4:08
12/31/2007	Win	Yosuke Nishijima	K-1 PREMIUM 2007 Dynamite!!	TKO (Punches)	1	1:49
09/17/2007	Win	Fabio Silva	K-1 Hero's Middleweight GP Final	TKO (Strikes)	1
07/16/2007	Win	Bernard Ackah	K-1 Hero's 9	KO (Strikes)	1	2:13
06/02/2007	Loss	Dong Sik Yoon	K-1 Dynamite!! USA	Submission (Armbar)	2	1:17
03/12/2007	Win	Yoshiki Takahashi	K-1 Heros 8, Japan	TKO (Punches)	1	2:36
10/09/2006	Loss	Yoshihiro Akiyama	K-1 Heros 7, Japan	Submission (Armbar)	1	1:58
10/09/2006	Win	Shungo Oyama	K-1 Heros 7, Japan	TKO (Strikes)	1	1:04
08/05/2006	Win	Crosley Gracie	K-1 Heros 6, Japan	TKO (Strikes)	1	9:12
07/01/2006	Win	Ian Freeman	CR 17 - Ultimate Challenge, England	KO (Punches)	1	0:17
03/15/2006	Win	Shungo Oyama	K-1 Heros 4, Japan	TKO (Cut)	1	2:51
02/04/2006	Win	Evangelista Santos	CR 15 - Adrenalin Rush, England	KO (Punches)	2	3:51
09/10/2005	Win	Fabio Piamonte	CR 13 - No Fear	KO	1	0:51
07/03/2005	Win	Paul Cahoon	CFC 4 - Cage Carnage	TKO	1
06/12/2005	Win	Bob Schreiber	It's Showtime - Amsterdam Arena	Decision
04/30/2005	Win	Ladislav Zak	Queens Fight Night, Eindhoven, Netherlands	KO
02/26/2005	Win	Matthias Riccio	CR 10 - Deliverance	KO	1	3:01
05/20/2004	Loss	Rodney Faverus	It's Showtime - Amsterdam Arena	KO
04/08/2004	Win	Slavomir Molnar	HOH - Heaven or Hell	KO	1
04/06/2003	Win	Alexandr Garkushenko	M-1 MFC - Russia vs the World 5	KO	1	6:57
03/16/2003	Loss	Bob Schreiber	2H2H 6 - Simply the Best 6	KO (Punches)	1	4:04
09/29/2002	Win	Mika Ilmen	It's Showtime - As Usual	KO (Left hook)	1	0:35
12/15/2001	Win	Husein Cift	Hoogwoud Fight Gala - Free Fight	KO	1
06/20/1999	Draw	Rodney Faverus	Rings Holland - The Kings of the Magic Ring	Draw	2	5:00
12/02/1995	Win	Jordy Jonkers	BOA - Battle of Amstelveen	TKO