Ali Gunyar

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Ali Gunyar
Born (1979-09-22) 22 September 1979 (age 44)
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Other namesMafia
NationalityTurkey Turkish
Netherlands Dutch
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72.5 kg (160 lb; 11.42 st)
DivisionMiddleweight
StyleMuay Thai, Kickboxing
Fighting out ofEindhoven, Netherlands
TeamTeam Gunyar
TrainerSuleyman Gunyar
RankBlack belt in Kyokushin
Kickboxing record
Total122
Wins100
By knockout28
Losses20
Draws1
No contests1
Last updated on: 2 December 2013

Ali Gunyar (born 22 September 1979 in Eindhoven) is a Turkish-Dutch middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Eindhoven, Netherlands for Team Gunyar, where he is trained by his brother Suleyman Gunyar.[1] Ali is a four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion, who has made appearances for the K-1 MAX, SuperLeague and It's Showtime organizations. As of 2011 Ali is the current W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" super middleweight world champion in K-1 rules

Biography and career[edit]

Growing up in his home town of Eindhoven, Ali started training in Kyokushin karate at the age of five with his older brother (and now trainer) Suleyman, taking up also Thai-boxing at the age of eight. As well as studying martial arts, the young Ali played youth football for PSV Eindhoven but would be unable to gain a pro-contract so re-focused on kickboxing. At the age of thirteen he took the Dutch youth title in 1992, along with friend and fellow gym member Yücel Fidan and would accumulate an impressive record of 47 wins with just one defeat at B-Klass and C-Klass level.[2][3]

In 1996, aged seventeen, Ali made his A-Klass debut. He would go on to win his first major title the very year, defeating Oliver Winter to win the I.S.K.A. European title before winning the I.K.B.O. European title the following year. Between 1999 and 2002 Ali would win more honors, a Dutch national title (W.P.K.L) and two world titles; the I.M.T.F. against Mohamed Mustati[4] and World Full Contact Association (W.F.C.A.) against Baker Barakat. He also became a trainer in 2000 at the Al-Fid Gym along with his brother Suleyman and Yücel Fidan, helping to teach young fighters as well as fight himself.[5]

Ali made his K-1 MAX debut in 2006 when he was invited to take part in an elimination fight at the K-1 World MAX Open. He was denied his dream of a quarter final place at the final in Tokyo, losing by decision to first time K-1 MAX champion Albert Kraus.[6] The very same year he also made his debut with (the now defunct) SuperLeague organization at their eight man middleweight tournament, held in Ali's homeland of Turkey. Ali did well in his quarter final match beating the experienced Muay Thai specialist Ole Laursen in the quarter-finals before losing to the organization's top fighter, Alviar Lima, by technical knockout due to a hand injury that left Ali unable to continue.[7] Sandwiched between his appearances for two of kickboxing's top organizations, was a win against Jose Barradas to claim the Muay Thai version of the W.F.C.A. world title in his hometown of Eindhoven.[8][9][10]

Since the end of 2006, Ali has had a number of fights in the Netherlands and abroad, winning the relatively unheard of. O.P.B.U. Europe-African title against the tough Moroccan pitbull Chahid Oulad El Hadj[11] but losing title fights against Farid Villaume, Albert Kraus (rematch) and most recently against Mike Zambidis. He also made a brief return to K-1 MAX, losing to Leroy Kaestner in a failed bid at qualification for the final 16 stage of the 2009 K-1 World MAX final. In 2011 Ali won his fourth world title - winning the W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" super middleweight belt beating former SuperLeague fighter Fadi Merza at the A-1 Combat World Cup in Eindhoven.[12]

He defeated Grega Smole via unanimous decision at Enfusion Live 5 in Eindhoven, Netherlands on 11 May 2013 and became first Enfusion Live -75 kg World Champion.[13][14] He lost the title at Enfusion Live 11 in London on 1 December 2013 to Michael Wakeling. In the third round Wakeling threw a spinning back fist and caught Ali on the jaw with his forearm, which caused Ali to refuse to fight anymore. Judges scored the fight with unanimous decision for Wakeling.[15]

Titles[edit]

  • 2013 Enfusion Live -75 kg World Title
  • 2011 W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" K-1 Rules Super Middleweight world champion -75 kg
  • 2008 O.P.B.U. K-1 Rules Euro-African champion -72.5 kg
  • 2006 W.F.C.A. Muay Thai world champion -72.5 kg
  • 2002 W.F.C.A. Full-Contact world champion -76.2 kg
  • 2002 I.T.M.F. Muay Thai world champion -72.5 kg
  • 1999 W.P.K.L. Muay Thai Dutch champion -79 kg
  • 1998 I.K.B.O. Muay Thai European champion -76.2 kg
  • 1997 I.S.K.A. Full-Contact European champion -79 kg

Kickboxing record[edit]

Kickboxing Record
100 Wins (28 (T)KO's, 72 decisions), 20 Losses, 1 Draw, 1 No Contest[16]
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2013-12-01 Loss England Michael Wakeling Enfusion Live 11 London, England Decision (Unanimous) 3
Lost Enfusion Live -75 kg World Title.
2013-05-11 Win Slovenia Grega Smole Enfusion Live 5 Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
Wins vacant Enfusion Live -75 kg World Title.
2011-09-02 Loss Suriname Marco Piqué Muay Thai Premier League: Round 3 The Hague, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2011-04-09 Win Austria Fadi Merza A1 World Combat Cup, Indoor Sportcentrum Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" K-1 Rules Super Middleweight World title -75 kg.
2011-03-12 Loss Greece Mike Zambidis Iron Challenge Athens, Greece Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
Fight was for Zambidis's W.I.P.U. "King of the Ring" Oriental Rules Super Welterweight World title -70 kg.
2010-06-19 Win Belgium Jan van Denderen A-1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2010-05-02 Loss Morocco Khalid Bourdif Next Generation Warriors 4 Utrecht, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2010-02-27 Loss Morocco L'houcine Ouzgni Fight Club Amsterdam III Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right Cross) 2
2009-11-20 Win South Africa Virgil Kalakoda War of the Worlds Melbourne, Australia Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2009-10-17 Win Morocco Halim Issaoui Ultimate Glory 11 Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2009-06-13 Win Morocco Tarik Slimani Gentleman Fight Night Part 6 Tilburg, Netherlands KO 1
2009-05-16 Loss France Farid Villaume Légendes et Guerriers Toulouse, France Forfeit
Fight was for vacant W.F.K.B. Muay Thai world title -72 kg.
2009-03-01 Loss Netherlands Leroy Kaestner K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter-finals Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
2008-12-20 Win Thailand Lamsongkram Chuwattana Boxe-Thai Guinea tournament, Quarter-finals Malabo, Equatorial Guinea Disq. (Elbow)
Despite victory was cut from illegal elbow and was unable to continue in the tournament.
2008-10-31 Win Germany Mark Vogel Wuppertal Gentleman Fight Night Wuppertal, Germany Decision 3 3:00
2008-10-05 Win Morocco Chahid Oulad El Hadj Tough is not Enough Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Wins O.P.B.U. K-1 Rules Euro-African title -72.5 kg.
2008-05-24 Loss Netherlands Albert Kraus Gentleman Promotions Fightnight Tilburg, Netherlands KO (Knee Strike) 2
Fight was for vacant W.I.P.U. "King Of The Ring" Muay Thai Super Welterweight world title -70 kg.
2008-03-24 Win Netherlands William Diender Born2Fight Westervoort, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2008-03-02 Win France Farid Villaume SLAMM "Nederland vs Thailand IV" Almere, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2007-12-? Win France Rachid Kabbouri A1 Combat Cup Mersin, Turkey Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00
2007-11-24 NC Morocco Faldir Chahbari Shootboxing in the Autotron Rosmalen, Netherlands No Contest 3 3:00
2007-05-04 Loss Suriname Marco Piqué Steko's Fight Night 24, Final Pforzheim, Germany Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Fight was for Kings of Kickboxing 2007 Pforzheim preliminary tournament title -75 kg. Fails to qualify for Kings of Kickboxing 2007 Final.
2007-04-05 Win France Yohan Lidon Steko's Fight Night 24, Semi-finals Pforzheim, Germany Decision (Split) 3 3:00
2006-11-12 Loss Morocco Faldir Chahbari 2H2H: Pride & Honor Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00
2006-09-24 Loss Cape Verde Alviar Lima SuperLeague Turkey 2005, Semi-finals Istanbul, Turkey TKO (Corner Stop) 2
2006-09-24 Win Philippines Ole Laursen SuperLeague Turkey 2005, Quarter-finals Istanbul, Turkey Decision 3 3:00
2006-04-28 Win Japan Akeomi Nitta SNKA TITANS 3rd Tokyo, Japan Decision (Majority) 5 3:00
2006-04-15 Win Portugal Jose Barradas Pro Kickboxing Europe Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
Wins W.F.C.A. Muay Thai world title -72.5 kg.
2006-04-05 Loss Netherlands Albert Kraus K-1 World MAX 2006 Open Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00
Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2006 Final.
2005-06-12 Loss Turkey Şahin Yakut It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stop/Low Kicks) 4
2005-04-30 Win Germany Jamal Danache Queens Fight Night Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands TKO 2
2005-03-19 Loss Armenia Gago Drago Gentleman's Promotion Gala Tilburg, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop) 2
2004-10-17 Win Netherlands Benito Caupain Battle of Zaandam Zaandam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2004-01-25 Loss Armenia Gago Drago Thaiboxing & Freefight event in Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO 2
2004-04-18 Loss Morocco Youness El Mhassani BIG BANG Elst, Netherlands Ext.R Decision 4 3:00
2003-11-30 Win Suriname Marco Piqué Killerdome V Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2003-06-08 Draw Belarus Denis Sharoykin It's Showtime 2003 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision Draw 5 3:00
2003-04-12 Loss Netherlands Chris van Venrooij Magic Duo Part 3 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
2002-11-30 Loss Netherlands Vincent Vielvoye Gala in Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stop) 2
2002-06-? Win Syria Baker Barakat
Wins W.F.C.A. Full-Contact world title -76.2 kg.
2002-04-27 Win Morocco Mohamed Mustati Eindhoven Al-Fid Gym Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 5 3:00
Wins I.T.M.F. Muay Thai world title -72.5 kg.
2001-10-21 Loss Turkey Şahin Yakut It's Showtime - Original Haarlem, Netherlands TKO 3
1999-04-? Win Curaçao Silvio Zimmerman Netherlands
Wins W.P.K.L. Muay Thai Dutch title -79 kg.
1998-05-? Win Switzerland Thomas Hladky
Wins I.K.B.O. Muay Thai European title -76.2 kg.
1997-11-? Win Germany Oliver Winter
Wins I.S.K.A. Full-Contact European title -79 kg.
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ali Gunyar - Profiel (Dutch Language)". www.aligunyar.nl. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Ali Gunyar - Biografie (Dutch Language)". www.aligunyar.nl. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Ali Gunyar - Profiel (Fight Stats - Dutch Language)". www.aligunyar.nl. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  4. ^ "Verslag gala 27 April 2002 / Eindhoven - Al-Fid Gym" (in Dutch). www.kickbox.nl. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Ali Gunyar - Biografie (Dutch Language)". www.aligunyar.nl. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Champions Prevail at K-1 World Max '06 Final Elimination". www.k-1.co.jp. Archived from the original on 17 August 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  7. ^ "The Bosporus Fights (Fight Report)". www.superleague.tv. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  8. ^ "Ali Gunyar wint van Jose Barradas" (in Dutch). www.kickbox.nl. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  9. ^ "Pro-Kickboxing Europe 15 April 2006". www.mixfight.nl. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  10. ^ "interview ali gunyar - SIAM FIGHT MAG (WFCA world title fight against Barradas mentioned - French Language)". www.siamfightmag.com. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
  11. ^ "TOUGH IS NOT ENOUGH - WIPU Kings of the ring". www.wipu-kings.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  12. ^ "Ali Gunyar (Team Gunyar) NL vs Fadi Merza (Team Merza)" (in Dutch). www.kickbox.nl. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  13. ^ Pamela (5 February 2020). "GLORY 10 Los Angeles: Middleweight Tournament". Liverkick. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Report Enfusion Live Eindhoven The Netherlands". Enfusion Live. 16 May 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
  15. ^ Enfusion Live, Indigo O2, London, England 1 December 2013
  16. ^ "Ali Gunyar - Profiel (Fight Record Stats - Dutch Language)". www.aligunyar.nl. Archived from the original on 24 June 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

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