Remy Bonjasky

Remy Bonjasky
Remy Bonjasky
Born	Remy Kenneth Bonjasky
Nickname	The Flying Gentleman
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
Style	Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Mejiro Gym [1] ; Vos Gym
Trainer	Andre Manaart ; Ivan Hippolyte
Years active	13 (1995-present)
Kickboxing record
Total	79
Wins	65
By knockout	36
Losses	14
By knockout	3
Other information
Website	http://www.remybonjasky.com/

Remy "The Flying Gentleman" Bonjasky (born January 10,1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname) is a Muay Thai fighter from the Netherlands, and two-time K-1 World Grand Prix champion in Japan. He is famous for his excellent defense, powerful kicks, and knee attacks.

Biography

Bonjasky was born in Suriname, and moved to the Netherlands when he was 5 years old.

Bonjasky was involved in soccer during his teens, but when he broke his leg he chose to stop playing. At the age of 18, when a friend brought him to a Muay Thai gym (Mejiro Gym) to "see who is the best", Bonjasky decided to stay and train and eventually fell in love with Muay Thai.

Bonjasky had his first fight at the age of 19 against an established Dutch mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter named Valentijn Overeem. Bonjasky won by TKO. From this moment on he quit his job as a network operator and focused on training full time.

Remy Bonjasky made his K-1 debut against an established K-1 fighter, Ray Sefo. Despite the odds he won the fight by TKO.

Career

On December 6, 2003 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 quarter-finals in Tokyo, Japan, Bonjasky was matched up against Australian fighter Peter "The Chief" Graham. Remy won the fight by a TKO in the first round. In semi-finals Cyril Abidi fell victim of The Flying Gentleman's flying knee attacks, and after defeating Musashi in the tournament finals by unanimous decision Bonjasky was crowned the K-1 World champion.

In 2004 he accumulated wins over Tsuyoshi Nakasako, Francois Botha, Aziz Khattou and ex-sumo champion Chad "Akebono" Rowan.

On December 4, 2004 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, with three decision wins over Ernesto Hoost, Francois Botha and Musashi, Bonjasky successfully defended his K-1 WGP title.

He presented himself on November 19, 2005 for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 finals in Tokyo, to keep his title for a third consecutive year, but was stopped by Semmy Schilt's knee strikes in the tournament's semi-finals.

In 2006, after his divorce and change of trainers, he came back to the K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 finals. In his quarter-final match against German fighter Stefan Leko, Bonjasky got hit in the groin twice in the first round and the fight was postponed for 30 minutes. When the bout resumed, Bonjasky still managed to win the fight by a unanimous decision. However, because of a persisting injury to the groin, he was not able to continue the tournament and was replaced by Peter Aerts.

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Near the end of July 2007 Bonjasky helped Dutch police in the arrest of two British criminals. The two men had shot darts at passers-by with a rifle while they were on the move in a van. Bonjasky was their last victim, and after having been hit by the dart he pursued the van in a cab and proceeded to call the police who managed to arrest the criminals. Following the arrest, Bonjasky received a medal for this courageous and honorable act. In addition he could declare the costs of the cab.

On September 29, 2007 Bonjasky had a rematch with Stefan Leko at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 event. He won the fight in a controversial stoppage during the first round after landing his trademark flying knee strike. The win qualified him for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Finals which were held on December 8, 2007 at the Yokohama Arena in Japan.^[1]

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Finals, Remy Bonjasky faced fellow Dutch Muay Thai fighter Badr Hari. He won that fight by point decision. In the semi-finals he faced Dutch legend Peter Aerts, who he lost to, leaving him as eliminated.

On April 26th, 2008, He faced Melvin Manhoef in the K1 It's Showtime event in the Amsterdam ArenA. Remy being far superior to his smaller opponent, won by KO in the third round.

Titles

2004 K-1 World GP champion
2003 K-1 World GP champion
2003 K-1 World GP in Las Vegas champion
1999 WPKA World Super Heavyweight Muay Thai champion
1998 KO Power Tournament runner-up
1998 IPMTF European Super Heavyweight champion

Kickboxing record

65 Wins (36 (T)KO's, 29 decisions), 14 Losses
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Method	Round	Time
2008-12-06		Jerome Le Banner	K-1 World GP 2008 Final, Tokyo, Japan
2008-09-27	Win	Paul Slowinski	K-1 World GP 2008 Final 16, Seoul, Korea	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
2008-07-13	Win	Volk Atajev	K-1 World GP 2008 in Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan	KO (Flying Knee Strike)	3	2:17
2008-04-26	Win	Melvin Manhoef	K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (High kick)	3	1:55
2007-12-08	Loss	Peter Aerts	K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
12/08/2007	Win	Badr Hari	K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/29/2007	Win	Stefan Leko	K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16, Korea	KO (Flying knee)	1	2:50
04/28/2007	Win	Glaube Feitosa	K-1 World GP 2007 in Hawaii, Hawaii	Decision	3	3:00
12/02/2006	Win	Stefan Leko	K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/30/2006	Win	Gary Goodridge	K-1 World GP 2006 in Osaka, Japan	KO (Low Kicks)	3	0:52
07/30/2006	Win	Mighty Mo	K-1 World GP 2006 in Sapporo, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
05/13/2006	Loss	Jerome Le Banner	K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
12/31/2005	Win	Sylvester Terkay	K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!, Japan	Decision (Majority)	3	3:00
11/19/2005	Loss	Semmy Schilt	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005, Japan	KO (Knee Strike)	1	2:08
11/19/2005	Win	Hong Man Choi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
09/23/2005	Win	Alexey Ignashov	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka, Japan	Decision (Ext. R)	4	3:00
05/21/2005	Win	Rickard Nordstrand	K-1 Scandinavia GP 2005, Sweden	Decision	3	3:00
04/30/2005	Loss	Mighty Mo	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Las Vegas, USA	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
03/19/2005	Win	Ray Mercer	K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Seoul, Korea	KO (Right High Kick)	1	0:22
12/04/2004	Win	Musashi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	Decision (2 Ext. R)	5	3:00
12/04/2004	Win	Francois Botha	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
12/04/2004	Win	Ernesto Hoost	K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan	Decision (Ext. R)	4	3:00
09/25/2004	Win	Akebono	K-1 World GP 2004 in Tokyo, Japan	KO (Right High Kick)	3	0:33
07/17/2004	Win	Aziz Khattou	K-1 World GP 2004 in Seoul, Korea	TKO (Low Kicks)	2	1:59
06/06/2004	Win	Francois Botha	K-1 World GP 2004 in Nagoya, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
05/30/2004	Loss	Francisco Filho	Ichigeki Kyokushin vs K-1 All Out Battle, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
02/15/2004	Win	Tsuyoshi Nakasako	K-1 Burning 2004, Japan	KO	3	2:54
12/06/2003	Win	Musashi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	Decision	3	3:00
12/06/2003	Win	Cyril Abidi	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	KO (Flying Knee Strike)	1	1:46
12/06/2003	Win	Peter Graham	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003, Japan	KO (Right Knee Strike)	1	2:58
10/11/2003	Win	Bob Sapp	K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Osaka, Japan	DQ (Punch on the ground)	2
08/15/2003	Win	Michael McDonald	K-1 World GP 2003 in Las Vegas II, USA	Decision (Ext. R Split)	4	3:00
08/15/2003	Win	Jeff Ford	K-1 World GP 2003 in Las Vegas II, USA	KO (Low Kicks)	1	1:28
08/15/2003	Win	Vernon White	K-1 World GP 2003 in Las Vegas II, USA	KO (Flying Right Kick)	1	1:55
07/13/2003	Loss	Semmy Schilt	K-1 World GP 2003 in Fukuoka, Japan	Decision	5	3:00
03/30/2003	Win	Bjorn Bregy	K-1 World GP 2003 in Saitama, Japan	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	3	1:29
09/29/2002	Win	Antoni Hardonk	It's Showtime 6 - As Usual, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
08/17/2002	Loss	Stefan Leko	K-1 World GP 2002 in Las Vegas, USA	Decision	3	3:00
07/14/2002	Loss	Mirko Filipovic	K-1 World GP 2002 in Fukuoka, Japan	TKO (Referee Stoppage)	2	2:06
05/25/2002	Win	Petar Majstorovic	K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris, France	KO (Kick)	4	0:27
02/24/2002	Loss	Errol Parris	K-1 Holland GP 2002 in Arnhem, Netherlands	KO	1	1:20
02/24/2002	Win	Melvin Manhoef	K-1 Holland GP 2002 in Arnhem, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
01/25/2002	Win	Sergei Arkhipov	K-1 France GP 2002 in Marseilles, France	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	5	2:00
06/24/2001	Win	Ray Sefo	K-1 Survival 2001, Japan	TKO (Corner Stoppage)	4	2:00
02/04/2001	Loss	Jerrel Venetiaan	K-1 Holland GP 2001 in Arnhem, Netherlands	Decision (Split)	3	3:00
12/12/2000	Win	Peter Varga	It's Showtime 4, Haarlem, Netherlands	KO (Jumping knee strike)	1	2:57
10/22/2000	Loss	Jerrel Venetiaan	It's Showtime 3 - Exclusive, Haarlem, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00
09/03/2000	Win	Attila Karacs	Battle of Arnhem II, Netherlands	KO	1
05/20/2000	Win	Stanislaf Bahchevanov	Thaiboxing - Thrill of the Year!, Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	2
10/24/1999	Win	Ayhan Ozcelik	It's Showtime 1, Haarlem, Netherlands	TKO	2
09/05/1999	Win	Peter Verchuren	Battle of Arnhem I, Netherlands	KO	1
09/05/1999	Win	Frank Otto	Battle of Arnhem I, Netherlands	KO	1
06/06/1999	Win	Rani Berbachi	WPKA World Super Heavyweight title, Netherlands	KO	2
1998	Loss	Alexey Ignashov	WPKL Muay Thai Fight Night, Poland	Decision	5	3:00
04/14/1998	Loss	Lloyd van Dams	KO Power Tournament, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
04/14/1998	Win	Peter Verchuren	KO Power Tournament, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00