Chris Ngimbi

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Chris Ngimbi
Chris-Ngimbi.jpg
Born (1984-04-18) April 18, 1984 (age 40)
Kinshasa, Zaire
Other namesThe African Warrior
Nationality Dutch
Congolese
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Division Super Welterweight
Middleweight
Style Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Eindhoven, Netherlands
TeamTeam Ngimbi/ Fidan gym
Siam Gym
Black Label
Calmaro Gym
Duran Gym
Years active22 (2002 -present)
Kickboxing record
Total84
Wins61
By knockout19
Losses23
By knockout4
Draws0
Last updated on: December 15, 2012

Chris "The African Warrior" Ngimbi (born 18 April 1984 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Ngimbi Sports Academy in Pelt, Belgium. [1] He is the two times It's Showtime 70MAX world champion fighting primarily within the It's Showtime and the K-1 Global Holding organizations. He also held the SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship in 2016.

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Biography and career

Ngimbi was born in Kinshasa the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was born with a weak heart which doctors felt would make it hard for him to survive his first year. He spent his childhood in the African country but his family was forced to leave when he was 11 years old due to the civil war and the fact that his father had served in the political party of the recently ousted president Mobutu Sese Seko. Ngimbi relocated to the Netherlands and was a keen footballer in his teenage years and tipped to do well but decided to focus on kickboxing after making his amateur debut at 18 in Eindhoven representing the Duran Gym. He would later switch to the Calmaro gym in Helmond after his second B-Klass match with a fighting record of 12 wins and 1 loss. - [1] [2]

After fighting on the local scene for several years, Ngimbi was invited as a member of a Dutch team that would participate in a W.K.A. event in New York City. Due to an impressive knockout of his opponent he would be invited back to the states the following year to contest against Atlanta based Thai Khunpon Dechkampu for the W.K.A. intercontinental title, in what would be the first of a number of title fights on American soil. Ngimbi was successful on his return visit to the United States, winning the belt via KO and as winner of the intercontinental belt Ngimbi would get a shot at the W.K.A. world title in 2007, losing to Shane Campbell in their first match in Richmond, only to win the rematch six months later to claim his first world title. [3]

In between trips across the Atlantic Ngimbi would have a number of fights in the Netherlands, defeating useful fighters such as Ray Staring, Kit Sitpholek and William Diender – the latter in the K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 tournament in which he made the semi-finals only to lose to eventual winner Warren Stevelmans (who he had beaten back in 2006). [4] He also made his debut with the It's Showtime organization defeating English fighter Rick Barnhill in Alkmaar. [5] In February 2009 Ngimbi had another attempt to qualify for the K-1 MAX via a regional event in Utrecht but lost at the quarter-final stage to Marco Piqué. This decision was modified after protest from Ngimbi's corner. In May 2009 after the fight against Schneidmiller in the Amsterdam Arena he left the Calmaro gym to join Siam Gym in Valkenswaard. The switch had led to victories against fighters as Chahid Oulad el Hadj and Hafid el Boustati.

In 2010, Ngimbi's record with the It's Showtime organization (4 wins, 2 losses) led to the organization inviting him to challenge two time It's Showtime champion Murat Direkçi for his world title belt in Athens at the end of the year. As the underdog, few expected the African Warrior to triumph but he pulled off a fifth round upset decision win against Direkçi to become the new It's Showtime 70MAX world champion. [6] Ngimbi retained his It's Showtime 70MAX world title at the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon event, outclassing local fighter Willy Borrel on way to a trademark flying knee KO victory.

In December 2011, Ngimbi shocked the kickboxing world when he stated that he will make one more defence of his belt, against Andy Souwer in June 2012, and then retire. He lost the fight, but came back to his decision to retire so he can participate on the K-1 World Max. [7]

He was stopped by Artur Kyshenko in round two at the quarter-finals of the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012. [8] [9]

Ngimbi Took a break from kickboxing in 2013 and came back stronger in 2014 fighting for the biggest organisations in Asia like Kunlun Fight, W5 Professional Kickboxing and the current number 1 biggest media property in martial arts, ONE Championship. Besides he will go on to conquer one more belt in 2016 to become the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship World Champion.

As of 2017 Ngimbi moved to Belgium where he opened the gym Ngimbi Sports Academy in 2019 and is preparing the next generation kickboxers for the big stage.

Titles and accomplishments

Awards

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
61 Wins (19 (T)KO's, 31 decisions), 23 Losses
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTimeRecord
2018-07-27Win Flag of Italy.svg Armen Petrosyan ONE Championship: Reign of Kings Philippines Decision (Split)33:0032-21
2018-05-18Loss Flag of Thailand.svg Yodsanklai Fairtex ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams Singapore Decision (Unanimous)33:0031-21
2017-10-14Loss Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Petrosyan PetrosyanMania Monza, Italy Decision (unanimous)53:0031-20
For the vacant ISKA Super Welterweight (-70 kg/154 lb) K-1 Rules World Championship.
2016-11-12Loss Flag of Romania.svg Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Bucharest, Romania Decision (unanimous)33:0031-20
Lost SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-10-01Win Flag of Romania.svg Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Elimination Iași, Romania Decision (unanimous)33:0031-19
Wins SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-03-25Loss Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sung-hyun Kunlun Fight 40, Final Tongling, China Decision33:0030-19
2016-03-25Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergey Kulyaba Kunlun Fight 40, Semi-finals Tongling, China KO32:5930-18
2015-12-05Loss Flag of Russia.svg Artem Pashporin W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Final [12] Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous)33:0029-18
For the W5 XXXI Tournament Title -71 kg. [12]
2015-12-05Win Flag of Russia.svg Evgeniy KurovskyW5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Semi-finals Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous)33:0029-17
2015-08-30Win Flag of Russia.svg Ilya UsachevW5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia KO (Right knee)22:3128-17
Wins W5 XXX Tournament Title -71 kg. [13]
2015-08-30Win Flag of Ukraine.svg Valentin RibalkoW5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia TKO (Referee stoppage)13:0027-17
2015-04-24Loss Flag of Ukraine.svg Enriko Gogokhia W5 Grand Prix - Kitek Moscow, Russia Decision33:0026-17
2015-02-28Loss Flag of Turkey.svg Adem BozkurtAkın Dövüş Arenası [14] İstanbul, Turkey Decision33:0026-16
2014-10-04Win Flag of Morocco.svg Mourad OuchenMix Fight Gala XVI [15] Decision (Unanimous)33:0026-15
2014-07-27Loss Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiao Fukai Kunlun Fight 7 - World MAX 2014 Final 8 Zhoukou, China Decision33:0025-15
2013-11-15Loss Flag of Slovenia.svg Mirko Vorkapić FFC09: McSweeney vs. Traunmuller Ljubljana, Slovenia Decision (unanimous)33:0025-14
2012-12-15Loss Flag of Ukraine.svg Artur Kyshenko K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Quarter-finals Athens, Greece TKO (referee stoppage)21:4825-13
2012-06-30Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Andy Souwer Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58 Brussels, Belgium Decision53:0025-12
Lost It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (2nd title defence).
2012-05-27Win Flag of Thailand.svg Longern Superpro Samui K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous)33:0025-11
2012-03-24Loss Flag of France.svg Gregory Choplin Thaiboxing Showtime 3 Hazebrouck, France Decision (Unanimous)33:0024-11
2012-01-28Loss Flag of Armenia.svg Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, Netherlands TKO (Cut)21:2224-10
2011-09-24Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin van Roosmalen It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Semi-finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Split)33:0024-9
2011-09-24Win Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Direkçi It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Quarter-finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Unanimous)33:0024-8
2011-05-14Win Flag of France.svg Willy Borrel It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France KO (Left Flying Knee)22:5823-8
Retains It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (1st title defence).
2010-12-11Win Flag of Turkey.svg Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2010 Athens Athens, Greece Decision (5-0)53:0022-8
Wins Direkçi's It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg.
2010-05-29Win Flag of Suriname.svg Anthony Nekrui It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref stop/flying knee)31:3321-8
2010-02-27Win Flag of Morocco.svg Hafid el BoustatiAmsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)43:0020-8
2009-11-21Win Flag of Morocco.svg Chahid Oulad El Hadj It's Showtime 2009 Barneveld Barneveld, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:0019-8
2009-10-24Loss Flag of Armenia.svg Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium Ext.R Decision43:0018-8
2009-05-16Win Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Schneidmiller It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:0018-7
2009-03-01Win Flag of Suriname.svg Marco Piqué K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter-finals Utrecht, Netherlands Ext.R Decision43:0017-7
2008-11-29Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Joerie Mes It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands KO (Left Hook)22:0816-7
2008-10-05Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Chad BischopAhoy Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:0016-6
2008-09-06Win Flag of England.svg Rick Barnhill It's Showtime 2008 Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop)215-6
2008-04-26Loss Flag of Italy.svg Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Super Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:0014-6
2008-02-17Loss Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Stevelmans K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Semi-finals Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Low Kicks)21:4814-5
2008-02-17Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg William Diender K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Quarter-finals Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Split)33:0014-4
2007-11-24Win Flag of Morocco.svg Kamal ChabraniRings "Prepare for Glory" Hilversum, Netherlands KO (Left Knee)10:3613-4
2007-09-27Win Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 22 "The Reckoning" Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Unanimous)53:0012-4
Wins Campbell's W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2007-06-02Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ray StaringGentleman Fight Night 2007 Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)53:0011-4
2007-05-13Win Flag of Thailand.svg Kit SitpholekFight Night Veghel Veghel, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)53:0010-4
2007-03-24Loss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 19 Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Majority)53:009-4
Fight was for vacant W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2006-12-03Win Flag of Senegal.svg Otmar Diagne2H2H Maastricht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)53:009-3
2006-09-24Loss Flag of England.svg James FranceMaster Sken's Combat Super Fights Manchester, England, UK Decision (Unanimous)53:008-3
2006-06-04Loss Flag of Suriname.svg Winston MartensKickbox Gala Druten, Quarter-finals Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:008-2
2006-04-15Win Flag of South Africa.svg Warren Stevelmans Al-Fid Thaibox Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)33:008-1
2006-01-28Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jimmy EimersFace to Face III, Sporthal de Mheenpark Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)53:007-1
2005-12-03Win Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed RahhouiFriends Gym Promotion Brussels, Belgium Decision (Majority)53:006-1
2005-09-16Win Flag of Thailand.svg Khunpon DechkampuPride and Glory Duluth, GA, USA TKO35-1
Wins W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight intercontinental title -70 kg.
2005-05-15Win Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Khalid RaissWFCA Gala in Druten Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)52:004-1
2005-05-08Win Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Murat DelialiogluGala Helmond Calmaro Gym WFCA Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)52:003-1
2004-09-10Loss Flag of the United States.svg RaKarma YoungMayhem on Mulberry Street 3, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA Decision (Majority)53:002-1
2004-05-14Win Flag of the United States.svg Emyr DakinMayhem on Mulberry Street 2, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA KO (High Kick)10:582-0
2004-05-08Win Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Abdussamed DelialiogluGala Helmond Calmaro Gym Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)52:001-0
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References

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  7. ↑ Chris Ngimbi: "I Will Retire After My Title Defense Against Andy Souwer in June."
  8. ↑ K-1 World MAX Final 8: Tournament Line-up
  9. ↑ K-1 World MAX 2012 Final Live Results
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