Danyo Ilunga

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Danyo Ilunga
Danyo-Ilunga3.jpg
Born (1987-01-31) January 31, 1987 (age 37)
Kinshasa, Zaire
Other namesDibuba
Nationality Congolese
German
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
Weight94.9 kg (209 lb; 14.94 st)
Division Heavyweight
Reach79 in (200 cm)
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Waldbröl, Germany
TeamFighting Gym Waldbröl Team Ilunga
TrainerAsmir Burgic
Remy Bonjasky
Kickboxing record
Total74
Wins60
By knockout45
Losses14
Other information
SpouseFrançoise Ilunga
Children3
Last updated on: February 13, 2017

Danyo "Dibuba" Ilunga (born January 31, 1987) is a former Congolese-German Muay Thai kickboxer competing in GLORY. Ilunga is a four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion - most notably being the former It's Showtime 95MAX World Champion. As of November 2021, Combat Press ranks him as the #9 light heavyweight kickboxer in the world. [1]

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Background

Ilunga was born in Zaire as one of seven children. The son of a prominent politician and the grandson of a local chief, the family had to flee due to the recurring conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, resettling in Germany. A fan of martial arts films starring actors such as Jean-Claude Van Damme and Jackie Chan, Ilunga's main motivation to compete in kickboxing was watching the legendary Remy Bonjasky's fights. In 2007 at the age of 19, Ilunga took up kickboxing under the tutelage of K-1 Germany 2003 Champion and now trainer, Asmir Burgic. [2] Ilunga would go on to train with Bonjasky himself. Ilunga's father, who later became a pastor, did not initially approve of Ilunga's career path, but his viewpoint switched after seeing his son win multiple titles and have a wealth of success in the sport.[ citation needed ]

Kickboxing career

After winning several domestic titles Ilunga entered the four man "1-King" Muay Thai Tournament in Bamberg, defeating both of his opponents on the night by stoppage to claim the Super Heavyweight Championship. [3] He followed up this victory the next year by claiming the vacant W.K.A. European Championship by defeating Tomi Colic, a late replacement for original opponent Roland Dabinovci, in what was a competitive fight. [3]

By the end of 2009, Ilunga won his first world title beating Jochen Gieb by TKO in the third to claim the I.M.C. belt. [4] He then followed his trainer and mentor Asmir Burgic by winning the German King Cup later that year (Burgic had won the previous edition) [5] and retained his I.M.C. world title later that year by easily stopping his Turkish opponent in the first round. [6] After an extensive winning streak on the local scene, beating fighters such as Karl Glischynski, Danyo lost his first match in a while, dropping a decision to the Dutch based Angolan Henriques Zowa. Unused to defeat, Danyo had a chance to make up for this setback in Leverkusen facing previous foe Karl Glischynski for the I.K.B.O. world title recently vacated by Florian Ogunade. [7] Danyo won the rematch in spectacular fashion, stopping Glischynski in the second with a knee/punch combination to become the new world champion. [8]

In 2011 Danyo, who had recently been training with x3 time K-1 world champion Remy Bonjasky, was called up to make his It's Showtime debut against Wendell Roche for the vacant 95MAX world title recently held by Tyrone Spong. [9] Coming into the fight relatively unheard of outside of Germany, Danyo outworked It's Showtime regular Wendell Roche over five rounds, scoring well with counterattacks to frustrate Roche and gain the unanimous decision victory and the It's Showtime world title belt. [10]

He faced Ali Cenik at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012, in Brussels, Belgium and won via unanimous decision. [11] [12]

He beat Florian Ogunade bt TKO in round three at the Get in the Ring event in Hamburg, Germany on November 3, 2012. [13] [14]

He KO'd Stephane Susperregui with a second round flying knee at Glory 5: London on March 23, 2013, in London, England. [15] [16] [17]

He went into the Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam in New York City on June 22, 2013, as the #1 ranked 95 kg fighter in Glory's internal rankings. [18] [19] Ilunga took a wide unanimous decision over Mourad Bouzidi in the quarter-finals before going up against Dustin Jacoby in the semis. The American rookie put up a good fight in round one but Ilunga pulled away in the last two rounds with his low kicks. A highly anticipated match with Tyrone Spong 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. [20] [21] [22] Although, it was later revealed that there was a "no standing eight count" rule in effect at the event as per the New York State Athletic Commission's regulations, the stoppage was still deemed premature by much of the kickboxing community. [23] [24]

Ilunga defeated Michael Duut by first-round TKO at Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US on October 12, 2013. [25] [26] [27]

He knocked out Andrei Stoica in the first round of the tournament reserve bout at GLORY 15 - Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12, 2014. The two had spirited exchanges in the first round. Ilunga was consistent with his piercing knees to Stoica, who countered them well with his right hand. Both men were successful and landed hard shots. Stoica thought that he had an advantage on a particular combination but just grazed Ilunga with a hook instead of landing clean. This allowed Ilunga to get underneath it and come back with a huge counter right hand that floored and took Stoica out, who didn't have his feet beneath him to answer the ten count. [28] [29] [30]

In February 2015 Ilunga signed for Croatia's Final Fight Championship promotion. [31]

On the 2nd of October, 2021, Ilunga defeated Piotr Ramankevich [32] at Stekos Fight Night at the Circus Krone in Munich. Shortly after, he announced his retirement from the sport on Instagram. [33]

Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
61 Wins (46 (T)KO's), 14 Losses
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2021-10-02Win Flag of Belarus.svg Petr RomankevichSteko's Fight Club Germany Decision5
2019-10-03Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Brian Douwes Steko's Fight Club Germany Decision5
2019-06-19Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Fred Sikking Steko's Fight Club Germany KO (Right Hook)21:24
2018-12-01Loss Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James McSweeney Mix Fight Gala 25 Germany KO (Spinning Backfist)3
2018-08-10Loss Flag of Russia.svg Artem Vakhitov Glory 56: Denver Broomfield, Colorado, USA Decision (unanimous)53:00
For Glory Light Heavyweight Championship.
2018-06-02Win Flag of England.svg Fraser Weightman Glory 54: Birmingham Birmingham, England Decision (Unanimous)33:00
2017-12-09Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Duut Glory 49: Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands KO (Punch)32:26
2017-08-04Loss Flag of France.svg Stéphane Susperregui Fight Night Saint-Tropez France Decision (Unanimous)33:00
2017-02-24Loss Flag of Brazil.svg Ariel Machado Glory 38: Chicago, Semi Finals Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USA Decision (unanimous)33:00
2016-12-10Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Duut Glory 36: Oberhausen Oberhausen, Germany Ext. R. Decision (unanimous)43:00


2015-12-04Loss Flag of Tunisia.svg Mourad Bouzidi Glory 26: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (split)33:00
2015-11-06Loss Flag of Russia.svg Artem Vakhitov Glory 25: Milan Monza, Italy Decision (unanimous)33:00
2015-08-04Loss Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Papin Fight Night Saint-Tropez [35] Saint Tropez, France Decision (unanimous)42:00
2015-04-17Loss Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Zabit Samedov GFC Fight Series 3 - Heavyweight Tournament, Final Dubai, UAE Ext.R Decision (Unanimous)43:00
For the GFC Fight Series 3 Heavyweight Tournament.
2015-04-17Win Flag of Iran.svg Jafar Ahmadi GFC Fight Series 3 - Heavyweight Tournament, Semi Finals Dubai, UAE TKO (referee stoppage)2
2014-11-07Loss Flag of Brazil.svg Saulo Cavalari Glory 18: Oklahoma - Light Heavyweight Contender Tournament, Semi Finals Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Decision (unanimous)33:00
2014-06-12Win Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Ondřej Hutník Gibu Fight Night [36] Prague, Czech Republic TKO3
2014-04-12Win Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Stoica Glory 15: Istanbul - Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament, Reserve Match Istanbul, Turkey KO (right overhand)12:33
2013-10-12Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michael Duut Glory 11: Chicago Hoffman Estates, Illinois, USATKO (left hook)12:23
2013-06-22Loss Flag of Suriname.svg Tyrone Spong Glory 9: New York - 95 kg Slam Tournament, Final New York City, New York, USATKO (punches)10:16
For the Glory 95kg Slam Tournament.
2013-06-22Win Flag of the United States.svg Dustin Jacoby Glory 9: New York - 95 kg Slam Tournament, Semi Finals New York City, New York, USADecision (unanimous)33:00
2013-06-22Win Flag of Tunisia.svg Mourad Bouzidi Glory 9: New York - 95 kg Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals New York City, New York, USADecision (unanimous)33:00
2013-03-23Win Flag of France.svg Stephane Susperregui Glory 5: London London, England KO (knee)20:21
2012-11-03Win Flag of Germany.svg Florian OgunadeGet in the Ring Hamburg, Germany TKO (punches)3
2012-10-06Win Flag of Turkey.svg Ali Cenik Glory 2: Brussels Brussels, Belgium Decision (unanimous)33:00
2012-09-08win Flag of Suriname.svg Sergio PiquéMerseburger Fight Night, Final Merseburg, Germany KO (left hook)
Wins K-1 Heavyweight Tournament title
2012-09-08win Flag of Curacao.svg Wendell RocheMerseburger Fight Night, Quarter Finals Merseburg, Germany Decision33:00
2012-06-30win Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Filip Verlinden Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58 Brussels, Belgium Decision (split)53:00
Retains It's Showtime 95MAX world title (3rd title defence).
2011-11-12Win Flag of Spain.svg Loren Javier Jorge Street Culture, Fight Club Group & Canary Kickboxing Federation presents: It's Showtime 53 Tenerife, Spain Decision (Unanimous)53:00
Retains It's Showtime 95MAX world title (2nd title defence).
2011-09-17Win Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed BoubkariThailand vs Europe Stuttgart, Germany 2 Ext. R. Decision (Unanimous)53:00
2011-06-11Win Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Pagonis BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Warsaw Warsaw, Poland TKO (Referee Stoppage)41:13
Retains It's Showtime 95MAX world title -95 kg (1st title defence).
2011-03-06Win Flag of Curacao.svg Wendell Roche It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous)53:00
Wins vacant It's Showtime 95MAX world title -95 kg.
2010-12-11Win Flag of Germany.svg Karl GlischynskiMasters Fight Night Leverkusen, Germany KO (Knee & Punches)2
Wins vacant I.K.B.O. Thai-boxing heavyweight world title -95 kg.
2010-11-14Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bob van BoxmeerThailand vs. Challenger Series: Thailand vs. Germany Ulm, Germany Decision (Unanimous)33:00
2010-10-09Loss Flag of Angola.svg Henriques Zowa Mix Fight Gala 10 Darmstadt, Germany TKO (Referee Stoppage)3
2010-07-04Win Flag of Turkey.svg Serkan ÖztürkBackstreet Fights IV Cologne, Germany KO1
2010-05-08Win Flag of Germany.svg Karl GlischynskiRostock Fight Night Rostock, Germany TKO (Cut)3
2010-04-17Win Flag of Turkey.svg Ayhan KazankayaNight Fighting Waldbröl, Germany KO (Punches)1
Retains I.M.C. Muaythai world title -95 kg.
2010-04-04Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Revanho BloklandS-8 Thaiboxing Wuppertal, Germany KO1
2009-11-14Win Flag of Germany.svg Dennis SebastianGermany Kings Cup Round III, Final Rostock, Germany KO3
Wins German King Cup (K-1 rules) heavyweight tournament title +95 kg.
2009-11-14Win Flag of Germany.svg Moritz SchachtGermany Kings Cup Round III, Semi Final Rostock, Germany TKO2
2009-10-10Win Flag of Germany.svg Jochen GiebFight Night Freiburg Freiburg, Germany TKO (Ref Stop/3 Knockdowns)3
Wins vacant I.M.C. Muaythai world title -95 kg.
2009-06-13Win Flag of Croatia.svg Tomi ColicWeidener Fight Night Weiden, Germany TKO (Retirement)43:00
Wins vacant W.K.A. (K-1 rules) heavyweight European title -95 kg.
2009-03-21Loss Flag of Brazil.svg Anderson "Braddock" Silva VIP Fight Night 2009, Quarter Final Neuss, Germany KO (Punches)22:07
2008-12-13Win Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan MüllerThe Champions Club Germany '08, Final Bamberg, Germany KO (Right Punch)2
Wins "1-King" International (K-1 rules) tournament title +100 kg.
2008-12-13Win Flag of Turkey.svg Mutlu KarabulutThe Champions Club Germany '08, Semi Final Bamberg, Germany TKO (Ref Stoppage)2
2008-?-?Win Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Kolbe Germany TKO (Ref Stop/Punch)2
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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