Gilbert Ballantine

Gilbert Ballantine
Gilbert Ballantine
Born	March 14, 1961 (age 63); Paramaribo, Suriname
Other names	The Bull Terrier
Nationality	Dutch
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10.9 st)
Division	Featherweight ; Lightweight ; Welterweight ; Super Welterweight
Style	Wado Ryu ; Pencak Silat ; Savate ; Judo
Fighting out of	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Team	Chakuriki Gym ; Dolman Gym
Trainer	Thom Harinck ; Chris Dolman
Years active	1981–2003
Kickboxing record
Total	70
Wins	52
By knockout	17
Losses	17
By knockout	2
Draws	1
Mixed martial arts record
Total	6
Wins	3
By knockout	2
By submission	1
Losses	1
By knockout	1
Draws	2
Other information
Website	www.gilbertballantine.nl
	Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
	Last updated on: December 8, 2012

Last updated February 25, 2025

Gilbert Ballantine (born 14 March 1961) is a Surinamese-Dutch retired professional kickboxer and a nine-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion.^[1] He also took part in mixed martial arts competition, winning three Rings Dutch championships.

Biography

Ballantine started training in Judo at a young age, in which he received a blue belt. Then he began practicing Karate. He became a Dutch and European full contact karate champion. He also practised pencak silat. He then looked for bigger challenges, eventually discovering kickboxing and Muay Thai. Ballantine became a student of Thom Harinck, a pioneer of kickboxing in the west, and was one of the first top fighters who fought out of Chakuriki Gym.^[2]

Ballantine became a three-time European and a nine-time World kickboxing and Muay Thai champion.^[3] During his career he has faced many highly ranked Asian and European opponents. He holds notable victories over fighters such as Ramon Dekkers (twice), Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj and Michael Kuhr. He also faced Muay Thai legend Samart Payakaroon in Bangkok, Thailand.

After his kickboxing career, Ballantine also competed in mixed martial arts competition and won three Rings Dutch championships.

Ballantine retired from fighting in 2003. After his career, he taught Kickboxing and Muay Thai at Mandingo Gym, Purmerend.

Titles

2002 Rings Dutch -80 kg Champion
2001 Rings Dutch -70 kg Champion (1 title defense)
1994 IPTA Muaythai World Super Lightweight Champion
1992 IMTA Muaythai World Champion (1 title defense)
1991 IKBF Kickboxing World Lightweight Champion
1991 IKBF Full Contact World Lightweight Champion
1990 WMTA Muaythai World Champion (2 title defenses)
1989 FFKA Kickboxing World Champion
1988 WMTA Muaythai World Champion
1987 EMTA Muaythai European Champion
1987 KICK Kickboxing World Champion
1986 WKA Full Contact European Champion
1986 MTBN Muaythai Dutch Champion
1985 NBFBS Savate Dutch Champion
1984 MTBN Muaythai Dutch Champion
1982 Kyokushin Dutch Open Lightweight runner-up (lost to Lucien Carbin)

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
52 Wins, 17 Losses, 1 Draws
2001-03-18	Win	Ridouan El Assrouti		Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO			52-17-1
1999-10-30	Loss	Coscun Dag		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	51-17-1
1998-11-14	Win	Farid Elmoussaui		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	51-16-1
1998-04-26	Loss	Kenichi Ogata	WSBA "RKS Presents Shoot the Shooto XX"	Yokohama, Japan	Decision	5	3:00	50-16-1
1997-11-29	Loss	Takehiro Murahama	Shootboxing	Tokyo, Japan	Decision	5	3:00	50-15-1
1997-06-01	Win	Achmed Gounane		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	50-14-1
1997	Loss	Fikri Tijarti		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	49-14-1
1996-10-19	Win	Sato		Tokyo, Japan	Decision	5	3:00	49-13-1
1996-09-21	Loss	Hector Pena	^[4]	United States	TKO			48-13-1
1995-12-09	Win	Asuka Nobuya		Tokyo, Japan	KO			48-12-1
1995-11-25	Win	Bruno Fuzo		Wiesbaden, Germany	Decision	5	3:00	47-12-1
1995-11-17	Loss	Raweenoi Petchudon	Lumpinee Stadium	Bangkok, Thailand	Decision	5	3:00	46-12-1
Fight was for WMTC (currently WMC) World Junior Welterweight championship.
1995-10-28	Win	Bruno Fuzo	Shock Of Europe	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	46-11-1
1995-06-10	Win	Osman Yagin	^[5]	Zurich, Switzerland	KO	4	2:24	45-11-1
1995-03-25	Win	Satoshi Niizuma		Tokyo, Japan	Decision	5	3:00	44-11-1
1994-11-12	Win	Noel van de Heuvel		Amsterdam, Netherlands	TKO	2		43-11-1
1994-10-02	Win	Chanoy Pon Tawee		Hamburg, Germany	Decision	5	3:00	42-11-1
Wins IPTA World Super Lightweight championship.
1994-09-12	Win	Abdullah Quay		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	41-11-1
1994-02-20	Loss	Ramon Dekkers	The Night of the Thriller	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	40-11-1
1993-12-05	Loss	Samart Payakaroon	King's Birthday ^[6]	Bangkok, Thailand	Decision	5	3:00	40-10-1
1993-09-19	Win	Lom-Isan Sor.Thanikul		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	40-9-1
Retains IMTA World championship.
1993-08-08	Loss	Robert Kaennorasing		Shang Zen, China	Decision	5	3:00	39-9-1
1993-03-07	Win	Iwan Meenis		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	39-8-1
1993-01-23	Win	Sajchit		Berlin, Germany	Decision	5	3:00	38-8-1
1992-09-20	Win	Ramon Dekkers	The Night of Truth	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	37-8-1
1992-06-27	Win	Wittaya Soudareth	^[7]	Oranjestad, Aruba	KO	4		36-8-2
Retains WMTA World championship.
1992-03-22	Win	Chanoy Pon Tawee		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	35-8-1
Wins IMTA World championship.
1991-10-19	Win	Michael Kuhr		Berlin, Germany	Decision	11	2:00	34-8-1
Wins IKBF Fullcontact World Lightweight championship.
1991-02-02	Win	Murat Comert		Karlsruhe, Germany	KO	6		33-8-1
Wins IKBF Kickboxing World Lightweight championship.
1990-10-14	Win	Sangtiennoi Sor.Rungroj	^[8]	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	32-8-2
Retains WMTA World championship.
1990-05-27	Loss	Kongtoranee Payakaroon		Paris, France	Decision	5	3:00	31-8-1
1990-04-24	Win	Thomas Seiler		Düsseldorf, Germany	TKO	6		31-7-1
1990-03-31	Win	Sangyout Narasvath		Brest, France	Decision	5	3:00	30-7-1
1990-01-28	Win	Fannoy Wittay Kunsong		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	29-7-1
Wins WMTA World championship.
1989-11-26	Win	Jorge Angat	^[9]	Groningen, Netherlands	Decision	12	2:00	28-7-1
Wins FFKA World championship.
1989-10-08	Win	Ramon Dekkers		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	27-7-1
1989-04-21	Loss	Steve Demenuck		Portland, United States	Decision	10	2:00	26-7-1
1989-04-21	Loss	Chanchai Sor Tamarangsri	Championnat du Monde Boxe Thai	France	Decision	5	3:00	26-6-1
1989-02-19	Win	Deme Pomphet		Amsterdam, Netherlands	TKO	4		26-5-1
1988-11-13	Win	Gerold Mamadeus		Enschede, Netherlands	Decision	7	2:00	25-5-1
Wins PKA Dutch championship.
1988-06-19	Win	Anakhoun		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	4		24-5-1
1988-02-27	Win	Milo El Geubli		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	3		23-5-1
Wins WMTA World championship.
1987-11-22	Win	Iwan Meenis		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	22-5-1
1987-11-08	Win	Norris Williams		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	3		21-5-1
Wins KICK World championship.
1987-09-27	Win	Joao Vieira		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	20-5-1
1987-04-26	Win	Jun Samon		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	3		19-5-1
Wins EMTA European championship.
1986-11-03	Win	Romeo Charry		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	18-5-1
Wins MTBN Dutch championship.
1986-05-03	Win	Theo Hauser		Hanau, Germany	KO	7		17-5-1
Wins WKA Full Contact European championship.
1986-03-09	Loss	Espano		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision			16-5-1
1985-12-07	Win	Richard Nam		Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe	Decision	5	3:00	16-4-1
1985-11-30	Win	Rene Desjardins		Fort-de-France, Martinique	KO	1		15-4-1
1985-09-08	Win	Lempoer		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			14-4-1
Wins NBFBS Savate Dutch championship.
1985-04-13	Win	Lav		Stockholm, Sweden	Decision	5	3:00	13-4-1
1985-01-27	Loss	Mousid Akhamrane		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			12-4-1
1984-08-16	Win	Joao Vieira		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	12-3-1
Wins MTBN Dutch championship.
1984-02-17	Loss	Jerome Canabate		Geneve, Switzerland	Decision			11-3-1
1984-04-01	Win	Ratske		Germany	KO	2		11-2-1
1984-02-17	Loss	Sodaret Ratchy		Paris, France	KO	3		10-2-1
1983-12-19	Win	Philippe Cantamesi		Paris, France	Decision	5	3:00	10-1-1
1983-11-27	Win	Jacky Vonk		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		9-1-1
1983-06-08	Win	Joao Vieira		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			8-1-1
1983-05-23	Win	Romeo Charry		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			7-1-1
1982-04-04	Loss	Ronnie Green		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision	5	3:00	6-1-1
1982-01-17	Draw	Ivan Sprang		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision draw	5	3:00	6-0-1
1981-11-23	Win	Kok		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			6-0
1981-10-03	Win	Fortes		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision			5-0
1981-09-20	Win	John Hardenbol		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	1		4-0
1981-06-01	Win	Grandjean		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			3-0
1981-05-17	Win	Meis		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision			2-0
1981-03-09	Win	Blom		Amsterdam, Netherlands	Decision			1-0
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

Mixed martial arts record

Professional record breakdown
6 matches	3 wins	1 loss
By knockout	2	1
By submission	1	0
By decision	0	0
Draws	2


Res.	Record	Opponent	Method	Event	Date	Round	Time	Location	Notes
Draw	3-1–2	Robbie Nelson	Draw	It's Showtime - Amsterdam Arena	June 8, 2003	2	5:00	Haarlem, Netherlands
Loss	3-1-1	Sahin Yakut	TKO (Doctor Stoppage)	Rings Holland - One Moment In Time	December 1, 2002	1	0:51	Utrecht, Netherlands
Draw	3-0–1	Robbie Nelson	Draw	It's Showtime - As Usual	September 29, 2002	2	5:00	Haarlem, Netherlands
Win	3-0	Ronny Rivano	KO (Punch)	Rings Holland - Saved by the Bell	June 2, 2002	3	1:20	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Wins Rings Dutch -80 kg title.
Win	2-0	Daan Kooiman	Submission (Guillotine Choke)	Rings Holland - Some Like It Hard	December 2, 2001	1	2:30	Utrecht, Netherlands	Defends Rings Dutch -70 kg title.
Win	1-0	Brian Lo-A-Njoe	TKO (Punches and Knee)	Rings Holland - Heroes Live Forever	January 28, 2001	2	2:09	Utrecht, Netherlands	Wins Rings Dutch -70 kg title.

References

↑ Fred Royers. Portret van een wereldkampioen. Gilbert Ballentine. Fighting Spirit/Zendokan, No. 26 (1993), pp. 23–25.
↑ "'Ik temper ze, anders staan ze in de kleedkamer al te beuken'". Trouw.nl. 2 April 1992.
↑ Fred Royers. Portret van een wereldkampioen. Gilbert Ballentine. Fighting Spirit/Zendokan, No. 26 (1993), pp. 23–25.
↑ "Gilbert Ballentine vs Hector Pena". YouTube. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
↑ "Gilbert Ballentine vs Osman Yagin". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
↑ "Gilbert Ballentine vs Samart Payakaroon". YouTube. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
↑ "Gilbert Ballentine". Amigoe. Curaçao, Dutch Antilles. Uitgeverij Amigoe N.V. 29 June 1992. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013.
↑ "Gilbert Ballentine vs Saengtiennoi Sor. Rungrot". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-12-08.
↑ "Ballantine pakt wereldtitel". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. Groningen, Netherlands. NDC mediagroep. 28 November 1998. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013.

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[1] Fred Royers. Portret van een wereldkampioen. Gilbert Ballentine. Fighting Spirit/Zendokan, No. 26 (1993), pp. 23–25.

[2] "'Ik temper ze, anders staan ze in de kleedkamer al te beuken'". Trouw.nl. 2 April 1992.

[3] Fred Royers. Portret van een wereldkampioen. Gilbert Ballentine. Fighting Spirit/Zendokan, No. 26 (1993), pp. 23–25.

[4] "Gilbert Ballentine vs Hector Pena". YouTube. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-08.

[5] "Gilbert Ballentine vs Osman Yagin". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-12-08.

[6] "Gilbert Ballentine vs Samart Payakaroon". YouTube. 11 April 2011. Retrieved 2012-12-08.

[7] "Gilbert Ballentine". Amigoe. Curaçao, Dutch Antilles. Uitgeverij Amigoe N.V. 29 June 1992. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013.

[8] "Gilbert Ballentine vs Saengtiennoi Sor. Rungrot". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-12-08.

[9] "Ballantine pakt wereldtitel". Nieuwsblad van het Noorden. Groningen, Netherlands. NDC mediagroep. 28 November 1998. Archived from the original on February 22, 2013.

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