Leroy Kaestner | |
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Born | September 28, 1988 |
Other names | Bamm Bamm |
Nationality | Dutch |
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb; 12.4 st) |
Division | Welterweight |
Style | Kickboxing |
Fighting out of | house of champions Netherlands |
Team | house of champions |
Trainer | van Osch <>Profile of Leroy Kaestner Archived 2009-04-24 at the Wayback Machine K-1 (in Japanese)</ref> Peter Koopman |
Years active | 6 (2004-present) |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 42 |
Wins | 34 |
By knockout | 9 |
Losses | 6 |
By knockout | 1 |
Draws | 2 |
Last updated on: March 7, 2011 |
Leroy "Bamm Bamm" Kaestner (born September 28, 1988) [1] is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer fighting out of house of Champions. He is the K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe Tournament champion currently competing in K-1 MAX. [2]
Kaestner idolized Peter Aerts and began training in kickboxing at the age of 10. [3] After five years of fighting at smaller Dutch events, Leroy Kaestner made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe Tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands on March 1, 2009, becoming the surprise winner of the competition, beating Marco Pique in the final by unanimous decision. As a result of his victory Kaestner would qualify for the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16, losing by decision to eventual runner up Andy Souwer. Kaestner's performance against Souwer would lead to him being invited to the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 as a reservist, although he would lose his bout to local fighter Yasuhiro Kido.
Since that tournament Leroy has continued his progress claiming a notable win over K-1 MAX finalist Gago Drago at It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam. Despite this recent run of good form Kaestner was not re-invited back to the K-1 Max final in 2010. At the end of 2010, Kaestner won his second major title by defeating Cagri Ermis to win the W.F.C.A. European title -72.5 kg.
33 Wins (9 (T)KO's, 23 decisions), 6 Losses, 2 Draws | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | Record |
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2016-04-11 | Loss | Endy Semeleer | Battle Events | Arnhem, Netherlands | TKO (Doctor stoppage) | 1 | ||
2011-03-27 | Win | Marvin Sansaar | Battle in the Bhoele, Sporthal de Boeler | Eerbeek, Netherlands | KO | 1 | 33-6-2 | |
2011-03-06 | Win | Ramzi Tamaditi | It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision (Split) | 3 | 3:00 | 32-6-2 |
2010-12-04 | Loss | Armen Petrosyan | Janus Fight Night 2010 | Padova, Italy | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 31-6-2 |
2010-11-24 | Win | Cagri Ermis | Thailand vs Challenger series "Thailand vs Germany" | Ulm, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | 31-5-2 |
Wins WFCA European Welterweight ( – 72.5 kg) title. | ||||||||
2010-10-09 | Win | Hakim Ait Hma | Ring Rage Part 5 | Assen, Netherlands | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | 30-5-1 |
2010-05-29 | Win | Gago Drago | It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision (4-1) | 3 | 3:00 | 29-5-2 |
2010-03-21 | Win | Menno Dijkstra | K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe, Super Fight | Utrecht, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 28-5-2 |
2010-01-30 | Loss | Nieky Holzken | Beast of the East | Zutphen, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 27-5-2 |
2009-11-08 | Draw | Faldir Chahbari | Heroes Fight Event | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | Decision Draw | 3 | 3:00 | 27-4-2 |
2009-09-27 | Win | Otmar Diagne | Knock Out Combat 6 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 27-4-1 |
Wins WFCA Muay Thai Junior Middleweight European (-69.85) title. | ||||||||
2009-08-08 | Win | Andy Ristie | Slamm!! Soema Na Basi IV | Paramaribo, Suriname | Decision (unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 26-4-1 |
2009-07-13 | Loss | Yasuhiro Kido | K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8, Reserve Fight | Tokyo, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 25-4-1 |
2009-04-21 | Loss | Andy Souwer | K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16 | Fukuoka, Japan | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 25-3-1 |
Fails to qualify for K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 but will later be invited to the event for a Reserve Fight. | ||||||||
2009-03-01 | Win | Marco Pique | K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Final | Utrecht, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 25-2-1 |
Wins K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe Tournament and qualifies for K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 16. | ||||||||
2009-03-01 | Win | Mohammed Rahhoui | K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Semi Finals | Utrecht, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 24-2-1 |
2009-03-01 | Win | Ali Gunyar | K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter Finals | Utrecht, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | 23-2-1 |
2008-11-23 | Loss | Mohammed el Atmani | Victory or Hell Gala | Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | 22-2-1 |
2008-09-21 | Win | Marvin Sansaar | SLAMM Events presents "Back to the Old School" | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | 22-1-1 |
2008-05-25 | Loss | Marat Grigorian | Muay Thai Gala | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | TKO (Doctor stoppage) | 21-1-1 | ||
2008-02-23 | Win | Ilias Ghazouat | Gala in Nieuwegein | Nieuwegein, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 2:00 | 21-0-1 |
2008-02-17 | Draw | Robin van Roosmalen | K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Opening Fight | Utrecht, Netherlands | Decision Draw | 3 | 3:00 | 21-0-1 |
2007-10-21 | Win | Hammadi el Mahdaoui | TT Beverwijk Gala | Beverwijk, Netherlands | Decision | 4 | 2:00 | 20-0 |
2007-09-01 | Win | Sergio Menig | Kumiteé Everybody Gym | Hilversum, Netherlands | KO | 2 | 19-0 | |
2007-06-16 | Win | Omayev Shamil | Fight Night Purmerend | Purmerend, Netherlands | TKO | 4 | 18-0 | |
2007-05-12 | Win | Şamil Ünal | Kumiteé Everybody Gym | Hilversum, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 2:00 | 17-0 |
2007-04-15 | Win | Nourdin Kassrioui | Champions of the Future | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | 16-0 |
2007-03-03 | Win | Sahand Dorff | Fight Night Amsterdam, Zonnehuis | Amsterdam, Netherlands | TKO (Corner stoppage) | 15-0 | ||
2007-02-03 | Win | Farid Riffi | Battle of Flevoland | Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 2:00 | 14-0 |
2006-10-29 | Win | Bilal Siali | Champions of the Future | Hoofddorp, Netherlands | TKO (Ref stop./gave up) | 3 | 13-0 | |
2006-10-01 | Win | Murthel Groenhart | SLAMM "Nederland vs Thailand II" | Almere, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 2:00 | 12-0 |
2006-05-06 | Win | Ilias Zbairi | WFCA Muay Thai Gala Katwijk | Katwijk, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | 11-0 |
2006-02-12 | Win | Dams Morach | Gala in Zilvermeeuwen | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Decision | 3 | 2:00 | 10-0 |
2006-01-28 | Win | Nick Beljaards | Fight Club, Wellness Profi Center | Purmerend, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | 9-0 |
2005-12-10 | Win | Bilal Fiomar | Muay Thai gala Katwijk | Katwijk, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | 8-0 |
2005-11-26 | Win | Fernando Groenhart | Muay Thai gala Hoogwoud | Hoogwoud, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | 7-0 |
2005-10-01 | Win | Anthony Kane | Fightsport gala "Avondje Oost" | Hilversum, Netherlands | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 2:00 | 6-0 |
2005-09-18 | Win | Tanit Im On | Gala in Zilvermeeuwen [4] | Zaandam, Netherlands | Decision | 3 | 2:00 | 5-0 |
2005-05-21 | Win | Mohamed el Bouddounti | Muay Thai gala Purmerend | Purmerend, Netherlands | KO | 2 | 4-0 | |
2005-04-24 | Win | Evert Wolff | Nederland vs Russia, Jaap Edenhal | Amsterdam, Netherlands | TKO | 1 | 3-0 | |
2005-02-12 | Win | Youssef Srour | Gala in Badhoevedorp | Badhoevedorp, Netherlands | TKO (Referee stoppage) | 2 | 1:01 | 2-0 |
2004-09-18 | Win | Kurt Gökhan | Gala in Zilvermeeuwen | Amsterdam, Netherlands | TKO | 1 | 1-0 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
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