Championships and accomplishments
Professional
- Fair Fight Championship
- Fair FC Light Heavyweight (-91 kg) Championship
- Gladiator Fight Night
- Gladiator Fight Night Light Heavyweight (-93 kg) Tournament title
| Lukas Achterberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 27, 1996 Aachen, Germany |
| Other names | Hightower |
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) [1] |
| Weight | 93.1 [2] kg (205 lb; 14 st 9 lb) |
| Division | Light heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Fighting out of | Aachen, Germany |
| Team | Tough Gym Alsdorf (2015 - 2019) KKS Sparta Aachen eV (2019-) |
| Years active | 2018 - present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 16 |
| Wins | 15 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| Losses | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
Lukas Achterberg (born May 27, 1996) is a German professional kickboxer. As of October 2022, he is ranked as the sixth best light heavyweight kickboxer in the world by Combat Press, [3] having first entered the rankings in October 2022. [4] He was previously ranked as a top ten light heavyweight by Beyond Kickboxing between October 2022 and November 2023. [5] [6]
Achterberg faced Rinus Douma for the vacant Big Game -95 kg title at Big Game 2 on March 13, 2018. [7] He captured the vacant title by unanimous decision. [8] [9] Achterberg next faced Baran Er at Fair FC 8 on October 6, 2018. [10] He won the fight by unanimous decision. [11] [12] Achterberg faced Ali Boutaleb at Knock Out 2018 on November 24, 2018. [13] Boutaleb retired from the bout at the end of the first round, after being dropped with an uppercut, which the referee failed to call. [14]
Actherberg faced Feliciano Weiß at Big Game 3 on March 23, 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision. [15] Achterberg was next booked to face Cedric Lushima, a mixed martial artist, at Ultimate Sparta Championship on April 13, 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision. [16]
Achterberg faced Kevin Heerschlag at Fair FC 9 on October 5, 2019. [17] He won the fight by second-round knockout, flooring Heerschlag with a head kick which left him unable to rise from the canvas. [18] [19] A month later, on November 23, Achterberg faced Ahmed Shah Ghazikhnani in a non-title bout. He won the bout by unanimous decision. [20]
Achterberg faxed Sandro Zulčić for the vacant Fair FC light heavyweight at Fair FC 10 on October 4, 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout.
Achterberg made his Enfusion debut against Peter Verhaegh at Enfusion 103 on October 23, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. [21]
Achterberg faced took part in a 16-man tournament, held at Gladiator Fight Night IV on May 7, 2022. Achterberg won the quarterfinals bout of the tournament against Yankuba Fatajo by a second-round technical knockout, stopping his opponent with a flurry of punches at the very last second of the round. Achterberg faced Rafael Hering in the semifinals and won the fight by unanimous decision. This proved to be his toughest fight of the night, as he was able to cleanly knock out Jolton Peregino with a left hook in the second round of the finals. [22]
Achterberg faced Anthony Leroy in his SENSHI debut at SENSHI 13 on September 10, 2022. He won the fight by a first-round knockout, stopping Leroy with a flying knee. [23]
Achterberg faced Jimmy Livinus at Senshi 19 on November 25, 2023. He lost the fight by a third-round knockout. [24]
On March 29, 2024, Achterberg announced he had successfully undergone cruciate ligament repair surgery. [25]
| 15 Wins (6 (T)KO's), 1 Loss, 0 Draw, 0 No Contests | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-25 | Loss |  Jimmy Livinus | Senshi 19 | Varna, Bulgaria | KO (Knees) | 3 | 2:10 | |
| 2023-05-13 | Win |  Olivier Langlois-Ross | Senshi 16 | Varna, Bulgaria | Decision (Majority) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2023-03-11 | Win | Perry Reichling | Golden Event 3 | Würselen, Germany | Decision | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2022-09-10 | Win |  Anthony Leroy | Senshi 13 | Wuppertal, Germany | KO (Flying knee) | 1 | 1:38 | |
| 2022-05-07 | Win |  Jolton Peregino | Gladiator Fight Night IV, Tournament Finals | Ingolstadt, Germany | KO (Left hook) | 2 | 1:53 | |
| Wins the Gladiator Fight Night Light Heavyweight (-93 kg) Tournament title. | ||||||||
| 2022-05-07 | Win |  Rafael Hering | Gladiator Fight Night IV, Tournament Semifinals | Ingolstadt, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2022-05-07 | Win |  Yankuba Fatajo | Gladiator Fight Night IV, Tournament Quarterfinals | Ingolstadt, Germany | TKO (Referee stoppage) | 2 | 2:59 | |
| 2021-10-23 | Win | Peter Verhaegh | Enfusion 103 | Wuppertal, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2020-10-04 | Win |  Sandro Zulčić | Fair FC 10 | Bochum, Germany | TKO (Punches) | 2 | 0:32 | |
| Wins the vacant Fair FC Light Heavyweight (-91 kg) title. | ||||||||
| 2019-11-23 | Win | Ahmed Shah Ghazikhnani | Knockout 2019 | Vaals, Belgium | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2019-10-05 | Win | Kevin Heerschlag | Fair FC 9 | Bochum, Germany | TKO (Referee stoppage) | 2 | 0:30 | |
| 2019-04-13 | Win |  Cedric Lushima | Ultimate Sparta Championship | Würselen, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2019-03-23 | Win | Feliciano Weiß | Big Game 3 | Bochum, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2018-11-24 | Win | Ali Boutaleb | Knock Out 2018 | Vaals, Belgium | TKO (Retirement) | 1 | 3:00 | |
| 2018-10-06 | Win |  Baran Er | Fair FC 8 | Bochum, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 3 | 3:00 | |
| 2018-03-12 | Win | Rinus Douma | Big Game 2 | Bochum, Germany | Decision (Unanimous) | 5 | 3:00 | |
| Wins the vacant Big Game -95 kg title. | ||||||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-10-20 | Win | Mehmet Ali Ugurlu | 2017 IFMA European Championships, Final | Paris, France | RSC.O | 1 | ||
| Won the 2017 IFMA European Championship B-class -91 kg Gold Medal. | ||||||||
| Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes | ||||||||
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