Manson Gibson

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Manson Gibson
BornManson Howard Gibson
(1963-05-05) May 5, 1963 (age 59)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Other names
  • The Master Blaster
  • The Thai Killer
  • The Black Bruce Lee
Nationality American
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Division Middleweight
Super Middleweight
Light Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Style Kickboxing
Taekwondo
Northern Praying Mantis
Wushu
Fighting out ofChicago, Illinois, United States
TeamWindy City Gym
Kickboxing record
Total119
Wins103
By knockout80
Losses14
Draws2
Mixed martial arts record
Total1
Wins0
Losses1
By submission1
Amateur record
Total11
Wins10
By knockout8
Losses1
Last updated on: October 12, 2012

Manson Howard Gibson [1] (born May 5, 1963) is a retired American kickboxer and a 12-time world champion in kickboxing and Muay Thai. He was known for his vicious use of spinning techniques and wild, unpredictable style, mixing elements of kickboxing, Taekwondo and Northern Praying Mantis martial arts. He was sometimes referred to as the "Thai Killer" or the "Black Bruce Lee". Gibson was one of America's greatest kickboxers, and is credited with over 100 wins and more than 80 KOs, including around 40 via headkick.

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Biography and career

After a series of early career wins and claiming titles such as the K.I.C.K. Super Middleweight World Championship, Gibson found the competition at home (aside from two losses to Rick Roufus) uninspiring. So in the late 1980s and well into the 1990s, while many American fighters were fighting one another for a multitude of so-called "world titles", Manson headed across to Japan where he fought and beat top fighters such as Caesar Takeshi, Tosca Petridis and Changpuek Kiatsongrit, often fighting under different rule sets such as Shoot Boxing, K-1 and Muay Thai.

During his period spent fighting in Japan, Gibson entered the inaugural K-2 Grand Prix in 1993. K-2 was a short lived series of tournaments held by the K-1 organization for Light Heavyweights and the 1993 event was held in Tokyo. In the tournament quarter finals he faced the highly decorated Ernesto Hoost, with Hoost, the recent K-1 Heavyweight Grand Prix runner-up, the strong favorite and on his way to becoming a legend. Gibson proved in that fight that he could hang with the world's best, knocking Hoost down with his trademark spinning backfist. However, despite the knockdown, the match went to an extra round where Gibson again knocked down Hoost, this time with a sidekick. Gibson lost a split decision.

Gibson returned to the United States around 1998, defeating a legend in Coban Lookchaomaesaitong. The match in Compton, was one in which Gibson had the MC announce himself as the "Thai Killer" and at the end of the fight did back flips next to the prone Coban. That year Gibson also won the I.K.K.C. Muaythai world title by defeating Maurice Travis, also in Los Angeles. Over the next couple of years he would defend his I.K.K.C. world title four more times with the highlight being a second victory over seven-time World Champion Changpuek Kiatsongrit – although as with the Coban fight his match antics left a sour taste in the mouth.

On April 7, 2000 Gibson won the I.K.F. Pro Muay Thai Rules Light Cruiserweight North American title in Green Bay Wisconsin when he defeated Phil Petit of Sik Tai, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada by KO with a spinning backfist in the first round. Gibson retired his title in 2005 when he moved up in weight. When Gibson won this title it was called the Light Cruiserweight title but the weightclass was different: 175.1 lbs. - 182 lbs. The weightclass range was later changed but Gibson's title remained Light Cruiserweight.

Around 2002 age started catching up with Gibson who was approaching his forties and he lost his I.K.K.C. world title to Frenchman Manu N'toh. A win against Heath Harris in 2004 for the I.K.K.C. proved he could still be competitive, although his opponent Harris had only had a handful of professional fights prior to the encounter. Always one to try different fighting styles Gibson had a brief foray into MMA in 2006. By the end of 2009, with the losses stacking up after a series of unsuccessful title fights, Gibson retired.

Titles

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record
115 Wins (80 (T)KO's), 14 Losses, 2 Draws [2]
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2009-12-05Loss Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Yarborough WCK Muay Thai @ Buffalo Bill's [3] Primm, NV, USA TKO (Quit)23:00
Fight was for vacant W.B.C. Muaythai light heavyweight United States title -79.4 kg.
2008-06-18Loss Flag of Mexico.svg Edwin Aguilar Muay Thai Fight Night [4] Montego Bay, Jamaica TKO (Quit)33:00
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Cruiserweight World Title -88.6 kg.
2007-07-07Loss Flag of Russia.svg Denis Grachev Hot Summer Fights [5] [6] [7] Inglewood, CA, USA TKO (Corner Stop/Knees)30:27
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Light Cruiserweight World Title -84.5 kg.
2004-11-20Loss Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Clifton Brown Matter of Pride 8 [8] Los Angeles, CA, USA TKO (Leg Kicks)4
Fight was for I.K.K.C. cruiserweight world title -82 kg.
2004-10-21Win Flag of the United States.svg Heath Harris Guts and Glory [9] San Bernardino, CA, USA Decision (Unanimous)53:00
Wins vacant I.K.K.C. Pro Muaythai light heavyweight world title -81.3 kg.
0000-00-00Win Flag of the United States.svg Bill RastafarUnited StatesKO (Left Hook)1
2003-00-00Win Flag of the United States.svg Wrath White United StatesDecision (Unanimous)33:00
2002-11-15Loss Flag of France.svg Manu N'toh W.C.K. "A Matter of Pride VI" [10] [11] Victorville, CA, USA Decision (Unanimous)53:00
Loses I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title.
2002-03-23Loss Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick KaragiannidisMaster Toddy Show @ Stardust Casino [12] Las Vegas, NV, USA Decision53:00
2001-12-14Win Flag of Thailand.svg Changpuek Kiatsongrit W.C.K. @ Palms Casino Resort [13] [14] Las Vegas, NV, USA KO (Spinning Heel Kick)2
Retains I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title (4th title defence).
2000-12-02Loss Flag of Hungary.svg Robert Sarkozi 10th World Shidokan Invitational, Quarter Finals [15] Chicago, IL, USA DQ (Constant Fouling)4
2000-07-04Win Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Phil Petit Stadium View Sports Bar [16] Green Bay, WI, USA KO (Spinning Back Fist)1
Wins vacant I.K.F. Pro Muaythai Light Cruiserweight North American title -84.5 kg. When Gibson won this title it was called the Light Cruiserweight title but the weightclass was different: 175.1 lbs. - 182 lbs. The weightclass range was later changed but Gibson's title remained Light Cruiserweight.
1999-09-11Loss Flag of the United States.svg Richard Stellwagen Summer Brawl [17] Franklin Park, IL, USA Decision (Split)82:00
Fight was for vacant I.K.F. Pro Full-Contact Light Heavyweight United States title -81.3 kg.
1998-07-07Win Flag of Thailand.svg Coban Lookchaomaesaitong Crystal Park Casino Outdoor Show [18] [19] Los Angeles, CA, USA TKO (Right Back Kick)51:59
1998-06-27Win Flag of the United States.svg Maurice Travis [20] [21] Los Angeles, CA, USA Decision53:00
Wins vacant I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title.
1998-04-26Win Flag of Thailand.svg Changpuek Kiatsongrit Shooto "Shoot the Shooto XX" Tokyo, Japan Decision (Unanimous)33:00
1996-07-14Draw Flag of Thailand.svg Yarsin Loogklongtan Shoot Boxing - S-Cup 1996, Super Fight Tokyo, Japan 2 Ext.R Decision Draw53:00
1996-01-27Draw Flag of Japan.svg Yoji Anjo Shoot Boxing Carnival Ground Zero Yokohama Yokohama, Japan Decision Draw120:00
1995-10-15Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc VerheyeMA Japan Kickboxing Federation Tokyo, Japan Decision53:00
1995-03-25Win Flag of Italy.svg Bartolomeo Danbrosio World Cup Of Martial arts [22] Ledyard, CT, USA KO10:31
1994-06-10Win Flag of Japan.svg Taro Minato Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA KO32:34
Wins Minato U.K.F Super middle weight world title
1994-00-00Win Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Mayfat HardKnock 4 [23] Atlantic City, NJ, USA Decision102:00
1993-12-29Loss Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ernesto Hoost K-2 Grand Prix '93, Quarter Final Tokyo, Japan Ext.R Decision (Majority)43:00
1993-01-30Win Flag of Japan.svg Taro MinatoMA Japan Kickboxing Federation Tokyo, Japan Decision53:00
1992-07-30Loss Flag of Japan.svg Taiei Kin Seidokaikan Kakutogi Olympic II [24] Tokyo, Japan DQ (Illegal Punch)4
1992-03-21Win Flag of Thailand.svg Sajitkan Martial Arts Japan Kickboxing Association [25] [26] JapanTKO (Spinning High Kick)2
0000-00-00Win Flag of the Netherlands.svg Luc Verheye Tokyo, Japan Decision53:00
1990-07-06Win Flag of Japan.svg Hideo Suzuki'90 Kakutougi no saiten Tokyo, Japan KO21:58
1990-07-01Win Flag of Japan.svg Naoyuki TairaShoot boxing BATTLE GAME Tokyo, Japan KO44:01
Wins Taira Shoot boxing Hawk Class world title -75 kg.
1990-01-03Win Flag of Japan.svg Koichi Koide Dojo 20th Anniversary kick [27] Tokyo, Japan KO1
0000-00-00Win Flag of the United States.svg Johnny DavisUnited StatesKO9
Wins Davis PKA middleweight USA title
1989-05-26Win Flag of Japan.svg Caesar Takeshi Tokyo Korakuen Hall Shoot Boxing [28] [29] Tokyo, Japan KO (Spinning Mid Kick)14:28
Wins Caesar Shoot boxing Hawk Class world title -75 kg.
1989-04-01Loss Flag of the United States.svg Rick Roufus United StatesDecision
1987-00-00Loss Flag of the United States.svg Rick Roufus United StatesDecision
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Mixed martial arts record

MMA Record
0 Wins, 1 Loss [30]
DateResultOpponentEventLocationMethodRoundTime
2006-08-28Loss Jeremy Morrison Combat Do Fighting Challenge 10 [31] Cicero, IL, USA Submission (Rear Naked Choke)10:05
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

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