Rick John Roufus is an American kickboxer, fighting out of Pound Gyms in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is one of the most famous kickboxers in America, and has also competed professionally in boxing and mixed martial arts. An accomplished professional fighter throughout his competitive career Roufus has won multiple world championships across the globe in several weight classes, he was world champion as a super middle weight, light heavyweight and heavyweight. Roufus held titles for all the major kickboxing associations worldwide, and is known for his boxing skills and powerful kicks. He is the older brother of Duke Roufus who is also a kickboxer and a muay Thai and mixed martial arts instructor.
Jeffrey Ryan "Duke" Roufus is an American former kickboxer and head coach of the Roufusport competition team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. He is a well-known striking coach in North America.
Andy Souwer is a Dutch welterweight shoot boxer and mixed martial artist. He is two time K-1 World MAX champion as well as a four time Shootboxing World tournament champion, fighting out of Mejiro Gym, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is one of the oldest and the largest professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing and Muay Thai in the world and is based in the United States. The IKF sanctions and regulates all aspects of these sports from Semi Contact to Full Contact in both Amateur and Professional levels. The IKF World Headquarters located in Newcastle, California, USA oversees over 2,000 IKF events a year around the world.
Stan "The Man" Longinidis is a retired Australian Heavyweight kickboxer and 8 time Kickboxing World Champion. Born in Melbourne Australia of Greek descent, Longinidis is one of the few fighters to have won World titles in three different styles, International Rules Kickboxing, Full Contact and Muay Thai, others being Fred Royers and Ernesto Hoost.
Rob "The Dutchman" Kaman is a Dutch retired 9 time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion. He is often called "Mr. Low Kick" because of his feared low kicks which he used to set up his devastating offensive attacks.
Michalis "Iron Mike" Zambidis is a professional Greek kickboxer and martial artist. He is a 16 time World Champion, including former SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. He mostly competed in the K-1 MAX.
Marek "The Punisher" Piotrowski is a Polish retired heavyweight kickboxer and boxer. He is a former ten time kickboxing world champion.
Gary Turner is an English professional mixed martial artist who fought in the Cage Rage and K-1 promotions. Turner was the K-1 UK Grand Prix champion in 2003 and 2004. As a mixed martial artist, he currently holds a record of 4-2-1 with notable victories over Tank Abbott and former British Heavyweight boxing champion, Julius Francis.
Ondřej "Spejbl" Hutník is a Czech Muay Thai kickboxer fighting in the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship. He is a WFCA Cruiserweight Muay Thai World champion.
Daniel "The Rock" Dawson is an Australian super welterweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Perth, Western Australia. He is also a contributing author at FIGHTMAG.
Shane "Choppa" Chapman is a New Zealand super middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of City Lee Gar Gym in Auckland. He is the 2002 and 2004 K-1 Oceania MAX champion and 4 time Muay Thai World champion.
Peter "Sugarfoot" Cunningham is a retired Canadian 7-time World Champion Hall of Fame kickboxer, boxer, martial artist, actor and author. Rated by experts as one of the greatest full contact fighters of all time, Sugarfoot was a superb technician who possessed high fighting I.Q. and lightning speed. He retired from kickboxing in 1996 with a record of 50-1-1, having avenged the only draw of his career but only one defeated Peter, the undefeated Richard Sylla at the WKA World Title in Paris. Cunningham's skills in the ring have been praised by many martial arts legends, including Benny "The Jet" Urquidez, Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, Chuck Norris, Dan Inosanto, Rigan Machado, Don "The Dragon" Wilson and many others. Cunningham maintained a high level competition throughout his career as most of his opponents were either current or former champions. In 1998 in San Jose, California, Peter was honored as the inaugural inductee in the I.S.K.A. Hall of Fame.
Petar Majstorovic, is K-1 WGP Light Heavyweight Champion 2017 a SwissCroatian heavyweight karateka and kickboxer. He is World Kickboxing Network (W.K.N.) former World Champion and two times K-1 preliminary tournaments champion in Croatia and Germany. He trained with Andy Hug from 1992 to 2000.
K-1 Grand Prix '93 was a martial arts event held by the K-1 organization on April 30, 1993 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. It was the inaugural K-1 World Grand Prix, featuring an eight-man tournament fought under K-1 rules. The eight tournament qualifiers were all invited on the basis of their achievements in the kickboxing world. As well as tournament matches there was also a full contact karate bout between Andy Hug and Nobuaki Kakuda. The event featured a total of ten fights with fighters representing seven different countries in total. The tournament winner was Branko Cikatić who defeated Ernesto Hoost in the final by first round knockout, becoming the first ever K-1 World champion.
Brice Guidon, also known as "Nectar", is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the W.P.M.F. European Heavyweight and World Super Heavyweight Muaythai Champion, and the 2011 United Glory World Series runner-up. He has competed in the GLORY, K-1, It's Showtime and SUPERKOMBAT promotions.
Manson Howard Gibson is a retired American kickboxer and a 12-time Muay Thai and Kickboxing World Champion. He was known for his vicious use of spinning techniques and wild, unpredictable style. Sometimes referred to as the "Thai Killer". Gibson was one of the United States' greatest kickboxers and is credited with over 100 wins and more than 80 KOs, including around 40 via headkick.
Petr Vondráček is a super heavyweight kickboxer. He is a former W.K.A. World Champion.
Sergej Maslobojev Nickname: KUVALDA born May 22, 1987 in Klaipėda is a Lithuanian mixed martial artist, boxer and kickboxer.
The year 2016 is the 5th year in the history of the Glory, an international kickboxing event. The year started with Glory 27: Chicago. The events are broadcasts through television agreements with ESPN and other regional channels around the world.
