Chris Ngimbi

Chris Ngimbi
Born	April 18, 1984 (1984-04-18) (age 27) Kinshasa, Zaire
Other names	The African Warrior
Nationality	Dutch Congolese
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Division	Super Welterweight Middleweight
Style	Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance	Orthodox
Fighting out of	Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Team	Siam Gym Black Label Calmaro Gym Duran Gym
Trainer	Mekki Benazzouz
Years active	9 (2002 -present)
Kickboxing record
Total	31
Wins	22
By knockout	6
Losses	9
By knockout	2
Draws	0
last updated on: May 15, 2011

Chris "The African Warrior" Ngimbi (born 18 April, 1984 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of the Siam Gym in Valkenswaard, Netherlands for Black Label.^[1] He is the current It's Showtime 70MAX world champion fighting primarily within the It's Showtime organization.

Biography and career

Chris was born in Kinshasa the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was born with a weak heart which doctors felt would make it hard for him to survive his first year. He spent his childhood in the African country but his family was forced to leave when he was 11 years old due to the civil war and the fact that his father had served in the political party of the recently ousted president Mobutu Sese Seko. Chris relocated to the Netherlands and was a keen footballer in his teenage years and tipped to do well but decided to focus on kickboxing after making his debut at 18 in Eindhoven representing the Duran Gym. He would later switch to the Siam Gym in Valkenswaard after his second B-Klass match.^[2][3]

After fighting on the local scene for several years, Chris was invited as a member of a Dutch team that would participate in a W.K.A. event in New York. Due to an impressive knockout of his opponent he would be invited back to the states the following year to contest against Atlanta based Thai Khunpon Dechkampu for the W.K.A. intercontinental title, in what would be the first of a number of title fights on American soil. Ngimbi was successful on his return visit to the United States, winning the belt via KO and as winner of the intercontinental belt Chris would get a shot at the W.K.A. world title in 2007, losing to Shane Campbell in their first match in Richmond, only to win the rematch six months later to claim his first world title.^[4]

In between trips across the Atlantic Ngimbi would have a number of fights in the Netherlands, defeating useful fighters such as Ray Staring, Kit Sitpholek and William Diender – the latter in the K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 tournament in which he made the semi finals only to lose to eventual winner Warren Stevelmans (who he had beaten back in 2006).^[5] He also made his debut with the It's Showtime organization defeating English fighter Rick Barnhill in Alkmaar.^[6] In 2009 Chris had another attempt to qualify for the K-1 MAX via a regional event in Utrecht but lost at the quarter final stage to Marco Piqué. This decision was modified after protest from Chris´ corner.

In 2010, Chris' record with the It's Showtime organization (4 wins, 2 losses) led to the organization inviting him to challenge two time It's Showtime champion Murat Direkçi for his world title belt in Athens at the end of the year. As the underdog, few expected the African Warrior to triumph but he pulled off a fifth round upset decision win against Direkçi to become the new It's Showtime 70MAX world champion.^[7] Ngimbi retained his It's Showtime 70MAX world title at the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon event, outclassing local fighter Willy Borrel on way to a trademark flying knee KO victory.

Titles

• 2011 It's Showtime 70MAX world champion -70 kg (1st title defence)
• 2010 It's Showtime 70MAX world champion -70 kg
• 2007 W.K.A. Muay Thai super welterweight world champion -70 kg
• 2005 W.K.A. Muay Thai super welterweight intercontinental champion -70 kg^[8]
• W.F.C.A. Dutch champion^[9]

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing Record

22 Wins (6 (T)KO's, 18 decisions), 9 Losses Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2011-09-24 Murat Direkçi BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" Brussels, Belgium 2011-05-14 Win Willy Borrel It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France KO (Left Flying Knee) 2 2:58 22-9 Retains It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (1st title defence). 2010-12-11 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2010 Athens Athens, Greece Decision (5-0) 5 3:00 21-9 Wins Direkçi's It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg. 2010-05-29 Win Anthony Nekrui It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref stop/flying knee) 3 1:33 20-9 2010-02-27 Win Hafid el Boustati Amsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 19-9 2009-11-21 Win Chahid Oulad El Hadj It's Showtime 2009 Barneveld Barneveld, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-9 2009-10-24 Loss Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 17-9 2009-05-16 Win Dennis Schneidmiller It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-8 2009-03-01 Win Marco Piqué K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 16-8 2008-11-29 Loss Joerie Mes It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands KO (Left Hook) 2 2:08 16-7 2008-10-05 Win Chad Bischop Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-6 2008-09-06 Win Rick Barnhill It's Showtime 2008 Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop) 2 15-6 2008-04-26 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Super Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 14-6 2008-02-17 Loss Warren Stevelmans K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Semi Finals Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Low Kicks) 2 1:48 14-5 2008-02-17 Win William Diender K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Split) 3 3:00 14-4 2007-11-24 Win Kamal Chabrani Rings "Prepare for Glory" Hilversum, Netherlands KO (Left Knee) 1 0:36 13-4 2007-09-27 Win Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 22 "The Reckoning" Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 12-4 Wins Campbell's W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg. 2007-06-02 Win Ray Staring Gentleman Fight Night 2007 Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 11-4 2007-05-13 Win Kit Sitpholek Fight Night Veghel Veghel, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 10-4 2007-03-24 Loss Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 19 Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 9-4 Fight was for vacant W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg. 2006-12-03 Win Otmar Diagne 2H2H Maastricht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 9-3 2006-09-24 Loss James France Master Sken's Combat Super Fights Manchester, England, UK Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 8-3 2006-06-04 Loss Winston Martens Kickbox Gala Druten, Quarter Finals Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-2 2006-04-15 Win Warren Stevelmans Al-Fid Thaibox Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-1 2006-01-28 Win Jimmy Eimers Face to Face III, Sporthal de Mheenpark Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 7-1 2005-12-03 Win Mohamed Rahhoui Friends Gym Promotion Brussel, Belgium Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 6-1 2005-09-16 Win Khunpon Dechkampu Pride and Glory Duluth, GA, USA TKO 3 5-1 Wins W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight intercontinental title -70 kg. 2005-05-15 Win Khalid Raiss WFCA Gala in Druten Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 4-1 2005-05-08 Win Murat Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym WFCA Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 3-1 2004-09-10 Loss RaKarma Young Mayhem on Mulberry Street 3, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2-1 2004-05-14 Win Emyr Dakin Mayhem on Mulberry Street 2, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA KO (High Kick) 1 0:58 2-0 2004-05-08 Win Abdussamed Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 1-0 Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

External Links

• Chris Ngimbi | Facebook (Dutch Language)

See also

• List of It's Showtime events
• List of It's Showtime champions
• List of K-1 events
• List of male kickboxers

References

1. ^ "Mixfight interview: Chris Ngimbi (Siam Gym/Black Label) (Dutch Language)". www.mixfight.nl. http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?98429-Mixfight-interview-Chris-Ngimbi-(Siam-Gym-Black-Label). Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
2. ^ "Mixfight interview: Chris Ngimbi (Siam Gym/Black Label) (Dutch Language)". www.mixfight.nl. http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?98429-Mixfight-interview-Chris-Ngimbi-(Siam-Gym-Black-Label). Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
3. ^ "Interview with Chris “The African Warrior” Ngimbi". www.mymuaythai.com. http://www.mymuaythai.com/archives/interview-with-chris-the-african-warrior-ngimbi/. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
4. ^ "Friday Night Fights - WKA USA". www.wkausa.com. http://www.wkausa.com/news41.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
5. ^ "KICKBOX.nl". www.kickbox.nl. http://www.kickbox.nl/forums/archive/topic/21351-1.html. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
6. ^ ""FOTOVERSLAG – HOORNSE VAART ALKMAAR - 3/12/06 (Dutch Language)"". www.mixfight.nl. http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?68336-FOTOVERSLAG-%96-HOORNSE-VAART-ALKMAAR-3-12-06. Retrieved 2010-12-22. 
7. ^ "It's Showtime 44: Wilezen Ngimbi, belts and champions, defeat Rafal Dudek". www.fansofk1.com. http://sport.onet.pl/kickboxing-mma/its-showtime-44-wilezen-i-ngimbi-z-pasami-mistrzow,1,4079889,wiadomosc.html. Retrieved 2010-12-12. 
8. ^ "Chris Ngimbi (Fighters Profile)". k-1sport.de. http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=1082. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 
9. ^ "Chris Ngimbi (Fighters Profile)". k-1sport.de. http://k-1sport.de/en/database/show_fighter.php?id=1082. Retrieved 2011-04-12. 

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Name	Ngimbi, Chris
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Date of birth	18 April 1984
Place of birth	Kinshasa, Zaire
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