- Murthel Groenhart
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Murthel Groenhart Born Murthel Groenhart
October 10, 1986
SurinameOther names The Predator Nationality Surinamese
Dutch
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Weight 77 kg (170 lb; 12.1 st) Division Super Middleweight
MiddleweightStyle Muay Thai Stance Orthodox Fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands Team Mike's Gym Trainer Mike Passenier Kickboxing record Total 64 Wins 47 By knockout 23 Losses 14 By knockout 2 Draws 3 last updated on: November 12, 2011 Murthel "The Predator" Groenhart (born October 10, 1986) is a Dutch based Surinamese super middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Amsterdam, Netherlands for Mike's Gym, where he is trained by Mike Passenier. He is the 2008 K-1 Italy Oktagan champion currently fighting within the It's Showtime organization.[1]
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Biography/Career
Originally from Suriname, Murthel began his kickboxing career fighting on small shows in the Netherlands. He made his SLAMM debut in 2006, losing both of his fights with the organization, including a decision loss to Leroy Kaestner at B-Klass level. In 2008, Murthel was invited by the K-1 organization to take part in an eight man tournament, which had originally been intended for heavyweights but was changed later for fighters around the 75 kg bracket. Murthel won the competition in spectacular fashion, dispatching all three of his opponents by stoppage on the night to take the title in Milan.[2]
The performance at the K-1 tournament led to Murthel being invited to take part in a fight within the It's Showtime organization – the Netherlands biggest kickboxing organization. He lost his debut to It's Showtime Reality winner Sem Braan but impressed enough to be invited back for further matches.[3] Although an impressive fighter with a good knockout ratio, Murthel has had up and down performances within the organization, winning fights against the likes of Yassin Boudrouz and Joep Beerenpoot by knockout, but losing to Vladimir Moravcik and being knocked out by Ali Cenik, fights he should have been expected to do better in. Murthel has also fought and lost to top class fighters such as Cosmo Alexandre and Nieky Holzken – with the loss against Holzken after an extension round, being slightly unfortunate for some who felt Murthel deserved more.[4] Despite some inconsistent performances, Murthel won the vacant E.M.T.A. European title at the start of 2010, defeating Amir Zeyada in an impressive showing.[5]
Titles
- 2010 E.M.T.A. K-1 rules European champion -76 kg
- 2008 K-1 Italy Oktagan tournament champion -75 kg
- 2007 Angels of Fire II tournament title -75 kg
Kickboxing record
Kickboxing Record Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2011-11-12 Win Darryl Sichtman
Street Culture, Fight Club Group & Canary Kickboxing Federation presents: It’s Showtime 53 Tenerife, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2011-09-24 Loss Artem Levin
BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" Brussels, Belgium KO (Knee) 5 Fight was for It's Showtime 77MAX title. 2011-06-18 Win Rafi Zouheir
It's Showtime Madrid 2011 Madrid, Spain TKO (Corner Stop/Punches) 1 2011-06-11 Win Errol Koning
BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Warsaw Warsaw, Poland Decision (4-1) 3 3:00 2010-12-18 Loss Khalid Bourdif
Fightclub presents: It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 2010-10-16 Loss Nieky Holzken
Ultimate Glory 12 Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 2010-09-12 Win Joep Beerenpoot
Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Right High Kick) 1 2010-04-17 Win Daniel Géczi
It's Showtime 2010 Budapest Budapest, Hungary TKO 2010-02-27 Win Amir Zeyada
Amsterdam Fight Club 3 Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop/Cut) 1 Wins vacant E.M.T.A. K-1 rules European title -76 kg. 2009-10-24 Loss Ali Cenik
It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium KO (Overhand Right) 2 2009-08-29 Loss Vladimir Moravcik
It's Showtime 2009 Budapest Budapest, Hungary Decision 3 3:00 2009-04-24 Win Mehmet Aygun
Ergen Ring Atesi 4 Istanbul, Turkey KO (Left High Kick) 3 2009-03-14 Loss Cosmo Alexandre
Oktagon presents: It's Showtime 2009 Milan, Italy Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2009-02-08 Win Yassin Boudrouz
Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 Antwerp, Belgium KO 1 2008-11-29 Loss Sem Braan
It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2008-04-12 Win Halim Issaoui
K-1 Italy Oktagon 2008, Final Milan, Italy KO 3 Wins K-1 Italy Oktagon 2008 tournament title -75 kg. 2008-04-12 Win Yassin Boudrouz
K-1 Italy Oktagon 2008, Semi Final Milan, Italy TKO 2008-04-12 Win Marco Santi
K-1 Italy Oktagon 2008, Quarter Final Milan, Italy KO 2008-04-04 Loss Gregory Choplin
It's Showtime Reality TV 2008 Koh Samui, Thailand Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 2008-03-08 Win Jan de Keyzer
Gala Lommel Lommel, Belgium KO 2 2008-02-09 Draw Matias Ipssa
North Disturbed Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision Draw 5 3:00 2007-10-27 Win Piotr Woźnicki
Angels of Fire II, Final Płock, Poland TKO 1 Wins Angels of Fire II tournament title -75 kg. 2007-10-27 Win Łukasz Rambalski
Angels of Fire II, Semi Final Płock, Poland TKO 2 2007-10-27 Win Rafał Dudek
Angels of Fire II, Quarter Final Płock, Poland KO 3 2007-04-22 Win Benito Linger
Muay Thai Gala Landsmeer Landsmeer, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 2007-02-04 Win Cedric Burgzorg
Muay Thai-MMA Gala Groningen Groningen, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 2006-12-16 Win Ilias Zbairi
Fight4Life Gala Netherlands KO 2 2006-10-01 Loss Leroy Kaestner
SLAMM "Nederland vs Thailand II" Almere, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 2006-03-19 Loss Lindo Prophase
SLAMM "Nederland vs Thailand" Almere, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 2006-02-06 Win Iliad Oufkir
Muay Thai Gala in Oostzaan Oostzaan, Netherlands TKO (Corner Stop/Knees) 1 2005-10-02 Win Karim Al Jouharati
It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy, 1st Round - Tilburg, Opening fight Tilburg, Netherlands TKO 5 2005-04-10 Draw Trevor Smandych
Urban Destruction 1 Bristol, England Decision 5 2004-12-19 Win Fahid Maroun
Gala Landsmeer[7] Landsmeer, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 2004-11-14 Win Guillermo Codrington
Muay Thai/Mixed Gala Kickass Fight Promotions Almere, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 2004-09-18 Win Earl Marica
Herring Gulls Zaandam, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes
See also
- List of male kickboxers
- List of It's Showtime events
- List of K-1 champions
- List of K-1 events
- List of kickboxing organizations
External links
References
- ^ "Murthel Groenhart / The Predator (Stats)". www.itsshowtime.nl. http://www.itsshowtime.nl/index.php?p=vechter&id=12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "W lo sport -:: gruppi.giovani.it (Details on event - in Italian)". gruppi.giovani.it. http://gruppi.giovani.it/beltreno/. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "FIGHT-NIGHT PRESENTS IT'S SHOWTIME, EINDHOVEN". www.fightnewz.net. http://www.fightnewz.net/id33.html. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "United Glory World Series Results". www.headkicklegend.com. http://www.headkicklegend.com/2010/10/18/1758605/united-glory-world-series-results. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "a.s. Zondag Murthel Groenhart vs Amir Zeyada (Dutch language)". www.mixfight.nl. http://www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?87938-a.s.-Zondag-Murthel-Groenhart-vs-Amir-Zeyada-!!!!-Masters-Of-The-Ring&p=655678. Retrieved 2011-05-07.
- ^ "Murthel Groenhart / The Predator (Fight Record Stats)". www.itsshowtime.nl. http://www.itsshowtime.nl/index.php?p=vechter&id=12. Retrieved 2011-04-29.
- ^ "Uitslagen Landsmeer 19-12-04 (Dutch language)". www.kickbox.nl. http://www.kickbox.nl/forums/archive/topic/5408-1.html. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
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