Murthel Groenhart

Murthel Groenhart
Born	Murthel Groenhart October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10) (age 25) Suriname
Other 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 Middleweight
Style	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]

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

47 Wins (23 (T)KO's), 14 Losses, 3 Draws[6] 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

• It's Showtime - Official website
• Mikes Gym - Official website

References

1. ^ "Murthel Groenhart / The Predator (Stats)". www.itsshowtime.nl. http://www.itsshowtime.nl/index.php?p=vechter&id=12. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 
2. ^ "W lo sport -:: gruppi.giovani.it (Details on event - in Italian)". gruppi.giovani.it. http://gruppi.giovani.it/beltreno/. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 
3. ^ "FIGHT-NIGHT PRESENTS IT'S SHOWTIME, EINDHOVEN". www.fightnewz.net. http://www.fightnewz.net/id33.html. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 
4. ^ "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. 
5. ^ "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. 
6. ^ "Murthel Groenhart / The Predator (Fight Record Stats)". www.itsshowtime.nl. http://www.itsshowtime.nl/index.php?p=vechter&id=12. Retrieved 2011-04-29. 
7. ^ "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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Name	Groenhart, Murthel
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Date of birth	October 10, 1986
Place of birth	Suriname
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