Filip Verlinden (born 26 December 1982) is a Belgian

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who competes in the cruiserweight and

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divisions. Verlinden was introduced to the sport at an early age and came to prominence in 2008 when he won the WKA European Super Cruiserweight Muay Thai Championship, followed by the WKA World Cruiserweight title the following year. He then took the gold medal at the 2010 IFMA World Championships in the +91 kg/200 lb division as an amateur before a short stint in the It's Showtime promotion where he unsuccessfully challenged

Danyo Ilunga Danyo "Dibuba" Ilunga (born January 31, 1987) is a Congolese-German Muay Thai kickboxer currently competing in GLORY. Ilunga is a four-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion - most notably being the former It's Showtime 95MAX World Champi ...

for the It's Showtime 95MAX Championship in June 2012. Later that year, he joined Glory.

Early life

Filip Verlinden was born in Lier, Belgium, and raised in

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, Belgium. His father, Wim, was a Belgian champion kickboxer who trained under

Cor Hemmers Cornelius "Cor" Hemmers (born August 24, 1956 in Breda) is a Dutch kickboxing trainer associated with the Golden Glory gym in Breda, Netherlands. Biography Hemmers began his Martial Arts training in Judo at the age of 6, which he studied until ...

and so Filip was introduced to the sport at an early age, beginning kickboxing and

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at the age of ten. He himself would go on to train under Hemmers at Golden Glory Breda in the Netherlands while also being coached by his father at Bulls Gym in his homeland.

Career

After a rather unremarkable beginning to his career, in which he won fights against notables such as

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, Dave Vader and lost a decision against Simon Marcus, Verlinden transcended the local Belgian circuit when he

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ed Marian Baryla to win the WKA European Super Cruiserweight (-90 kg/198.4 lb) Muay Thai Championship. He then made his debut with the It's Showtime promotion on 18 March 2009, losing on points to

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in a

bout at '' Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009'' in

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, Belgium. He rebounded by winning the WKA World Cruiserweight (-85.9 kg/189.4 lb) title in

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later that year. In late 2010, Verlinden was recruited by United Glory to compete in the 2010-2011 World Series, an eight-man heavyweight tournament. The tournament kicked off in Amsterdam, Netherlands at '' United Glory 12: 2010-2011 World Series Quarterfinals'' on 16 October 2010 and Verlinden was eliminated when he lost to Brice Guidon by unanimous decision in a back-and-forth fight. He then returned to amateur Muay Thai to compete at the 2010 IFMA World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand in December 2010, winning the gold medal in the +91 kg/200 lb division. He defeated all three of his opponents on points,

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in the quarter-finals,

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in the semis and Christian Colombo in the final. Despite losing in his first outing in the promotion, Verlinden was invited to United Glory's next event to face

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in a non-tournament fight at '' United Glory 13: 2010-2011 World Series Semifinals'' in

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, Belgium, on 19 March 2011. Verlinded outworked and outstruck Sinistra to win a unanimous decision in a bout to determine Belgium's top heavyweight kickboxer. He then signed with the Muaythai Premier League in August 2011 to compete in the short-lived promotion's -95 kg/210 lb heavyweight class. In his debut appearance, he scored a one-sided victory against Martin Jahn at ''Muaythai Premier League: Stars and Stripes'' in

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, United States on 2 September 2011. After hurting his German opponent with a right overhand in round one a coming close to finishing him, the ringside physician stopped the bout at the end of the opening stanza due to a cut above Jahn's eye, giving Verlinden the TKO win. He beat Chris Knowles by way of unanimous decision at ''Muaythai Premier League: Blood and Steel'' in

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, Netherlands on 6 November 2011. Verlinden made his return to It's Showtime three years after his first fight there to challenge

for his It's Showtime 95MAX (-95 kg/209 lb) Championship at '' Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58'' in

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, Belgium, on 30 June 2012. He wobbled Ilunga with a

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in round one but it was not enough to secure victory as he lost by

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after a scrappy, action-filled five round fight. After It's Showtime was bought out by the newly formed Glory organization, Verlinden soon transferred across and made his promotional debut in Brussels on 6 October 2012 at '' Glory 2: Brussels'' where he took a unanimous decision win over Fabiano Cyclone having scored a knockdown with a left

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in the second round. He was among the best heavyweights in the world when he competed in the sixteen man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at '' Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam'' in Saitama, Japan on 31 December 2012. Although he lost to

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by unanimous decision at the opening round, his stock still rose in the world of international kickboxing. The lightest fighter in the tournament at 93.1 kg/205 lb, he was able to take the second round from Bonjasky and essentially force the fight into the third due to the "best of three" format in the tournament. He made the drop down to Glory's -95 kg/209 lb light heavyweight division for his next fight at '' Glory 6: Istanbul'' in

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on 6 April 2013, when he was initially set to face Unai Unzai but his opponent was changed to Lucian Danilencu. He defeated Danilencu by unanimous decision in a rather lackluster affair. Verlinden entered his third tournament and first at his natural weight class when he competed at '' Glory 9: New York - 2013 95kg Slam'' in

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, US on 22 June 2013. He took a controversial split decision over

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in the quarter-finals but lost out in a technical battle to eventual champion

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in the semis, losing by unanimous decision. Verlinden lost to promotional newcomer

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by unanimous decision at '' Glory 11: Chicago - Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, US on 12 October 2013. He dropped down to Glory's middleweight (-85 kg/187 lb) division and defeated Israel Adesanya via unanimous decision at '' Glory 15: Istanbul'' in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 April 2014. Verlinden competed in the '' Glory 17: Los Angeles - Last Man Standing'' middleweight tournament in

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, US on 21 June 2014. He scored a first round knockdown over

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with a head kick en route to a majority decision win in the quarter-finals before losing to the eventual champion

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in the semi-finals by unanimous decision.

Championships and awards

Kickboxing

*Belgian Kickboxing **Belgian +95 kg/209 lb Championship * International Federation of Muaythai Amateur **2010 IFMA World Championships +91 kg/200 lb Gold Medalist *

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**WKA European Super Cruiserweight (-90 kg/198.4 lb) Muay Thai Championship **WKA World Thaiboxing Cruiserweight (-85.9 kg/189.4 lb) Championship

Kickboxing record

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Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populati ...

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References

External links

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