Henri Hooft, also known as Harry Hooft (born May 21, 1969), is a Dutch former
kickboxer
Kickboxing is a combat sport focused on kicking and punching. The combat takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouthguards, shorts, and bare feet to favour the use of kicks. Kickboxing is practiced for self-defense, general ...
and trainer. He is the head trainer at
Kill Cliff FC and formerly the
Blackzilians.
Career
Hooft was born and raised in
The Hague,
Netherlands. At the age of 15, he became interested in combat sports. He started training with his brother in
full contact Karate, but later switched to kickboxing. He already began competing after training for three months, winning several competitions. At the age of 18, he was invited by Dutch kickboxing world champion
Rob Kaman to move to
Thailand to train with him. There, he discovered
Thai boxing.
Hooft began fighting professionally while coaching at the same time. He developed his own fighting system by combining the best of Thai boxing and Dutch kickboxing. He competed in more than 100 kickboxing fights.
His most notable fight was against
Stefan Leko at the
K-1 Grand Prix '99, which he lost by knockout in the first round. In 2004, he joined Team Aerts as the sparring partner and trainer of three-time
K-1
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champion
Peter Aerts, training out of Kops Gym in
Amsterdam under
Jan Plas. In 2007, he retired from fighting and continued as a trainer. Among the fighters he trained was kickboxing world champion
Tyrone Spong.
In 2011, Hooft joined the
mixed martial arts gym the
Blackzilians in Florida, after he was brought in by Tyrone Spong to train him. There, he went on to become the head stand-up coach.
In 2017, he founded his own gym Combat Club, later rebranded as
Kill Cliff FC. Hooft trained top contenders such as
Rashad Evans,
Vitor Belfort,
Anthony Johnson,
Michael Johnson,
Eddie Alvarez,
Kamaru Usman,
Jake Shields,
Matt Mitrione,
Gilbert Burns and
Michael Chandler.
In late 2020, Hooft and
Greg Jones were suspended for three months after they broke
COVID-19 protocols by leaving their hotel rooms while quarantining preceding
Bellator 253.
Fight record
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, 2007-02-17 , , Loss , , align=left,
Gökhan Saki , , Gala in Margriethal , ,
Schiedam
Schiedam () is a city and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of Rotterdam, east of Vlaardingen, and south of Delft. In the south the city is connected with the village ...
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Netherlands , , KO (Left cross) , , 1 , , 1:14
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Rotterdam,
Netherlands , , TKO (retirement) , , , ,
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, 2003-06-04 , , Loss , , align=left, Samir Benazzouz , ,
K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 Preliminary Holland
This is a list of events held and scheduled by the K-1, a kickboxing promotion based in Hong Kong. The first event, K-1 Sanctuary I, took place on March 30, 1993 at Kōrakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
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Zoetermeer,
Netherlands , , Decision (Majority) , , 3 , , 3:00
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, 2000-01-23 , , Loss , , align=left,
Alexey Ignashov
Alexey Victoravich Ignashov ( be, Аляксей Ігнашоў; born 18 January 1978) is a Belarusian Heavyweight kickboxer. He is a four-time Muay Thai World champion, K-1 World GP 2003 in Paris and K-1 World GP 2001 in Nagoya tournament champ ...
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Rotterdam, Netherlands , , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00
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, 1999-12-05 , , Loss , , align=left,
Stefan Leko , ,
K-1 World Grand Prix 1999
''K-1 Grand Prix '99 Final Round'' was a martial arts event promoted by the K-1 organization. It was the seventh K-1 World Grand Prix final involving eight of the world's best fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules. The eight finalists h ...
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Tokyo, Japan , , KO (right back kick) , , 1 , , 2:37
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, 1991 , , Loss , , align=left, Jan Lomulder, , , ,
Netherlands , , KO , , 3 , ,
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References
External links
Official websiteK-1 Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hooft, Henri
1969 births
Living people
Dutch male kickboxers
Heavyweight kickboxers
Kickboxing trainers
Martial arts school founders
Mixed martial arts trainers
Sportspeople from The Hague