Abraham Roqueñi Iglesias (born April 16, 1978) is a Spanish

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. He was the K-1 MAX Spain 2004 tournament winner, and is a former

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, WAKO and WFCA world champion. He holds notable wins over

Gago Drago Gagik Harutyunyan ( hy, Գագիկ Հարությունյան; born 8 March 1985), better known as Gago Drago, is an Armenian-born Dutch welterweight kickboxer from Alkmaar. He is known for his punch combinations and unpredictable kicking techniqu ...

, Luis Reis,

Andy Souwer Andy Souwer (born 9 November 1982) is a Dutch former welterweight kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He is a two-time K-1 World MAX champion (2005, 2007) and four-time Shootboxing World tournament champion as well as former It's Showtime 70MAX ...

Giga Chikadze Giga Chikadze ( Georgian: გიგა ჭიკაძე, born 25 August 1988) is a Georgian mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. He currently competes in the Featherweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Chikadze fo ...

, and

Artur Kyshenko Artur Kyshenko ( Ukrainian: Артур Кишенко, born November 14, 1986) is a Ukrainian middleweight kickboxer, fighting out of Kyshenko Gym. He is the 2015 Kunlun Fight 80 kg Tournament World Champion and K-1 World MAX 2008 Finalist. ...

Career

Roqueñi began practicing martial arts with

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at the age of 7, and now holds a 3rd '' dan'' black belt in the discipline. He began

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at 12 and had his first amateur fight as a 16-year-old. Early in his career, he became the Iberian, Spanish and European champion before gaining further international recognition when he won the '' K-1 MAX Spain 2004'' eight-man tournament on December 18, 2004. He knocked out Antonio Postigo and Willy Borrel in the quarter-finals and semi-finals, respectively, before taking a decision over Luis Reis in the final. Roqueñi won the WAKO World Lowkick Championship on October 22, 2005 when he defeated Wallid Haddad. He made three defences of this title, against Ibrahim Tamazaev, Radhouane Amoulibi and Kevin Harper, over the course of the next year before winning his second world title on June 30, 2007 by beating Thai fighter Kit Sitphonlek by decision for the WFCA World Muay Thai Championship. He then lost this belt to Mohammed Rahhaoui on May 10, 2008. On December 7, 2007, Roqueñi knocked out Franck Pétin to win the WFCA World Full Contact Championship. He then won his fourth world title on April 11, 2009 by KOing Tim Thomas for the

World title at -70 kg. On February 5, 2011, he caused a huge upset by defeating

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in Málaga,

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. Roqueñi knocked Souwer down in round 2 en route to a decision win. Following this, he was invited to compete in the It's Showtime organization and made his promotional debut at ''Fix Events & Fightclub Group presents: It's Showtime 2011'' on June 18, 2011 and beat

by majority decision. In late 2011, he joined the Thai Fight 2011 70 kg Tournament. He was unable to make it past the semi-final stage, however, as he was defeated by Frank Giorgi on November 27, 2011 in

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, Thailand. On January 21, 2012, he lost a unanimous decision to pound for pound #1

Giorgio Petrosyan Gevorg "Giorgio" Petrosyan ( hy, Գևորգ Պետրոսյան; born December 10, 1985) is an Armenian-Italian kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. Nicknamed "The Doctor" and noted for his supreme technical skills, ringsmanship a ...

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. He won the face versus

Albert Kraus Albert “The Hurricane” Kraus (born August 3, 1980) is a Dutch welterweight kickboxer. He was the first K-1 World MAX Tournament Champion in 2002 and also the first SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion. Kraus has also held four separate world tit ...

on April 28, 2012 in

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. He was scheduled to fight

Yury Bessmertny Yuri Gorbachev ( be, Юрый Гарбачоў, born August 27, 1987), better known as Yuri Bessmertny ( be, Юрый Бяссмертны), is a Belarusian Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the middleweight and super middleweight divisions. Af ...

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on October 27, 2012 but Bessmertny pulled out of the fight due to injury. He defeated Xu Yan by unanimous decision in a tournament reserve bout at the ''

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'' in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012. On February 3, 2013, he will fight Dutch-based Georgian Giga Chikadze at ''Street Culture Fight Night 2'' in Tenerife, Spain. Roqueñi took a split decision win over

at ''Enfusion Live: Barcelona'' in Barcelona, Spain on March 9, 2012. He beat Elam Ngor by disqualification at ''Enfusion Live: Tenerife'' in Tenerife, Spain on July 13, 2013. The fight was ruled a draw after three rounds and was set to go to an extension round to decide the victor, but Ngor apparently felt that he had already done enough and would be unable to beat Roqueñi on points in front of Spanish judges and so he left the ring, resulting in the DQ. He was set to fight at the ''K-1 World MAX 2013 World Championship Tournament Final 16'' in Majorca, Spain on September 14, 2013. However, he withdrew from the tournament as Street Culture Promotions, the co-promoter of the event, had not paid him for his fights with Xu Yan and Artur Kyshenko. He beat Emmanuel Horta Vavares by first-round KO in the quarter-finals of the 2013 edition of Thai Fight's -70 kg/154 lb tournament in Thailand on October 23, 2013. Then he proceeded in semi finals and lost to Expedito Valin on November 30, 2013.

Accomplishments

*WFCA Full Contact Kickboxing World Champion. *WFCA Muay Thai World Champion. *4 times WAKO World Champion. *ISKA World -70 kg Championship. *ISKA European Champion. *K-1 Max Spain Champion 2004. *2 time European Kickboxing Champion. *Kickboxing champion of Spain. *Spanish Full Contact Kickboxing Champion. *2 time Iberian Kickboxing Champion. *Iberian Full Contact Kickboxing Champion. *Multiple time Spanish Karate Champion of Spain, 3rd Dan. *Cantabrian Amateur Kickboxing Champion. *Spanish Amateur Kickboxing Champion. *Spanish Neoprofessional Kickboxing Champion. *Spanish Amateur Full Contact Kickboxing Champion.

Kickboxing record

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Marco Piqué Marco "The Sniper" Piqué (born January 9, 1980) is a Surinamese-Dutch welterweight kickboxer, fighting out of Team Snipers in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the current World Full Contact Association Muay Thai middleweight world champion, WMC inte ...

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References

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