Gökhan Saki (born 18 October 1983"K1 topper Gökhan The rebel Saki te gast in FunXtra!"
, 3 April 2009, ''FunX Radio'' ) is a Turkish-Dutch

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and

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. He is a Dutch, European and World

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champion, '' K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam'' tournament finalist, '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii'' champion and former Glory Light Heavyweight Champion. Saki also competed in the

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division of the

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Early life

Saki was born and raised in

Schiedam Schiedam () is a large town and municipality in the west of the Netherlands. It is located in the Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, west of the city Rotterdam, east of the town Vlaardingen and south of the city Delft. In the south, Schi ...

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. His parents were Turkish immigrants from

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. Saki began training in kickboxing at the age of 10 when he also began playing

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, but eventually quit football at the age of 16 because of his preference for kickboxing.

Kickboxing career

His initial trainer was Jan Pasztjerik, under whom he became Dutch, European and World

champion within three years, before moving to Golden Glory in 2003. In 2006, he returned to Pasztjerik as he embarked on a joint production with Golden Glory and Pasztjerik. Training at Golden Glory with Cor Hemmers, Saki became a well-known fighter as he took wins over André Tete, Vitali Akhramenko, Henriques Zowa and Alexey Ignashov. Apart from the aforementioned wins he also accumulated losses against well-established fighters such as Badr Hari and the Greek Nicholas Pettas.

2006–2007

Saki made his

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debut at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam'' on 13 May 2006 where he defeated Rani Berbachi in the quarter-finals and Alexey Ignashov in the semis, before losing to Bjorn Bregy by first round

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in tournament finals. Saki returned to K-1 in March the following year, taking on

Hiromi Amada Hiromi Amada (; born May 10, 1973) is a retired Japanese heavyweight kickboxer and boxer from Gunma, Japan. A staple in the K-1 heavyweight division from 1999 to 2007, the company considered him one of its most talented Japanese fighte ...

at the ''

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'' and winning via

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. On 23 June 2007, he defeated

Mourad Bouzidi Mourad "The Silent Power" Bouzidi () (born November 23, 1984) is a Dutch– Tunisian heavyweight kickboxer, fighting out of Dojo Kamakura/Team Aerts in The Hague, Netherlands. He is the current Dutch Heavyweight W.F.C.A. kickboxing champion ...

at the ''

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''. He finished off the year by taking a victory over Russian muay Thai fighter Magomed Magomedov at '' K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007'' in Istanbul on 2 November.

2008

On 16 February 2008, Saki won the World Full Contact Association (WFCA) World Thaiboxing Super Heavyweight (+95 kg) Championship by defeating Englishman Chris Knowles in his hometown of

. Following this, his next significant bout came in a super fight at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Amsterdam'' on 26 April where he knocked out

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Following these victories, he was invited to take part in the sixteen-man tournament at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii'' on 9 August. Saki was able to win the tournament. This victory earned Saki a place in the 2008

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final sixteen. Later that year at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Seoul Final 16'' on 27 September, he was drawn against New Zealander

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. After three rounds, the judges had scored the fight a decision draw so it went to an extra round to determine the winner, after which Saki was announced the victor by unanimous decision. Advancing to the final eight at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Final'' on 6 December, Saki defeated Ruslan Karaev in the quarter-finals before being knocked out by the eventual champion, Remy Bonjasky, in the semis by a jumping kick to the rib cage.

2009

Gokhan Saki began 2009 with a defence of his WFCA World Thaiboxing Super Heavyweight Championship, finishing Germany's Arndt Bunk with a body shot on 28 February. A month later, he took part in the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 in Yokohama'', an eight-man tournament to determine the inaugural K-1 Heavyweight (−100kg) Champion. In the semi-finals, his fight with

Tyrone Spong Tyrone Clinton Spong (born 3 September 1985) is a Surinamese-Dutch professional boxer and mixed martial artist and former kickboxer. As a boxer, he held the WBC and WBO Latino heavyweight titles in 2018. In kickboxing, he is the former WFCA c ...

went into an extra round where he was able to win. In the final, he faced Keijiro Maeda in a bout which also went into an extra round. However, he lost via majority decision this time. He returned against Pavel Zhuravlev on 2 August in a super fight at the ''

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''. He lost the fight via unanimous decision and also injured his knee in the fight, which meant that he could not participate in the World Grand Prix last sixteen. He was still able to take part in a reserve fight at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final'', however, where he faced the Dutchman

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. He was defeated via unanimous decision (30–27, 29–27, and 29–28), meaning that he had now lost three fights in a row.

2010

In early 2010, Saki was able to bounce back by taking two wins in January and February, including a defence of his WFCA Muay Thai title against Utley Meriana, before rejoining the

circuit in April. He took a decision victory over Singh Jaideep at the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama'' before taking on

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in a highly anticipated bout at '' It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam'' on 29 May. Saki won via TKO in the second round after the referee stopped the fight. Having made a full recovery from his injuries and poor form, Saki was invited to the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Seoul Final 16'' on 2 October where he knocked out Frenchman Freddy Kemayo in the first round. Following this, he entered the United Glory 2010/11 World Series at ''United Glory 12'' fourteen days later where he KO'd Russian Nikolaj Falin in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Saki then returned to Japan for the '' K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 Final'' on 11 December. He faced Daniel Ghiţă in the quarter-finals and won by unanimous decision after four rounds. However, he broke his right hand during the fight and went on to battle Golden Glory teammate

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in the semis. Alistair landed a heavy left kick to Saki's right elbow that was also broken in his quarter-final fight. The fight was a first-round TKO win for Overeem.

2011

After recuperating from the injuries he sustained in the K-1 Grand Prix, Saki returned to the United Glory World Series in March 2011 where he took a decision victory over Wendell Roche in the semis at ''United Glory 13''. He then went on to win the World Series at ''United Glory 14: 2010–2011 World Series Finals'' on 28 May in Moscow, Russia where he defeated

Brice Guidon Brice Guidon (born July 16, 1985), also known as ''"Nectar"'', is a French Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the W.P.M.F. European Heavyweight and World Super Heavyweight Muaythai Champion, and the 2011 United Glory World Series runner-up. He has comp ...

by decision.

2012

On 28 January 2012, Saki faced Badr Hari at '' It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden'' in what was to be Hari's last kickboxing match before moving into boxing. Hari defeated Saki with ease, scoring three knockdowns in the first round before the referee stopped the fight, earning him a TKO victory. He dropped him with a right uppercut first, the second knockdown came by a right hook. Finally, he landed a right uppercut again which dropped Saki for the third time. When Saki's trainer, Cor Hemmers, took up a position working in the Glory promotion and was unable to spend as much time in the gym as before, Saki moved to Mike's Gym to train under Mike Passenier. He faced

at '' Glory 2: Brussels'' on 6 October 2012 in Brussels, Belgium and won by unanimous decision. Saki ended the year by competing in the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at '' Glory 4: Tokyo – 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam'' in Saitama, Japan on 31 December 2012. Saki defeated Raoumaru with ease at the opening stage, flooring the out-matched Korean twice in round one and forcing the referee to stop the bout. Then, in the quarter-finals, he knocked out Anderson "Braddock" Silva with his patented left hook in the closing seconds of round one. Advancing to the semis, Saki was eliminated by the eventual tournament winner,

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. Dwarfed by eleven inches and outweighed by twenty seven kilograms, Saki's high work rate was not enough to outpoint Schilt and he lost on points after the judges awarded the giant Dutchman the first two rounds.

2013–2015

Saki rematched Daniel Ghiţă at '' Glory 6: Istanbul'' in Istanbul, Turkey on 6 April 2013 in a #1 contender's bout for the Glory Heavyweight Championship held by

. The fight started out a little rough, as Saki caught a kick from the Romanian. He then backed Ghiţă up and threw him to the mat with a sweep. Ghiţă landed hard, looking to have suffered an arm injury. According to Glory's official rules, leg sweeps and trips are illegal moves and should thusly be counted as such. Instead, referee Joop Ubeda counted it as a down as Ghiţă took a while to get to his feet. Even though injured, round two saw again Ghiţă being more consistent but midway through the round, the Dutch began landing heavy punches on him and simply did not let up, dropping durable Romanian three times to take a win via TKO after the referee stepped in, calling the fight. In the semi-finals of '' Glory 11: Chicago – Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States in October 2013, Saki gave a lackluster performance and was on the receiving end of a controversial knockdown in round one as he lost a majority decision to eventual tournament champion

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. On 2 November 2013, Saki released a statement declaring that he was looking into taking legal action against Glory over the decision. Saki was crowned the inaugural Glory Light Heavyweight Champion when he won the '' Glory 15: Istanbul – Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament'' in Istanbul, Turkey on 12 April 2014. He faced

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in the semi-finals and was beginning to punish the Australian's body when blood began to leak from Corbett's right ear after an overhand left to the organ, leading the ringside physician to advise referee Al Wichgers to halt the fight at the 2:35 mark of round one. He then faced

in a highly anticipated rematch in the final. Midway through the opening round, Spong threw a kick to Saki's left leg. Saki checked the kick, causing Spong's lower right leg to fracture immediately and end the fight via TKO. Saki's sportsmanship of immediately tending to Spong was widely praised by the fans. Saki was stripped of the Glory light heavyweight title due to inactivity in Glory on 27 July 2015.

2021–present

On 8 October 2021 it was announced that Saki made his return to Glory with a single-fight contract. He was scheduled to replace

Antonio Plazibat Antonio Plazibat (born 12 December 1993) is a Croatian professional kickboxer, who currently competes in the Heavyweight division of Glory. Plazibat is a former K-1 Heavyweight Champion. At the amateur level, Plazibat captured medals at both ...

against James McSweeney at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23, 2021. Saki won the fight by second-round knockout.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Early in his kickboxing career, Saki also had a MMA bout. He faced James Zikic on 11 July 2004 at Cage Fighting Championships 1: Cage Carnage. He lost the fight via TKO.

Ultimate Fighting Championship

On 25 May 2017, Saki announced he had signed a multi-fight deal with the

. Saki made his promotional debut against Henrique da Silva on 23 September 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami. He won the fight via knockout in the final seconds of the first round. This win earned Saki his first ''Performance of the Night'' bonus award. Saki was expected to face Khalil Rountree on 30 December 2017 at

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. However, he was forced to pull out, citing knee injury and was replaced by Michal Oleksiejczuk. The bout against Rountree was then rescheduled and eventually took place at UFC 226 on 7 July 2018. Saki lost the fight via TKO in the first round. Saki was scheduled to face Saparbek Safarov on 16 March 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 5. However Saki pulled out of the fight in late February due to an undisclosed injury. Safarov remained on the card against a replacement, Nicolae Negumereanu. On 8 February 2021, it was reported that Saki had been released from the UFC. Later, Saki clarified that he asked the UFC to let him go due to the multiple injuries sustained in mixed martial arts training.

Personal life

Saki holds dual Dutch and Turkish nationality. He has stated that he respects

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, and referred to

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as his favorite fighter.

Championships and achievements

Kickboxing

* Glory ** 2014 Glory Light Heavyweight Championship (inaugural) ** 2014 Glory Light Heavyweight World Championship Tournament Champion ** 2011 United Glory World Series heavyweight tournament champion *

** 2010 K-1 World Grand Prix Final 3rd place ** 2009 K-1 Heavyweight (−100 kg) tournament runner up ** 2008 K-1 World Grand Prix Final 3rd place ** 2008 K-1 World GP in Hawaii champion ** 2006 K-1 World Grand Prix in Amsterdam runner up *World Full Contact Association ** 2008 WFCA World Thaiboxing Super Heavyweight (+95 kg) title *Awards ** 2014 Kickboxingplanet Kickboxer of the year *Muay Thai ** 2003 World Muay Thai champion ** 2002 European Muay Thai champion ** 2001 Dutch Muay Thai champion

Mixed martial arts

** Performance of the Night (One time)

Kickboxing record (Incomplete)

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, , KO (Left high kick) , , 1 , , 0:45 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2008-04-26 , , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2008 in Amsterdam , ,

, Netherlands , , KO (Left cross) , , 1 , , 1:40 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2008-03-15 , , Win , , align=left, Jantje Siersma , , It's Showtime 75MAX Trophy 2008, Super Fight , ,

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, , KO (Left overhand) , , 2 , , 2:42 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2008-02-16 , , Win , , align=left, Chris Knowles , , MM Thaibox Gala , ,

, , TKO (Left low kick) , , 3 , , 2:31 , - ! style=background:white colspan=9 , , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-11-02 , , Win , , align=left, Magomed Magomedov , , K-1 Fighting Network Turkey 2007 , ,

, Turkey , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-07-29 , , Win , , align=left, J.Defer Illiadis , , A-1 World Champions League , ,

, Turkey , , KO (High kick) , , 1 , , 0:44 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-06-23 , , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2007 in Amsterdam , ,

, Netherlands , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-05-20 , , Win , , align=left, Kevin Klinger , , Ultimate Glory III , ,

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, , TKO , , 1 , , 0:40 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-03-04 , , Win , , align=left,

, , K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama , ,

, Japan , , TKO (Low kicks) , , 2 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2007-02-17 , , Win , , align=left, Harry Hooft , , Gala in Margriethal , ,

, , KO (Left cross) , , 1 , , 1:14 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-05-18 , , Win , , align=left, Henriques Zowa , , Gala in Vlaardingen , ,

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, , Decision (Unanimous) , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2006-05-13 , , Loss , , align=left, Bjorn Bregy , , K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam , ,

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, Netherlands , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2006-05-13 , , Win , , align=left, Rani Berbachi , , K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 in Amsterdam , ,

, Netherlands , , Decision (Unanimous) , , 3 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2005-10-08 , , Loss , , align=left, Nicholas Pettas , , Bushido Europe "Rotterdam Rumble" , ,

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, Netherlands , , TKO(leg injury) , , 2 , , N/A , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2005-06-12 , , Win , , align=left, Vitali Akhramenko , , It's Showtime 2005 Amsterdam , ,

, Netherlands , , KO (Left low kick) , , 4 , , 0:45 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2005-03-26 , , Win , , align=left, André Tete , , Night of the Explosion , ,

, Netherlands , , KO , , N/A , , N/A , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2004-10-10 , , Loss , , align=left, Badr Hari , , 2 Hot 2 Handle XVII, ,

, Netherlands , , TKO (Corner stoppage) , , 2 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2003-10-11 , , Win , , align=left, Daniel Leko , , Muay Thai Gala Vlaardingen , ,

, , KO , , N/A , , N/A , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2003-04-20 , , Win , , align=left, Karim Mrabet , , Tulp Muay Thai Gala , ,

, Netherlands , , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2003-01-11 , , Loss , , align=left, Karim Mrabet , , A Night To Remember , , Hilversum, Netherlands , , KO , , 1 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#fbb;" , 2002-10-20 , , Loss , , align=left, Jacco de Jong , , N/A , , Dordrecht, Netherlands , , KO , , N/A , , N/A , - bgcolor="#c5d2ea" , 2002-09-08 , , NC , , align=left, Jeroen de Groot , , Fighting Party , ,

, Netherlands , , NC , , N/A , , N/A , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2002-03-30 , , Win , , align=left, Pierre Descendre , , N/A , ,

, , Decision , , 5 , , 3:00 , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2002-02-03 , , Win , , align=left, Ed Schapner , , WPKL Gala in Schuttersveld , ,

, Netherlands , , TKO , , 1 , , N/A , - style="background:#cfc;" , 2000-09-03 , , Win , , align=left, Farrad Arslan , , "Veselic Meets Dejpitak" , ,

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, , KO , , 3 , , N/A , - , colspan=9 , ''Legend'':

Mixed martial arts record

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, Nevada, United States , , - , Win , align=center, 1–1 , Henrique da Silva , KO (punch) , UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs. Okami , , align=center, 1 , align=center, 4:45 , Saitama, Japan , , - , Loss , align=center, 0–1 , James Zikic , TKO (punches) , Cage Fighting Championships 1: Cage Carnage , , align=center, N/A , align=center, N/A ,

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, England ,

References

External links

Gökhan Saki Official Site
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saki, Gokhan 1983 births Living people Dutch Muslims Dutch male kickboxers Heavyweight kickboxers Dutch male mixed martial artists Light heavyweight mixed martial artists Dutch male Muay Thai practitioners Mixed martial artists utilizing kickboxing Mixed martial artists utilizing Muay Thai Sportspeople from Schiedam Dutch sportspeople of Turkish descent Glory champions Glory kickboxers Ultimate Fighting Championship male fighters