Serkan Yilmaz
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Serkan Yilmaz (born May 21, 1975 in Kırşehir, Turkey), known as "The Turkish Samurai" and "The Turkish Wonder Kicker", is a Turkish taekwondo fighter who has participated in Numerous Taekwondo, Wushu, and Kickboxing tournaments in Turkey and mainland Europe, K-1 Japan and A-1 Japan MMA tournaments.
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[edit] Biography
Yilmaz was born in 1975 in Kırşehir, and moved to Istanbul at the age of 2. He started learning Tae-Kwon-Do at the age of 12 under the instruction of Salih Güzelordu. Later, he continued with Sadik Oflu.
He fought a lot of competitive matches in his young years, and won the tournaments in Istanbul in the 36, 40, 47 and 54 kg weight categories. He eventually became the champion of Turkey in 1992, and at that time started training in kickboxing with Sadik Oflu. From 1992 to 2002, he won and defended the championship title, in Turkey and Europe. In the meantime, he started fighting wushu matches from 2000. He managed to win the Turkish Wushu championship titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
[edit] Fighting Style
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His fighting style is that of many taekwondo practitioners in that he mainly utilizes kicking techniques;[who?] predominantly the turning kick, reverse turning kick and perhaps most spectacularly, the back piercing kick. However unlike some TKD-style fighters, such as Yong-Soo Park[dubious ] (also in K-1) he is very proficient with his punching techniques, and holds his guard up high. The aim of this guard is to adapt to kickboxing rules, and be able to defend against punches more than kicks, as would be custom in taekwondo matches.
He is known to have a furious tempo while fighting, and his aggression is very evident. He usually throws kicks in combos, and his main strikes are indeed kicks. He is powerful and accurate, especially with his spinning back kicks which send the opponent stumbling backward from the force of the kick.
[edit] Career in Japan
Yilmaz started his K-1 career in 2003 and finished in 2004, during which he won 3 out of 7 bouts. [1][citation needed] Yilmaz also fought one MMA match against Caol Uno in 2005.
| Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Method |
| 07/05/2003 | Win | Takashi Ohno | K-1 Wold Max 2003 | Decision (unanimous) |
| 07/27/2003 | Loss | Mike Cope | K-1 WORLD GP2003 in MELBOURNE | Decision (split) |
| 02/24/2004 | Win | Tomo | K-1 WORLD MAX Japan qualifier | KO |
| 02/24/2004 | Win | Kazuya Yasuhiro | K-1 WORLD MAX Japan qualifier | KO |
| 02/24/2004 | Loss | Takayuki Kohiruimaki | K-1 WORLD MAX Japan qualifier | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 04/07/2004 | Loss | Masato | K-1 WORLD MAX | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 07/07/2004 | Loss | Duane Ludwig | K-1 WORLD MAX | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 11/06/2004 | Loss | Shin Nopadetsorn | TITANS 1st | Decision (Unanimous) |
| 02/23/2005 | Loss | Caol Uno | K-1 WORLD MAX (MMA) | Submission (armbar) |
[edit] A-1 Career
Yılmaz started his A-1 career in 2005 which lead to a successful championship campaign including a victory over Danny Lewis.
