Marc de Bonte

Marc de Bonte
Born February 27, 1990
Turnhout, Belgium
Nationality Belgian
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 75.8 kg (167 lb; 11.94 st)
Division Light Heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Reach 73.0 in (185 cm)
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Fighting out of Bladel, Netherlands
Team Tay Gym
Trainer Ludo Kaethoven
Years active -present
Professional boxing record
Total 4
Wins 4
By knockout 2
Losses 0
Draws 0
Kickboxing record
Total 94
Wins 83
By knockout 19
Losses 10
Draws 1
Other information
Website www.marcdebonte.com
last updated on: June 21, 2014
Marc de Bonte
Medal record
Competitor for  Belgium
Muay Thai
IFMA World Championships
Bronze 2010 Bangkok 81 kg
Silver 2012 Saint Petersburg 81 kg

Marc de Bonte (born February 27, 1990) is a Belgian kickboxer who competes in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions. He won bronze at the IFMA World Championships in 2010 and silver in 2012 as an amateur, and debuted with the Glory promotion in October 2012.

Career

De Bonte starting practicing kickboxing and Muay Thai at six years old.[1] As an amateur, he took a bronze medal at the 2010 IFMA World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand. He followed this up with a silver at the 2012 games in Saint Petersburg, Russia where he lost to Artem Levin in the final.[2][3][4]

In 2011, he signed with the Muaythai Premier League but was able to fight just once in the short-lived promotion, a split decision win over Jiri Zak at Muaythai Premier League: Strength and Honor in Padova, Italy on October 8, 2011.[5][6][7]

He knocked out Michael Buxant via fifth round knee at MaxPain in Genk, Belgium on February 10, 2012 to win the Belgian −81 kg/181 lb Championship.[8]

The following year, de Bonte was recruited by Glory, the world's premier kickboxing organization, and he made his promotional debut at Glory 2: Brussels on October 6, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium[9][10][11] where he lost to Murthel Groenhart by knockout from a knee in round two of their 79 kg/175 lb bout.[12][13]

He returned at Glory 6: Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey on April 6, 2013, moving up to the 85 kg/187 lb division to face L'houcine "Aussie" Ouzgni.[14][15] He won via a knee KO early in round one[16][17][18] to move up to the #3 spot in Glory's middleweight rankings.[19][20]

He was set to fight Nieky Holzken in the Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament semi-finals in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013.[21] However, he was then replaced by Raymond Daniels in the tournament for undisclosed reasons.[22]

He was set to fight against Nieky Holzken for the inaugural Glory Welterweight (-77.1 kg/170 lb) Championship at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014[23][24] but the fight was cancelled when Holzken suffered a shoulder injury in a car accident.[25] The match was rescheduled for Glory 16: Denver in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014[26] but Holzken withdrew again due to his recurring shoulder injury and was replaced by Karapet Karapetyan.[27][28] He defeated Karapetyan via split decision to take the title.[29][30]

He lost his title against Joseph Valtellini at Glory 17: Los Angeles in Inglewood, California, US on June 21, 2014 when he dropped a unanimous decision. Both fighters scored knockdowns in the fight; Valtellini dropped de Bonte with a high kick in round three, while de Bonte floored Valtellini with a Flying#flying knee in round four.[31][32][33]

Championships and accomplishments

Kickboxing

Boxing record

Boxing record

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Kickboxing record

83 wins (19 KOs), 10 losses, 1 draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2014-06-21 Loss Joseph Valtellini Glory 17: Los Angeles Inglewood, California, USA Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00
Loses the Glory Welterweight Championship.
2014-05-03 Win Karapet Karapetyan Glory 16: Denver Broomfield, Colorado, USA Decision (split) 5 3:00
Wins the Glory Welterweight Championship.
2013-04-06 Win L'houcine Ouzgni Glory 6: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey KO (left knee) 1 1:16
2012-10-06 Loss Murthel Groenhart Glory 2: Brussels Brussels, Belgium KO (knee) 2
2012-02-10 Win Michael Buxant MaxPain Genk, Belgium KO (knee) 5
Wins the Belgian −81 kg/181 lb Championship.
2011-10-08 Win Jiri Zak Muaythai Premier League: Strength and Honor Padova, Italy Decision (split) 3 3:00
2011-04-09 Win Fikri Demirci A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00
2010-11-21 Win Joep Beerepoot Zaandam, Netherlands
2010-00-00 Win Michael Smit Belgium Decision 3 3:00
2008-01-19 Win Geronimo de Groot Heat FC Heesch, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00
Amateur kickboxing record
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2012-09-11 Loss Artem Levin IFMA 2012 World Championships, Final Saint Petersburg, Russia Decision 4 2:00
Wins the IFMA 2012 World Championships −81 kg/178 lb Silver Medal.

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

References

  1. Biography
  2. It is Semi-Finals Day
  3. September 11: Semi-Finals Results – Some of the hardest fought battles during the competition
  4. IFMA Finals: A Knockout Event
  5. Muaythai Premiere League Round Two
  6. MuayThai Premier League Returns Tomorrow With Second Event
  7. MuayThai Premier League Second Round Results
  8. Fight event Maxpain 10/02/12
  9. Weekly Kicks: Badr Hari Out Of K-1 Grand Prix, Glory 2 Brussels Oct. 6 Fight Card
  10. Glory 2 Brussels preview: The return of Remy Bonjasky
  11. More Fights Added To GLORY 2 Brussels, Including Gokhan Saki
  12. GLORY 2 Brussels Live Results
  13. Weekly Kicks: Glory 2 Brussels results and analysis plus more
  14. GLORY 6 Poster/Fighters Expected to Participate
  15. Updated GLORY 6 Istanbul Fight Card For Saturday, April 6
  16. GLORY 6 Istanbul: Daniel Ghita vs. Gokhan Saki, Live Results
  17. Glory 6 results and recap
  18. GLORY 6 Istanbul: Daniel Ghita vs. Gohkan Saki Live Results
  19. Saki smashes his way to second place in world heavyweight rankings
  20. Glory 6 Istanbul Ghita vs. Saki results, discussion, live stream, and full fight coverage
  21. Match ups announced for Glory 13 welterweight tournament in Japan
  22. Raymond Daniels replaces Marc de Bonte in Glory 13 welterweight tournament
  23. GLORY Makes GLORY 14 in Zagreb Official
  24. Remy Bonjasky vs. Mirko Filipovic and Nieky Holzken vs. Marc De Bonte set for Glory 14 in Croatia
  25. GLORY 14 Zagreb: Fight Card (Till so far)
  26. Nieky Holzken vs. Marc De Bonte Set for GLORY 16 Denver
  27. Shoulder injury forces Nieky Holzken out of GLORY 16 title fight
  28. Nieky Holzken Forced Out of GLORY 16 Title Fight
  29. UFC Veteran Pat Barry Suffers First-Round Knockout Loss to Zack Mwekassa at Glory 16
  30. Glory 16 Results
  31. Glory 17 and Last Man Standing Live Results
  32. Glory's Last Man Standing Results
  33. Glory results: Artem Levin, Rico Verhoeven and Joseph Valtellini take home Glory gold

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