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Jérôme Le Banner
File:Jérôme Le Banner.jpg
NicknameGeronimo, Battle Cyborg
NationalityFrance France
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight264.5 lb (120 kg; 18 st 13 lb)
StyleKickboxing
StanceSouthpaw
TeamLe Banner Xtream Team
Years active17 (1990-present)
Professional boxing record
Total4
Wins4
By knockout3
Losses0
Kickboxing record
Total89
Wins73
By knockout59
Losses14
By knockout9
Draws1
No contests1
Mixed martial arts record
Total5
Wins3
Losses1
By submission1
Draws1
Other information
Websitehttp://www.lebannerofficial.com
Boxing record from BoxRec
Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog

Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner (born December 26, 1972), known as well as "Hyper Battle Cyborg" or "The Bulldog of Normandy" is a French professional kickboxer and K-1 superstar, famous for his aggressive fighting style and knockout power.[1].

Biography & Career

Jérôme Le Banner was born in the French city of Le Havre, in the région of Normandy. Le Banner started training judo at the age of 6. When he was 14, Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury influenced him so much that he started practicing karate instead, while trying to incorporate techniques of Jeet Kune Do he had seen in the film. Jeet Kune Do gave him southpaw stance, which he has maintained throughout his career, even though he is right-handed.[2]

At the age of 18, he debuted in his first Full Contact Kickboxing competitions. By 20 he held the ISKA French title and soon after that, he won the European belt against Stéphane Reveillon, and the Intercontinental belt in South Africa against Mike Bernardo.

On March 3, 1995 Jerome Le Banner made his K-1 debut, winning five round decision over Nokveed Devy. Two months later, on May 4, 1995 he made his first K-1 World Grand Prix appearance in Tokyo, Japan, knocking out both Masaaki Satake and Mike Bernardo, before losing to Peter Aerts in tournament finals.

On December 7, 2002 at K-1 World Grand Prix 2002, after defeating Musashi in the quarterfinals, and Mark Hunt in the semis, Le Banner faced three time World Champion Ernesto Hoost in the tournament final. Following an evenly fought first two rounds, Hoost shattered Le Banner's arm with three roundkicks in the third. Despite suffering near career ending injury, Le Banner was able to recover and returned to the ring six months later in K-1 Paris 2003, winning the fight by punch combinations over Belarusian Vitaly Akhramenko.

On December 2, 2006, after his loss against Semmy Schilt at K-1 World Grand Prix 2006 finals, Le Banner announced his semi retirement from tournament fighting, restricting future appearances to K-1's Superfight events.

In early 2007, after his fight at K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama he was forced to have a knee surgery and was not expected to return to the ring until 2008, however due to his another fast recovery K-1 announced that Le Banner will participate on September 29, 2007 at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 against Russian kickboxer Ruslan Karaev. Just two days before the fight, Karaev had to pull out and was replaced by a former Korean Taekwondo practitioner, Yong Soo Park. It took Le Banner only 0'54" seconds to knock out Park in the first round by straight punch and qualify himself for K-1 World GP 2007 Final held in December 8, 2007 held at the Yokohama Arena, Japan.[3]

On December 8, 2007, in his 9th K-1 World GP appearance of his career, Le Banner defeated Choi Hong Man in the quarter finals by unanimous decision before facing the reigning K-1 champion Semmy Schilt in semis. Le Banner finished the first round up on scorecards. In the beginning of the second round Schilt landed a lowkick that seemed to hurt Le Banner's right knee, which he had surgery on in early 2007. The fight was eventually stopped by Le Banner's corner throwing in the towel to avoid further damage to an injured knee.[4]

A fight between Le Banner and Mirko Filipović is expected to take place at DREAM.5 on July 21, 2008 in Japan.

Titles

  • 2002 K-1 World Grand Prix Finalist
  • 2001 K-1 World Grand Prix in Osaka Champion
  • 2000 K-1 World Grand Prix in Nagoya Champion
  • 1999 K-1 World Grand Prix 3rd Place
  • 1996 I.S.K.A. World Super Heavyweight Thaiboxing Champion
  • 1995 K-1 World Grand Prix Finalist
  • W.K.N. World Muay Thai Super Heavyweight Champion
  • French & European Kickboxing Champion

Kickboxing Record[5]

73 Wins (59 (T)KO's, 14 decisions), 14 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time
06/29/2008 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt K-1 World GP 2008 in Fukuoka, Japan, +100kg Title Decision 3
12/08/2007 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 1:02
12/08/2007 Win South Korea Choi Hong Man K-1 World GP 2007 Final, Japan Decision 3 3:00
09/29/2007 Win South Korea Yong Soo Park K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16, Korea KO (Right punch) 1 0:54
03/04/2007 Loss Japan Junichi Sawayashiki K-1 World GP 2007 in Yokohama, Japan Decision 3 3:00
12/02/2006 Loss Netherlands Semmy Schilt K-1 World Grand Prix 2006, Japan Decision 3 3:00
09/30/2006 Win South Korea Choi Hong Man K-1 World GP 2006 in Osaka, Japan Decision (Ext. R) 4 3:00
07/30/2006 Win Netherlands Remy Bonjasky K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Split) 3 3:00
11/19/2005 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 2005, Japan Decision (Ext. R) 4 3:00
09/23/2005 Win Trinidad and TobagoGary Goodridge K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Osaka, Japan TKO (Three knockdowns) 1 2:13
07/02/2005 Win Belarus Dimitry Podgaisky Le Grand Tournoi 2005, Paris, France KO (Right hook) 1 1:49
05/27/2005 Win France Cyril Abidi K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 in Paris, France TKO (Referee stoppage) 5 2:53
04/30/2005 Win Germany Oliver van Damme Post Tenebra Cup 2005, WKA World Championship, Geneva KO (Left hook) 1
12/04/2004 Win Japan Hiromi Amada K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, Japan KO (Low kicks) 2 1:03
09/25/2004 Loss South Africa Francois Botha K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Tokyo, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 3 3:00
07/17/2004 Win United States Terrence Reasby K-1 World Grand Prix 2004 in Seoul, Korea KO (Knee strike) 1 0:53
09/21/2003 Win South Africa Shaka Zulu K-1 Survival 2003, Japan KO (Right low kick) 2 1:10
06/14/2003 Win Belarus Vitaly Akhramenko K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 in Paris, France KO (Right punch) 2 0:28
12/07/2002 Loss Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-1 World Grand Prix 2002, Japan KO (Right mid-kicks) 3 1:26
12/07/2002 Win New Zealand Mark Hunt K-1 World Grand Prix 2002, Japan Decision 3 3:00
12/07/2002 Win Japan Musashi K-1 World Grand Prix 2002, Japan KO (Punches) 2 0:51
10/05/2002 Win Trinidad and Tobago Gary Goodridge K-1 World GP 2002 in Saitama, Japan KO (Straight right punch) 1 0:42
08/28/2002 Win United States Don Frye PRIDE Shockwave, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 1:30
07/06/2002 Win Croatia Sinisa Andrijasevic ISKA Full-contact World Heavyweight title, France TKO (Corner stoppage) 4 2:00
05/25/2002 Win New Zealand Mark Hunt K-1 World GP 2002 in Paris, France TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 3:00
03/03/2002 Win Japan Hiromi Amada K-1 World GP 2002 in Nagoya, Japan KO (Right punch) 1 1:42
12/08/2001 Loss New Zealand Mark Hunt K-1 World Grand Prix 2001, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 2:32
08/19/2001 Win Belgium Marc de Wit K-1 Andy Memorial Japan 2001 GP Final, Japan KO (Straight right punch) 2 1:45
06/24/2001 Win Germany Stefan Leko K-1 Survival 2001, Japan Decision 5 3:00
04/29/2001 Win Australia Adam Watt K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka, Japan KO (Punch rush) 1 0:46
04/29/2001 Win Brazil Ebenezer Braga K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka, Japan KO (Left punch) 1 1:03
04/29/2001 Win Czech Republic Pavel Majer K-1 World Grand Prix 2001 in Osaka, Japan KO (Left punch) 1 2:15
03/17/2001 NC South Africa Mike Bernardo K-1 Gladiators 2001, Japan No Contest 1 3:00
07/30/2000 Win Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-1 World GP 2000 in Nagoya, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 1 3:00
07/30/2000 Win Denmark Nicolas Pettas K-1 World GP 2000 in Nagoya, Japan TKO (2 knockdowns) 1 3:00
07/30/2000 Win New Zealand Mark Hunt K-1 World GP 2000 in Nagoya, Japan Decision 3 3:00
07/13/2000 Win England Shawn Johnson ISKA Championship Kickboxing, Las Vegas, NV KO (Left straight punch) 1
05/28/2000 Win South Africa Jan Nortje K-1 Survival 2000, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 1:07
04/23/2000 Win Brazil Francisco Filho K-1 The Millennium, Japan KO (Left punch) 1 2:02
03/17/2000 Win Greece Paris Vassilikos ISKA Championship Kickboxing, Las Vegas, NV KO (Right hook) 2 1:09
12/05/1999 Loss Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-1 World Grand Prix 1999, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 0:26
12/05/1999 Win Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 1999, Japan KO (Left hook) 1 1:11
10/05/1999 Win England Matt Skelton K-1 World GP 1999 Final Elimination, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 1:59
09/19/1998 Win Brazil Espedito da Silva WKN World Championship Kickboxing, Atlanta, USA KO (Right hook) 1
07/18/1998 Win Australia Sam Greco K-1 Dreams 1998, Japan KO (Punch) 2 2:07
05/24/1998 Win Bosnia and Herzegovina Combat Ziyo K-1 Braves 1998, Japan TKO 3 2:52
11/09/1997 Loss Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-1 World Grand Prix 1997, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 1:15
09/07/1997 Win United States Rick Roufus K-1 World GP 1997 Opening, Japan TKO (Referee stoppage) 3 2:05
07/20/1997 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 Dreams 1997, Japan KO (Left high kick) 2 1:19
04/29/1997 Loss New Zealand Ray Sefo K-1 Braves 1997, Japan KO (Right hook) 1 1:31
02/01/1997 Win United States Maurice Smith ISKA World Superheavyweight title, France Decision 5 3:00
12/08/1996 Draw Australia Sam Greco K-1 Hercules 1996, Japan Decision draw 5 3:00
10/18/1996 Win Netherlands Ernesto Hoost K-1 Star Wars 1996, Japan TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 2:57
09/01/1996 Win Japan Takeru K-1 Revenge 1996, Japan KO (Right straight punch) 4 2:49
06/01/1996 Win United States Curtis Schuster Le Choc des Champions, ISKA Super heavyweight title Decision 5 3:00
03/10/1996 Loss Croatia Mirko Filipovic K-1 World GP 1996 Opening, Japan Decision 5 3:00
12/09/1995 Loss Switzerland Andy Hug K-1 Hercules 1995, Japan Decision 5 3:00
09/03/1995 Win Netherlands John Kleijn K-1 Revenge 2, Japan KO (Right hook) 2 1:10
05/04/1995 Loss Netherlands Peter Aerts K-1 World Grand Prix 1995, Japan KO (Right body punch) 1 1:37
05/04/1995 Win South Africa Mike Bernardo K-1 World Grand Prix 1995, Japan KO (Right low kick) 2 2:05
05/04/1995 Win Japan Masaaki Satake K-1 World Grand Prix 1995, Japan KO (Punch) 3 2:32
03/03/1995 Win Thailand Nokveed Devy K-1 World Grand Prix 1995 Opening, Japan Decision 5 3:00

Mixed martial arts record

3 Wins (3 KOs), 1 Loss (1 submission), 1 Draw.
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round Time
03/15/2006 Win United States Jimmy Ambriz K-1 Hero's 4 KO (Punch) 1 2:04
12/31/2005 Win Russia Alan Karaev K-1 PREMIUM 2005 Dynamite!!, Japan KO 2 1:14
03/26/2005 Win Japan Yoshihiro Akiyama K-1 Hero's 1 KO (Knees) 1 2:24
12/31/2004 Draw United States Bob Sapp K-1 PREMIUM 2004 Dynamite!!, Japan Decision Draw 4 3:00
12/31/2001 Loss Japan Tadao Yasuda Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye 2001 K-1 vs. Inoki Submission (Forearm choke) 2 2:50

Professional Boxing Record

4 Wins (3 (T)KOs), 0 Losses.
Date Result Opponent Event Method Round
11/14/1998 Win Hungary Ferenc Deák L'Espace François Mitterand, France DQ 2
06/20/1998 Win United States James Henderson The Moon, Tallahassee, FL, USA KO 4
04/10/1998 Win United States Jerry Reynolds USA TKO 1
02/24/1998 Win Romania Tudor Panait Oporto, Portugal TKO 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "K-1 Official Profile". K-1. Retrieved 2006-07-19.
  2. ^ ""Le Banner Exclusive Interview"". www.ironlife.com. Retrieved 2005-09-19.
  3. ^ ""In with the Old and the New at the K-1 Final Elimination"". K-1 Grand Prix Website. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  4. ^ ""Fighter's Profile Jerome Le Banner"". K-1 Sport.de. Retrieved 2007-12-09.
  5. ^ "JLB Dossier" (PDF). www.hublot.ch. Retrieved 2007-12-3. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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