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Donegi Abena
Born (1998-02-23) February 23, 1998 (age 26)
Paramaribo, Suriname
NationalityDutch
Surinamese
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight95 kg (209 lb; 15.0 st)[2]
DivisionLight Heavyweight
StyleKickboxing
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofAmsterdam, Netherlands
TeamMike’s Gym
TrainerMike Passenier
Years active2014 - present
Kickboxing record
Total21
Wins15
By knockout3
Losses6
By knockout2

Donegi Abena (born February 23, 1998) is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer fighting for Glory. He is the #4 ranked light heavyweight in Glory, as of May 2020.[3]

As of 5 March 2020, he is ranked the #6 light-heavyweight in the world by Combat Press.[4]

Kickboxing career

Early career

Abena made his debut in 2014, during Go Hard Or Go Home 7, when he faced Fabio Brent. He won the fight by decision. This would be the first of his five fight winning streak. He would suffer his first professional loss to the Czech Jan Soukup. He would lose his next fight as well, dropping a decision to Petr Romankevich.

During FFC 25 he would achieve a TKO win over Maurice Jackson, which would begin his second career winning streak. His four fight winning streak would earn his a place in the WLF 8 man Super Heavyweight Tournament. In the semifinals bout he won the rematch with Petr Romankevich, but suffered a KO loss to the tournament winner Jairzinho Rozenstruik.

Bouncing back with a win over Fabien Fouquet during FFC 29, he entered the A1 WCC Heawyweight Qualification Tournament. In the semifinals he beat Wendell Roche and Brian Douwes in the finals.

After a win over Clyde Brunswijk, he entered the A1WCC Champions League. After beating Luis Tavares in the quarter finals and Adnan Rezovic in the semifinals, he faced Mohamed Abdellah in the final match. He would lose by way of decision.

Moving to the Absolute Championship Berkut he earned the best win of his career, with a unanimous decision win over Andrei Stoica.[5]

GLORY Kickboxing

Following this, he signed with Glory. In his debut fight, during Glory 62, he fought Stephane Susperregui. He won by unanimous decision. In his second fight with the organization, he defeated Michael Duut.

This led him to a fight for the Glory Light Heavyweight Championship against the champion Artem Vakhitov.[6] He would fail to capture the title.[7]

Three months later he fought for the interim Light Heavyweight title against Alex Pereira[8]. Abena lost to the pound-for-pound great.[9]

Championships and accomplishments

  • A1 World Combat Cup
    • A1 WCC Heavyweight Qualification Tournament Title

Kickboxing record

Kickboxing record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIGHTER INFO". Final Fight Championship. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Donegi Abena". Glory Kickboxing. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Donegi Abena". Glory Kickboxing. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: March 2020". combatpress.com.
  5. ^ "ACB KB-16: Andrei Stoica (Romania) vs Donegi Abena (Suriname)". Youtube. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Vakhitov: "I Shall Keep My Belt"". Kickboxingz. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  7. ^ "GLORY 66 Results". Kickboxingz. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  8. ^ "GLORY Kickboxing". Twitter. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Alex Pereira KO's Donegi Abena to become the Glory LHW Interim Champion". Reddit. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  10. ^ Uitslagen 13-05-2017: A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven
  11. ^ Uitslagen 13-05-2017: A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven
  12. ^ Uitslagen 13-05-2017: A1 World Combat Cup Eindhoven
  13. ^ 「2016 WLF武林風 vs Krush中日対抗戦 vol.2」 12月3日(土)中国・河南省鄭州市・河南テレビマッチの全試合順が決定!“モロッコのワンダーボーイ”イリアス・ブライドがスーパーファイトに参戦!
  14. ^ "Bigi Boi" wint 4-mans toernooi en pakt WLF wereldtitel(in Dutch)
  15. ^ VEČER BOJOVNÍKŮ THAJSKÉHO BOXU VII.(in Czech)
  16. ^ WFL 2015 – Sept 25
  17. ^ Uitslagen MTBG-Goch Rumble Event 15(in Dutch)
  18. ^ Uitslagen Go Hard Or Go Home 7(in Dutch)