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Chris Ngimbi
Born (1984-04-18) April 18, 1984 (age 40)
Kinshasa, Zaire
Other namesThe African Warrior
NationalityDutch
Congolese
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
DivisionSuper Welterweight
Middleweight
StyleKarate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofEindhoven, Netherlands
TeamTeam Ngimbi/ Fidan gym
Siam Gym
Black Label
Calmaro Gym
Duran Gym
Years active22 (2002 -present)
Kickboxing record
Total84
Wins61
By knockout19
Losses23
By knockout4
Draws0
Last updated on: December 15, 2012

Chris "The African Warrior" Ngimbi (born 18 April 1984 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Ngimbi Sports Academy in Pelt, Belgium .[1] He is the two times It's Showtime 70MAX world champion fighting primarily within the It's Showtime and the K-1 Global Holding organizations. He also held the SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship in 2016.

Biography and career

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Ngimbi was born in Kinshasa the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was born with a weak heart which doctors felt would make it hard for him to survive his first year. He spent his childhood in the African country but his family was forced to leave when he was 11 years old due to the civil war and the fact that his father had served in the political party of the recently ousted president Mobutu Sese Seko. Ngimbi relocated to the Netherlands and was a keen footballer in his teenage years and tipped to do well but decided to focus on kickboxing after making his amateur debut at 18 in Eindhoven representing the Duran Gym. He would later switch to the Calmaro gym in Helmond after his second B-Klass match with a fighting record of 12 wins and 1 loss. -[1][2]

After fighting on the local scene for several years, Ngimbi was invited as a member of a Dutch team that would participate in a W.K.A. event in New York City. Due to an impressive knockout of his opponent he would be invited back to the states the following year to contest against Atlanta based Thai Khunpon Dechkampu for the W.K.A. intercontinental title, in what would be the first of a number of title fights on American soil. Ngimbi was successful on his return visit to the United States, winning the belt via KO and as winner of the intercontinental belt Ngimbi would get a shot at the W.K.A. world title in 2007, losing to Shane Campbell in their first match in Richmond, only to win the rematch six months later to claim his first world title.[3]

In between trips across the Atlantic Ngimbi would have a number of fights in the Netherlands, defeating useful fighters such as Ray Staring, Kit Sitpholek and William Diender – the latter in the K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 tournament in which he made the semi-finals only to lose to eventual winner Warren Stevelmans (who he had beaten back in 2006).[4] He also made his debut with the It's Showtime organization defeating English fighter Rick Barnhill in Alkmaar.[5] In February 2009 Ngimbi had another attempt to qualify for the K-1 MAX via a regional event in Utrecht but lost at the quarter-final stage to Marco Piqué. This decision was modified after protest from Ngimbi's corner. In May 2009 after the fight against Schneidmiller in the Amsterdam Arena he left the Calmaro gym to join Siam Gym in Valkenswaard. The switch had led to victories against fighters as Chahid Oulad el Hadj and Hafid el Boustati.

In 2010, Ngimbi's record with the It's Showtime organization (4 wins, 2 losses) led to the organization inviting him to challenge two time It's Showtime champion Murat Direkçi for his world title belt in Athens at the end of the year. As the underdog, few expected the African Warrior to triumph but he pulled off a fifth round upset decision win against Direkçi to become the new It's Showtime 70MAX world champion.[6] Ngimbi retained his It's Showtime 70MAX world title at the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon event, outclassing local fighter Willy Borrel on way to a trademark flying knee KO victory.

In December 2011, Ngimbi shocked the kickboxing world when he stated that he will make one more defence of his belt, against Andy Souwer in June 2012, and then retire. He lost the fight, but came back to his decision to retire so he can participate on the K-1 World Max.[7]

He was stopped by Artur Kyshenko in round two at the quarter-finals of the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012.[8][9]

Ngimbi Took a break from kickboxing in 2013 and came back stronger in 2014 fighting for the biggest organisations in Asia like Kunlun Fight, W5 Professional Kickboxing and the current number 1 biggest media property in martial arts, ONE Championship. Besides he will go on to conquer one more belt in 2016 to become the SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship World Champion.

As of 2017 Ngimbi moved to Belgium where he opened the gym Ngimbi Sports Academy in 2019 and is preparing the next generation kickboxers for the big stage.

Titles and accomplishments

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  • SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship
    • 2016 SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion -72.5 kg.[10]
  • World Full Contact Association
    • 2003 World Full Contact Association (W.F.C.A.) European champion[1]

Awards

  • Combat Press
    • 2015 Knockout of the Year (vs. Ilia Usachev)[11]

Kickboxing record

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Kickboxing Record
61 Wins (19 (T)KO's, 31 decisions), 23 Losses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2018-07-27 Win Italy Armen Petrosyan ONE Championship: Reign of Kings Philippines Decision (Split) 3 3:00 32-21
2018-05-18 Loss Thailand Yodsanklai Fairtex ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams Singapore Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 31-21
2017-10-14 Loss Italy Giorgio Petrosyan PetrosyanMania Monza, Italy Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 31-20
For the vacant ISKA Super Welterweight (-70 kg/154 lb) K-1 Rules World Championship.
2016-11-12 Loss Romania Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Bucharest, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31-20
Lost SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-10-01 Win Romania Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Elimination Iași, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31-19
Wins SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-03-25 Loss South Korea Lee Sung-hyun Kunlun Fight 40, Final Tongling, China Decision 3 3:00 30-19
2016-03-25 Win Ukraine Sergey Kulyaba Kunlun Fight 40, Semi-finals Tongling, China KO 3 2:59 30-18
2015-12-05 Loss Russia Artem Pashporin W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Final[12] Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 29-18
For the W5 XXXI Tournament Title -71 kg.[12]
2015-12-05 Win Russia Evgeniy Kurovsky W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Semi-finals Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 29-17
2015-08-30 Win Russia Ilya Usachev W5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia KO (Right knee) 2 2:31 28-17
Wins W5 XXX Tournament Title -71 kg.[13]
2015-08-30 Win Ukraine Valentin Ribalko W5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia TKO (Referee stoppage) 1 3:00 27-17
2015-04-24 Loss Ukraine Enriko Gogokhia W5 Grand Prix - Kitek Moscow, Russia Decision 3 3:00 26-17
2015-02-28 Loss Turkey Adem Bozkurt Akın Dövüş Arenası [14] İstanbul, Turkey Decision 3 3:00 26-16
2014-10-04 Win Morocco Mourad Ouchen Mix Fight Gala XVI [15] Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 26-15
2014-07-27 Loss China Jiao Fukai Kunlun Fight 7 - World MAX 2014 Final 8 Zhoukou, China Decision 3 3:00 25-15
2013-11-15 Loss Slovenia Mirko Vorkapić FFC09: McSweeney vs. Traunmuller Ljubljana, Slovenia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 25-14
2012-12-15 Loss Ukraine Artur Kyshenko K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Quarter-finals Athens, Greece TKO (referee stoppage) 2 1:48 25-13
2012-06-30 Loss Netherlands Andy Souwer Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58 Brussels, Belgium Decision 5 3:00 25-12
Lost It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (2nd title defence).
2012-05-27 Win Thailand Longern Superpro Samui K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 25-11
2012-03-24 Loss France Gregory Choplin Thaiboxing Showtime 3 Hazebrouck, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-11
2012-01-28 Loss Armenia Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, Netherlands TKO (Cut) 2 1:22 24-10
2011-09-24 Loss Netherlands Robin van Roosmalen It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Semi-finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Split) 3 3:00 24-9
2011-09-24 Win Turkey Murat Direkçi It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Quarter-finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-8
2011-05-14 Win France Willy Borrel It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France KO (Left Flying Knee) 2 2:58 23-8
Retains It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (1st title defence).
2010-12-11 Win Turkey Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2010 Athens Athens, Greece Decision (5-0) 5 3:00 22-8
Wins Direkçi's It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg.
2010-05-29 Win Suriname Anthony Nekrui It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref stop/flying knee) 3 1:33 21-8
2010-02-27 Win Morocco Hafid el Boustati Amsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 20-8
2009-11-21 Win Morocco Chahid Oulad El Hadj It's Showtime 2009 Barneveld Barneveld, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-8
2009-10-24 Loss Armenia Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 18-8
2009-05-16 Win Germany Dennis Schneidmiller It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-7
2009-03-01 Win Suriname Marco Piqué K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter-finals Utrecht, Netherlands Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 17-7
2008-11-29 Loss Netherlands Joerie Mes It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands KO (Left Hook) 2 2:08 16-7
2008-10-05 Win Netherlands Chad Bischop Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-6
2008-09-06 Win England Rick Barnhill It's Showtime 2008 Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop) 2 15-6
2008-04-26 Loss Italy Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Super Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 14-6
2008-02-17 Loss South Africa Warren Stevelmans K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Semi-finals Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Low Kicks) 2 1:48 14-5
2008-02-17 Win Netherlands William Diender K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Quarter-finals Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Split) 3 3:00 14-4
2007-11-24 Win Morocco Kamal Chabrani Rings "Prepare for Glory" Hilversum, Netherlands KO (Left Knee) 1 0:36 13-4
2007-09-27 Win Canada Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 22 "The Reckoning" Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 12-4
Wins Campbell's W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2007-06-02 Win Netherlands Ray Staring Gentleman Fight Night 2007 Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 11-4
2007-05-13 Win Thailand Kit Sitpholek Fight Night Veghel Veghel, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 10-4
2007-03-24 Loss Canada Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 19 Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 9-4
Fight was for vacant W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2006-12-03 Win Senegal Otmar Diagne 2H2H Maastricht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 9-3
2006-09-24 Loss England James France Master Sken's Combat Super Fights Manchester, England, UK Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 8-3
2006-06-04 Loss Suriname Winston Martens Kickbox Gala Druten, Quarter-finals Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-2
2006-04-15 Win South Africa Warren Stevelmans Al-Fid Thaibox Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-1
2006-01-28 Win Netherlands Jimmy Eimers Face to Face III, Sporthal de Mheenpark Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 7-1
2005-12-03 Win Morocco Mohamed Rahhoui Friends Gym Promotion Brussels, Belgium Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 6-1
2005-09-16 Win Thailand Khunpon Dechkampu Pride and Glory Duluth, GA, USA TKO 3 5-1
Wins W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight intercontinental title -70 kg.
2005-05-15 Win Belgium Khalid Raiss WFCA Gala in Druten Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 4-1
2005-05-08 Win Belgium Murat Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym WFCA Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 3-1
2004-09-10 Loss United States RaKarma Young Mayhem on Mulberry Street 3, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2-1
2004-05-14 Win United States Emyr Dakin Mayhem on Mulberry Street 2, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA KO (High Kick) 1 0:58 2-0
2004-05-08 Win Belgium Abdussamed Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 1-0
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Mixfight interview: Chris Ngimbi (Siam Gym/Black Label) (Dutch Language)". www.mixfight.nl. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  2. ^ "Interview with Chris "The African Warrior" Ngimbi". My Muay Thai. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  3. ^ "Friday Night Fights - WKA USA". www.wkausa.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  4. ^ "Verslag K-1 MAX UTRECHT 17-02-2008 (K-1 Netherlands 2008 Results" (in Dutch). www.kickbox.nl. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-04-12.
  5. ^ "FOTOVERSLAG – HOORNSE VAART ALKMAAR - 3/12/06 (Dutch Language)". www.mixfight.nl. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
  6. ^ "It's Showtime 44: Wilezen Ngimbi, belts and champions, defeat Rafal Dudek". www.fansofk1.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-12-12.
  7. ^ Chris Ngimbi: "I Will Retire After My Title Defense Against Andy Souwer in June."
  8. ^ K-1 World MAX Final 8: Tournament Line-up
  9. ^ K-1 World MAX 2012 Final Live Results
  10. ^ "Chris Ngimbi becomes new middleweight champ". Archived from the original on 2016-10-20. Retrieved 2016-10-19.
  11. ^ Aittama, Zach. "COMBAT PRESS 2015 KICKBOXING AWARDS: KNOCKOUT OF THE YEAR – CHRIS NGIMBI VS. ILIA USACHEV". combatpress.com. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b "LiverKick - W5 Grand Prix Vienna Dec. 5 Results". Archived from the original on 2015-12-09. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  13. ^ "Chris Ngimbi Wins W5 Grand Prix XXX Tournament | Fight-madness.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-24. Retrieved 2016-03-17.
  14. ^ (VIDEO) Istanbul: Pobjede Zabita Samedova i Enrika Kehla, poraz Ngimbija(in Croatian)
  15. ^ Mix Fight Gala XVI - summary
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