Frank Lobman

Frank Lobman
Frank Lobman
Born	November 18, 1955 (age 68); Paramaribo, Suriname
Other names	The Animal
Nationality	Surinamese ; Dutch
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Division	Heavyweight
Style	Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Fighting out of	Rotterdam, Netherlands
Years active	27 (1975–2002)
Kickboxing record
Total	116
Wins	110
By knockout	100
Losses	6
Draws	0
Mixed martial arts record
Total	1
Wins	1
By knockout	1
Losses	0
By submission	0
Other information
	Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog
	Last updated on: February 12, 2010

Frank "The Animal" Lobman (born November 18, 1955) is a Dutch-Surinamese former kickboxer. He was five times the European kickboxing champion and had an astonishing 90% knockout ratio. He beat many notable fighters over his career, such as British Champion Steve Taberner (The Wigan Hammer), Bas Rutten and Ken Shamrock and fought in organizations such as Pancrase P.K.A. and K-1.

Biography

Frank was a prominent kickboxer in 80's to the early 90's. He trained often in rotterdam-crooswijk at schuttersveld where his Brother Hedwig Lobman taught Kyokushin karate. Several kickboxing matches were given in the early eighties with Lucien Carbin. In 1991 he beat Bas Rutten for a European kickboxing title. He announced his retirement fight in 2002 at the age 49. His last fight was a 20 year rematch with Jan Oosterbaan in Ahoy-2H2H, but he lost the fight due to a decision.

Frank was undefeated until his first fight with Peter Aerts.

Titles

5 time European Kick Boxing champion
I.K.B.F. European Heavyweight champion
E.M.T.A. European Heavyweight champion
Dutch Heavyweight champion

Kickboxing record

110 Wins (100 (T)KO's), 6 Losses

Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time	Record
2003-03-16	Loss	Jan Oosterbaan	2 Hot 2 Handle	Rotterdam, Netherlands	KO
1994-11-12	Win	Andre Mannaart	Night of the Superstars	Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO	4
1994-09-20	Loss	Peter Aerts	The Night of the Stars Tournament, final	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (corner stoppage)	2	2:21
1994-09-20	Win	Peter Verschuren	The Night of the Stars Tournament, semi final	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision	3	3:00
1994-09-20	Win	Dennis Krauweel	The Night of the Stars Tournament, quarter final	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (leg injury)	1
1994-05-15	Win	Ken Shamrock		Tokyo, Japan	TKO (leg kicks)	2
1992-09-20	Loss	Peter Aerts	The Night of The Truth	Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO (referee stoppage)	3	1:31
1994-05-15	Win	William van Roosmalen		Amsterdam, Netherlands	KO (uppercut)	4
1993-11-27	Win	Rikioh	EVOLUTION step8	Tokyo, Japan	KO
1991-11-18	Loss	Peter Aerts	Night of Fights	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision (Unanimous)	5	3:00
1991-02-12	Win	Bas Rutten		Rotterdam, Netherlands	TKO	1
1984-00-00	Win	Jan Oosterbaan		Rotterdam, Netherlands	Decision
1981-11-29	Win	Steve Taberner		Netherlands	Decision