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Nieky "The Natural" Holzken (born December 16, 1983) is Dutch super middleweight kickboxer, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is two-time European Muay Thai champion and K-1 MAX Scandinavia 2006 tournament champion currently competing in Glory. Holzken has a professional boxing record of 8-0, 7 of those wins came by knockout. 〔http://boxrec.com/boxer/640938〕 As of 11 May 2015, he is ranked the #1 welterweight in the world by LiverKick.〔(Rankings )〕 ==Biography and career== Nieky Holzken made his K-1 debut on November 26, 2006 at K-1 World MAX North European Qualification in Stockholm, Sweden. He won the tournament by three consecutive KO's over Björn Kjöllerström, Joakim Karlsson and Elias Daniel. The win qualified him for the K-1 World MAX 2007 Final Elimination, where he was matched up against the reigning K-1 MAX champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. He faced Murat Direkçi at ''Glory 2: Brussels'' on October 6, 2012 in Brussels, Belgium〔(Glory 2: Brussels final fight card for this Saturday )〕 and won via TKO due to a cut in the second round.〔(Glory 2: Brussels live results )〕 He defeated Karim Ghajji via TKO due to a cut in an extension round at ''Glory 6: Istanbul'' in Istanbul, Turkey on April 6, 2013.〔(GLORY 6 Poster/Fighters Expected to Participate )〕〔(Updated GLORY 6 Istanbul Fight Card For Saturday, April 6 )〕〔(GLORY 6 Istanbul: Daniel Ghita vs. Gokhan Saki, Live Results )〕 He was to fight at ''SLAMM!! - Soema na Basi IV: Londt vs. Adegbuyi'' in Paramaribo, Suriname on August 8, 2013〔(SLAMM!! – Soema na Basi IV: Ismael Londt vs. Benjamin Adegbuyi )〕 but withdrew for undisclosed reasons. He was initially scheduled to fight Marc de Bonte in the ''Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament'' semi-finals in Tokyo, Japan on December 21, 2013〔(Match ups announced for Glory 13 welterweight tournament in Japan )〕 but his opponent was then changed to Karapet Karapetyan who he had previously fought and beat in February 2012 by decision.〔(Raymond Daniels replaces Marc de Bonte in Glory 13 welterweight tournament )〕 He knocked Karapetyan down in rounds one and two en route to a clear unanimous decision win before facing Joseph Valtellini in the final. In a back-and-forth fight where both pressed forward, landing powerful but technical punches and kicks, Holzken scored a TKO in the dying seconds of the third and final round to be crowned the inaugural Glory World Welterweight (-77.1 kg/170 lb) Tournament Champion.〔(GLORY SuperFight Series Tokyo and GLORY 13 Spoilers )〕〔(Glory 13 Results and Recap )〕 He was set to fight for the inaugural Glory Welterweight Championship against Marc de Bonte at ''Glory 14: Zagreb'' in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8, 2014〔(GLORY Makes GLORY 14 in Zagreb Official )〕〔(Remy Bonjasky vs. Mirko Filipovic and Nieky Holzken vs. Marc De Bonte set for Glory 14 in Croatia )〕 but the fight was cancelled when he suffered a shoulder injury in a car accident.〔(GLORY 14 Zagreb: Fight Card (Till so far) )〕 The match was rescheduled for ''Glory 16: Denver'' in Broomfield, Colorado, US on May 3, 2014〔(Nieky Holzken vs. Marc De Bonte Set for GLORY 16 Denver )〕 but his lingering shoulder injury again forced him out, and he was replaced by Karapet Karapetyan.〔(Shoulder injury forces Nieky Holzken out of GLORY 16 title fight )〕〔(Nieky Holzken Forced Out of GLORY 16 Title Fight )〕 On February 6, 2015, Holzken was part of a one-night, four-man welterweight tournament at Glory 19 to determine who would get the next title shot. In the semifinals, he faced Alexander Stetsurenko and won via unanimous decision. In the finals, he faced Raymond Daniels and won via TKO in the third round. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nieky Holzken」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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