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Rodney Glunder (born as ''Rodney Faverus'', March 1, 1975) is a Dutch-Surinamese semi-retired professional kickboxer, mixed martial artist and boxer, current entrepreneur, bodybuilder and professional wrestler.〔 He has fought for M-1 Global, Cage Rage, K-1, PRIDE Fighting Championship, RINGS, Glory, Konfrontacja Sztuk Walki, It's Showtime, SuperKombat, SLAMM!! Events and Art of War Fighting Championship. Glunder holds notable wins over top contenders Cheick Kongo, Valentijn Overeem, Joe Riggs, Melvin Manhoef, Cyrille Diabaté, Brian Douwes and Gregory Tony. ==Mixed martial arts and kickboxing career, biography== Glunder began practicing martial arts at the age of 18, with Kyokushin kaikan and Taekwondo. In 1997, he won the European full contact karate championships.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rodney Glunder )〕 He began competing in mixed martial arts in 1996, and is a journeyman of the sport with almost fifty fights. Rodney has never been knocked out in professional kickboxing, in late-2014 Glunder was knocked out with a knee to the body in a kickboxing bout, but has been knocked out only once in professional mixed martial arts competition by former UFC contender and fellow Dutch fighter Gilbert Yvel who knocked Glunder unconscious with a series of punches at 2 Hot 2 Handle: Pride and Honor in 2006. Glunder is also the first person to ever defeat veterans Brian Douwes and Mikko Rupponen by technical knockout. In April 2003, Rodney made his K-1 debut against former UFC and Strikeforce contender Joe Riggs at the ''K-1 Holland Grand Prix 2003'' and won via knockout within the first round. He won his first K-1 GP in June 2006, when he defeated three opponents in one night to be crowned the ''K-1 Canarias 2006'' champion. In May 2012, Glunder entered the SuperKombat World GP to accept a fight against Romanian kickboxer Andrei Stoica after Stoica referred to Glunder's sparring partner and fellow Surinamese fighter Redouan Cairo as "the nigger" in a post fight interview after Stoica's recent fight with Cairo. Glunder later lost the fight via decision in a fight many believe Glunder had won, after the fight Glunder went on to say he felt he lost the fight due to Stoica being the "poster boy" for SuperKombat and Romanian judges biased toward Surinamese fighters. Rodney replaced injured K-1 legend Jérôme Le Banner against Marcin Różalski at KSW 20, losing the fight via unanimous decision. On April 20, 2013 at the ''Rumble of the North II'' event Glunder fought his last career fight, this time under boxing rules. He defeated Janos Tiborcz by first round KO and retired from contact sports shortly after.〔(Rodney Glunder u oproštajnom meču pregazio Janosa Tiborcza )〕 On May 31, 2014 Rodney has decided to come out of retirement to take a fight against Porud Gym fighter Koos Wessels Boer for the vacant M.O.N Muay Thai European Championship at ''Rumble of the North IV''. 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「Rodney Glunder」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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