Melvin Manhoef

Melvin Manhoef is a retired Surinamese-born Dutch mixed martial artist and kickboxer, born on 11 May 1976 in Paramaribo, Suriname, whose family moved to Rotterdam when he was three. He came to Muay Thai through his younger brother Moreno after playing football as a boy, and fought out of Chakuriki Gym. In kickboxing he is a former It's Showtime middleweight champion, and in mixed martial arts he won the Cage Rage light heavyweight title and later fought for Strikeforce, DREAM, Bellator, K-1 and ONE FC among others. He is known for knockout power: 29 of his 32 wins in mixed martial arts came by knockout, the highest share of any fighter with at least fifteen wins. This entry is written from the English Wikipedia article on Melvin Manhoef.