Rob Kaman

Robert Diem Kaman, called Mr. Low Kick for his feared low kicks, was a Dutch kickboxer and Muay Thai fighter, born in Amsterdam on 5 June 1960 and died on 30 March 2024. He trained at Mejiro Gym after early football with the Ajax youth team and pencak silat, and became an A-class fighter in the Netherlands in 1980. In 1983 he became the first European WKA world champion in kickboxing, and he went on to win nine world titles in kickboxing and Muay Thai, fighting in Thailand, Japan and France. His 1990 knockout of Ernesto Hoost in Amsterdam is remembered among the best kickboxing fights. He also won the 1995 K-2 Grand Prix in Paris and appeared in films with Jean-Claude Van Damme.