Anyone that knows a thing or two about kickboxing has probably heard of the name Rico Verhoeven. Rico Verhoeven is one of the most famous, best heavyweight kickboxers on earth and the fact he is the reigning Glory heavyweight champion is why he is known as the ‘King of Kickboxing’.
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When your know it’s someone’s birthday coming up, it can be pretty tricky to know what present to get them. When looking to buy a birthday gift, it is always nice to think outside of the box and get something a little unique rather than a Lynx Africa set.
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ONE Championship is becoming the most popular combat sports promotion globally, and their fights are booming in popularity on social media. Chatri Sityodtong, the CEO of ONE Championship, has recently shared his promotion has organically grown the most for engaging with the viewers on Facebook. And that isn’t compared to combat sports, but every sport.
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Seeing how popular kickboxing is, you would like to think there would be a promotion in the U.K. that has cemented its place on the top spot. However, like in all combat sports, promotion can be a challenging game, and most promoters find it harder than they initially thought and don’t go on to do a series of events. One promotion in the U.K. that has done exceptionally well is Stand and Bang.
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As with any combat sport, fighters compete against each other in a specific weight class. Because let’s face it, it would be a little unfair for a lightweight to fight against a heavyweight.
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When one door closes, another one opens, which is precisely what happened to kickboxing promoter Edwin Van O when he sold his promotion ‘Its Showtime’. He launched another new exciting kickboxing promotion, Enfusion.
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When we think of kickboxing, we automatically associate it for being in a boxing ring. However, not all kickboxing competitions are fought in a boxing ring and some are on matted area. One style of kickboxing which is very different to what most of us know best is Point fighting kickboxing, or also referred to as semi contact kickboxing.
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When it comes down to MMA it is easy to establish that the UFC is the best promotion in the world, but what is the best promotion for kickboxing? Across the globe there are many different organisations which all succeed with their own kickboxing promotion, yet the one that separates from all the others and is considered the world’s best is Glory kickboxing.
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In the ’80s, the iconic movie ‘The Karate Kid’ set the trend in the martial arts world, as it inspired many to step into the Dojo and learn the ancient art of Karate. Karate was once ‘the martial art to learn, it was effective for fast striking and its solid defence, and if someone was a black belt in Karate, no one wanted to mess with them. However, with the forever growing combat sports like MMA, which can seem extremely brutal, Karate doesn’t seem to get the recognition it deserves and spoke about as much today.
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When you imagine a kickboxing fight, you would expect the opponents to want to hit eachother as hard as they possibly can to win the fight. However, as crazy as it may sound, there is actually a style of kickboxing called light contact or light continuous kickboxing.
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