Andy Ristie
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March 17, 1982 Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Other names | The Machine |
| Nationality | Dutch, Surinamese |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70.0 kg (154.3 lb; 11.02 st) |
| Division | Lightweight |
| Reach | 77.0 in (196 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Team | Team Ristie (2013-present) |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 53 |
| Wins | 47 |
| By knockout | 28 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 1 |
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Andy Ristie (born March 17, 1982) is a Dutch-Surinamese kickboxer who competes in the lightweight division. After an unremarkable beginning to his career, he came to prominence with a lengthy and entertaining winning streak in the It's Showtime promotion in 2011 and 2012. This earned him an invite to fight amongst the 70 kg/154 lb division's elite, competing in the K-1 World MAX 2012 Tournament and debuting in Glory shortly after.
Standing at 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in), Ristie is tall for his weight class and is known to look for knockouts from the first bell. He utilizes devastating knee strikes to the body and possesses considerable punching power, especially in his left hook. As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #2 lightweight in the world by GLORY.
Ristie was born in Paramaribo, Suriname in 1982 and relocated to Amsterdam, Netherlands where he is trained by Lucien Carbin at Fight Club Carbin. He began training Muay Thai around age of 20 and while he won the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) Intercontinental Super Welterweight (-72.6/160.1 lb) Championship as an amateur, the beginnings of his professional career were fought in relative obscurity. Having built up an extensive record with an impressive knockout ratio fighting in smaller events in Suriname and the Netherlands, he was recruited by the It's Showtime promotion at twenty-nine years of age. He debuted with a first-round KO of Nick Beljaards at BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Brussels in Brussels, Belgium on March 26, 2011.
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