Benjamin Adegbuyi
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| Born | Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi January 24, 1985 Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Other names | Mister Gentleman Hammer (former) |
| Residence | Bucharest, Romania |
| Nationality | Romanian |
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) |
| Weight | 258 lb (117 kg; 18.4 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Reach | 77.5 in (197 cm) |
| Fighting out of |
Bucharest, Romania Zevenbergen, Netherlands |
| Team | Respect Gym & Superpro Sportcenter |
| Trainer |
Head Trainer: Alin Panaite & Dennis Krauweel Fitness Coach: Tiberiu Vintiloiu Nutrition Coach: Cristian Mărgărit |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 32 |
| Wins | 28 |
| By knockout | 16 |
| Losses | 4 |
| By knockout | 3 |
| Draws | 0 |
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Benjamin Adekunle Miron Adegbuyi (born January 24, 1985) is a Romanian kickboxer and a former K-1 fighter.
He is currently signed to the GLORY and SUPERKOMBAT Fighting Championship promotions. As of February 2017, Adegbuyi is ranked the #2 heavyweight in the world by Combat Press and GLORY.
Adegbuyi was born in Cluj-Napoca to a Romanian mother and Nigerian father. When he was 3 years old, he moved to Lagos, Nigeria with his family. At 8 years old, he returned to Romania with his mother and newborn sister spending his childhood in Aiud, a small town of Transylvania.
As a child, he competed in sports like shotokan karate, boxing and basketball. He is currently training at Respect Gym in the capital Bucharest.
Benjamin claims the Yoruba as his father roots who is the dean of a polytechnic university in Nigeria.
Adegbuyi made his kickboxing debut as a professional on March 18, 2011.
He signed with K-1 in August 2012.
Adegbuyi faced Jafar Ahmadi in a non-tournament bout at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2012 in Tokyo Final 16 on October 14. Adegbuyi won via TKO early in the first round after Ahmadi seemingly broke his left hand.
After winning the title of the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix III 2012 tournament (in which he defeated the highly rated and experienced Croat Mladen Brestovac), he was scheduled to fight Alexey Ignashov in the tournament on November 10 in Craiova, Romania at the SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2012 Final Elimination. However, Ignashov could not fight due to injury and was replaced by the previous year's SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix Champion, Sergei Lascenko. Adegbuyi battered Lascenko, flooring him twice in the first round before the referee called a halt to the bout.
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