Filip Verlinden
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| Born |
December 26, 1982 Lier, Belgium |
| Other names | The Belgian Bull Fille |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 84.7 kg (187 lb; 13.34 st) |
| Division |
Cruiserweight Heavyweight |
| Reach | 75.5 in (192 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of | Breda, Netherlands |
| Team | Bulls Gym Golden Glory Breda |
| Trainer | Wim Verlinden Cor Hemmers Nicky Hemmers |
| Years active | -present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 61 |
| Wins | 44 |
| By knockout | 16 |
| Losses | 16 |
| Draws | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
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Representing  Belgium
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| IFMA World Championships | ||
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Bangkok 2010 | +91 kg |
Filip Verlinden (born December 26, 1982) is a Belgian kickboxer who competes in the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions. Verlinden was introduced to the sport at an early age and came to prominence in 2008 when he won the WKA European Super Cruiserweight Muay Thai Championship, followed by the WKA World Cruiserweight title the following year. He then took the gold medal at the 2010 IFMA World Championships in the +91 kg/200 lb division as an amateur before a short stint in the It's Showtime promotion where he unsuccessfully challenged Danyo Ilunga for the It's Showtime 95MAX Championship in June 2012. Later that year, he joined Glory. As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #8 middleweight in the world by GLORY.
Filip Verlinden was born in Lier, Belgium and raised in Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium. His father, Wim, was a Belgian champion kickboxer who trained under Cor Hemmers and so Filip was introduced to the sport at an early age, beginning kickboxing and Muay Thai at the age of ten. He himself would go on to train under Hemmers at Golden Glory Breda in the Netherlands while also being coached by his father at Bulls Gym in his homeland.
After a rather unremarkable beginning to his career, in which he won fights against notables such as Rustemi Kreshnik, Dave Vader and lost a decision against Simon Marcus, Verlinden transcended the local Belgian circuit when he outpointed Marian Baryla to win the WKA European Super Cruiserweight (-90 kg/198.4 lb) Muay Thai Championship. He then made his debut with the It's Showtime promotion on March 18, 2009, losing on points to Rico Verhoeven in a heavyweight bout at Fights at the Border presents: It's Showtime 2009 in Antwerp, Belgium. He rebounded by winning the WKA World Cruiserweight (-85.9 kg/189.4 lb) title in Switzerland later that year.
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