Gökhan Saki
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| Born |
October 19, 1983 Schiedam, Netherlands |
| Other names |
The Rebel The Turkish Tyson |
| Nationality |
Dutch Turkish |
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 103.50 kg (228 lb; 16 st 4 lb) |
| Division | Heavyweight, Light Heavyweight |
| Reach | 73.5 in (187 cm) |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of | Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
| Team | Mike's Gym (2012-present) Golden Glory (2001–2012) Pasztjerik (1993–2001) |
| Trainer | Mike Passenier Cor Hemmers Jan Pasztjerik |
| Years active | 2000 – present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 96 |
| Wins | 83 |
| By knockout | 59 |
| Losses | 12 |
| By knockout | 10 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Website | http://www.Gokhansaki.com |
| Mixed martial arts record from Sherdog | |
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The Rebel
Gökhan Saki (born October 19, 1983 in Schiedam, Netherlands) is a Dutch-Turkish heavyweight kickboxer from the Netherlands, fighting out of Mike's Gym in Amsterdam. He is two-time Dutch and European Muay Thai champion, K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam tournament finalist and K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 in Hawaii champion as the first ever Turkish fighter holding a K-1 tournament title. As of 2 November 2015, he is ranked the #2 light heavyweight in the world by GLORY. He is the former Glory Light Heavyweight Champion, winning the inaugural title by defeating Nathan Corbett in the semi finals, followed by Tyrone Spong in the finals.
Saki was born and raised in a large Turkish immigrant family in Schiedam. Saki began training in kickboxing at the age of 10 when he also began playing soccer, but eventually quit soccer at the age of 16 because of his preference for kickboxing.
His initial trainer was Jan Pasztjerik, under whom he became Dutch, European and World Muay Thai champion within three years, before moving to the Golden Glory gym in 2003. In 2006, he returned to Pasztjerik as he embarked on a joint production with Golden Glory and Pasztjerik. Training at Golden Glory with Cor Hemmers, Saki became a well-known fighter as he took wins over André Tete, Vitali Akhramenko and Henriques Zowa, while also facing well-established fighters such as Badr Hari and Nicholas Pettas. Despite his success under Hemmers, Saki considers Pasztjerik as the main influence who helped him develop to the fighter he would become.
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