Henri van Opstal
| Henri van Opstal | |
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| Born |
February 20, 1989 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Other names | The Japanese Killer |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 70.0 kg (154.3 lb; 11.02 st) |
| Division |
Lightweight Welterweight Middleweight |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai, Shoot boxing |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands |
| Team | Souwer Sports Institute |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 35 |
| Wins | 25 |
| By knockout | 9 |
| Losses | 10 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Draws | 0 |
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Henri van Opstal (born February 20, 1989) is a Dutch kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division. Van Opstal came to prominence by winning the WMC European Junior Middleweight Championship but found further success competing in Japan, taking wins over a number of the countries' top middleweights and finishing as runner-up in the Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012.
His entrance music is "Proud Mary" by Tina Turner.
After building up an undefeated record on the Dutch kickboxing and Muay Thai scene, Henri van Opstal challenged Martin Akhtar for the WMC World Junior Welterweight (-63.5 kg/140 lb) Championship in Sweden, losing for the first time in his professional career by decision. Afterwards, he began moving up to the weight divisions, settling at middleweight and taking wins over the likes of Harut Grigorian and Denis Schneidmiller while becoming the WMC European Junior Middleweight (-69.85 kg/154 lb) Champion.
He made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament in Utrecht, Netherlands on March 21, 2010 where faced Robin van Roosmalen in the quarter-finals. The bout was ruled a draw after the regulation three rounds and so it went into an extension round to decide the winner, after which van Roosmalen was given the nod and inflicted van Opstal's first loss in three years. He lost to another future star in Andy Ristie by decision at Fighting with the Stars in Paramaribo, Suriname on August 29, 2010. Venturing into the shoot boxing rule set, van Opstal received the call-up to his first S-Cup at the Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2010 in Tokyo, Japan on November 21, 2010. He easily outclassed Rhyse Saliba in the quarter-finals, knocking him down inside the opening thirty seconds and causing problems with his boxing throughout the match and winning by unanimous decision. He then lost to eventual champion Buakaw Por. Pramuk by the same margin in the semis, unable to rival the Thai's powerful kicks.
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