Rob Kaman
| Rob Kaman | |
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| Born | Robert Kaman June 5, 1960 Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Other names | The Dutchman, Mr. Low Kick, Hammerkick |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb) |
| Division |
Middleweight Light Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing, Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| Team | Mejiro Gym |
| Trainer | Jan Plas |
| Years active | 21 (1978-1999) |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 112 |
| Wins | 97 |
| By knockout | 77 |
| Losses | 12 |
| By knockout | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 2 |
| Mixed martial arts record | |
| Total | 1 |
| Wins | 1 |
| By knockout | 1 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
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Rob "The Dutchman" Kaman (Born June 5, 1960 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch retired 9 time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion. He is often called "Mr. Low Kick" because of his feared low kicks which he used to set up his devastating offensive attacks.
In his early days he played football for AFC Ajax Amsterdam Youth Team. Rob was a good player, but never liked team sports and at the age of 16 he started training in the martial arts, first Pentjak Silat and later he started training Muay Thai and kickboxing at Mejiro Gym under Jan Plas when he was 19.
In 1980 Rob became an A-class fighter in the Netherlands. He won most of his fights by K.O. The turning point for him was his fight with Blinky Rodriquez, the cousin of Benny Urquidez. Rob knocked him out in the 2nd round with a low kick to the leg. That was his international breakthrough. From then on, Rob started fighting in Thailand.
His first fight in Thailand was against Dennoi, a local champion. Rob won by K.O. and was asked to fight Lakchart, a Thai champion, in Bangkok.
On the 23rd of September 1983 he fought John Moncayo for the world title WKA of kickboxing. Rob knocked him out in the 3rd round with a low kick and became the first European WKA world champion in kickboxing.
On the 12th of January 1984 he fought Payap Premchai, the champion of Thailand, in the Jaap Edenhal in Amsterdam and was declared the winner by unanimous decision.
In April 1984 he had a rematch with John Moncayo in Miami, Florida. This time he knocked Moncayo out with a punch in the 2nd round. At the end of that year he beat the great Thai fighter Samart Prasanmirt in Hong Kong as well as Jean Marc Tonus for the European title of full contact.
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