Rustemi Kreshnik
| Rustemi Kreshnik | |
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| Born |
April 29, 1984 Pejë, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality |
Albanian Belgian |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb; 17.0 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing • Muay Thai --k1 |
| Fighting out of | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Team | Team Celtix Team Kreshnik |
| Trainer |
Peter Lamberts |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 39 |
| Wins | 30 |
| By knockout | 11 |
| Losses | 8 |
| By knockout | 6 |
| Draws | 1 |
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Peter Lamberts
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Rustemi Kreshnik (born April 29, 1984) is an Albanian-Belgian kickboxer who competes in the heavyweight division. Having moved to Belgium from Kosovo as a youngster, Kreshnik began training in Muay Thai and kickboxing while working as a bouncer. He turned professional in 2003 and rose to prominence by claiming the Belgian and Benelux titles before going on to become a gatekeeper in the It's Showtime promotion from 2009 until the organization's demise in 2012.
Kreshnik was born in the city of Peć in the now disputed territory of Kosovo. He spent the first years of his life there and rather surprisingly his first love was skiing, not fighting. In 1998, he left Peć to live with his sister in the city of Antwerp in Belgium. Growing up in Belgium, after initially struggling with the language, he started training as a mechanic with his future seemingly in the auto trade industry. To supplant his income, he also worked nights at a local club that was no stranger to trouble. At one of these nights, he met his future trainers Peter Lamberts and Omar Bel Hadi who invited him to their Muay Thai club where he started training in the art.
After fighting on a number of shows in Belgium and fast establishing himself as one of the top heavyweights in the country. he made his K-1 debut (and so far only appearance for the organization) on February 24, 2006 at a small event in Tournai, France, where he faced Souleimane Konate for the World Full Contact Association (WFCA) Benelux Heavyweight (-95 kg/209 lb) Thaiboxing Championship, winning by stoppage. He held his title for little over a month, however, losing to Dutch-based Palestinian Mo Boubkhari in his next fight in Brussels. At the end of the year, Kreshnik overcame his biggest challenge yet when he defeated former K-1 fighter Naoufal Benazzouz at the Time for Action event across the border in the Netherlands.
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