Xhavit Bajrami
| Xhavit Bajrami | |
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| Born |
October 30, 1975 Dumosh, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Other names | The Gentleman |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb; 15.9 st) |
| Division | Heavyweight |
| Style | Kickboxing • Muay Thai • Seido Karate |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Fighting out of | Littau, Switzerland |
| Team | Team Andy Chakuriki Gym Team Bajrami |
| Trainer |
Andy Hug Michael Thompson Peter Aerts Rene Rooze |
| Rank | black belt in Seido |
| Years active | 1995–2012 |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 3 |
| Wins | 3 |
| Losses | 0 |
| Draws | 0 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 49 |
| Wins | 34 |
| By knockout | 19 |
| Losses | 13 |
| By knockout | 2 |
| Draws | 2 |
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Xhavit Bajrami (born October 30, 1975) is an Albanian-Swiss former kickboxer who competed in the heavyweight division. A Seido karate practitioner and Andy Hug student, Bajrami built up an undefeated record domestically before he was recruited by K-1 where he won the K-1 Braves '99 tournament and finished as runner-up in two other tournaments. He is also a two-time Muay Thai world champion, having won the ISKA World Super Heavyweight title in 2004 and the WKN World Super Heavyweight strap in 2010.
A Kosovar Albanian, Bajrami was born in Dumosh, SFR Yugoslavia (now Kosovo) in 1975. He relocated to Switzerland where he began practicing Seido karate and eventually kickboxing.
Bajrami transitioned from full contact karate to kickboxing under the tutelage of fellow karateka-turned-kickboxers Andy Hug and Michael Thompson, and amassed an undefeated record fighting domestically before being recruited by the world's premier kickboxing promotion, K-1 in 1998. In his promotional debut, Bajrami entered into a one night, eight-man tournament held on May 6, 1998 at K-1 Fight Night '98 in Zurich. He needed an extension round to get past Matteo Minonzie in the quarter-finals, and was then eliminated from the tournament in the semis when his bout with Rob van Esdonk was stopped by the doctor in the first round. The stoppage was controversial as Bajrami claimed to have been hit by an illegal elbow from van Esdonk and refused to return to his feet, prompting the doctor to deem him unable to fight. He was back in action just over a month later when he fought to a five-round draw with Kirkwood Walker at K-1 Dream '98 in Nagoya, Japan on July 17, 1998.
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