24 Facts About Albert Kraus

Albert Kraus was the first K-1 World MAX Tournament Champion in 2002 and the first SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion.

Albert Kraus is currently fighting out of Super Pro Gym.

Albert Kraus started boxing at 14 years old, later switching over to kickboxing aged 17 fighting out of Gino Albert Gym in Oss.

Albert Kraus made his professional debut in 1999 in Rotterdam, defeating his opponent Kany via second-round knockout.

Albert Kraus made his K-1 debut on February 24,2002, at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2002 Preliminary Netherlands and was invited to the inaugural K-1 MAX World Championship on May 11,2002.

Albert Kraus scored a down with a punch at 2:31 into the first round and held on to earn his second consecutive unanimous decision and advance to the finals.

Albert Kraus needed just one minute to put Kaolan Kaovichit down with a punch combination to become the first-ever K-1 World Max Champion.

Albert Kraus entered the K-1 World MAX 2003 World Tournament as reigning champion and tournament favourite.

Albert Kraus defeated both of his opponents by stoppage en route to the final but was unable to retain his title, losing to Masato by knockout at 2:26 of the second round.

Albert Kraus improved as the year progressed qualifying for the 6th annual K-1 World MAX Final on October 3,2007.

Albert Kraus fought and defeated Yoshihiro Sato by decision in the quarter-finals and in the semis he met 2005 Champion Andy Souwer and lost the battle by majority decision.

Albert Kraus finally tasted defeat at the K-1 World MAX 2009 Final 8 quarter final stage to eventual champion Giorgio Petrosyan.

Since that defeat Albert Kraus has won five straight and has booked his place in the quarter-finals of the forthcoming K-1 World MAX 2010 Final by defeating Hiroki Nakajima by decision at the K-1 World MAX 2010 World Championship Tournament Final 16.

Albert Kraus again tasted defeat at the K-1 World MAX 2010 quarter final stage to the reigning champion Giorgio Petrosyan who would go on to win the tournament.

Albert Kraus knocked out Ekapop Sor Klinmee in round 1 at Fighterzone Kickboxing World Series MAX in Singapore on February 25,2012.

Albert Kraus was drawn against Sanny Dahlbeck in the quarter-finals of the Glory 3: Rome - 2012 Middleweight Slam Final 8 to be held on November 3,2012, in Rome, Italy.

On December 31,2012, Albert Kraus won a Wu Lin Feng eight-man tournament in Beijing, China.

Albert Kraus was drawn against 18-year-old Zhang Zhao Yu in the quarter-finals, and was able to wear the youngster down and stop him in the third round with a series of body punches.

Albert Kraus dropped Dong three times before finishing him off with a high kick in round two to win the tournament and $100,000 prize money.

Albert Kraus was set to fight Andy Ristie at Glory 5: London on March 23,2013, in London, England but Ristie was forced to withdraw due to visa issues and replaced by Warren Stevelmans.

The Albert Kraus-Ristie fight was rescheduled for Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam on May 3,2013.

Albert Kraus was to fight Jordan Watson at Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament in Ontario, California, United States on September 28,2013 but Watson was unable to compete due to visa issues and was replaced by Ky Hollenbeck.

Albert Kraus lost to Aikpracha Meenayothin by split decision at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8,2014.

Albert Kraus rematched Zheng Zhaoyu at Kunlun 5 in Chengdu, China on June 1,2014, and defeated him , knocking him out with a second round knee.