21 Facts About Andy Ristie

Andy Ristie was born on March 17,1982 and is a Surinamese-Dutch kickboxer who competes in the lightweight division.

Andy Ristie utilizes devastating knee strikes to the body and possesses considerable punching power, especially in his left hook.

Andy Ristie was born in Paramaribo, Suriname in 1982 and relocated to Amsterdam, Netherlands where he was trained by Lucien Carbin at Fight Club Carbin.

Andy Ristie began training Muay Thai at the age of 22, and while he won the World Kickboxing Network Intercontinental Super Welterweight Championship as an amateur, the beginnings of his professional career were fought in relative obscurity.

Andy Ristie debuted with a first-round KO of Nick Beljaards at BFN Group presents: It's Showtime Brussels in Brussels, Belgium on March 26,2011.

Andy Ristie stopped Hinata Watanabe in the first round of their contest at It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, on January 28,2012.

Andy Ristie began the fight by battering Drago with knees to the head and body and continued to put a one-sided beating on the Armenian throughout, winning a wide unanimous decision.

Andy Ristie had originally been set to face Abraham Roqueni at the event but he withdrew due to injury a week before.

Andy Ristie was expected to fight on an It's Showtime card in Yokohama, Japan, on November 17,2012, but the event was cancelled following the promotion's acquisition by Glory and so he was transferred to Glory 2: Brussels in Belgium and put up against Nordin Benmoh.

The Kraus-Andy Ristie fight was rescheduled for Glory 8: Tokyo - 2013 65kg Slam on May 3,2013, and he won with a knee KO in round two.

Andy Ristie was to fight Sanny Dahlbeck at Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament in Ontario, California on September 28,2013.

Andy Ristie caused one of the biggest upsets in kickboxing history when he knocked out both Giorgio Petrosyan and Robin van Roosmalen to win the Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City, New York, US on November 23,2013.

Against Giorgio Petrosyan in the semi-finals, Andy Ristie applied a lot of pressure and caused the Italian problems in finding his rhythm, but Petrosyan controlled the first two rounds nonetheless.

Andy Ristie had some problems with his camp in the weeks prior to the tournament, leaving his longtime trainer Lucien Carbin to form his own Team Andy Ristie.

Andy Ristie was to fight for the inaugural Glory Lightweight Championship against Ky Hollenbeck at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8,2014 but Hollenbeck withdrew and was replaced by Davit Kiria.

Andy Ristie dominated the Georgian for the first three rounds and scored a knockdown with a step knee in the second, but faded in the championship rounds and was stopped in the fifth.

The Hollenbeck-Andy Ristie fight was then scheduled for Glory 17: Los Angeles in Inglewood, California, US on June 21,2014.

Andy Ristie knocked out Ky Hollenbeck thirty-five seconds into round one, stunning his American opponent with a jab before putting him away with a left hook.

Andy Ristie won the fight via TKO in the first round.

Andy Ristie fought Robin van Roosmalen for the Glory Lightweight title during Glory 20: Dubai.

Andy Ristie returned to kickboxing, following a four-year hiatus, to fight Kong Lingfeng during Kunlun Fight 81.