Gokhan Saki was born on 18 October 1983 and is a Dutch-Turkish kickboxer and mixed martial artist.
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42 Facts About Gokhan Saki
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Gokhan Saki, born and raised in Schiedam, Netherlands, holds dual Dutch and Turkish nationality as both his parents were Turkish immigrants.
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Gokhan Saki began training in kickboxing at the age of 10 when he began playing football, but eventually quit football at the age of 16 because of his preference for kickboxing.
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Training at Golden Glory with Cor Hemmers, Gokhan Saki became a well-known fighter as he took wins over Andre Tete, Vitali Akhramenko, Henriques Zowa and Alexey Ignashov.
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On 16 February 2008, Gokhan Saki won the World Full Contact Association World Thaiboxing Super Heavyweight Championship by defeating Englishman Chris Knowles via TKO in his hometown of Schiedam.
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Gokhan Saki was able to win the tournament in devastating fashion by knocking out all three of his opponents, Deutsch Pu'u, Rick Cheek and Randy Kim.
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Gokhan Saki began 2009 with a defence of his WFCA World Thaiboxing Super Heavyweight Championship, finishing Germany's Arndt Bunk with a body shot in round 1 on 28 February.
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Gokhan Saki lost the fight via unanimous decision and injured his knee in the fight, which meant that he could not participate in the World Grand Prix last sixteen.
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Gokhan Saki was still able to take part in a reserve fight at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final where he faced the legendary Dutchman Peter Aerts.
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Gokhan Saki was defeated via unanimous decision, meaning that he had now lost three fights in a row.
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Gokhan Saki took a decision victory over Singh Jaideep at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama before taking on Melvin Manhoef in a highly anticipated bout at It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam on 29 May Saki won via TKO in the second round after the referee stopped the fight due to Manhoef being knocked down three times.
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Gokhan Saki faced Daniel Ghita in the quarter-finals and won by unanimous decision after four rounds.
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On 28 January 2012, Gokhan Saki faced Badr Hari at It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden in what was to be Hari's last kickboxing match before moving into boxing.
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Gokhan Saki dropped him with a right uppercut first, the second knockdown came by a right hook.
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Gokhan Saki defeated Raoumaru with ease at the opening stage, flooring the out-matched Korean twice in round one and forcing the referee to stop the bout.
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Gokhan Saki then backed Ghita up and threw him to the mat with a sweep.
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On 2 November 2013, Gokhan Saki released a statement declaring that he was looking into taking legal action against Glory over the decision.
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Gokhan Saki faced Nathan Corbett in the semi-finals and was beginning to punish the Australian's body when blood began to leak from Corbett's right ear after an overhand left to the organ, leading the ringside physician to advise referee Al Wichgers to halt the fight at the 2:35 mark of round one.
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Gokhan Saki then faced Tyrone Spong in a highly anticipated rematch in the final.
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Gokhan Saki checked the kick, causing Spong's lower right leg to fracture immediately and end the fight via TKO.
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Gokhan Saki was stripped of the Glory light heavyweight title due to inactivity in Glory on 27 July 2015.
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On 8 October 2021 it was announced that Gokhan Saki made his return to Glory with a single-fight contract.
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Gokhan Saki was scheduled to replace Antonio Plazibat against James McSweeney at Glory: Collision 3 on October 23,2021.
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Gokhan Saki won the fight by second-round knockout via leg kicks.
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Gokhan Saki faced James Zikic on 11 July 2004 at Cage Fighting Championships 1: Cage Carnage.
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On 25 May 2017, Gokhan Saki announced he had signed a multi-fight deal with the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
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Gokhan Saki made his promotional debut against Henrique da Silva on 23 September 2017 at UFC Fight Night: Saint Preux vs Okami.
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Gokhan Saki won the fight via knockout in the final seconds of the first round.
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Gokhan Saki was expected to face Khalil Rountree on 30 December 2017 at UFC 219.
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Gokhan Saki was scheduled to face Saparbek Safarov on 16 March 2019 at UFC on ESPN+ 5.
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Later, Gokhan Saki clarified that he asked the UFC to let him go due to the multiple injuries sustained in mixed martial arts training.
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Gokhan Saki has stated that he respects Ramon Dekkers, and referred to Fedor Emelianenko as his favorite fighter.
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