25 Facts About Ky Hollenbeck

Ky Conrad Hollenbeck was born on June 17,1987 and is an American Muay Thai kickboxer who competes in the middleweight division.

Ky Hollenbeck won national and North American titles as an amateur in his teens before turning professional in 2007 and beating Billy Evangelista for the California state belt.

Ky Hollenbeck soon began competing internationally and rose to prominence when he took a decision victory over Steve Moxon in the final of a four-man tournament in 2010.

An aggressive and dynamic fighter, Ky Hollenbeck uses a large arsenal of attacks and possesses considerable punching power.

Ky Hollenbeck ultimately decided to continue with Muay Thai, citing opportunities to fight internationally in the sport as the deciding factor.

Ky Hollenbeck was scheduled to face Joe Schilling for the WBC Muaythai United States Super Middleweight Championship on March 5,2011, in Los Angeles, California but he pulled out of that bout and was then expected to fight Yohan Lidon in a WBC Muaythai World Middleweight title match in April 2011.

Ky Hollenbeck outpointed his South African opponent over the five rounds to take the belt.

Less than a month later, on May 14,2011, Ky Hollenbeck beat Gregory Choplin by way of unanimous decision to be crowned the WBC Muaythai Interim World Middleweight Champion at Lion Fight: Battle in the Desert 2 in Primm, Nevada.

Ky Hollenbeck was set to fight John Wayne Parr at Knees of Fury 36 in Adelaide, Australia on February 25,2012, but Parr was forced to withdraw after breaking his index finger in training and was replaced by Kym Johnson.

Ky Hollenbeck then pulled out of the fight for unknown reasons.

Ky Hollenbeck instead kicked off his 2012 campaign against Cyrus Washington at the Legends Muay Thai Championship in his home town of San Francisco, California on April 28 and won with a vicious spinning elbow KO in round one to take the WMC Intercontinental Middleweight belt.

Ky Hollenbeck was matched with fellow American Michael Corley at the tournament's opening stage, held in Stockholm, Sweden at Glory 1: Stockholm - 2012 70kg Slam First 16 on May 26,2012, and forced a standing eight count after rocking Corley with a right overhand in the opening seconds.

Ky Hollenbeck then swarmed on his opponent, causing referee Joop Ubeda to call a halt to the contest at the 0:47 mark of the first round.

Ky Hollenbeck was drawn against pound for pound great Giorgio Petrosyan in the quarter-finals of the 2012 Glory tournament at Glory 3: Rome - 2012 70kg Slam Final 8 on November 3,2012, in Rome, Italy.

Petrosyan scored a knockdown in round one with a perfectly timed right hook and, while Ky Hollenbeck recovered from this blow, he suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament and bowed out from this in round two.

When Jordan Watson was unable to compete against Albert Kraus at Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament in Ontario, California, on September 28,2013, due to visa issues, Ky Hollenbeck stepped in to take his place, completing his comeback from injury.

Ky Hollenbeck was scheduled face Shemsi Beqiri in the tournament reserve match at Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City, on November 23,2013.

Ky Hollenbeck was set to face Andy Ristie for the inaugural Glory Lightweight Championship at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8,2014.

Ky Hollenbeck withdrew from the match in order to pursue a career in firefighting and the fight coincided with important dates of his training program.

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

Ky Hollenbeck was stunned by a jab from Ristie before being knocked out with a left hook thirty-five seconds into round one.

Ky Hollenbeck was scheduled to face Richard Abraham Lion Fight 24 on November 23,2015.

Ky Hollenbeck was scheduled to face Justin Greskiewicz at Lion Fight 28 on February 26,2016.

Ky Hollenbeck won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.

Ky Hollenbeck was scheduled to face Mark Holst at Lion Fight 30 on July 10,2016.