43 Facts About Remy Bonjasky

Remy Kenneth Bonjasky was born on January 10,1976 and is a Surinamese-Dutch former kickboxer.

Remy Bonjasky is a three-time K-1 World Grand Prix heavyweight champion, winning the title in 2003,2004, and 2008.

Remy Bonjasky was born in Paramaribo, Suriname and moved to the Netherlands when he was 5 years old.

Remy Bonjasky was involved in football during his teens, but quit after breaking his leg.

At the age of 18, when a friend brought him to the Mejiro Kickboxing Gym to "see who is the best", Remy Bonjasky decided to stay and train and eventually fell in love with kickboxing.

Remy Bonjasky had his first fight at the age of 19 against Valentijn Overeem.

Remy Bonjasky lost against K-1 and kickboxing superstar Stefan Leko in 2002.

On December 6,2003 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2003 quarter-finals in Tokyo, Japan, Remy Bonjasky was matched up against Australian fighter Peter "The Chief" Graham.

In semi-finals Cyril Abidi fell victim of The Flying Gentleman's flying knee attacks, and after defeating Musashi in the tournament finals by unanimous decision Remy Bonjasky was crowned the K-1 World champion.

On December 4,2004 at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2004, with three decision wins over Ernesto Hoost, Francois Botha and Musashi, Remy Bonjasky successfully defended his K-1 WGP title.

Remy Bonjasky presented himself on November 19,2005 for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2005 finals in Tokyo, to keep his title for a third consecutive year, but was stopped by Semmy Schilt's knee strikes in the tournament's semi-finals.

When Remy Bonjasky was champion, Leko was taking a hiatus away from K-1, and his career rise had thus stalled.

Remy Bonjasky's only fight before the Final 16 was against Glaube Feitosa in Hawaii.

Remy Bonjasky won by decision and remained open for the Final 16 event.

On September 29,2007 Remy Bonjasky was booked in a rubber match with Stefan Leko at the K-1 World GP 2007 in Seoul Final 16 event.

Remy Bonjasky further lit the fuse by claiming Leko was a limited fighter, who 'only had a couple of punches and a spinning back kick, nothing else'.

Remy Bonjasky won the grudge fight by TKO when the ref stopped it in the first round after landing his trademark flying knee strike.

Some have criticised the stoppage as K-1 protecting the by-then bigger name superstar, as Remy Bonjasky had been their World Grand Prix champion, and that K-1 wanted him through to the later stages.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2007 Finals, Remy Bonjasky faced fellow Dutch fighter Badr Hari.

Remy Bonjasky started off 2008 by knocking out Melvin Manhoef in Amsterdam, Bazigit Atajev in Tapei and majority decision over Paul Slowinski in the K-1 16 to qualify for his 6th Grand Prix appearance.

Remy Bonjasky was hit after the bell at the end of the round by an angry Hari.

Remy Bonjasky seemed unable to get up and was inspected by the ringside doctors.

Meanwhile, Hari screamed at Remy Bonjasky, telling him to get up and quarrelled with his trainer, Ivan Hippolyte.

Hari was therefore disqualified and Remy Bonjasky was declared the K-1 World Grand Prix 2008 Champion.

Remy Bonjasky was disappointed by the outcome, evident from his unhappy expression after the decision was announced.

Remy Bonjasky stated in a post-fight interview that he still had double vision and a headache the next morning.

Hari however claimed that "Remy Bonjasky was acting", and that, "his corner was screaming at him to stay down".

Remy Bonjasky went on medical recovery after the fight and did not fight again for months.

Remy Bonjasky returned to training to train for the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final 16.

At the K-1 World Grand Prix 2009 Final Remy Bonjasky was won his third consecutive unanimous decision against Errol Zimmerman.

Semmy however landed a low kick to Remy Bonjasky's left leg that was damaged in his earlier fight with Zimmerman, Remy Bonjasky was therefore knocked out of the tournament, losing to Semmy for the third time.

Remy Bonjasky was absent from the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama tournament, and did not fight at all in 2010, and has pondered retirement after having eye surgery in August of the year.

Silva faded and allowed Remy Bonjasky to get the better of him, coming out as the majority decision winner.

Remy Bonjasky competed in the sixteen-man 2012 Glory Heavyweight Grand Slam at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31,2012.

Remy Bonjasky was then eliminated in the quarter-finals when he looked lackluster against newcomer Jamal Ben Saddik and, due to the "best of three" format in the tournament, lost on points after two rounds.

Remy Bonjasky faced Tyrone Spong at Glory 5: London in London, England on March 23,2013.

Remy Bonjasky lost in the second round via KO from a right hook.

Remy Bonjasky lost to Anderson Silva by unanimous decision in a rematch at Glory 13: Tokyo - Welterweight World Championship Tournament in Tokyo, Japan on December 21,2013.

Remy Bonjasky defeated Mirko Cro Cop by majority decision in a rematch at Glory 14: Zagreb in Zagreb, Croatia on March 8,2014.

Remy Bonjasky has worked for the brand since 2010 along with former swimmer Inge de Bruijn, the face for the women's line of the brand.

In early 2011 Remy Bonjasky appeared on Season 4 of the Sterren Dansen op het IJs show, the Dutch version of Skating with Celebrities, performing a figure skating routine with his Sapph fellow Inge de Bruijn.

Remy Bonjasky has been awarded two medals of honor since 2007.

Remy Bonjasky was their last victim, and after having been hit by the dart he pursued the van in a cab and proceeded to call the police who managed to arrest the criminals.