Robert Diem Kaman was a Dutch nine-time kickboxing and Muay Thai world champion.
27 Facts About Rob Kaman
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Rob Kaman was often called "Mr Low Kick" because of his feared low kicks which he used to set up his devastating offensive attacks.
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In 1980, Rob Kaman became an A-class fighter in the Netherlands.
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Rob Kaman knocked him out in the 2nd round with a low kick to the leg.
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Rob Kaman's first fight in Thailand was against Dennoi, a local champion.
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Rob Kaman knocked him out in the 3rd round with a low kick and became the first European WKA world champion in kickboxing.
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Rob Kaman won them all and at the end of 1987 the Japanese asked him to come fight in Japan.
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Rob Kaman fought against Kirkwood Walker, Hansu Premchai, Santiago Garza, and Don Nakaya Nielsen.
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On 9 April 1989, Rob Kaman fought in the Netherlands again against Jan Wessels from Arnhem.
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Rob Kaman organized that event and did not have the time to prepare properly for the fight.
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Rob Kaman lost the fight and many people thought that his career was over.
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In 1989 Rob Kaman played in the movie Bloodfist with Don Wilson and Billy Blanks and fought three times against Changpuek Kiatsongrit from Thailand and Eddy Matthieu from France.
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Rob Kaman became a father with the birth of his son Gaby just before the fight.
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Rob Kaman fought against the Japanese fighter Yoshinori Nishi in Japan and won by 1st round knock out.
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On 29 June 1991, Rob Kaman fought against Luc Verheye in France for the world WKA title.
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Rob Kaman fought in France against fighters such as Rick Roufus, Mark Russell, Justin Ward, and Zito Polyo.
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On 25 January 1992, Rob Kaman challenged his first professional MMA bout in RINGS against Nobuaki Kakuda.
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Rob Kaman won by TKO with a knee shot to grounded opponent in 3rd round.
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Rob Kaman won the fight by TKO and became the new ISKA world champion.
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Rob Kaman was at the same time world champion in WKA kickboxing and world champion in Muay Thai.
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Rob Kaman's first fight was against Lavelle Robinson and he won by KO.
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On 2 September 1999 Rob Kaman married film writer artist Carlotta Torchia, and five weeks after, on 24 October 1999, he fought for the last time, against Alexey Ignashov, a 21-year-old amateur world champion in kickboxing.
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Rob Kaman won the fight by points, but after the fight he said that his opponent was the real winner and gave his trophy to Ignashov.
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Rob Kaman later trained UFC light heavyweight Brandon Vera on kickboxing for MMA.
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Towards the end of his sports career, Rob Kaman tried his hand at acting, playing in three movies with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Legionnaire, Maximum Risk and Double Team with Dennis Rodman and Mickey Rourke.
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In 1985, Kaman was sentenced to 18 months in prison for robbing a bank in Eindhoven on 28 May of the same year.
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Rob Kaman died on 30 March 2024, at the age of 63 from a blood clot.