Chris Ngimbi
Dutch martial artist

Chris Ngimbi

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Chris "The African Warrior" Ngimbi (born 18 April 1984 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Dutch Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of the Siam Gym in Valkenswaard, Netherlands for Black Label.He is the two times It's Showtime 70MAX world champion fighting primarily within the It's Showtime and the K-1 Global Holding organizations. He also held the SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Championship in 2016.

Biography and career

Ngimbi was born in Kinshasa the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.He was born with a weak heart which doctors felt would make it hard for him to survive his first year.He spent his childhood in the African country but his family was forced to leave when he was 11 years old due to the civil war and the fact that his father had served in the political party of the recently ousted president Mobutu Sese Seko.Ngimbi relocated to the Netherlands and was a keen footballer in his teenage years and tipped to do well but decided to focus on kickboxing after making his amateur debut at 18 in Eindhoven representing the Duran Gym.He would later switch to the Calmaro gym in Helmond after his second B-Klass match with a fighting record of 12 wins and 1 loss. -

After fighting on the local scene for several years, Ngimbi was invited as a member of a Dutch team that would participate in a W.K.A. event in New York City.Due to an impressive knockout of his opponent he would be invited back to the states the following year to contest against Atlanta based Thai Khunpon Dechkampu for the W.K.A. intercontinental title, in what would be the first of a number of title fights on American soil.Ngimbi was successful on his return visit to the United States, winning the belt via KO and as winner of the intercontinental belt Ngimbi would get a shot at the W.K.A. world title in 2007, losing to Shane Campbell in their first match in Richmond, only to win the rematch six months later to claim his first world title.

In between trips across the Atlantic Ngimbi would have a number of fights in the Netherlands, defeating useful fighters such as Ray Staring, Kit Sitpholek and William Diender – the latter in the K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 tournament in which he made the semi finals only to lose to eventual winner Warren Stevelmans (who he had beaten back in 2006).He also made his debut with the It's Showtime organization defeating English fighter Rick Barnhill in Alkmaar.In February 2009 Ngimbi had another attempt to qualify for the K-1 MAX via a regional event in Utrecht but lost at the quarter final stage to Marco Piqué. This decision was modified after protest from Ngimbi's corner. In May 2009 after the fight against Schneidmiller in the Amsterdam Arena he left the Calmaro gym to join Siam Gym in Valkenswaard. The switch had led to victories against fighters as Chahid Oulad el Hadj and Hafid el Boustati.

In 2010,Ngimbi's record with the It's Showtime organization (4 wins, 2 losses) led to the organization inviting him to challenge two time It's Showtime champion Murat Direkçi for his world title belt in Athens at the end of the year.As the underdog, few expected the African Warrior to triumph but he pulled off a fifth round upset decision win against Direkçi to become the new It's Showtime 70MAX world champion.Ngimbi retained his It's Showtime 70MAX world title at the It's Showtime 2011 Lyon event, outclassing local fighter Willy Borrel on way to a trademark flying knee KO victory.

In December 2011, Ngimbi shocked the kickboxing world when he stated that he will make one more defence of his belt, against Andy Souwer in June 2012, and then retire. He lost the fight, but came back to his decision to retire so he can participate on the K-1 World Max.

He was stopped by Artur Kyshenko in round two at the quarter-finals of the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final in Athens, Greece on December 15, 2012.

Titles

  • 2016 SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Champion -72.5 kg.
  • 2015 W5 XXXI Tournament Runner Up -71 kg
  • 2015 W5 XXX Tournament Champion -71 kg
  • 2011 It's Showtime 70MAX world champion -70 kg (2nd title defence)
  • 2010 It's Showtime 70MAX world champion -70 kg
  • 2007 W.K.A. Muay Thai super welterweight world champion -70 kg
  • 2005 W.K.A. Muay Thai super welterweight intercontinental champion -70 kg
  • 2003 World Full Contact Association (W.F.C.A.) European champion

Kickboxing record

Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record

Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record
2018-07-27 Win Armen Petrosyan ONE Championship: Reign of Kings Philippines Decision (Split) 3 3:00 32-21
2018-05-18 Loss Yodsanklai Fairtex ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams Singapore Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 31-21
2017-10-14 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan PetrosyanMania Monza, Italy Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 31-20
For the vacant ISKA Super Welterweight (-70 kg/154 lb) K-1 Rules World Championship.
2016-11-12 Loss Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Bucharest, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31-20
Lost SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-10-01 Win Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Elimination Iași, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31-19
Wins SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-03-25 Loss Lee Sung-hyun Kunlun Fight 40, Final Tongling, China Decision 3 3:00 30-19
2016-03-25 Win Sergey Kulyaba Kunlun Fight 40, Semi Finals Tongling, China KO 3 2:59 30-18
2015-12-05 Loss Artem Pashporin W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Final Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 29-18
For the W5 XXXI Tournament Title -71 kg.
2015-12-05 Win Evgeniy Kurovsky W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Semi Finals Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 29-17
2015-08-30 Win Ilya Usachev W5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia KO (Right knee) 2 2:31 28-17
Wins W5 XXX Tournament Title -71 kg.
2015-08-30 Win Valentin Ribalko W5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia TKO (Referee stoppage) 1 3:00 27-17
2015-04-24 Loss Enriko Gogokhia W5 Grand Prix - Kitek Moscow, Russia Decision 3 3:00 26-17
2015-02-28 Loss Adem Bozkurt Akın Dövüş Arenası İstanbul, Turkey Decision 3 3:00 26-16
2014-10-04 Win Mourad Ouchen Mix Fight Gala XVI Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 26-15
2014-07-27 Loss Jiao Fukai Kunlun Fight 7 - World MAX 2014 Final 8 Zhoukou, China Decision 3 3:00 25-15
2013-11-15 Loss Mirko Vorkapić FFC09: McSweeney vs. Traunmuller Ljubljana, Slovenia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 25-14
2012-12-15 Loss Artur Kyshenko K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Quarter Finals Athens, Greece TKO (referee stoppage) 2 1:48 25-13
2012-06-30 Loss Andy Souwer Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58 Brussels, Belgium Decision 5 3:00 25-12
Lost It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (2nd title defence).
2012-05-27 Win Longern Superpro Samui K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 25-11
2012-03-24 Loss Gregory Choplin Thaiboxing Showtime 3 Hazebrouck, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-11
2012-01-28 Loss Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, Netherlands TKO (Cut) 2 1:22 24-10
2011-09-24 Loss Robin van Roosmalen It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Semi Finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Split) 3 3:00 24-9
2011-09-24 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Quarter Finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-8
2011-05-14 Win Willy Borrel It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France KO (Left Flying Knee) 2 2:58 23-8
Retains It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (1st title defence).
2010-12-11 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2010 Athens Athens, Greece Decision (5-0) 5 3:00 22-8
Wins Direkçi's It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg.
2010-05-29 Win Anthony Nekrui It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref stop/flying knee) 3 1:33 21-8
2010-02-27 Win Hafid el Boustati Amsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 20-8
2009-11-21 Win Chahid Oulad El Hadj It's Showtime 2009 Barneveld Barneveld, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-8
2009-10-24 Loss Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 18-8
2009-05-16 Win Dennis Schneidmiller It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-7
2009-03-01 Win Marco Piqué K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 17-7
2008-11-29 Loss Joerie Mes It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands KO (Left Hook) 2 2:08 16-7
2008-10-05 Win Chad Bischop Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-6
2008-09-06 Win Rick Barnhill It's Showtime 2008 Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop) 2 15-6
2008-04-26 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Super Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 14-6
2008-02-17 Loss Warren Stevelmans K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Semi Finals Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Low Kicks) 2 1:48 14-5
2008-02-17 Win William Diender K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Split) 3 3:00 14-4
2007-11-24 Win Kamal Chabrani Rings "Prepare for Glory" Hilversum, Netherlands KO (Left Knee) 1 0:36 13-4
2007-09-27 Win Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 22 "The Reckoning" Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 12-4
Wins Campbell's W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2007-06-02 Win Ray Staring Gentleman Fight Night 2007 Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 11-4
2007-05-13 Win Kit Sitpholek Fight Night Veghel Veghel, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 10-4
2007-03-24 Loss Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 19 Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 9-4
Fight was for vacant W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2006-12-03 Win Otmar Diagne 2H2H Maastricht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 9-3
2006-09-24 Loss James France Master Sken's Combat Super Fights Manchester, England, UK Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 8-3
2006-06-04 Loss Winston Martens Kickbox Gala Druten, Quarter Finals Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-2
2006-04-15 Win Warren Stevelmans Al-Fid Thaibox Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-1
2006-01-28 Win Jimmy Eimers Face to Face III, Sporthal de Mheenpark Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 7-1
2005-12-03 Win Mohamed Rahhoui Friends Gym Promotion Brussel, Belgium Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 6-1
2005-09-16 Win Khunpon Dechkampu Pride and Glory Duluth, GA, USA TKO 3 5-1
Wins W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight intercontinental title -70 kg.
2005-05-15 Win Khalid Raiss WFCA Gala in Druten Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 4-1
2005-05-08 Win Murat Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym WFCA Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 3-1
2004-09-10 Loss RaKarma Young Mayhem on Mulberry Street 3, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2-1
2004-05-14 Win Emyr Dakin Mayhem on Mulberry Street 2, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA KO (High Kick) 1 0:58 2-0
2004-05-08 Win Abdussamed Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 1-0
2018-07-27 Win Armen Petrosyan ONE Championship: Reign of Kings Philippines Decision (Split) 3 3:00 32-21
2018-05-18 Loss Yodsanklai Fairtex ONE Championship: Unstoppable Dreams Singapore Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 31-21
2017-10-14 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan PetrosyanMania Monza, Italy Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 31-20
For the vacant ISKA Super Welterweight (-70 kg/154 lb) K-1 Rules World Championship.
2016-11-12 Loss Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Bucharest, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31-20
Lost SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-10-01 Win Amansio Paraschiv SUPERKOMBAT World Grand Prix 2016 Final Elimination Iași, Romania Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 31-19
Wins SUPERKOMBAT Middleweight Title -72.5 kg.
2016-03-25 Loss Lee Sung-hyun Kunlun Fight 40, Final Tongling, China Decision 3 3:00 30-19
2016-03-25 Win Sergey Kulyaba Kunlun Fight 40, Semi Finals Tongling, China KO 3 2:59 30-18
2015-12-05 Loss Artem Pashporin W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Final Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 29-18
For the W5 XXXI Tournament Title -71 kg.
2015-12-05 Win Evgeniy Kurovsky W5 Grand Prix Vienna XXXI, Semi Finals Vienna, Austria Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 29-17
2015-08-30 Win Ilya Usachev W5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia KO (Right knee) 2 2:31 28-17
Wins W5 XXX Tournament Title -71 kg.
2015-08-30 Win Valentin Ribalko W5 Grand Prix Moscow XXX Moscow, Russia TKO (Referee stoppage) 1 3:00 27-17
2015-04-24 Loss Enriko Gogokhia W5 Grand Prix - Kitek Moscow, Russia Decision 3 3:00 26-17
2015-02-28 Loss Adem Bozkurt Akın Dövüş Arenası İstanbul, Turkey Decision 3 3:00 26-16
2014-10-04 Win Mourad Ouchen Mix Fight Gala XVI Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 26-15
2014-07-27 Loss Jiao Fukai Kunlun Fight 7 - World MAX 2014 Final 8 Zhoukou, China Decision 3 3:00 25-15
2013-11-15 Loss Mirko Vorkapić FFC09: McSweeney vs. Traunmuller Ljubljana, Slovenia Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 25-14
2012-12-15 Loss Artur Kyshenko K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final, Quarter Finals Athens, Greece TKO (referee stoppage) 2 1:48 25-13
2012-06-30 Loss Andy Souwer Music Hall & BFN Group present: It's Showtime 57 & 58 Brussels, Belgium Decision 5 3:00 25-12
Lost It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (2nd title defence).
2012-05-27 Win Longern Superpro Samui K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final 16 Madrid, Spain Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 25-11
2012-03-24 Loss Gregory Choplin Thaiboxing Showtime 3 Hazebrouck, France Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-11
2012-01-28 Loss Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Leeuwarden, Netherlands TKO (Cut) 2 1:22 24-10
2011-09-24 Loss Robin van Roosmalen It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Semi Finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Split) 3 3:00 24-9
2011-09-24 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Quarter Finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 24-8
2011-05-14 Win Willy Borrel It's Showtime 2011 Lyon Lyon, France KO (Left Flying Knee) 2 2:58 23-8
Retains It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg (1st title defence).
2010-12-11 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2010 Athens Athens, Greece Decision (5-0) 5 3:00 22-8
Wins Direkçi's It's Showtime 70MAX world title -70 kg.
2010-05-29 Win Anthony Nekrui It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands TKO (Ref stop/flying knee) 3 1:33 21-8
2010-02-27 Win Hafid el Boustati Amsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) 4 3:00 20-8
2009-11-21 Win Chahid Oulad El Hadj It's Showtime 2009 Barneveld Barneveld, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 19-8
2009-10-24 Loss Harut Grigorian It's Showtime 2009 Lommel Lommel, Belgium Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 18-8
2009-05-16 Win Dennis Schneidmiller It's Showtime 2009 Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 18-7
2009-03-01 Win Marco Piqué K-1 World MAX 2009 Europe, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Ext.R Decision 4 3:00 17-7
2008-11-29 Loss Joerie Mes It's Showtime 2008 Eindhoven Eindhoven, Netherlands KO (Left Hook) 2 2:08 16-7
2008-10-05 Win Chad Bischop Ahoy Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 16-6
2008-09-06 Win Rick Barnhill It's Showtime 2008 Alkmaar Alkmaar, Netherlands TKO (Doc Stop) 2 15-6
2008-04-26 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Super Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 14-6
2008-02-17 Loss Warren Stevelmans K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Semi Finals Utrecht, Netherlands TKO (Low Kicks) 2 1:48 14-5
2008-02-17 Win William Diender K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Split) 3 3:00 14-4
2007-11-24 Win Kamal Chabrani Rings "Prepare for Glory" Hilversum, Netherlands KO (Left Knee) 1 0:36 13-4
2007-09-27 Win Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 22 "The Reckoning" Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 12-4
Wins Campbell's W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2007-06-02 Win Ray Staring Gentleman Fight Night 2007 Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 11-4
2007-05-13 Win Kit Sitpholek Fight Night Veghel Veghel, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 10-4
2007-03-24 Loss Shane Campbell Combat Sports Challenge 19 Richmond, VA, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 9-4
Fight was for vacant W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight world title -70 kg.
2006-12-03 Win Otmar Diagne 2H2H Maastricht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 9-3
2006-09-24 Loss James France Master Sken's Combat Super Fights Manchester, England, UK Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 8-3
2006-06-04 Loss Winston Martens Kickbox Gala Druten, Quarter Finals Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-2
2006-04-15 Win Warren Stevelmans Al-Fid Thaibox Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 8-1
2006-01-28 Win Jimmy Eimers Face to Face III, Sporthal de Mheenpark Apeldoorn, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 3:00 7-1
2005-12-03 Win Mohamed Rahhoui Friends Gym Promotion Brussel, Belgium Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 6-1
2005-09-16 Win Khunpon Dechkampu Pride and Glory Duluth, GA, USA TKO 3 5-1
Wins W.K.A. Muaythai super welterweight intercontinental title -70 kg.
2005-05-15 Win Khalid Raiss WFCA Gala in Druten Druten, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 4-1
2005-05-08 Win Murat Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym WFCA Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 3-1
2004-09-10 Loss RaKarma Young Mayhem on Mulberry Street 3, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA Decision (Majority) 5 3:00 2-1
2004-05-14 Win Emyr Dakin Mayhem on Mulberry Street 2, St. Patrick's Youth Center New York, NY, USA KO (High Kick) 1 0:58 2-0
2004-05-08 Win Abdussamed Delialioglu Gala Helmond Calmaro Gym Helmond, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 1-0