Robin van Roosmalen

Robin van Roosmalen (born October 1, 1989) is a Dutch kickboxer and MMA fighter, and current Glory Featherweight Champion.

Van Roosmalen is the oldest of three children. His father, William van Roosmalen, is a former world champion in Muay Thai and kickboxing and also the only man to knock out William Beekwilder and Vitali Klitschko in a kickboxing bout. Growing up in a kickboxing family, Van Roosmalen began training at the age of 3 under his father in his gym and later also began boxing, wrestling, mixed martial arts and judo, in which he received a black belt. He is known for his aggressive, high paced fighting style.

Van Roosmalen made it to the semi-finals of the K-1 World MAX West Europe Tournament by beating Henri van Opstal in the quarter-final. He lost his semi-final bout against the eventual winner Mohammed Khamal by KO. After losing a fight against Ajay Balgobind, Van Roosmalen rebounded by knocking out Dutch slugger William Diender with a liver punch and beating the highly regarded Dutch-Moroccan Chahid Oulad El Hadj by decision. On May 21, 2011, Van Roosmalen met Mohammed Khamal in a rematch in Amsterdam. He lost the match by judges' decision.

On September 25, 2011, van Roosmalen won the It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" title in Brussels. He beat Chahid Oulad El Hadj for the 2nd time by TKO in the second round, Chris Ngimbi by decision and Artur Kyshenko by KO in the first round. Van Roosmalen had entered the tournament as a replacement for 70MAX giant Giorgio Petrosyan, who had injured himself in his fight against Hinata, and was seen as an underdog to win the tournament over the more highly ranked and experienced Artur Kyshenko.

Glory

Van Roosmalen was drawn against Tim Thomas in the quarter-finals of the Glory 3: Rome - 2012 Middleweight Slam Final 8 on November 3, 2012, in Rome, Italy, and won by TKO in the second round when he battered the Englishman into a referee stoppage. In the semis, he dropped Sanny Dahlbeck in each of the first two rounds before finishing him with a punch to the body in the third. Advancing to the final, he went up against Giorgio Petrosyan. His aggressive style played into Petrosyan's hands, however, and he was outclassed by the silky Italian to a unanimous decision loss.

Van Roosmalen took a dominant unanimous decision over Yuichiro Nagashima at Glory 4: Tokyo - 2012 Heavyweight Grand Slam in Saitama, Japan on December 31, 2012, dropping "Jienotsu" in round one and scoring with low kicks and hard punches throughout. He dropped Murthel Groenhart in round one en route to a unanimous decision win at Glory 7: Milan in Milan, Italy on April 20, 2013. He beat Shemsi Beqiri by unanimous decision in a back-and-forth fight at Glory 10: Los Angeles - Middleweight World Championship Tournament in Ontario, California, United States, on September 28, 2013.

Van Roosmalen rematched Davit Kiria in the semi-finals of the Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament in New York City, New York, US on November 23, 2013, winning a unanimous decision. In the final, he was battered by Andy Ristie, getting dropped in round one before being knocked out in two. He defeated Marat Grigorian via split decision in the co-main event of Glory 15: Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey on April 12, 2014.

Lightweight champion

Van Roosmalen captured the Glory lightweight title with a majority decision win over Davit Kiria at Glory 18: Oklahoma on November 7, 2014. He rematched Andy Ristie at Glory 20: Dubai and retained his lightweight title with a dominant unanimous decision win after knocking Ristie down two times in the fourth round. All three judges scored the fight 49-44 in favor of van Roosmalen. On May 11, 2015, he was ranked as the #1 lightweight in the world by LiverKick.com. He defended his title a second time, this time a unanimous decision against Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong at Glory 25: Milan. However, he would lose the title via split decision in a rematch against Sitsongpeenong at Glory 31: Amsterdam.

Featherweight champion

After losing his lightweight title, Van Roosmalen dropped down to featherweight and immediately faced Gabriel Varga for the Canadian's featherweight title. Van Roosmalen dropped Varga twice in the second round and dominated the Canadian throughout the fight, prompting the featherweight champion's corner to throw in the towel in the break between the fourth and fifth round. With this win, Van Roosmalen became the first fighter to hold a Glory title in two separate weight classes.

• Glory
  • Glory Featherweight Champion (one time; Former)
  • Glory Lightweight Champion (one time; two defenses; Former)
  • 2013 Glory Lightweight World Championship Tournament Runner-up
  • 2012 Glory 70kg Slam Tournament Runner-up
• It's Showtime
  • It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" Tournament Champion

Kickboxing record

48 Wins (13 (T)KO's, 33 decisions), 16 Losses, 3 Draw Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time Record 2017-01-20 Win Matt Embree Glory 37: Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, USA TKO (Referee Stoppage/Punches) 4 2:00 49-16-3 2016-10-21 Win Gabriel Varga Glory 34: Denver Broomfield, Colorado TKO (corner stoppage) 4 3:00 48-16-3 Won the Glory Featherweight Championship. 2016-06-25 Loss Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong Glory 31: Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Split) 5 3:00 47-16-3 Lost the Glory Lightweight Championship Belt . 2015-11-06 Win Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong Glory 25: Milan Monza, Italy Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 47-14-3 Defends the Glory Lightweight Championship. 2015-06-03 Win Steve Moxon The Happy Hearts Fund in collaboration with GLORY and Friday Night Fights ‘FIGHT FOR EDUCATION’ New York, USA Decision(Unanimous) 3 3:00 46-14-3 2015-04-03 Win Andy Ristie Glory 20: Dubai Dubai, UAE Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00 45-14-3 Defends the Glory Lightweight Championship. 2014-11-07 Win Davit Kiria Glory 18: Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Decision (majority) 5 3:00 44-14-3 Wins the Glory Lightweight Championship. 2014-04-12 Win Marat Grigorian Glory 15: Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey Decision (split) 3 3:00 43-14-3 2013-11-23 Loss Andy Ristie Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament, Final New York City, New York, USA KO (left uppercut) 2 1:45 42-15-3 For the Glory Lightweight World Championship Tournament. 2013-11-23 Win Davit Kiria Glory 12: New York - Lightweight World Championship Tournament, Semi Finals New York City, New York, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 42-13-3 2013-09-28 Win Shemsi Beqiri Glory 10: Los Angeles Ontario, California, USA Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 41-13-3 2013-04-20 Win Murthel Groenhart Glory 7: Milan Milan, Italy Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 40-13-3 2012-12-31 Win Yuichiro Nagashima Glory 4: Tokyo Saitama, Japan Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 39-13-3 2012-11-03 Loss Giorgio Petrosyan Glory 3: Rome - 70 kg Slam Tournament, Final Rome, Italy Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 38-14-3 For the Glory 70kg Slam Tournament. 2012-11-03 Win Sanny Dahlbeck Glory 3: Rome - 70 kg Slam Tournament, Semi Finals Rome, Italy TKO (punch to the body) 3 38-12-3 2012-11-03 Win Tim Thomas Glory 3: Rome - 70 kg Slam Tournament, Quarter Finals Rome, Italy TKO (referee stoppage) 2 1:05 37-12-3 2012-06-30 Loss Hafid el Boustati It's Showtime Brussels, Belgium TKO(Doctor Stoppage/Cut from knee) 2 2:00 36-13-3 2012-05-26 Win Dzhabar Askerov Glory 1: Stockholm - 70 kg Slam Tournament, First Round Stockholm, Sweden Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 36-11-3 2012-02-26 Win Rachid Belaini Vuisten Van Vuur 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3.00 35-11-3 2012-01-28 Win Murat Direkçi It's Showtime 2012 in Leeuwarden Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 34-11-3 2011-09-24 Win Artur Kyshenko BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Final Brussels, Belgium KO (Left Hook) 1 2:20 33-11-3 Wins It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX" tournament title. 2011-09-24 Win Chris Ngimbi BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Semi Finals Brussels, Belgium Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 32-11-3 2011-09-24 Win Chahid Oulad El Hadj BFN Group & Music Hall presents: It's Showtime "Fast & Furious 70MAX", Quarter Finals Brussels, Belgium TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 2:40 31-11-3 2011-05-21 Loss Mohamed Khamal Fightclub presents: It's Showtime 2011 Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Split) 3 3:00 30-12-3 2011-03-19 Win Davit Kiria United Glory 13: 2010-2011 World Series Semifinals Charleroi, Belgium Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 30-10-3 2011-03-06 Win Chahid Oulad El Hadj Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime Sporthallen Zuid Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Majority) 3 3:00 29-10-3 2010-12-04 Win Mikel Colaj Janus Fight Night 2010 Padua, Italy Decision 3 3:00 28-10-3 2010-10-16 Win Maxim Vorovski United Glory 12: 2010-2011 World Series Quarterfinals Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 27-10-3 2010-09-12 Win William Diender Fightingstars presents: It's Showtime 2010 Amsterdam, Netherlands KO (Liver Punch) 3 26-10-3 2010-06-11 Loss Ajay Balgobind Friday Night Fight Night Amsterdam, Netherlands Ext. R. Decision 4 3:00 25-11-3 2010-03-21 Loss Mohammed Khamal K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament, Semi Finals Utrecht, Netherlands KO 25-10-3 2010-03-21 Win Henri van Opstal K-1 World MAX 2010 West Europe Tournament, Quarter Finals Utrecht, Netherlands Ext. R. Decision 4 3:00 25-8-3 2010-02-27 Win Anthony Nekrui Amsterdam Fight Club Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 24-8-3 2009-12-12 Win Yassin Baitar Netherlands Ext. R. Decision (split) 3 3:00 23-8-3 2009-10-24 Win Chad Bishop This Is It! Rhoon, Netherlands TKO 22-8-3 2009-09-27 Win Ait Said Houkari Knock Out Combat 6 Eindhoven, Netherlands KO 5 21-8-3 2009-06-13 Win Achmed Zragua Gentlemen Promotions Tilburg, Netherlands Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00 20-8-3 2008-12-17 Win Amin Choukoud Netherlands Decision (split) 5 3:00 19-8-3 2008-05-24 Loss Robert Siebenheller Fight Sensation 3 Doetinchem, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 18-9-3 2008-05-24 Loss Samil Unal Fight Sensation 3 Doetinchem, Netherlands Decision 3 3:00 18-8-3 2008-05-10 Loss Antuan Siangboxing Golden Belt Liverpool, England Decision 5 3:00 17-7-3 2008-04-26 Win Hammadi el Mahdaoui K-1 World GP 2008 Amsterdam, Super Fight Amsterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 3:00 17-6-3 2008-02-17 Draw Leroy Kaestner K-1 MAX Netherlands 2008 The Final Qualification, Opening fight Utrecht, Netherlands Decision draw 5 2:00 16-6-3 2008-01-20 Win Faysal el Osrouti Kickboksgala, Sportschool Jellema Houten, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 16-6-2 2007-12-16 Win Arman Soufi Netherlands Decision (split) 5 2:00 15-6-2 2007-11-24 Loss Jan Pruijmboom Shootboxing in the Autotron Rosmalen, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 14-6-2 2007-09-23 Win Ruslan Mamedkhanov Rings Holland: Risky Business, Vechtsebanen Utrecht, Netherlands KO (Right hook) 1 14-5-2 2007-07-01 Loss Anthony Kane Next Generation Warriors Utrecht, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 13-5-2 2007-05-13 Loss Jan Pruijmboom Fight Night Veghel Veghel, Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 13-4-2 2007-04-09 Win Robert Siebenheller Netherlands Decision 5 2:00 13-3-2 2007-03-18 Win Soufiane Aouragh Demolition Part II Den Bosch, Netherlands Decision (majority) 5 2:00 12-3-2 2007-02-17 Win Faysal el Ousrouti Valentijn's Event Utrecht, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 5 2:00 11-3-2 2007-01-22 Win Yavuz Kayabasi MT Lumpini & Siam Gym Gala Weert, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00 10-3-2 2006-11-18 Win Zeki Bouzreki Muay thai gala Vlaardingen Vlaardingen, Netherlands TKO 9-3-2 2006-10-01 Loss Edson Fortes Thaiboks Gala, Schuttersveld Rotterdam, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00 8-3-2 2006-09-10 Win Romano Morjoner Thaiboks Gala Veghel Veghel, Netherlands TKO (Doctor stoppage) 8-2-2 2006-06-25 Draw Harry Petalo Thaibox Gala Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands Decision draw 3 2:00 7-2-2 2006-06-04 Win Chafik Ayoub Kickbox Gala Druten Druten, Netherlands Decision (split) 3 2:00 7-2-1 2006-05-07 Win Arwien Ramlal Muay Thai gala Den Bosch Den Bosch, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00 6-2-1 2006-04-15 Loss Sergio Menig Al-Fid Thaibox Gala Eindhoven, Netherlands Decision (Unanimous) 3 2:00 5-2-1 2006-03-11 Win Massi Rahimi Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 5-1-1 2006-02-05 Win Atty Gol Muaythai Gala Fight and Survive Den Bosch, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 4-1-1 2005-11-26 Loss Romano Morjoner Muay Thai gala Hoogwoud Hoogwoud, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 3-1-1 2005-10-09 Draw Jeffrey Ezinga Muay Thai gala Den Bosch Den Bosch, Netherlands Decision 3 2:00 3-0-1 2005-01-23 Win Achmed Netherlands Decision (split) 3 1:00 3-0 2004-12-18 Win Sofiane S.S. Emmen Muaythai Gala Akdeniz Gym Deventer, Netherlands TKO (Corner stoppage) 2 2-0 2004-11-13 Win Gussen Amirov Sportlife Thaiboxing Gala Heerlen, Netherlands Decision (split) 3 1:00 1-0 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

MMA record

Professional MMA Record
1 Wins (1 (T)KO's), 0 Losses, 0 Draws Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time 2016-02-20 Win Theo Michailidis FFC 22 Greece KO (punch) 2 5:00 Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes