Thai and kickboxing legend Ramon Dekkers RIP

coldcrust

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Check out this fanmade tribute to one of the finest fighters that ever lived.
Ramon "the Diamond'' Dekkers..from Holland sadly passed away this week. Maybe not so well known in the US but worldwide regarged as a Muay Thai legend. He lived and fought in Thailand for years and fought all the greats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sQENkl8kmNY

and to all those infamiliar with him or this particular mode of combat..ur gonna enjoy this too.
 

kes1111

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Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 72 kg (160 lb; 11.3 st)
Division Featherweight
Lightweight
Welterweight
Middleweight
Style Kickboxing, Muay Thai
Stance Orthodox
Team Team Dekkers
Trainer Cor Hemmers
Years active 20 (1986 – 2006)

Kickboxing record
Total 221
Wins 186
By knockout 95
Losses 33
Draws 2

Mixed martial arts record
Total 1
Wins 0
Losses 1
By submission 1
Draws 0


Ramon "The Diamond" Dekkers (4 September 1969 – 27 February 2013) was a Dutch kickboxer and an eight time Muay Thai world champion.

Dekkers was born in Breda, North Brabant, the Netherlands. He began learning martial arts at age 12, studying judo for a few months. He then started boxing for a year. After that, Dekkers started practicing Muay Thai under Cor Hemmers. He was awarded his first title at age 18, when he won the Dutch National Championship on 15 November 1987.

Dekkers got involved in the martial arts around 1986. He visited a gym in Breda where he first witnessed Thai boxing, where he started training. Dekkers' future stepfather was the gym's trainer who later became Dekkers' coach. Dekkers trained for about 3 months – his mother dropped him off every day, brought him to the gym, and picked him up after training. Cor saw that Dekkers had the potential to be a good fighter. When Dekkers was 16 years old, Hemmers had been building a team and had no real fights by that time. Before Dekkers' first muay Thai fight, Cor discussed it with Dekkers and his mother. During Dekkers' training, Cor became more and more involved with his mother, and the two eventually married.

On 27 February 2013 Dekkers died at the age of 43, after reportedly feeling light headed while training on his bike, in Breda, The Netherlands.
 
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