99-12-0 (36 KO)
Remy  Bonjasky
Current Rank
Inactive
Height
192 CM / 6'3"
Nationality
Netherlands Netherlands
Weightclass
Heavyweight
Weight
105 KG / 231 LBS
Social Media
Nickname
None
Age
47

Fighter Stats

Glory Record 3-3-0 (0 KO) Wins-Losses-Draws (KOs)
Average Fight Time 07:36 Fight Duration
Knockdown Ratio 1:1 Knockdowns Landed : Knockdowns Absorbed
SLpM 7.78 Strikes Landed per Minute
SApM 8.29 Strikes Absorbed per Minute
Striking Differential -0.51 Difference between SLpM and SApM
Striking Accuracy 52.61 % Proportion of Strikes Landed

Fighter Media

Fighter Record

Result Opponent Event Method Watch
Win Mirko CroCop Glory 14: Zagreb
Headline event
2014-03-08
MD
Loss Anderson Silva Glory 13: Tokyo
Superfight
2013-12-21
UD
Loss Tyrone Spong Glory 5: London
Headline event
2013-03-23
KO
2:02 of Round 2
Win Filip Verlinden Glory 4: Tokyo
Tournament
2012-12-31
UD
Loss Jamal Ben Saddik Glory 4: Tokyo
Quarter-final
2012-12-31
UD
Win Anderson Silva Glory 2: Brussels
Headline event
2012-10-06
MD

Fighter Bio

Twitter Remy  Bonjasky

Remy
Bonjasky
3-3-0 (0 KO) Netherlands

2008 K-1 World Grand Prix champion
2004 K-1 World Grand Prix champion
2003 K-1 World Grand Prix champion

There have been several fighters that have achieved greatness in the sport of kickboxing but none of them have earned their place in the pantheon in quite the fashion that Remy Bonjasky has.

Bonjasky is one of the most visually arresting fighters that ever stepped in the ring. Tall and chiselled with the physique of a born athlete, Bonjasky elevates kicking to an art form, almost balletic in his balance and poise as he executes each technique.

He is also thrilling, thanks to his fondness for taking to the air with flying knees and jumping roundhouse kicks. For a fighter to knock someone out with one of these once in his career is a high point that lives forever in his memory. For Bonjasky it is almost mundane - he employs the flying knee the way most fighters use a jab.   

This led him to be known early in his career as The Flying Dutchman, but Bonjasky - who also does some modelling as a sideline and is very particular about his clothes and appearance - was at pains to point out that he was not just a Dutchman, but a gentleman. And so the nickname altered into The Flying Gentleman, which he bears to this day.

He won the K-1 Grand Prix three times - 2003, 2004 and 2008 - which is an achievement only Peter Aerts has matched and only Ernesto Hoost and Semmy Schilt have bested, a good indicator of just what Bonjasky’s legacy in the sport really is. 

In recent years the Flying Gentleman has been retired, partly because of eye surgery he underwent and partly because he was concentrating on his Bonjasky Academy Gym in Almere, near Amsterdam. The transition into coaching looked set to be a permanent one, especially when the decline of K-1 meant that top-level international kickboxing looked to be finished.

But then GLORY emerged as the new premier league of international fighting and that sparked Bonjasky’s interest in entering the ring once again. He noted that numerous elite fighters had already been drawn to the organisation - aforementioned legends like Schilt and Aerts; rising stars like Gokhan Saki and Errol Zimmerman. The challenge attracted him and GLORY are honoured to have him in the ring.