Turkish Kickboxers - Gokhan Saki, Hulya Ahin, Murat Direkci, Ahin Yakut, Serkan Yilmaz, Erhan Deniz (Paperback)

Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gokhan Saki, Hulya ahin, Murat Direkci, ahin Yakut, Serkan Yilmaz, Erhan Deniz. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: Gokhan "The Rebel" Saki (born October 8, 1983) is a professional Turkish-Dutch Heavyweight kickboxer and martial artist, fighting out of Golden Glory Gym in Breda, Netherlands. He is two time Dutch and European Muay Thai champion, K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam tournament finalist and K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii champion as the first ever Turkish fighter holding a K-1 tournament title. Gokhan Saki started practicing Muay Thai in 1993 at the age of 10 in "Club Fit" under Jan Pasztjerik. Gokhan trained with Pasztjerik for seven years before moving to the Golden Glory in 2001. Training in Golden Glory with Cor Hemmers, Saki became Dutch, European and World Muay Thai champion within three years. Even though to this day Gokhan considers Jan as the main influence who helped him develop to the fighter he is today. Gokhan made his K-1 debut at the K-1 World GP 2006 in Amsterdam where he defeated Alexey Ignashov and Rani Berbachi but lost to Bjorn Bregy by first round KO in tournament finals. Saki fought at the K-1 World GP 2008 in Hawaii. He defeated Deutsch Pu'u, Rick Cheek and Randy Kim to become the champion and qualify for the Grand Prix final eliminations. At the eliminations he fought New Zealand legend Ray Sefo. He won by a unanimous decision to qualify for his first ever Grand Prix. In the quarter finals he beat Ruslan Karaev by unanimous decision, however he was knocked out by the eventual champion, Remy Bonjasky in the semi finals by a jumping kick to the rib cage. Saki was the finalist at the K-1 Heavyweight tournament in Yokohama. He knocked out Tyrone Spong in semis but was stopped in the finals by Keijiro Maeda. On August the ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=18484452