Semmy Schilt

Semmy Schilt: Biography in Details

Who is Semmy Schilt?

Semmy Schilt is a former kickboxer, Ashihara karateka, as well as a mixed martial artist of the Dutch community.

He has achieved the Glory Heavyweight and K-1 World Grand Championship.

While he is the only person in history who won K-1 the world championship three times in a row and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most Grand Prix won, with four.

Who are the parents of Semmy Schilt?

Semmy was born on 27th October 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He hasn’t mentioned any other information about his family or his childhood and neither birth facts on social sites.

He belongs to Dutch nationality and ethnicity.

Unlike other boxers, Schilt hasn’t revealed his education history on social media and sites. He is a very secretive person and knows how to handle the media.

Semmy Schilt: Professional Life and Career

Semmy Schilt started his career at a very young age and achieved a black belt at the age of 18. In 1996, he debuted in mixed martial arts for Japanese promotion Pancrase.

In 1997, he had pitted against Pancrase co-founder Masakatsu Funaki. Then the two fighters passed for a few minutes until Funaki led him to the ground.

Likewise in the year 1998, he fought the other co-founder of Pancrase, Minoru Suzuki.

In this, he had fought with the Japanese wrestler which took Schilt to the mat and kept side control for half of the match.

But was unsuccessful to threaten him from the position aside from scarce armbar attempts.

In 1999, Semmy Schilt had to fly back to Holland in order to face Gilbert Yvel in an inter-promotional match.

But there he was knocked down by a shocking flurry of hooks from Yvel. However, he had managed to recover from the eight counts.

In 2001, he made his debut in the Ultimate Fighting Championship completing his UFC  tenure, Schilt returned to Japan for PRIDE Fighting Championship, making his debut in the same year.

In 2002, he had to face Fedor Emelianenko and was debuting in PRIDE  in Fighting Network RINGS. At the end of 2003, he had taken part in the annual event Inoki Bom-Ba-Ye for a rematch against Josh Barnett.

In 2005, he started his career in kickboxing and made his first appearance at the K-1 finals.

There he beat  Ray Sefo in the quarterfinals and defended  Remy Bonjasky by knockout in the semifinals.

Similarly, in 2007, he defeated Ray Sefo by second-round KO to become K-1’s first Super Heavyweight Champion.

That year he had also faced and defeated the K-1 Hawaii GP Champion Mighty Mo. In the years 2008 and 2009, he lost two matches continuously with Peter Aerts and  Badr Hari.

But in 2010, he had successfully made his fourth title defense against teammate Errol Zimmerman.

He had defeated  Hesdy Gerges by a close decision, after sustaining a cut to his shin in the fight that required 4 stitches.

In 2012, he entered the ring with a new style and the concept of earning a convincing victory over Guidon and Zimmerman.

But in 2013 it was reported that due to his heart condition he was immediately instructed to retire.

Achievement, Awards

Unlike other players, he has fought with many fighters and won some matches but hasn’t achieved awards or medals.

Besides these, he had achieved a black belt at a very young age.

Semmy Schilt had also achieved K-1 in the world championship and also shares the record with Ernesto Hoost for most Grand Prix.

Semmy Schilt: Net Worth and Salary

Semmy Schilt has earned much from his career but hasn’t revealed it yet on social sites until up to date.

How tall is Semmy Schilt?

Semmy Schilt has gained 130 kg in weight and his height is 6ft 11 inches.

He has auburn hair and light brown eyes.

Social Media Profile

Semmy Schilt is seen active on social sites like Facebook and Twitter but not on Instagram. His fan followers are 47k on Facebook and 8k on Twitter.

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