Ramon Dekkers news

K-1 MUAY THAI News – Ramon Dekkers has passed away – R.I.P.

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Ramon Dekkers, also known as “The Diamond”, has passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2013. He was training on his bike in Breda, Netherlands (where he was born and where he lived) when he felt light headed and crashed in a tunnel, he was only 43 years old.

We couldn’t believe to the news when we read it for the first time, it is a really sad moment for all the people who love kickboxing, muay thai and combat sports. He was a legend, or better, he is and he will be a legend: eight time Muay Thai world champion, 221 fights with

K-1 News – Ramon Dekkers and Frank Shamrock team up with Stephen Quadros to call the Glory 3 Rome kickboxing action

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Sometimes words speak louder than actions, and this can be the case: a living kickboxing legend will provide a deep reservoir of experience for the three-man commentary team that will be calling the action for fight fans around the world at the GLORY 3 Rome ‘Final 8’ event at the historic PalaLottomatica arena in Rome, Italy on Saturday Nov. 3 (Glory World Series quarterfinals).
Ramon Dekkers blazed a trail for Europeans in the Muay Thai world at a time when it was thought none but native Thais could be successful in the sport and, to this day, if he enters an arena in Thailand, he will receive a standing ovation. Dekkers will provide colour commentary for the event, which will see one 70 kilogram (154 pound) tournament competitor walk away with a tournament grand prize of $300,000.
He will be supported by retired MMA legend and first-ever UFC Middleweight Champion Frank Shamrock, as well as former PRIDE Fighting