The Kickboxing Nerd

Watch this episode on Youtube for the best experience: https://youtu.be/ZyomzPb5FM8 If you watch kickboxing than you might've noticed that more and more kickboxers engage in trash talk. Sometimes more successful than others. Promotions like GLORY and ONE Championship seem to be encouraging fighters to hype through verbal battles. Some fans love it, while others view it as fake commercialism....

Takeru shocks the world by knocking out Rodtang in the main event of ONE Samurai, Jonathan Haggerty puts on a masterclass against Yuki Yoza and Marat Grigorian knocks out Kaito Ono in the first round. Also, Chico Kwasi puts on a performance of a lifetime by beating Beyond Kickboxing’s nr. 2 ranked Pound-For-Pound kickboxer Donovan Wisse. He cemented his legacy by becoming GLORY’s third multi-divis...

To support this show, please subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thekickboxingnerd Today we’re gonna take a look back to last year’s greatest fights, best moments and give out awards in the Best of 2025 in Kickboxing Awardshow. In this year’s award categories we’ve got some familiar ones and new ones (like best haircut of the year). 2025 was a fun year of kickboxing, but not...

It's been a while, but I'm back.. sort of. Lots of things in my life changed this past year, which is why I stopped publishing regularly. In this video I'll explain how the channel will look like going forward. Can't lie, I'm pretty hyped about the stuff I'm working on! 0:00 - My life lately 0:49 - Reconnect with you guys 2:09 - New video's are coming  3:58 - Tra...

This Saturday the promotion's posterboy Heavyweight champion Rico Verhoeven is returning to defend his belt against former Light Heavyweight champion Artem Vakhitov. That's not all because GLORY is celebrating their 100th event with a MASSIVE CARD! 20 fights, 4 title fights, 4 one night 4-man tournaments, multiple superfights! IN-SANE!  This was originally meant to be a two-parter, but w...

Is Heavyweight kickboxing back? At least that's what GLORY is trying to accomplish with the GLORY Last Heavyweight Standing tournament. With favorites like Jamal Ben Saddik, Bahram Rajabzadeh, Cookie Osaro and Big Sexy it's bound to be spectaculair! But do the 4-man tournaments make sense? 🤔 📅 GLORY 100 takes place on Saturday the 14th of June in Ahoy Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The ev...

Rico Verhoeven and Badr Hari are THE biggest stars in kickboxing right now. With them at the tail end of their careers I asked myself: “How does the kickboxing landscape look like after Rico and Badr inevitably retire?” Who will follow in their footsteps? But wait, why are there just two big kickboxing superstars? With Rico and Badr on their way out, kickboxing is in dire need of new superstars. B...

Today I analyse and predict GLORY 99, the Last Heavyweight Standing 32-man tournament. Fan favorites like Jamal Ben Saddik and Bahram Rajabzadeh participate as well as new faces like Rade Opacic and Ahmed Krnjić. I also talk about the GLORY 100 announcements; Rico Verhoeven vs Artem Vakhitov and Tarik Khbabez vs Sergej Maslobojev and GLORY’s return to the USA for their new format GLORY Underground...

It’s time to get your jkick fix! In this video, I preview ONE 172 Japan, featuring the highly anticipated showdown between kickboxing superstar Takeru Segawa and Muay Thai phenom Rodtang. But that’s not all, this stacked card also includes: 🥊 Marat Grigorian vs Kaito Ono – A battle between a former GLORY champ and a Shootboxing/RISE champion. 🥊 Tawanchai vs Masaaki Noiri – The return to kickboxi...

Fans have been frustrated with excessive clinching in kickboxing and there has been a lot of discussions on how ‘damage’ is scored. GLORY introduced changes in their rules to settle these discussions for once and for all. Also, did you know that non-GLORY fights can affect the official GLORY rankings? ► Buakaw: https://youtu.be/u6Xdm-AMxYo   ► Best of 2024 / Awardshow: https://youtu.be/OoN0sBsSk_c...

In 2024 a lot has happened. GLORY brought back the Grand Prix and dropped the 70kg division, while K-1 brought back K-1 MAX. It was arguably the best era for Featherweight and Light Heavyweight. With established fighters like Rico Verhoeven, Petch and Akihiro Kaneko showing why they are one of the best. And the future looks bright with upcoming fighters like Bahram Rajabzadeh, Miguel Trindade and...

The Featherweight Grand Prix is considered by many as possibly the best tournament of the year! In a unique collaboration between GLORY and RISE Japan, they will bring the best 65kg fighters of the world together in an 8-man tournament. The winner can call himself the best featherweight kickboxer of 2024! This event takes place on Saturday 21 December in Chiba, Japan.  In this video I also talk ab...

The Welterweight title fight ended in a draw. Something we rarely see but it kicked off a rivalry of a lifetime between Chico Kwasi and Tyjani Beztati. This was imo not the FOTN though. Here are my thoughts on GLORY 96. What are yours? Timestamps 0:00 - STOPPPPPPPPP 0:07 - GLORY 96 (mostly) delivered 1:39 - Mehdi Ait El Hadj vs Soufian Abdelkhalek was fun 3:32 - Asdren Gashi looked promising 4:49...

GLORY 94 was fun! These are my thoughts.  What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments. 👇 Timestamps 0:00 - Light Heavyweight is so much fun 3:58 - The featherweights delivered 5:15 - Title shot for Berjan Peposhi? 6:17 - Give us Younes Smaili vs Tayfun Ozcan at 70kg 10:45 - The talented Jay Overmeer is back in the winning column 11:56 - Serkan Ozcaglayan destroyed Jente Nnamadim 13:51 - B...

GLORY 96 is STACKED! 😱 In the main event the weeb king of kickboxing Chico Kwasi is facing Tyjani Beztati, one of his most dangerous challenges yet! In this vid I breakdown all fights on this card and do predictions. And I also share my teeny tiny bit of frustration with this card. What are your thoughts? Let me know in the comments. 👇 Timestamps 0:00 - I’m back by popular demand 0:40 - GLORY 96...

Lopende kickboks encyclopedie Bjarne is terug in de show en samen bespreken we de fightcard van GLORY 94. Dit is een van de leukere preview shows die ik heb gemaakt! Zoals altijd doen we ons best om de namen van vechters niet te ‘butcheren’ (spoiler: niet gelukt), doen we ongegeneerde zelfpromotie, we maken analyses, voorspellingen en we kijken vooruit naar what is next. Ook hebben we een cameo va...

I had the honor to interview none other than K-1 Producer Carlos Kikuta! We talked about the return of K-1 World MAX and how their international expansion is going so far. With the changed landscape of kickboxing I asked him about K-1's vision for the future and why combat sports fans should watch K-1.  Timestamps 0:00 - Introduction 1:34 - Who is Carlos Kikuta? 3:51 - How K-1's year is...

Guess who’s back. Back again! De Kickboks Podcast is terug in het Nederlands met de GLORY 93 Preview Show, met een fantastische superfight main event tussen Tyjani Beztati en Endy Semeleer! Verder kijk ik enorm uit naar het debuut van Kento Haraguchi en uiteraard die van Tayfun Ozcan. Ook fan-favorites Michael Boapeah en Don Sno komen in actie. Er is genoeg te vertellen! Check het in deze afleveri...

Buakaw Banchamek is a living legend. He won multiple K-1 World Max Tournaments and changed the kickboxing forever! In this video I talk about 5 reasons on why and how Buakaw changed the game. 0:00 - My first English episode 0:47 - From a relatively unknown Thai fighter to a kickboxing superstar 3:29 - His ferocious unusual style for viewers at the time 4:27 - K-1 changed their rules because of Bua...

Donegi Abena schrijft geschiedenis door met 3 knockouts op 1 avond de Grand Prix te winnen! 🏆 6 van de 7 gevechten in de Grand Prix werden beslist op knockout! Wat een avond! 😱 Ik bespreek zowel de Grand Prix partijen als de tussenpartijen. Zoals altijd kijk ik vooruit, want what is next voor de winnaars en verliezers? Ook sta ik stil bij de kritiek omtrent het prijzengeld. Dat en meer in de GLO...

In deze aflevering vertel ik jou waarom je de GLORY Light Heavyweight Grand Prix MOET kijken! 😱 Zoals altijd doe ik analyses en voorspellingen. Ik vertel je wie ik denk dat het 8-mans toernooi gaat winnen! 🏆 Ook grijp ik terug naar de geschiedenis van toernooien in de Light Heavyweight divisie. Uiteraard heb ik het over legends als Tyrone Spong en Gökhan Saki. 🙌 Daarnaast sta ik ook stil bij de...

Ik heb het over de loting en de matchups van de GLORY Light Heavyweight Grand Prix! Is deze beter dan die van de Heavyweight? Daarnaast sta ik stil bij de vraag: Moet GLORY knockout bonussen introduceren? SO naar Giovanni Tjin, die deze vraag terecht stelde tijdens de persco! ▶️ Interviews GLORY 92: https://youtu.be/GWV8Y8RPkzM?si=eJyPlLb9gMfeosqi 🎟️ PPV Dynamite Fighting Show 23: https://warriorc...

Tyjani Beztati maakt de stap naar het Weltergewicht tegen voormalig GLORY kampioen Endy Semeleer! Dit wordt de hoofdpartij van de avond! Ook heb ik het over het niveau van de vedergewicht divisie en dus de terugkeer van Petch versus Japanner Kento Haraguchi.  Moet GLORY vaker kiezen voor een superfight ipv een titelgevecht als hoofdpartij, als een non-titelpartij ‘groter’ is? Timestamps 0:00 - Int...

Ik had het genoegen om verschillende vechters te interviewen tijdens GLORY 92, waaronder Jan Kaffa, Bahram Rajabzadeh, Sergej Braun en Nico ‘Big Sexy’ Horta. Maar ook GLORY Matchmaker Robbie Timmers! 🎤 Dit was de eerste keer dat ik interviews afnam, dus bare with me. 😅 Al met al was GLORY 92 een mega entertaining event! Helaas had GLORY 92 nagenoeg geen knockouts. Zou GLORY KO bonussen moeten in...

Bjarne, de lopende kickboks encyclopedie is terug! 🙌 Ook is dit de eerste podcast met VIDEO, oftewel een face reveal! Samen met journalist Bjarne Collet bespreek ik de volledige fightcard van GLORY 92. Deze fightcard wordt gezien als een van GLORY’s beste van de afgelopen jaren. 😱  We hebben het onder meer over hoe ongekend goed Donovan Wisse is, Bjarne’s persoonlijke connectie met de matchmakin...