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Andy Souwer

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Andy Souwer
Born (1982-11-09) November 9, 1982 (age 44)
Netherlands
Occupation(s)Kickboxer, mixed martial artist
Years active–2021
Known forTwo-time K-1 World MAX champion, four-time Shootboxing World tournament winner, It's Showtime 70MAX world titleholder

Andy Souwer (born 9 November 1982) is a retired Dutch athlete known for his achievements in both kickboxing and MMA. He is recognized as a two-time victor of the K-1 World MAX championship (2005, 2007), a four-time winner of the Shootboxing World tournament, and a former It's Showtime 70MAX world titleholder, representing the renowned Mejiro Gym based in Amsterdam.

Biography and career

Souwer commenced his kickboxing journey at the age of seven at Ling Ho Gym in Den Bosch, where he remained undefeated and secured the Dutch Championship. By sixteen, he had claimed his first A-Class MTBN Title, and by eighteen, he held three distinct world titles simultaneously.

In 2002, Souwer triumphed at the S-Cup 2002 in Japan, overcoming Chinese sanshou competitor Zheng Yuhao. His K-1 debut came the following year, culminating in winning his inaugural K-1 World MAX crown in 2005.

During his reign as the 2007 K-1 World MAX Champion, he defeated notable fighters such as Gago Drago, Albert Kraus, and Masato. He later faced Masato once more during Masato's retirement bout at Dynamite!! 2009, where Souwer was defeated.

Souwer was slated to compete against Naruepol Fairtex at Fighterzone Kickboxing World Series MAX in Singapore on 25 February 2012; however, the event was canceled due to payment issues from the promoter.

On 17 November 2012, he secured victory at the Shoot Boxing World Tournament 2012 in Tokyo by defeating Kem Sitsongpeenong, Hiroki Shishido, and Henri van Opstal. At the K-1 World MAX 2012 World Championship Tournament Final held in Athens on 15 December 2012, Souwer advanced to the semifinals but was eliminated by Artur Kyshenko.

In January 2013, Souwer suffered a split decision loss to Dzhabar Askerov at Yokkao Extreme 2013 in Milan. That June, he led a shoot boxing team against Pancrase fighters at Shoot Boxing 2013 - Act 4, where he knocked out Kota Okazawa despite some pre-fight disputes.

He withdrew from a scheduled bout with Maximo Suarez at Enfusion Live: Tenerife in July 2013 for reasons not publicly disclosed. In September that year, Souwer earned a unanimous decision win over Yasuhiro Kido during the K-1 World MAX 2013 Final 16 in Spain and subsequently defeated Steve Moxon by unanimous decision at Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 2013 in November.

Souwer was expected to face Enriko Kehl in the December 2013 K-1 World MAX quarterfinals but withdrew due to appendicitis; Kehl also pulled out because of injury.

In January 2014, appendicitis forced Souwer to withdraw from SuperPro Fight Night VI. The following month, he lost via split decision to Tsukuru Midorikawa at Rikix: No Kick, No Life 2014 held in Tokyo.

Souwer transitioned to professional boxing on 17 March 2014 with a TKO victory over Paata Varduashvili in Den Bosch. On 5 April, he defeated Yuri Bessmertny by unanimous decision at Legend 3: Pour Homme in Milan.

He announced his retirement following a defeat by Marat Grigorian at ONE Championship: First Strike in Singapore on 15 October 2021.

Kickboxing

  • World Full Contact Association
    • W.F.C.A. World Thaiboxing Super Welterweight (-70 kg) Champion (2010)
  • It's Showtime
    • It's Showtime "70kg MAX" World Champion (2012)
  • K-1
    • K-1 World MAX Runner-Up (2009)
    • K-1 World MAX Champion (2007)
    • K-1 World MAX Runner-Up (2006)
    • K-1 World MAX Champion (2005)
  • A.R.D.D.D.
    • A.R.D.D.D. World Super Welterweight Champion
  • F.I.M.C.
    • F.I.M.C. World Super Welterweight Champion
  • World Professional Kickboxing Association
    • W.P.K.A. World Super Welterweight Champion
  • International Sport Karate Association
    • I.S.K.A. World Super Welterweight Champion
  • World Kickboxing Association
    • W.K.A. World Super Welterweight Champion
  • World Muay Thai Association
    • W.M.T.A. World Super Welterweight Champion

Shoot boxing

Kickboxing record

|- |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2021-10-15 || Defeat || align="left" | Marat Grigorian || ONE Championship: First Strike || Kallang, Singapore || TKO (Leg Injury) || 2 || 2:26 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2020-12-04 || Victory ||align=left| Zhang Chunyu || ONE Championship: Big Bang || Kallang, Singapore || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2019-03-31 || Defeat || align="left" | Yodsanklai Fairtex || ONE Championship 93: A New Era || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Punches) || 2 || 0:51 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2018-10-06 || Defeat ||align=left| Anthony Njokuani|| ONE Championship: Kingdom of Heroes || Bangkok, Thailand || Split Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" | 2018-02-17 || Defeat ||align=left| Tayfun Özcan || Enfusion Live 62 || Eindhoven, Netherlands || KO (Overhand Right) || 4 || 2:12 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2016-11-11 || Victory ||align=left| Miyakoshi Souichiro || Shootboxing 2016|| Tokyo, Japan || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2016-04-03 || Victory ||align=left| Mohamed Khamal || World Fighting League || Hoofddorp, Netherlands || Unanimous Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2016-01-23 || Victory ||align=left| Damian Segovia || Golden Fight League || Rosario, Argentina || TKO (Arm Injury) || 1 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2015-12-01|| Victory||align=left| Kuniyoshi Hironaka|| Shootboxing 30th Anniversary|| Tokyo, Japan|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" |2015-09-16|| Defeat||align=left| Hinata Watanabe|| Rebels.38||Tokyo,Japan|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- style="" bgcolor="" |2015-08-22|| Exhibition||align=left| Caesar Takeshi|| Shoot Boxing 30th Anniversary “Caesar Time!”||Ota, Tokyo,Japan|| No Decision||1||3:00 |- style="background:#fbb;" |2015-04-18|| Defeat||align=left| Jonay Risco|| Enfusion Live 27||Tenerife,Spain|| Extra Round Decision||4|| |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-04-04|| Victory||align=left| Dong Wenfei|| Wu Lin Feng||China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-02-11|| Victory||align=left| Hideya Tanaka|| No Kick, No Life 2015||Tokyo,Japan|| KO (Left High Kick)||3||0:11 |- style="background:#fbb;" |2015-01-03|| Defeat||align=left| Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong|| Kunlun Fight 15 - Middleweight Tournament, Final||Nanjing,China|| Unanimous Decision||3||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2015-01-03|| Victory||align=left| Jiao Fukai|| Kunlun Fight 15 - Middleweight Tournament, Semi Finals||Nanjing,China|| TKO (Retirement)||3||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2014-11-30|| Victory||align=left| Kuniyoshi Hironaka|| S-cup 2014||Tokyo, Japan|| TKO (Second Stoppage)||3||0:32 |- style="background:#cfc;" |2014-11-23|| Victory||align=left| Ardalan Sheikholeslami||| Enfusion Live 22||| Groningen, Netherlands||| TKO (Punches)||4||2:40 |- ! colspan="8" style="background:white" | |- style="background:#cfc;" |2014-10-18|| Victory||align=left| Max Baumert||| It's Fight Time|||Darmstadt,Germany||| TKO (Strikes)||2||1:56 |- style="background:#fbb;" |2014-07-27 ||Defeat ||align=left| Mustapha Haida ||| Kunlun Fight 7 - World MAX Final 16 ||| Zhoukou, China ||| Unanimous Decision |||4 |||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2014-07-12		||Victory			|||align=left> Yasuhiro Kido		||| RISE 100 - Blade 0 		||| Tokyo, Japan			||| Decision			|||4			|||3:00

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|2014-04-05		|||Victory			|||align=left> Yuri Bessmertny			||| Legend 3: Pour Homme			||| Milan, Italy			||| Unanimous Decision			|||3			|||3:00

|- style="background:#fbb;" 

|2014-02-11 		|||Defeat			|||align=left> Tsukuru Midorikawa 			||| Rikix: No Kick, No Life 			||| Tokyo, Japan 			||| Split Decision			|||3			|||3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2013-11-16 		|||Victory			|||align=left> Steve Moxon 			||| Shoot Boxing Battle Summit Ground Zero Tokyo 			||| Tokyo, Japan 			||| Unanimous Decision			|||3			|||3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2013-09-14 		|||Victory			|||align=left> Yasuhiro Kido 			||| K-1 World MAX Final16 			||| Mallorca, Spain 			||| Unanimous Decision			|||3			|||3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2013-06-23 		|||Victory			|||align=left> Kota Okazawa 			||| Shoot Boxing Act4 			||| Tokyo, Japan 			||| KO (Left Hook)			|||1			|||1:43

|- style="background:#fbb;" 

|2013-01-26 	  	 	 	 	 	 	 	 |Defeat	 	 |align=left> Dzhabar Askerov
|Yokkao Extreme 	 |Milan, Italy 	 |Split Decision
|3 	 |3:00

|- style="background:#fbb;" 

|2012–12–15 	 	 	 	 	 |Defeat	 	 |align=left> Artur Kyshenko
|K–1 World MAX Final Semi Finals 	 |Athens, Greece 	 |Unanimous Decision
|3 	 |3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2012–12–15 	 	 	 	 	 |Victory	 	 |align=left> Andy Ristie
|K–1 World MAX Final Quarter Finals 	 |Athens, Greece 	 |Unanimous Decision
|3 	 |3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2012–11–17 	 	 	 	 	 |Victory	 	 |align=left> Henri van Opstal
|Shoot Boxing World Tournament Final 	 |Tokyo, Japan 	 |Unanimous Decision
|3 	 |3:00

|- ! colspan="8" style="background:white" | |- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2012–11–17 	 	 	 	 	 |Victory	 	 |align=left> Hiroki Shishido
|Shoot Boxing Semi Finals 	 |Tokyo, Japan 	 |TKO (Punches)
|1 	 |2:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2012–11–17 	 	 	 	 	 |Victory	 	 |align=left> Kem Sitsongpeenong
|Shoot Boxing Quarter Finals 	 |Tokyo, Japan 	 |Majority Decision
|3 	 |3:00

|- style="background:#cfc;" 

|2012–07–21 	 	 	 	 	 |Victory	 	 |align=left> Zeben Diaz
|It's Showtime59 	 |Tenerife, Spain 	 |

Decision 

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|2012–06–30 	 	 	 	 	 |Victory	 	 |align=left> Chris Ngimbi
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It's Showtime57&58 

Brussels, Belgium

Decision 

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|- ! colspan="8" style="background:white" | Wins It's Showtime '70MAX' World Title -70kg} ... [Record continues with similar concise formatting] ...

Boxing Record

|- style="background:#cfc;" | 2014-03-17 || Victory ||align=left| Paata Varduashvili || Theater aan de Parade || Den Bosch, Netherlands || TKO (corner retirement) || 4 || 3:00 |- | colspan=9 | Key:


Mixed Martial Arts Record

|- |Defeat |align=center|2–3 |Akiyo Nishiura |Unanimous decision |Rizin World Grand Prix 2017: Opening Round - Part 2 | |align=center|3 |align=center|5:00 |Fukuoka, Japan | |- |Victory |align=center|2–2 |Massaro Glunder |Submission (armbar) |World Fighting League MMA | |align=center|3 | |Almere, Netherlands | |- |Defeat |align=center|1–2 |Kazuyuki Miyata |Submission (armbar) |Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: Second Round | |align=center|1 |align=center|4:39 | | |- |Defeat |align=center|1–1 |Daron Cruickshank |Submission (rear-naked choke) |Rizin World Grand-Prix 2016: First Round | | | | | |- |Victory | 1–0 | Yuichiro Nagashima | TKO (punches) | Rizin Fighting Federation - Iza no Mai |

| 1 | 5:29 | Saitama, Japan |


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